Nikki Sixx has admitted that Mötley Crüe have embraced the use of backing tracks during their shows, but promises they still play all their own instruments live. Responding to a fan’s question on X, though, bass player Nikki Sixx has now admitted that, yes, they do use backing tracks. Wolfgang Van Halen may have called bands who heavily rely on extra tracks “lame as hell,” but John Petrucci offered a more forgiving take. He says backing tracks are fine, so long as the guitarist on stage is playing their ass off. Then, of course, there’s the whole other world of ‘fake guitar playing’ in the online sphere.