Mötley Crüe tell us about ‘Dogs Of War’ and being rockstars in the age of social media
nme.comMötley Crüe have shared ‘Dogs Of War’ – their first new single since 2019 and first official music with new guitarist John 5.
Check it out below, along with our interview with Nikki Sixx and John 5.The glam metal veterans first shared news of new music earlier this week, when they confirmed that Friday (April 26) would see them drop ‘Dogs Of War’.
Not only does the single mark their first new music since 2019, it also sees their first official release with John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie), after he joined the touring line-up in 2022 and eventually went on to replace Mick Mars as the band’s lead guitarist last year.Kicking off with a brash, uptempo riff, the song ultimately delivers exactly what you’d expect from the rock icons, retaining their old-school glam roots with frontman Vince Neil belting out a chorus of “Don’t let those bastards get you down”.The track was recorded remotely last year with the band’s longtime collaborator Bob Rock, and first teased towards the end of 2023 when Crüe played a secret set at The Underworld in Camden, going by the alias Dögs Of War.“There was no plan to actually record ‘Dogs Of War’,” bassist and founding member Nikki Sixx told NME. “We were in the studio doing demos, and it always happens where we have a vision of a song but then other riffs come out from there.
So while we were working on a song, this riff came out.“We had a ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ [The Ramones] cover that we were talking about doing, but essentially we were just getting together to be creative.
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