John 5 Responds to Accusations of Guitar Miming With Motley Crue

John 5 took to social media to refute allegations that he mimed his guitar portions onstage with Motley Crue.

Those claims had been peddled on YouTube over the last few days and shared by way of sure rock and steel websites. One such video asserted that John 5 was once now not taking part in right through “Wild Facet” — and to start with look, it does certainly appear to be the music continues whilst the guitarist isn’t transferring his fingers.

On the other hand, in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday morning (which you’ll watch underneath), John 5 addressed those accusations and presented a technical reason behind what he was once doing. “I do that factor the place I turn the pick out round on my neck,” he stated, tossing his guitar pick out within the air and catching it to finish the riff in query. He additionally answered to claims that his “hand is not even at the guitar” whilst taking part in “Too Speedy for Love,” demonstrating his use of hammer-ons and pull-offs right through the single-string riff.

“Quite simple. It is not a large factor,” he concluded. “Numerous issues are performed with one hand. Numerous musicians know this. So, not anything to fret about, no backing tracks.”

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Backing Monitor Allegations Have Dogged Motley Crue for Years

The alleged use of backing tracks was once some degree of rivalry in former Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars’ 2023 lawsuit in opposition to his bandmates. Mars claimed that once he introduced his retirement from traveling, his bandmates attempted to tear him off financially and entirely take away him from the band. The guitarist alleged that right through the band’s 2022 Stadium Excursion, bassist Nikki Sixx “frequently ‘gaslighted’ Mars by way of telling him that he [Mars] had some form of cognitive disorder and that his guitar taking part in was once subpar, claiming that Mars forgot chords, and on occasion began taking part in the incorrect songs.”

“Astonishingly, Sixx made those claims about Mars’ taking part in whilst he [Sixx] didn’t play a unmarried be aware on bass right through all of the U.S. excursion,” the go well with persevered. “Sarcastically, 100% of Sixx’s bass portions have been not anything however recordings. Sixx was once observed fist pumping within the air together with his strumming hand, whilst the bass section was once taking part in. If truth be told, a good portion of [Vince] Neil’s vocals have been additionally pre-recorded. Even a few of [Tommy] Lee’s drum portions have been recordings. Some enthusiasts if truth be told spotted that Lee was once strolling towards his drum set as they heard his drum section start.”

Even though Motley Crue had been candid about their use of backing tracks and further generation because the ’80s, the band claimed in a Would possibly 2023 reaction to a disgruntled fan on Fb that “THERE WERE NO BACKING TRACKS FOR BAND MEMBERS.”