Chords for "It wasn't Nikki (Sixx) playing bass" on Motley Crue's Theatre of Pain Says 'Eye Witness' Greg Leon
Tempo:
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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This is a Full N' Bloom News Brief.
More info at [D] FullNBloom.com.
Guitar World [D] Magazine recently published an interview with former Tommy Lee [A] bandmate Greg Leon.
A link to the entire feature can be found in the description.
On how he met Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, Greg said,
I was in a band called Sweet 19, and this skinny kid who had been a fan started hanging
around and bugging me.
He showed up to all our gigs, and at some point he said,
Hey, I'm a drummer.
Not too long after, our drummer left.
I ran into Tommy again and said, Hey, we need a drummer.
Do you want to get together and jam?
So we got together and it was great.
The kid knew all the songs and fit right in.
After playing together for a few years and making a name for ourselves around Hollywood,
I got an offer to replace Randy Rhoads in Quiet Riot after Randy went off to play with Ozzy.
And man, I remember Tommy was mad as hell.
He and his folks didn't want to see me or talk to me.
We went from being good friends to never talking.
[G] I was dead to [A] him.
So I said, Listen, Tommy, let me make a name for myself, and [D] I'll come back and get you
once I see this through.
Quiet Riot vocalist [B] Kevin Dubrow was impossible to work [A] with.
And then before George Lynch came along, Don Dockin kept calling me, asking me if I was
interested in joining his band.
So I played some European dates with him, but the labels kept telling us they wanted
new wave bands and weren't interested in what we were doing.
I was tired of labels telling us they weren't interested in Dockin, so I contacted Tommy
and put Motley Crue together.
We were looking for a bass player, and we went to the Starwood one night, and Nicky's
band London was doing their farewell gig.
I wasn't impressed with Nicky at all.
He was awful.
While we were hanging out, I don't know why, but Tommy just loved how Nicky looked.
He was gung-ho about him saying, This is the guy we should get.
But I felt we should back off as we had already auditioned Nicky twice.
I said to Tommy, He looks great, he's great on stage, but he can't play bass at all.
I was looking to put a [Am] great band together like Rainbow, Deep [A] Purple, or Humble Pie.
Nicky Six simply was not capable.
So I told Tommy, If this is the guy you want, I'm leaving.
Nicky was incapable of musically executing what I envisioned.
All he was doing was quarter and eighth notes.
But Tommy liked him, and they hit it off when they talked.
So again, I said, Look Tommy, I'm not going to play with him.
Do whatever you want, but I'm not doing it.
He's not musical enough for me.
I never played a show with Nicky Six.
Tommy and I played together many times, but I was gone as soon as Nicky entered the picture.
But they couldn't find a guitar player or singer [Dm] initially, so they kept calling me.
But I [A] refused.
And then they met Mick and Vince, and they were off and running.
The way I saw it was that my guitar playing would get me through.
I didn't need a guy like Nicky dragging me down.
I had seen London many times, and I knew I wanted none of it.
On visiting the studio during the recording sessions for Motley Crue's Theater of Pain,
Greg said,
Tommy invited me to the studio while recording Theater of Pain.
When I got there, it wasn't Nicky playing bass.
I won't mention the guy's name who actually played bass, but it wasn't Nicky.
I remember asking the guy, Hey, what are you doing here?
And he was like, Oh, I'm playing bass on the Motley Crue record.
It shocked me, but the producer instigated that as Nicky wasn't up to snuff.
I didn't know about ghost players then, but it was way more common than people knew.
But it would usually get squashed whenever Tommy tried to hang out with me.
It was like, Why is he here?
We don't want you playing with Greg.
I'm not sure what they were afraid of.
I remember jamming with Mick at the studio during the Theater of Pain sessions, and he
was having trouble getting his sound.
And Tommy said, [G] Get Greg in here.
He can make anything [A] sound good.
So I went over, messed with Mick's amps, and dialed [D] them in.
Those guys were jumping for [A] joy to the point of hugging me and screaming, Nobody touch those controls.
Then they went and got a magic marker
This is a Full N' Bloom News Brief.
More info at [D] FullNBloom.com.
Guitar World [D] Magazine recently published an interview with former Tommy Lee [A] bandmate Greg Leon.
A link to the entire feature can be found in the description.
On how he met Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, Greg said,
I was in a band called Sweet 19, and this skinny kid who had been a fan started hanging
around and bugging me.
He showed up to all our gigs, and at some point he said,
Hey, I'm a drummer.
Not too long after, our drummer left.
I ran into Tommy again and said, Hey, we need a drummer.
Do you want to get together and jam?
So we got together and it was great.
The kid knew all the songs and fit right in.
After playing together for a few years and making a name for ourselves around Hollywood,
I got an offer to replace Randy Rhoads in Quiet Riot after Randy went off to play with Ozzy.
And man, I remember Tommy was mad as hell.
He and his folks didn't want to see me or talk to me.
We went from being good friends to never talking.
[G] I was dead to [A] him.
So I said, Listen, Tommy, let me make a name for myself, and [D] I'll come back and get you
once I see this through.
Quiet Riot vocalist [B] Kevin Dubrow was impossible to work [A] with.
And then before George Lynch came along, Don Dockin kept calling me, asking me if I was
interested in joining his band.
So I played some European dates with him, but the labels kept telling us they wanted
new wave bands and weren't interested in what we were doing.
I was tired of labels telling us they weren't interested in Dockin, so I contacted Tommy
and put Motley Crue together.
We were looking for a bass player, and we went to the Starwood one night, and Nicky's
band London was doing their farewell gig.
I wasn't impressed with Nicky at all.
He was awful.
While we were hanging out, I don't know why, but Tommy just loved how Nicky looked.
He was gung-ho about him saying, This is the guy we should get.
But I felt we should back off as we had already auditioned Nicky twice.
I said to Tommy, He looks great, he's great on stage, but he can't play bass at all.
I was looking to put a [Am] great band together like Rainbow, Deep [A] Purple, or Humble Pie.
Nicky Six simply was not capable.
So I told Tommy, If this is the guy you want, I'm leaving.
Nicky was incapable of musically executing what I envisioned.
All he was doing was quarter and eighth notes.
But Tommy liked him, and they hit it off when they talked.
So again, I said, Look Tommy, I'm not going to play with him.
Do whatever you want, but I'm not doing it.
He's not musical enough for me.
I never played a show with Nicky Six.
Tommy and I played together many times, but I was gone as soon as Nicky entered the picture.
But they couldn't find a guitar player or singer [Dm] initially, so they kept calling me.
But I [A] refused.
And then they met Mick and Vince, and they were off and running.
The way I saw it was that my guitar playing would get me through.
I didn't need a guy like Nicky dragging me down.
I had seen London many times, and I knew I wanted none of it.
On visiting the studio during the recording sessions for Motley Crue's Theater of Pain,
Greg said,
Tommy invited me to the studio while recording Theater of Pain.
When I got there, it wasn't Nicky playing bass.
I won't mention the guy's name who actually played bass, but it wasn't Nicky.
I remember asking the guy, Hey, what are you doing here?
And he was like, Oh, I'm playing bass on the Motley Crue record.
It shocked me, but the producer instigated that as Nicky wasn't up to snuff.
I didn't know about ghost players then, but it was way more common than people knew.
But it would usually get squashed whenever Tommy tried to hang out with me.
It was like, Why is he here?
We don't want you playing with Greg.
I'm not sure what they were afraid of.
I remember jamming with Mick at the studio during the Theater of Pain sessions, and he
was having trouble getting his sound.
And Tommy said, [G] Get Greg in here.
He can make anything [A] sound good.
So I went over, messed with Mick's amps, and dialed [D] them in.
Those guys were jumping for [A] joy to the point of hugging me and screaming, Nobody touch those controls.
Then they went and got a magic marker
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This is a Full N' Bloom News Brief.
More info at [D] FullNBloom.com.
Guitar World [D] Magazine recently published an interview with former Tommy Lee [A] bandmate Greg Leon.
A link to the entire feature can be found in the description.
On how he met Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, Greg said,
I was in a band called Sweet 19, and this skinny kid who had been a fan started hanging
around and bugging me.
He showed up to all our gigs, and at some point he said,
Hey, I'm a drummer.
Not too long after, our drummer left.
I ran into Tommy again and said, Hey, we need a drummer.
Do you want to get together and jam?
So we got together and it was great.
The kid knew all the songs and fit right in.
After playing together for a few years and making a name for ourselves around Hollywood,
I got an offer to replace Randy Rhoads in Quiet Riot after Randy went off to play with Ozzy.
And man, I remember Tommy was mad as hell.
He and his folks didn't want to see me or talk to me.
We went from being good friends to never talking.
[G] I was dead to [A] him.
So I said, Listen, Tommy, let me make a name for myself, and [D] I'll come back and get you
once I see this through.
Quiet Riot vocalist [B] Kevin Dubrow was impossible to work [A] with.
And then before George Lynch came along, Don Dockin kept calling me, asking me if I was
interested in joining his band.
So I played some European dates with him, but the labels kept telling us they wanted
new wave bands and weren't interested in what we were doing.
I was tired of labels telling us they weren't interested in Dockin, so I contacted Tommy
and put Motley Crue together.
We were looking for a bass player, and we went to the Starwood one night, and Nicky's
band London was doing their farewell gig.
I wasn't impressed with Nicky at all.
He was awful.
While we were hanging out, I don't know why, but Tommy just loved how Nicky looked.
He was gung-ho about him saying, This is the guy we should get.
But I felt we should back off as we had already auditioned Nicky twice.
I said to Tommy, He looks great, he's great on stage, but he can't play bass at all.
I was looking to put a [Am] great band together like Rainbow, Deep [A] Purple, or Humble Pie.
Nicky Six simply was not capable.
So I told Tommy, If this is the guy you want, I'm leaving.
Nicky was incapable of musically executing what I envisioned.
All he was doing was quarter and eighth notes.
But Tommy liked him, and they hit it off when they talked.
So again, I said, Look Tommy, I'm not going to play with him.
Do whatever you want, but I'm not doing it.
He's not musical enough for me.
I never played a show with Nicky Six.
Tommy and I played together many times, but I was gone as soon as Nicky entered the picture.
But they couldn't find a guitar player or singer [Dm] initially, so they kept calling me.
But I [A] refused.
And then they met Mick and Vince, and they were off and running.
The way I saw it was that my guitar playing would get me through.
I didn't need a guy like Nicky dragging me down.
I had seen London many times, and I knew I wanted none of it.
On visiting the studio during the recording sessions for Motley Crue's Theater of Pain,
Greg said,
Tommy invited me to the studio while recording Theater of Pain.
When I got there, it wasn't Nicky playing bass.
I won't mention the guy's name who actually played bass, but it wasn't Nicky.
I remember asking the guy, Hey, what are you doing here?
And he was like, Oh, I'm playing bass on the Motley Crue record.
It shocked me, but the producer instigated that as Nicky wasn't up to snuff.
I didn't know about ghost players then, but it was way more common than people knew.
But it would usually get squashed whenever Tommy tried to hang out with me.
It was like, Why is he here?
We don't want you playing with Greg.
I'm not sure what they were afraid of.
I remember jamming with Mick at the studio during the Theater of Pain sessions, and he
was having trouble getting his sound.
And Tommy said, [G] Get Greg in here.
He can make anything [A] sound good.
So I went over, messed with Mick's amps, and dialed [D] them in.
Those guys were jumping for [A] joy to the point of hugging me and screaming, Nobody touch those controls.
Then they went and got a magic marker
This is a Full N' Bloom News Brief.
More info at [D] FullNBloom.com.
Guitar World [D] Magazine recently published an interview with former Tommy Lee [A] bandmate Greg Leon.
A link to the entire feature can be found in the description.
On how he met Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, Greg said,
I was in a band called Sweet 19, and this skinny kid who had been a fan started hanging
around and bugging me.
He showed up to all our gigs, and at some point he said,
Hey, I'm a drummer.
Not too long after, our drummer left.
I ran into Tommy again and said, Hey, we need a drummer.
Do you want to get together and jam?
So we got together and it was great.
The kid knew all the songs and fit right in.
After playing together for a few years and making a name for ourselves around Hollywood,
I got an offer to replace Randy Rhoads in Quiet Riot after Randy went off to play with Ozzy.
And man, I remember Tommy was mad as hell.
He and his folks didn't want to see me or talk to me.
We went from being good friends to never talking.
[G] I was dead to [A] him.
So I said, Listen, Tommy, let me make a name for myself, and [D] I'll come back and get you
once I see this through.
Quiet Riot vocalist [B] Kevin Dubrow was impossible to work [A] with.
And then before George Lynch came along, Don Dockin kept calling me, asking me if I was
interested in joining his band.
So I played some European dates with him, but the labels kept telling us they wanted
new wave bands and weren't interested in what we were doing.
I was tired of labels telling us they weren't interested in Dockin, so I contacted Tommy
and put Motley Crue together.
We were looking for a bass player, and we went to the Starwood one night, and Nicky's
band London was doing their farewell gig.
I wasn't impressed with Nicky at all.
He was awful.
While we were hanging out, I don't know why, but Tommy just loved how Nicky looked.
He was gung-ho about him saying, This is the guy we should get.
But I felt we should back off as we had already auditioned Nicky twice.
I said to Tommy, He looks great, he's great on stage, but he can't play bass at all.
I was looking to put a [Am] great band together like Rainbow, Deep [A] Purple, or Humble Pie.
Nicky Six simply was not capable.
So I told Tommy, If this is the guy you want, I'm leaving.
Nicky was incapable of musically executing what I envisioned.
All he was doing was quarter and eighth notes.
But Tommy liked him, and they hit it off when they talked.
So again, I said, Look Tommy, I'm not going to play with him.
Do whatever you want, but I'm not doing it.
He's not musical enough for me.
I never played a show with Nicky Six.
Tommy and I played together many times, but I was gone as soon as Nicky entered the picture.
But they couldn't find a guitar player or singer [Dm] initially, so they kept calling me.
But I [A] refused.
And then they met Mick and Vince, and they were off and running.
The way I saw it was that my guitar playing would get me through.
I didn't need a guy like Nicky dragging me down.
I had seen London many times, and I knew I wanted none of it.
On visiting the studio during the recording sessions for Motley Crue's Theater of Pain,
Greg said,
Tommy invited me to the studio while recording Theater of Pain.
When I got there, it wasn't Nicky playing bass.
I won't mention the guy's name who actually played bass, but it wasn't Nicky.
I remember asking the guy, Hey, what are you doing here?
And he was like, Oh, I'm playing bass on the Motley Crue record.
It shocked me, but the producer instigated that as Nicky wasn't up to snuff.
I didn't know about ghost players then, but it was way more common than people knew.
But it would usually get squashed whenever Tommy tried to hang out with me.
It was like, Why is he here?
We don't want you playing with Greg.
I'm not sure what they were afraid of.
I remember jamming with Mick at the studio during the Theater of Pain sessions, and he
was having trouble getting his sound.
And Tommy said, [G] Get Greg in here.
He can make anything [A] sound good.
So I went over, messed with Mick's amps, and dialed [D] them in.
Those guys were jumping for [A] joy to the point of hugging me and screaming, Nobody touch those controls.
Then they went and got a magic marker