Mars is currently looking for a label for distribution
Former Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars is prepping to release his long-awaited debut solo album entitled Another Side of Mars. The rocker recently played Rolling Stone author Andy Greene the project at his Nashville studio in which Green describes as “darker and more aggressive” than songs from the Crüe catalog.
“This is a song I wrote called ‘Killing Breed,'” Mars says. “It’s about narcissists that keep you pinned down and make you feel crazy.”
Mars wouldn’t confirm if the song was about his bandmates of 41 years — which he is in litigation with over shares of the band’s seven LLCs — since announcing his retirement from the road last fall. However, he did hint by masking a “sly smile.”
Other titles that appear to be on the project include “Broken on the Inside,” “Alone,” “Lonely in Your Grave,” “Loyal to the Lie,” “Decay,” “Fear,” “Memories,” Erased.”
There is no definitive release date for the project as Mars is currently searching for a label for distribution.
Earlier this year, country rocker Cory Marks shared that he heard the project at Mick’s studio.
“Mick Mars, THANK YOU for having me over and letting me hear your new project…which sounds HUGE. The rock world is in for something weird, special, great and LOUD.”
Mars confirms in the Rolling Stone interview that he will not tour in support of the project. The guitarist, who has suffered from AS since he was in his late teens, says the struggle is too painful to continue touring, but isn’t opposed to performing live again.
“I’m done touring,” he says. “If somebody really, really wants a one-off, or a couple of nights, I would probably do it. But all that travel stuff and planes … I’m way over it.”
Mars also confirms he’s sold his share of the publishing to the Mötley Crüe catalog and “can relax and don’t have to worry about anything.”
The guitarist also predicts he will only live another seven or eight years due to his degenerative condition.
“I’m not going to live to be 85 or 90, I just have a feeling,” he shares. “I don’t want to, either. My brain doesn’t want this ugly-ass body that’s all fucked up to keep going. I wish I could just take the information out of my brain, put it on a chip and into somebody else, or a robot. There’s still a lot of stuff going on up there.”
Mars also shared he was hardly involved in the making of Mötley Crüe’s 1997 album Generation Swine, 2000 album New Tattoo and final studio album, 2008’s Saints of Los Angeles. Most of the guitar work on Saints was done by an uncredited DJ Ashba, according to Mars and bassist Nikki Sixx.
