Mötley Crüe drummer slams artists promoting their new music amid LA wildfires

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“Makes me f–king sick to see most people just [carrying] on posting on lame ass social media!” the Mötley Crüe drummer wrote on Instagram Monday.

“Guys right now nobody gives a flying f–k when your record drops or the next concert is when so many people are in the middle of one of the biggest disasters of all time!”

 

“I get that some comic relief is always need [sic] but Jesus Christ leave it all alone and maybe just stop and see who needs help if you can.”

It’s unclear exactly who prompted Lee’s rant, but Bad Bunny has continued promoting his new album, “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, plus, Spencer Pratt encouraged fans to stream his wife Heidi Montag’s music to generate income after losing their Pacific Palisades, Calif., home in the Palisades Fire last week.

 

[bionic 43,903]

Very US-centric view. 

[Gorehound 3,871]

Ok no.1 "one of the biggest disasters of all time"? It's definitely a devastating event but that comment is very LA bubble.

no.2 not all musicians are as wealthy and successful as you and probably need to keep their income flowing despite whatever disaster is happening. I'm sure they are just as concerned about the issue as you are and would like to help in whichever way they can, but the world keeps turning regardless and there's no disrespect in that imo. 

The entire world doesn't just shut down each time a natural disaster happens.

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[LG2008 3,267]

These people live in a bubble... 

Of course it's bad but the only people that really care are the ones that live in that area. Even people from other hoods in LA get on with their lives as if nothing happened

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Yet little to none of these artists stopped promoting or realising music whilst Palestine is being destroyed and its people are in the midst of a genocide 

The double standard is crazy

[SEANGT 4,964]

Ok I think this is why people hate people from LA and why republicans are trying to put conditions on emergency aid. Not everyone lives in LA. IDK why we're acting like that's the case. 

[Kayi 1,346]

He basically thinks that L.A is the whole world 

No seriously, I said multiple times that it terrifies me what's going on in L.A and that I understand that some artists who live in USA prefer to not drop new things rn... buuut the "one of the biggest disasters of all time !" feel too hyperbolic. The thing that is happenning in L.A is surprising cause some places that are very iconic disapeared. But hey there's a lot of current disasters that are going to change the world on so many aspects politically, demographically, culturally, etc... And none of them are the L.A flames. 

[nATAH 43,455]

I think there are multiple sides to this coin

[Plastic Flower 3,949]

Who’s promoted their music in the past two weeks? 
Bad Bunny wouldn’t be concerned. His focus is on Latin America and trust we have our very own concerns so LA is not something people here care about. 
I can’t blame any American artist affected by the fires for promoting their music. These people still need the income. 

This isn’t a black and white issue. 

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1 hour ago, Plastic Flower said:

Who’s promoted their music in the past two weeks? 
Bad Bunny wouldn’t be concerned. His focus is on Latin America and trust we have our very own concerns so LA is not something people here care about. 
I can’t blame any American artist affected by the fires for promoting their music. These people still need the income. 

This isn’t a black and white issue. 

I can't think of a single LA based act who has promoted tbh.

Like you say the notable people who have dropped things have been either from Latin Am acts or elsewhere in the world like FKA twigs.

I know Heidi has, but Heidi at least has the argument of having lost their home..

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He can be offended when he decides to put together a concert for aid that benefits smaller areas of the US such as Asheville's devastation from the hurricane this past year (only country artists cared to put together a relief concert for that devastation and plenty of LA based artists promoted their music during that time period).  LA and NY aren't the only beloved places in this massive country that deserve special attention/treatment. I feel horrible for the people impacted by these fires but we don't get to cherry pick which areas are worth halting normal life/business for. There is devastation all over the world, all the time. 

[Catnikko 13,977]

i mean it's bad yeah, horrible situation

but why is he acting like people are promoting music in the midst of the 2004 tsunami