Nikki Sixx revealed during an interview with Billboard that the experience of participating in the creation of the film The Dirt , a biopic that tells the story of Mötley Crüe , saved the friendship of the group members who had drifted apart after their farewell tour in 2015.
The film, which was released in March by Netflix , is based on the book of the same name that tells the whole story of the group. The quartet reunited to record four tracks for the film's soundtrack, and Sixx even suggested that they could get back together to make new music.
“I didn’t have any problems on tour,” he said about the group’s farewell, “I just felt a little disconnected. I didn’t feel disconnected on stage, but I didn’t feel our partnership anymore when we were backstage. We did meet and greets and everything was great, but it wasn’t the same. I feel like the movie brought us back to what we were.”.
He also revealed that when his daughter Ruby was born in July, the first gifts he received were from the band members. “They were the first… Mick [ Mars ] was texting me asking when she was going to be born. All this from guys who hadn’t spoken to each other in a while.”
