MÖTLEY CRÜE releases cover of BEASTIE BOYS '(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)'

MÖTLEY CRÜE has released a new single, a cover of the BEASTIE BOYS classic “(You have to) fight for your right (to party!)!”.

How “Dogs of War”which was made available in April, CRUE's playback of “(You have to) fight for your right (to party!)!” was recorded in April 2023 with long-time producer Bob RockA third title, “Cancelled”was also laid down, but has not yet seen the light of day.

MÖTLEY CRÜE debuted his cover of “(You have to) fight for your right (to party!)!” during a “secret” club appearance on June 30, 2023 for 450 lucky fans at Underworld in London, England.

“Dogs of War” And “Fight for your rights” are both available via MÖTLEY CRÜEThe new contract with Nashville's Big Machine Records

The “Dogs of War” The music video is an animated, completely computer-generated affair directed by Nick DenBoer.

MÖTLEY CRÜEis busy with Big machine sees the band and the label working together again, after the 2014 project “Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe”the CRUE Songs covered by country stars RASCAL FLATTEN, FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE, Darius Rucker and more. Big machine also a partnership with MÖTLEY CRÜE's new guitarist John 5 for the release of his album in 2021 “Sinner”.

MÖTLEY CRÜEThe last studio album was in 2008 “Saints of Los Angeles”followed by a “Greatest Hits” compilation.

In 2018 MÖTLEY CRÜE recorded four new songs for “The dirt” Film, including the single “The Dirt (est. 1981) (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)”, “Ride with the devil”, “Crash and fire” and the band's own interpretation Madonna'S “Like a virgin”.

John 5 tied together MÖTLEY CRÜE in autumn 2022 as a replacement for the band's co-founding guitarist Mike Mars. Mick announced his withdrawal from the tour with MÖTLEY CRÜE in October 2022 due to worsening health problems.

In a recent interview with Janne Innanfors of the Swedish radio station Rockklassiker, MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist Nikki Sixx commented on the mixed reactions to “Dogs of War” from the band's fans: “We like the fact that there was a kind of knee-jerk reaction, because at least people were listening. It's a very strange time now where, whether it's a news cycle or social media, everyone has become a critic. And I always say, they never erected a statue of a critic. That never happened, did it? It's always the artist. But now everyone's a critic. So within a short time we get: “We love it.” “We hate it.” “You are finished.” “You have reinvented yourself.” “It sounds like “Scream at the devil”. “It sucks.” And we just sit there and say, “That's cool, guys, but we didn't really ask for your input.” We're just artists writing music, and we're pretty cool. I'm happy with it. I like it.”

At a performance on SiriusXM Fight Nation'S “Broken open” show, Sixx discussed the musical direction of “Dogs of War”said: “A lot of people said it was a different sound, but I'll be honest, I don't necessarily agree with that. If you listen to the verses, they're very similar to a lot of the stuff we've done – that simple, grinding thing with those almost CHEAP TRICK Melodies. And the riff, I mean, it could be from Feel-good Dr.. So I don't really feel like it's that different. I think what's different for people is that when we were working on the song, Tommy [Lee, CRÜE drummer] had the idea of ​​just letting the bottom fall out in the verses, which is not really what we do. We usually do it like that, and [it’s] truly unique for Vince [Neil, CRÜE singer].”

Vince chimed in: “I never sing like that. But in the song it works.” He added: “Dogs of War” “was very easy to sing.”

Nicky more detail on the CRUE songwriting process and said: “I think what we do together is that we all know each other so well, we know each other's strengths and weaknesses. And for me as a lyricist, I always think about Vince and his pace as I write. So it's not like we've gotten out of sync, but it's nice to know each other so well, if that makes sense.”

When “Dogs of War” was first published, Neil described the track as “like old school meets new school. It has that old school vibe, but it's new music.” Nicky came up with it and he sent me the music and I thought it was really cool. So I started singing it and we went into the studio and it became the song that I think the fans are really going to like.”

Photo credit: Ross Halfin (courtesy of Live Nation)