It’s a win-win for us,” Sixx’s response to being asked why MÖTLEY CRÜE uses backing tracks. 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. Of course, there’s backups pumped in, there’s sirens pumped in, there is intros pumped in, but all the music that we’re playing is being performed by us. And everybody just works really hard,” said MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist John 5 in a May 2026 interview with the Thinking About Guitar podcast. Backing tracks with live performances are a sensitive subject, and many bands have been accused of ‘faking’ their shows before now.