Motley Crue could have settled this John 5 problem if they’d replaced Mick Mars with -

[Wednesday 13 Fan]

Found this, an old Sludge interview with Sharise...

"A month after we got married, we got into a huge fight, and I left him and started dating Kelly Nickels of L.A. Guns, and Vince was devastated because I told him I wanted a divorce. He was bangin’ on the door, crying. My mother is the one who made me go back. She and my dad had spent $50,000 on the wedding, so I felt like I had to give it a try."

[FreddyFender]

Would you rather it be Ashba?

Yes. He should have been IMO. Better fit, has already worked with then.

I wonder why they didn’t pick him?

After the MC "farewell" tour, I think Sixx planned to make Sixx:AM a legit fulltime band. Ashba left GNR right around the time the MC farewell tour wrapped up - they released a double record and did their first world tour.

But It didn't work out. The album(s) flopped and Sixx bailed. I think the working relationship of Michaels-Ashba-Sixx had just run its course by then.

That and John 5 is more famous than Ashba.