You may remember that back in November ’19, Mars did a guest appearance on Marks’ song “Outlaws & Outsiders” – a song that also had appearances by Travis Tritt and Five Finger Death Punch singer Ivan Moody.

Here’s what Mars wrote about Ankylosing spondylitis in the Crüe’s 2001 biography “The Dirt”, “My hips started hurting so bad every time I turned my body that it felt like someone was igniting fireworks in my bones,” he said. “I didn’t have enough money to see a doctor, so I just kept hoping that I could do what I usually do: will it away, through the power of my mind. But it kept getting worse. Then, one afternoon while doing my laundry. I started having trouble breathing. At first, it felt like someone had plunged a knife into my back. But as the weeks passed, the pain kept moving around my back. Next, my stomach started burning, and I worried that my whole body was about to fall apart. I thought that there was a hole in my stomach, and acids were leaking out and destroying my bones and organs. I’d grab hold of doorknobs, anchor my legs into the ground, and pull with my hands to stretch my back and ease the pressure out.”

Last April, Paul Taylor, a well known composer and musician, was on the “Sonic Dorms” podcast and revealed that he’d spent “the last couple of years” collaborating with Mars on  his solo album, “I wrote most of the record with Mick and [Alabama musician] Jacob Bunton, who sang with [former GUNS N’ ROSES drummer] Steve Adler. Me and Jacob have written a lot of stuff for TV together. I’m really excited to have that come out.”