Mick Mars And Motley Crue's More Chaotic Legal Fight

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JAKARTA - Former guitarist of M\"otley Cr\"ie, Mick Mars talks about his legal battle with the planet's most reckless band, following a lawsuit he filed against them over the share of the profits he should have made.

In an interview with Variety, Mick detailed his thoughts on the ongoing arbitration, as well as his feelings for his former bandmate.

"Those people have been attacking me since '87, trying to replace me," he said.

They haven't been able to do that, because I'm a guitar player. I helped form this band. That's my name that I got [Motley Crue's moniker], my idea, the money I got from a supporter to start this band. It's not going anywhere."

Mick accused him of being'silaterally' removed from the band after announcing his retirement from the tour for his fight against the ankylosing spondyllitis disease last October.

As a result, he claims his share of profits is cut from 25 percent to five percent.

According to legal documents filed at the Los Angeles County High Court on April 6, Mick's lawyer, Edwin F.tanson, said Motley Crue deliberately withheld information about various band businesses that Mick's 25 percent ownership has, Variety reported.

The guitarist accused the band of demanding he sign a severance pay agreement that would release him of the interest and other future interests, in exchange for five percent of the shares on the 2023 group tour, which took place without him.

The filing alleges that Motley Crue had a pattern of underestimating Mick over the years, telling him he had cognitive issues and insulting him about alleged poor games on tours, including stadium tours he finished with last year's band.

"By the way, it was the 36 worst shows ever done with this band," he said in the interview. I don't know, and I can't say I really know, but I have a pretty good feeling that they still want me to leave. Because they've wanted that for a long time. It frustrated me. I was so upset because they even did this nonsense, when I carried this guy for years.

Mick also alleged that the rest of the group members were involved in part or entirely of the tour, saying he was the only one to perform directly from top to bottom at every show.

I promise that I can go anywhere and play those songs now, and I haven't played them since October. I mean, 40 years playing the same eight songs, you know. [Obviously.] It hasn't changed. In my defense. It's like, man, man!