Classic Rock Revisited's Jeb Wright recently caught up with MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Jeb: Crüe has found a new way to market themselves once again. You are going to be the Hard Rock Elvis with the residency at the Hard Rock.

Mick: "The Elvis Presley of Metal, that’s pretty funny. There have been some rock bands – metal and rock bands – that have played a few days in a row in Vegas. I believe that we are the very first metal band that has done a 12 day residency. This will set another milestone for Mötley Crüe. We are like the metal Rat Pack. Vegas has changed a lot and rock bands are now wanting to play there. We got lucky and we got this residency at the Hard Rock. I have to say, and I am guessing, but I really think we are the first rock band to do that."

Jeb: When a band can get people to travel across the nation and come to you that is quite a compliment.

Mick: "It’s all good, isn’t it? It really is kind of crazy. We are breaking some new ground."

Jeb: Do you think Mötley Crüe will continue to do these kinds of residencies?

Mick: "I know it is a cool thing we are doing, and that we are probably going to make this possible for other bands to do the same thing. I don’t know if we are planning on doing more of this type of thing or not. We are going to have to check it out and see. For me, personally, I like to jump on the bus every night and go around and see the whole world but we will have to see how this works out."

Jeb: There has been a lot of talk that Mötley Crüe is working on a new record.

Mick: "We have a lot of things in the works. We want to do things like Crue Fest. The music business is really tweaking out and getting weird. I think it is ridiculous what is happening. I think the future will have to see bands put together really cool packages that will be worth it for people to go see. As far as new music goes, I can tell you that I am writing a bunch of new material. Nikki is writing a lot as well. I am hoping that we will have a new record out by 2013."

Jeb: A lot of fans worry about you because of your health issues. Are you able to survive a tour?

Mick: "The thing is, as always, that I am able to keep touring. It is one of those things that I call an inconvenience. Of course I have days that are worse than others and there is always some amount of pain with my hips. There are good days and bad days but it is more of an inconvenience than anything else. I don’t feel sick. There are a lot of people that go around that suffer from this type of thing (Ankylosing Spondylitis) and they go to their doctor and he tells them that they will be in a wheelchair. My advice to them is to go to another doctor because he is wrong. There are some things about this thing that I’ve got that are not so cool, but there is one thing that is cool – I ended up bent. I can always see my guitar. If I’d been straight then I would not be able to see myself play (laughter)."

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