Godsmack: Shannon Larkin talks about Crüe Fest 2009 ~ New Metal 4U

GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin has revealed more details about the events of the 2009 Crüe Fest 2 tour which inspired his band's "Cryin' Like A Bitch" song.

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna reported wrote the track about MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx after the two musicians clashed during the trek, on which GODSMACK was a support act and CRÜE was the headliner.

Speaking to Tricia Weight (a.k.a. A Geek Girl) of "Interviews From The Edge" during the recently completed Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival (see video below), Larkin stated about the inspiration for "Cryin' Like A Bitch", "Several things actually happened [during that tour], honestly. You know, the rest of the band... we get along great with [other MÖTLEY CRÜE members] Mick Mars, Tommy Lee. I got along great with Nikki Sixx. In fact, he had called me over to catering one time and said would I like to play with his SIXX: A.M. [side project], on the record. And I was like, 'Yeah!' But then this was, like, three weeks into the tour, and then four weeks later, him and Sully had this clash. And it stemmed from [MÖTLEY CRÜE's] security, I think, more than Nikki, but you know, Nikki is the leader of the band. Basically, [it had to do with their] security throwing us off the stage... whatever... It was a bunch of ego shit that none of us really got into. But MÖTLEY CRÜE kind of acted like... Well, their security, in any event... they were real weird with our guests getting backstage, like our guests might want to look at MÖTLEY CRÜE. Our guests were there to see us and they didn't care a shit about MÖTLEY CRÜE. And MÖTLEY CRÜE is a legendary band that we all respect. When I was 17, I had 'Shout At The Devil' and all that, hell yeah! But it just kind of fronted us a little that they would think that our guests would be star-struck over them. And half the time these were people I've known for 30 years — [and they] can't even get backstage because MÖTLEY CRÜE doesn't want people back or whatever. So that's where the bad blood came from. And then Sully runs his mouth, Nikki runs his mouth… They're both big rock stars. Next thing you know, it's a battle in the press."