Guitarist John 5 was recently interviewed by the Guns N’ Roses-centric “Appetite For Distortion” podcast, where he was asked if it would be possible for Motley Crue to tour with Guns N’ Roses.
About it, John 5 replied:
“Well, if you were to ask me in a reality sense, like bands that are touring and bands that I love, my number one would be Guns N’ Roses. And me and Nikki (Sixx) talked about this. He was, like, ‘Who would you wanna tour with?’ No, someone was asking us; I forget who it was. Someone was asking us, and we both said, ‘Oh, Guns N’ Roses.’
”And just because it’s such a perfect fit. We both love them very much. And we’re friends. I mean, I love all the guys so much and I’ve been friends with them for a very long time. I mean, a long time.
“That very first (GNR) show that I went to when they first started, I remember after the show — this was way before meet-and-greets and all that stuff, they came out and sat… I’ll never forget this. It was very weird. They sat in these seats, all of ’em, and just talked to a couple of people hanging out. And I was hanging out. We just talked.
”And this was like so early on, like when the (first) video just hit or something like that. But that’s when I met them, and I would see them. ‘Cause I was getting tattooed at Sunset Strip Tattoo, and I would always see them, and I would see them at the Cathouse. So I’ve known them for that long. And I just think it would be a wonderful, wonderful tour.”