The Motley Crue thread - everything about them discussed here

[norway]

[it easily comes down to Shout At The Devil vs Dr. Feelgood.

I agree
Shout is by far the best album they ever did, Vince sounds amazing, it's super heavy and it's not very airbrushed

Shout, Too Fast For Love and New Tattoo are my favorites

[mrlee]

i cant decide which album i like the most from the 80s.

Can I assume that it isn't Girls or Theatre?

Too Fast for Love, Shout at the Devil, and Dr. Feelgood all strike me as superior to those two.

i find too fast my least fav.

girls girls girls is one of my favs, its brilliant sleazy crue.

feelgood i like, but its so commercial compared to previous efforts.

I love the rawness of TFFL...in some places it hurts it, but I think it mostly helps.  I agree that DF is more commercial...it's also probably their most straight ahead hard rock, rather than borderline metal.  SATD is a can't lose pick, my friend! 

i love devil no worries

my second crue album to feelgood. so luckily i got to see there diversity in sound.

I'd say with Crue in the 80s it easily comes down to Shout At The Devil vs Dr. Feelgood.  Now i like all the albums from that era but for me these 2 standout.  Now my favourite individual tracks are on Feelgood, especially the underated Time for a Change, but it has several weak tracks that bring it down for me.  Filler like She Goes Down, Sticky Sweet, Slice of Your Pie and Rattlesnake Shake is real ropey stuff.  Shout At The Devil on the other hand for me has all great tracks and on that basis alone it's my fave album of theirs from the 80s.

i like all those tracks you say are filler, to me they are closer to crue than the commercial SOS

[BlowUpYourVideo]

No love for Girls, Girls, Girls?

[freedom78]

No love for Girls, Girls, Girls?

I like it...but it's their 5th best, IMO, ahead of Theatre (and New Tattoo/Gen. Swine, which I've not heard).

[mrlee]

No love for Girls, Girls, Girls?

its one of my top crue

[freedom78]

No love for Girls, Girls, Girls?

its one of my top crue

To each his own, I suppose! 

[von]

Someone gimme the scans!

Why don't you just scan it yourself if you have it already?

I don't have a scanner.

[IFINGLOVEGNR]

Anybody here gonna be on the Motley Cruise this year?

there gonna have Vince Neil's Solo Band, RATT, Skid Row, & Slaughter + more

[Gunner80]

No love for Girls, Girls, Girls?

GGG is classic.  Great from front to back. The song Rodeo on the remasted version is amazing.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

No love for Girls, Girls, Girls?

GGG is classic.? Great from front to back. The song Rodeo on the remasted version is amazing.

I like GGG. It's either that or SATD as my fav 80s Crue album. I only got Theatre Of Pain recently so I can't really judge it.

[sandman]

i think TFFL is the best.

i was listening to SATD this morning....that's a close second.

nothing else even compares to those albums. no fillers. that's the crue at thier best.

there's some great songs on the other albums, but there is alot of crap and a healthy dose of cheese.

[mrlee]

the reason i love GGG, is its just got this constant theme and atmosphere to it and it just rocks. Every track makes me imagine sleazy LA streets, bar fights, strip clubs, people on cocaine, its just sleazy, pure.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

You're All I Need is probably my fav song from GGG. Brilliant guitar solo.

[norway]

You're All I Need is probably my fav song from GGG. Brilliant guitar solo.

They said Bon Jovi loved that song "dude, you just made the best pop-song in this century" or something like that which Nikki said: "dude, go back and listen to the lyrics"

[norway]

Anyone know the latest on the suite-thing and record?

[Malcolm]

Anyone know the latest on the suite-thing and record?

Havent heard anything on the suite but Nikki said the band will start the record towards the end of this year.

[Malcolm]

Russell Hall of IndependentMail.com recently conducted an interview with M?TLEY CR?E bassist Nikki Sixx. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

IndependentMail.com: M?TLEY CR?E was formed around the same time that MTV began its rise. In retrospect, do you feel that was crucial to the band's success?

Nikki: Yes. Before then you might pick up a rock magazine and see AEROSMITH's Steven Tyler sitting on a road case, and that might be as close as you got to seeing a concert. Or a concert might be coming to your hometown in six months, and meanwhile you were just going crazy with anticipation. With MTV, it became like, "Oh my God. I can see them doing their thing, and see interviews, and get updates." It was addictive. Of course it's changed with the new generation. I feel blessed to have been there at the beginning. It was like Don Kirschner's "Rock Concert", all the time.

IndependentMail.com: How did heroin addiction affect your songwriting?

Nikki: I'll never know. I do know I write better music when I'm sober. A lot of my friends have told me they don't know how to write when they're sober. For me, the addiction had to do with running from my past, and not living in the present. When you're writing music, you need to live in the present. The music wasn't getting the attention it should have gotten, during that period.

IndependentMail.com: You wrote the songs for M?TLEY CR?E's "Dr. Feelgood" album when you were coming out of addiction. What was that like?

Nikki: It was a wonderful time. It was like being reborn, emotionally. The music flowed easily, much like it did with "The Heroin Diaries" CD. Even though I've been sober for years, writing the songs for "The Heroin Diaries" was cathartic. I had two amazing songwriting partners. DJ Ashba's way of taking ideas to the left on guitar, while I took them to the right, was magical. And having James Michael come in and tie it all together was magical as well. We've all played in rock bands, and written songs for other artists, but it's very freeing when you're in a situation where there are no rules.

IndependentMail.com: Are you saying there are rules in M?TLEY CR?E?

Nikki: We say there aren't rules, but let's face it: if M?TLEY CR?E came out with, say, an R&B record, everybody would scratch their heads. That doesn't mean we can't do that. It just means that at some point you have a demographic of people who are excited about a M?TLEY CR?E record, and they want to immerse themselves in the lifestyle and have a great time. We enjoy writing music that's fun. But could I be as expressive in M?TLEY CR?E as I was on "The Heroin Diaries"? Probably not. That's why this project was an important exercise.

IndependentMail.com: What was the vibe like on the most recent M?TLEY CR?E tour, in 2005?

Nikki: We probably laughed more than we have in years. But that said, I can't say we spent every waking moment together. We each have our own tour bus, and our own dressing room. We hang out, and we sometimes ride on each other's bus, but we have very different lifestyles. Tommy [Lee] listens to loud house-music and hip-hop, twenty-four hours a day. It's very fatiguing. He's high-energy, God bless him. Whereas I listen to a wider variety of music, and not at the same volume as he does. I read a lot, I write a lot, I do a lot of photography, and I do a lot of business. As much as we love each other, it's best that we're not in a tour bus together.

IndependentMail.com: And Vince [Neil] and Mick [Mars]?

Nikki: Vince is a movie buff. He's a much more "chill," California-type guy. And Mick listens to the blues and plays his Stratocaster all day long. We would begin to rub against one another if we were on the same tour bus. I mean, I don't live in Vince's guestroom, and he doesn't live in Tommy's guestroom. It's more or less the same thing, when you're touring. We've been doing this for 27 years, and I think that's a perk you get when you started in a station wagon, sleeping in the same room, flipping a coin to determine who gets to sleep on a bed and who has to sleep on the floor. It's because we love each other that things are arranged the way they are.

IndependentMail.com: What's the status of M?TLEY CR?E?

Nikki: We're going to go into the studio and start working on songs this fall, and hopefully cut a record sooner rather than later.

IndependentMail.com: Is SIXX A.M. a one-off project?

Nikki: I don't know. The concept of writing books, doing soundtracks, and furthering conceptual ideas that can be attached to those things is very exciting to me. I'm working on my first novel. I'm sure it will take me years to complete, because it's the first time I've ever written one. Whether I'm good at it or not is an open question, but I love writing. I'm definitely of the philosophy you should enjoy all the opportunities you get in life.

[CheapJon]

I hate that i hate vince's voice 'cuz i think cr?es music is cool and the bands kinda cool too.. just can't stand his voice

[Gunner80]

I hate that i hate vince's voice 'cuz i think cr?es music is cool and the bands kinda cool too.. just can't stand his voice

That's good to know.

[CheapJon]

I hate that i hate vince's voice 'cuz i think cr?es music is cool and the bands kinda cool too.. just can't stand his voice

That's good to know.

Yeah i figured it would make your life better if you knew how i felt