Vince Neil Reveals That There Would Be No More Mötley Crüe Albums Coming
Vince Neil in Motley Crue's The End show, Los Angeles - Eagle Rock / Youtube
Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe has set the record straight regarding the future of the band’s music production. As Neil recently disclosed in an interview with Loudwire Nights, the creation of a new Mötley Crüe album looks unlikely.
From Albums to Singles in Today’s Music Industry
Contemplating the realities of today’s music industry, Neil reflected on the evolution from what was once an album-centric world to one driven by singles and digital streams. He stated, “I don’t think you’re gonna see a full-length album at any time. It’s easier now just to do a few songs at a time and release ’em in the right ways. Albums don’t exist anymore. With the MTV generation, you’d go to a record store and you’d find your favorite songs and your album and you’d buy the album, and you’d watch it on MTV and you can see your favorite bands. Now there’s a billion ways [to consume music] — streaming services and all those things.”
Exploring the sentiments surrounding this paradigm shift, Neil was asked if he found it strange to witness the decline in album significance. His response underscored a practical approach to music creation today: “Yeah, it just seems like a lot of work to put 10 songs together on an album when they all won’t be heard by anybody. At least you know when somebody buys the album, they’re gonna listen to it, they’re gonna listen to those songs. Now we just write the songs to be listened to be heard, and that’s what ‘Dogs Of War’ was. It’s a song to be heard. And we’re really proud of it.”
The conversation then pivoted to the potential of releasing new singles, as opposed to albums. Neil confirmed that Mötley Crüe fans could indeed anticipate more standalone tracks. “Yeah, I’d say more individual songs. We’ve got one in the can right now, and we don’t know when we’ll put it out, but it might be at the end of the year. It might be early ’25. But you’ll definitely hear some new music from Mötley in the future,” he revealed.
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Tommy Lee Discusses the Spontaneity of Current Recording Efforts
Adding to the band’s collective voice on their current strategy, Tommy Lee, Mötley Crüe’s drummer, shared his insights during a conversation with Australia’s Today show. Reflecting on recording sessions from early 2023 that gave birth to several songs, including ‘Dogs Of War,’ Lee expressed a sense of spontaneity and authenticity. He stated, “Well, we recorded three songs [during the same sessions in early 2023], and ‘Dogs Of War’ is the first one [to be released]. [But] I don’t know if [a full-length album is] in the near future. I’m not saying it isn’t, but recording and writing some stuff that you’re feeling right at the moment and releasing it is, for us, a lot more a lot more fun and sort of a time stamp of where we’re at right now.”
With ‘Dogs of War’ being released on April 26 and the band signing a new deal with Big Machine Records, Mötley Crüe’s presence in the music scene remains palpable. However, not all reactions have been positive. Some fans have voiced criticism, feeling that the single does not resonate as what they would classify as a signature Mötley Crüe song.
