#you all know how private he is…he could be on mars rn and we wouldn’t know

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I miss mick mars. when I started listening to motley again after a few years break I was surprised he wasn’t in the photos on Spotify/Apple Music etc. it really made me feel sad. Is he okay?

ohhhh boy…you’ve missed a whole TON honey. here’s a little breakdown. i don’t know when exactly you stopped listening but in whatever time has passed, the crue have made the movie on Netflix (the dirt), started a stadium tour (even though they’ve said their final tour was the last one), and before the tour ended, mick retired from touring.

now this is the important part: while mick had said he was stepping back from touring, he had said he was still able to do a vegas residency and still do work on possible songs and whatever. the crue have went on to say mick was retiring from the band as a whole and that they’d bring john 5 (previously of rob zombie) to fill in for him. they finished the stadium tour, then mick sued the band for ousting him and trying to take his shares of the band away from him. (side note: im actually unsure if mick sued the band before they finished the stadium tour or after…if im wrong don’t hesitate to correct me)

anyways, the band and mick got into a whole back and forth with mick stating the band wasn’t playing live (specifically nikki), while nikki claimed mick was “losing it,” forgetting riffs and whatnot. specifically made a quote…iirc, “we’ve been propping him up for years.” yeah…it got pretty messy. so mick is no longer a part of motley crue…which is the saddest thing ive had to write and you probably have to read. but, on the upside, mick finally got the time to finish his first solo album. it’s called ‘The Other Side of Mars.’ (pls stream it yall peepaw could use the encouragement to make another album.)

to be honest, it also makes me sad anon. not seeing his face with the rest of the band is a kick to the stomach most of the time. sometimes i have to realize that it might be for the best. not the legal stuff, i want nothing more than for the rest of the band to stop putting mick through the wringer and just give him what he deserves. but a small part of me feels happy knowing he no longer has to deal with those assholes. It must be like a weight off his shoulders a bit.

as for if he’s ok…im sure he is. if he wasn’t im sure we would know…maybe. i can say, when watching newer interviews he seemed a lot happier, though still his wonderful awkward self at times. as much as i miss him in the crue…at this point he’s not going back, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. im just glad he’s still here and happy and most likely doing whatever he wants now. and that’s ultimately better than nothing.