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NIKKI SIXX To PEARL JAM’s EDDIE VEDDER: “Don’t Take A Swipe At My Band Dude.”

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MÖTLEY CRÜE’s Nikki Sixx has commented further on his recent verbal back and forth with PEARL JAM singer Eddie Vedder.

For those not ‘in the know’, back in January, Eddie Vedder gave an interview to The New York Times and discussed numerous subjects, including what changes he believes 90’s rock culture may have been responsible for.

“You know, I used to work in San Diego loading gear at a club,” Vedder said. “I’d end up being at shows that I wouldn’t have chosen to go to — bands that monopolized late-’80s MTV. The metal bands that — I’m trying to be nice — I despised. ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ and MÖTLEY CRÜE: [expletive] you. I hated it. I hated how it made the fellas look. I hated how it made the women look. It felt so vacuous.”

He continued: “GUNS N’ ROSES came out and, thank God, at least had some teeth. But I’m circling back to say that one thing that I appreciated was that in Seattle and the alternative crowd, the girls could wear their combat boots and sweaters, and their hair looked like Cat Power’s and not Heather Locklear’s — nothing against her. They weren’t selling themselves short. They could have an opinion and be respected. I think that’s a change that lasted. It sounds so trite, but before then it was bustiers. The only person who wore a bustier in the ’90s that I could appreciate was Perry Farrell.”

Soon after the interview was published, Sixx replied to Vedder’s comments, writing on his Twitter: “Made me laugh today reading how much the singer in PEARL JAM hated @MotleyCrue. Now considering that they’re one of the most boring bands in history it’s kind of a compliment isn’t it?”

Sixx went on to compare the PEARL JAM singer’s vocal technique to singing with “marbles in your mouth”, and wrote to a fan who came to defense of Vedder: “Remember there were zillions of brown haired bands for brown haired fans…..Go find them. You will know them by the bored look on their face.”

In a recent talk with Brazilian entrepreneur Paulo Baron and music critic Regis Tadeu, Nikki commented further on the matter, saying (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’m not trying to be the guy that wrote [the CRÜE song] ‘Bastard’ [from 1983’s ‘Shout At The Devil’ album], ’cause I’m not the guy that wrote ‘Bastard’. I wrote that song about somebody that ripped us off. I am the guy that if you fuck with me, I will fuck with you back. And that’s what that song is about. You take a swipe at my band; I’ll take a swipe at your band. You try to hurt my family, which is my band; I will try to hurt you. That’s not something to be proud about. [Laughs]”

When asked why he felt the need to respond to Vedder’s comments, Nikki said: “I remember going to MTV with [a copy of] ‘Nevermind’ before it had come out, NIRVANA. Me and Tommy [Lee, CRÜE drummer] were on there. We were, like, ‘Hey, you guys gotta check out this band. You gotta check out this band.’ And they were bands that were coming. I remember having a cassette — I think it was demos; it might not have been; it might have been early recordings — for RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, and I remember telling everybody about that.

“We’ve never been afraid to embrace music changing because that’s the whole idea behind music,” he continued. “If you listen to ‘Too Fast For Love’ and then you listen to ‘The Dirt’, you’re, like, ‘Well, it’s the same band, but it has grown.’ So we never had a problem with that.

“My only thing is, you wanna take a crack at my band, I’m probably gonna say something back. But what I don’t understand is why’s the guy even talking about my band? He’s a successful guy.

“Listen, let’s face it: the guy flies around in private jets; he lives in a mansion in a gated community; he sells out stadiums; and then he dresses at the thrift store and tries to pretend some guy in the ’90s. Don’t take a swipe at my band, dude. I mean, I’m at least being honest.”

You can check out the full interview below.