Artist: Motley Crue Genre(s):
Rock
Rock: Hard-Rock
Metal: Heavy
Metal
Discography:
Carnival of Sins: Live Year: 2006
Tracks: 23
Red, White and Crue (CD 2) Year: 2005
Tracks: 17
Red, White and Crue (CD 1) Year: 2005
Tracks: 20
Music To Crash Your Car To, Vol. 2 (CD 4) Year: 2004
Tracks: 13
Music To Crash Your Car To, Vol. 2 (CD 3) Year: 2004
Tracks: 13
Music To Crash Your Car To, Vol. 2 (CD 2) Year: 2004
Tracks: 17
Music To Crash Your Car To, Vol. 2 (CD 1) Year: 2004
Tracks: 16
If I Die Tomorrow Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Music To Crash Your Car To, Vol. 1 (CD 4) Year: 2003
Tracks: 15
Music To Crash Your Car To, Vol. 1 (CD 3) Year: 2003
Tracks: 16
Music To Crash Your Car To, Vol. 1 (CD 2) Year: 2003
Tracks: 20
Music To Crash Your Car To, Vol. 1 (CD 1) Year: 2003
Tracks: 19
New Tattoo Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Supersonic and Demonic Relics Year: 1999
Tracks: 15
Live: Entertainment Or Death (CD 2) Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Live: Entertainment Or Death (CD 1) Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
Generation Swine Year: 1997
Tracks: 13
Quaternary Year: 1994
Tracks: 5
Motley Crue Year: 1994
Tracks: 12
Decade Of Decadence '81-'91 (Japanese Version) Year: 1991
Tracks: 17
Decade of Decadence '81-'91 Year: 1991
Tracks: 15
Dr. Feelgood (Remastered) Year: 1989
Tracks: 15
Dr. Feelgood Year: 1989
Tracks: 11
Girls, Girls, Girls Year: 1987
Tracks: 10
Girls Girls Girls (Remastered) Year: 1987
Tracks: 14
Theatre of Pain Year: 1985
Tracks: 10
Shout At The Devil (Remastered) Year: 1983
Tracks: 15
Shout At The Devil Year: 1983
Tracks: 11
Too Fast For Love (Remastered) Year: 1981
Tracks: 13
Too Fast For Love Year: 1981
Tracks: 9
Motley Crue (Remastered) Year:
Tracks: 15
Monster hits Year:
Tracks: 16
With a spunky repute that was arguably equaled only if by Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe's notorious antics made them a force to be reckoned with in the '80s. As one of the first base and nearly influential hair alloy bands of the '80s, Mötley Crüe had a serial publication of hit albums, the biggest and nearly noteworthy organism 1989's Dr. Feelgood. The ring continued to judicature disceptation into the following ten, even when their recording vocation took a downturn through a series of well-publicized mishaps and run-ins with the law. Mötley Crüe's beginning fundament be traced back to 1981, when bassist Nikki Sixx (innate Frank Ferrana) and drummer "Tommy Lee" Bass distinct to leave the bands they were in at the time and quest for a new stick out together. Bob "Mickey Mars" Deal was leased to play guitar and "Vince Neil" Wharton was added as singer. The ring went through several diagnose changes ahead Mars presented them with Mottley Krue, recalling a time when his previous band was described as a "mixed bag looking crew." After agreeing on this bring up and neutering the spelling slightly, the newly formed group began to play at local clubs and soon became cult favorites, known for their unique stage theatrics.
The ring before long met up with Allan Coffman, world Health Organization financed their first record album, Too Fast for Love, on their possess small, independent Lethur Records judge; the record sold a surprising 20,000 copies. After sign language to Elektra Records, the band released Shout at the Devil in 1983, which featured the hit picture "Looks That Kill." The record went platinum, simply the band's success was temporarily brought to a block when Neil was involved in a lethal auto accident on August 12. Driving under the influence of alcoholic drink, Neil crashed into another elevator car, cleanup his good friend and passenger Nicholas Dingley of Hanoi Rocks; the other victims emerged with upset finger cymbals and brain wrong. Neil was ground shamed of vehicular manslaughter and driving spell intoxicated, and was incarcerated for 30 years in 1985, in addition to acting biotic community serving and paying a magnanimous hard cash settlement. By the time Neil had been sentenced, notwithstanding, the band's newest record, Theatre of Pain, had already been released and soared up the charts, making the striation stars and producing their kickoff Top 40 attain with a cover of Brownsville Station's "Smokin' in the Boys' Room."
Afterwards a short hiatus, the ring regrouped with Neil to film a music picture for "Home Sweet Home"; the get-go hit power ballad to be aired on MTV, it became their to the highest degree requested music video for four-spot months straight. A 44-minute place video cassette,
Uncensored, was released in 1986, containing rare live footage and interviews; in the meantime, Lee marital actress Heather Locklear. A year later on, Mötley Crüe released their fourth record album, Girls Girls Girls. The uncensored video for the popular deed of conveyance raceway was straight off banned from television set, non dissemination until a somewhat cleaned-up version was released. The grouping eventually embarked on their own hitch, simply the European dates were canceled when Sixx suffered a do drugs o.d. and nearly lost his life story. Over the next year, all 4 members sought out drug rehabilitation and Mötley Crüe remained out of the spotlight. They returned, clean-living and sober, in 1989 with Dr. Feelgood, which hit number one on the Billboard charts referable to the strong singles "Kickstart My Heart," "Don't Go Away Mad (Simply Go Away)," "Without You," and the ill-famed title-track, which became their number one Top Ten single.
Later on some other world-wide enlistment, they released a digest album, Decade of Decadence, in 1991. The album opened at number 2, and a home video of the like name was released curtly after. The grouping created their possess record label, Mötley Records, and sign-language a new undertake with Elektra for $25 million. Unfortunately by this clock time, the music industry that made them illustrious was commencement to change, and the pressure to restrain footstep with the times began to take its toll on the bandmembers' comradeship. In 1992, roger Sessions for Mötley Crüe's next album sour wretched, and Neil was fired and replaced with singer John Corabi, at one time of the Scream. The 1994 product was Mötley Crüe, which sickly at numeral seven-spot in the U.S. and finally went gold, only was at last a commercial letdown (as was a load-bearing duty tour). In early 1997, Corabi was fired and Neil rehired for the much-hyped Generation Swine. (Corabi resurfaced aboard former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick in the radical Union.) Though Generation Swine opened at numeral four-spot, it was acutely criticized and fell off the charts in front long. In 1998, the band released Greatest Hits, just curtly after the encouraging go, Lee was arrested for nuptial mistreat against wife Pamela Anderson and sentenced to poky time for most of the year. Meanwhile, the group's deal with Elektra fell apart, and Mötley Records switched its affiliation to the Beyond label, with the stria acquiring the rights to its endorse catalog.
After numerous bitter encounters with Neil, Tommy Lee left the stria in 1999 to human body Methods of Mayhem, wHO released their self-titled debut late that year; he was replaced with Ozzy Osbourne drummer Randy Castillo. That year, the revamped Crüe issued remastered editions of all their studio albums (complete with bonus tracks) asset the rarities assembling Supersonic and Demonic Relics. An album of all new material, New Tattoo, appeared in the summer of 2000. Also in 2000, Sixx base time to establish a side visualize, 58. On the eve of the Crüe's tour in reenforcement of New Tattoo, Castillo was stricken with an undisclosed illness and sabbatum taboo the duty tour to recuperate. Instead of canceling the tour, the Crüe temporarily enlisted Hole drummer (and lifelong Crüe fan) Samantha Maloney.
In May of 2001, the circle issued an sinful, tell-all biography, The Dirt (which level included input signal from late drummer Lee), that quickly became a best seller. Around the same time, Neil embarked on a brief solo tour of U.S. clubs and looked for a new solo record deal, merely remained diamond that he was still a member of Motley Crüe. Sixx used the downtime to spell material for other bands, including Tantric, Meatloaf, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, and James Michael. Sadly, Castillo passed away in the natural spring of 2002, and the dance band announced their foramen would plausibly last into the succeeding year. Sixx too began talk more or less reuniting the original batting order for a leave-taking enlistment, just Tommy Lee quickly went to the press and told them that his relationship with Vince Neil was merely overly short for that to bechance. Controversy surrounded the band again as previous manufacturer Tom Werman sued the band for unpaid royalties, Neil's former married woman Heidi Mark publicly accused him of physical clapperclaw, and Neil was kicked off a nationally syndicated radio set prove for being as well rummy to maintain an interview. Tour drummer Samantha Maloney was besides assorted up in things as Sixx distinct to write a ungenerous posting on his web site in retaliation for the world acknowledgment of a feud between her and his wife referable to his unfaithfulness during their 2000 spell. Rumors of a reunion continued to twirl during 2003-04, even as Mötley Crüe members stayed busy with single projects. Both Tommy Lee and Vince Neil participated in celebrity shows, Lee as the focus of a 30 minutes usher on NBC featuring the rock star attention college classes and Neil in the first season of
The Surreal Life. Sixx toured and released an album with his new isthmus, Brides of Destruction. The reunion rumors eventually came on-key in tardy 2004 when the four original members announced dates for a full enlistment in 2005, their showtime in more than six age. The tour coincided with the February release of the band's double-disc greatest hits solicitation, Red, White & Crüe.
Kenny Rogers, Edson Hudson
