Nikki Sixx: "All is cool with Tommy Lee"

The tension in Motley Crue seems to have settled down as the band readies a new album. Things started heating up last year after drummer Tommy Lee quit the group because their ex-manager, Carl Stubner, demanded more money to work with him. The band subsequently sued the manager, claiming he tried to "divert revenue" from the group and promote Lee's activities while at the same time mismanaging Lee's own solo career "so as to harm the Motley Crue band and Lee's reputation."

Since then, they put the drama behind them and started work on a new album. Bassist Nikki Sixx tells us what went down with the ex-manager and Lee: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "Everything's cool. A guy named Carl Stubner who works for Sanctuary Records did some bad stuff. He was held accountable. He's Tommy's personal manager, and Tommy was hurt about that. But the bottom line is Motley Crue comes first. We're a gang -- not this guy who did bad stuff to Motley Crue. So he was sued. He settled, and I think Tommy woke up and saw the light."

Motley Crue's new song, called "Saints of Los Angeles," is expected to appear on the band's upcoming ninth studio album, which is tentatively due out in early July. The disc will be the first to feature the original Crue lineup in over a decade.
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