HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy has slammed MÖTLEY CRÜE over their version of the events leading to HANOI ROCKS drummer Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley‘s death as well as the band’s coming out of “retirement”.
Andy discussed MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s relationship with HANOI ROCKS during a recent appearance on the “Waste Some Time With Jason Green” podcast.
Speaking about MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s current North American run of shows on “The Stadium Tour“, McCoy said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Yeah, their 25th goodbye tour or something. [Laughs] Fucking ripoffs.”
When it was noted that Andy is “so open” about his feelings about MÖTLEY CRÜE, McCoy said: “I speak the truth, mate. I don’t lie, like Nikki Sixx, through my fucking teeth.”
The guitarist was also asked about MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s decision to title their box set “Music To Crash Your Car To“, to which he responded: “I thought, and Michael Monroe thought, [that] was the tackiest title, thinking about what had happened… That was in real tacky, bad taste. If you’re European like me, it’s something you don’t do. You respect other people. You just don’t wanna make a buck for yourself. You respect other people.”
MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil was responsible for the death of Razzle due to driving while intoxicated with the HANOI ROCKS drummer and causing a serious accident while going for a beer run in December of 1984. Referencing the two people who sustained lifelong injuries in the accident, Andy said: “People forget about those two. I remember. I never forget. People tend to forget about them. And that was horrible. It was just plainly wrong. Fifty yards to the liquor store. I thought they’d walk. But no, this motherfucker — I don’t care to mention his name; you know who he is — had to show off his second-hand fucking ugly Pantera, which ain’t even a nice car to me.”
When it was mentioned that the circumstances surrounding the collision were exaggerated in both the “The Dirt” autobiography and biopic, Andy said: “Like the party in that movie, the MÖTLEY CRÜE movie, in some mansion. You know what really happened? We were in a two-bedroom apartment. It was five people there. When I saw that movie, or clips of it, I was, like, ‘I don’t wanna see the whole movie. This is bullshit again. Hollywood bullshit.’ [HANOI ROCKS bassist] Sami [Yaffa] was passed out on the sofa, and Vince’s pregnant wife, who was on her seventh or eighth month. That’s who was there, [along with me and MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee]. So the movie is just pure lies and bollocks again. And I can’t go for that kind of crap. I want the reality out.”
Andy also discussed Nikki Sixx’s story of supposedly getting beaten with a baseball bat on the floor of a London dealer’s flat after overdosing.
“He’s lying,” McCoy said. “I used to play baseball as a kid. If I beat someone up with a baseball bat who’s unconscious, you think he’d live? Hell no. Hell no, bro. He was not beaten. He was slapped around to be woken, because he overdosed. And I told him, ‘Be careful. This is strong shit.’ I warned him. And he wanted to be tough. And that’s the kind of stuff you don’t wanna be tough with.”
When Green mentioned that it is obvious how much of an influence HANOI ROCKS had been on MÖTLEY CRÜE in the early years, Andy said: “You can bloody see, can’t you?”
You can check out the full interview below.