Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx had a recent interview with SiriusXM, and he claimed that the band almost being kicked off a Van Halen tour because Vince Neil bit the hand of Eddie Van Halen.
Here is the SiriusXM interview :
Tommy:
“We went through this crazy biting phase where we would just f*c*ing bite you.”
Nikki:
“Draw blood.”
Tommy:
“And that only meant that we loved you.”
Nikki:
“Yeah-uh!”
Tommy:
“Everyone is like, ‘Oww, f*c*, what the f*c* are you doing, dude?’ “
Nikki:
“Bite the press, we would bite the press!”
Trunk:
“Bite the press? People interviewing you?!”
Nikki:
“Yeah, we would just be doing some weird interview in the middle of a festival an-“
[Host interrupts]
Host:
“Tommy is now biting Douglas [Booth].”
Nikki:
“Vince [Neil] once bit Eddie Van Halen’s hand and we almost got thrown off the tour.”
Host:
“Oh my God!”
Nikki:
“Yes, well as I said that is not the target.”