Drummer legend Carmine Appice not too long ago revealed that his shut good friend Mick Mars advised him how Motley Crue had been enjoying to pre-recorded tracks. One factor led to a different and it began a complete avalanche of on-line beefing, all of which was an overture to a authorized battle between Mars and Crüe.

However one of many highlights of this complete factor was Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx calling Carmine a “washed-up drummer,” Carmine publicly replying with a “jam off” invitation, and an eventual cease-and-desist letter.

In a brand new interview with Blabbermouth, Appice appeared again on the entire thing. Requested whether or not he anticipated his feedback about Mick Mars and Crüe to explode, he replied:

“I didn’t count on it. I used to be speaking to someone like I’m speaking to you and so they requested why Mick left. I simply stated what Mick advised me. I didn’t count on something, however then it bought out of hand. Then Nikki [Sixx] known as me a ‘washed-up drummer.’ I’m removed from that! I used to know Nikki. We had been good buddies. We lived across the nook from one another after they had been doing their first or second album. We used to go to a ’50s café and have breakfast. We had a music with King Cobra known as ‘Increase Your Palms to Rock’. He liked the title. He took that title and wrote one other music and gave me the credit score on the album. They used my bass drums on the album. We had been buddies. For him to say stuff about me — I didn’t say something that folks didn’t know. Now I thank him for giving me numerous press.”

Then requested whether or not it’s arduous to maintain friendships within the music enterprise after so lengthy, he replied:

“Generally. This was bizarre. I speak about it in the course of the storytelling gigs as a result of I truly bought a cease-and-desist letter from the attorneys. I can’t speak about it, however everybody agrees with what I stated about Mick. Mick made it clear I used to be nice. All the things I stated, he stated. I wasn’t mendacity about it. It was a bizarre factor. I by no means anticipated something like that.”

When requested how he reacted to the entire “washed-up” remark, Appice supplied:

“I’m not enjoying arenas and I’m not value 100 million {dollars}, however I’ve had an important profession. I didn’t title my e book ‘The Heroin Diaries’. Any person identified to me that his e book was based mostly on being on heroin. I knew him then; I all the time favored Nikki. I by no means had an issue with him till this silly factor. Tommy Lee, the identical factor. I like Tommy. I used to hang around with Tommy when he was married to Heather [Locklear] after which to Pam [Anderson]. I used to go to his home and watch Gene Krupa movies about stick twirling and showmanship. I liked it. I don’t assume Tommy stated something about it. I liked when he was doing digital stuff in Strategies of Mayhem. I went to a present and bought to hang around with him. He was pioneering stuff. He’s not an incredible technical drummer, however he kicks ass and rocks.

“I used to be amazed to see movies of the ‘taped’ [Mötley Crüe] stuff. I didn’t know something about it. It was loopy. Mick was telling me the stuff as a result of he was on the highway. We had been speaking like two buddies. I’ve recognized Mick since we took them on tour in 1984 after I was headlining with Ozzy. I all the time try this. The opening bands, I’m going and speak to them. Led Zeppelin, after they opened up for the Fudge, I frolicked with Bonzo [John Bonham] and John Paul [Jones]. I frolicked with Mötley Crüe; I frolicked with King’s X after they had been on the Blue Homicide tour and so they had been opening. I favored that. I favored seeing the fellows who had been opening and had been the long run.”