Motley Crue

November 9, 2015

UK MOTLEY CRUE REVIEW “Mick Mars looks like he is actually dead and has just been reanimated for the purposes of performance”

UK MOTLEY CRUE REVIEW “Mick Mars looks like he is actually dead and has just been reanimated for the purposes of performance” By: Neil McCormick, music critic 7 NOVEMBER 2015 • 7:16PM The Telegraph — Is rock just ritual and theatre, a particularly loud and lairy form of pantomime? The question occurred to me in an arena blasted with dry ice, fireworks and flamethrowers, whirling lights and flashing images, musicians hovering about on hydraulic arms and[…]

October 24, 2015

Decade of Decadence: A Timeline of the Eighties Sunset Strip – Mötley Crüe, Poison, Guns N’ Roses and the street behind rock’s most excessive scene

Decade of Decadence: A Timeline of the Eighties Sunset Strip Mötley Crüe, Poison, Guns N’ Roses and the street behind rock’s most excessive scene BY RICHARD BIENSTOCK for Rolling Stone – October 23, 2015 Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — “Livin’ in L.A. is so much-a . . . fffuuuun!” screeched Faster Pussycat’s Taime Downe in 1987. And nowhere was the party crazier, sleazier or more glam-rockin’ than the Sunset Strip, where big-haired dudes and the girls who loved them[…]

October 14, 2015

‘Everybody Talks Shit…’ Ex-Faster Pussycat star Eric Stacy does not waiver on tough questions

‘EVERYBODY TALKS SHIT AT SOME TIME IN THIS BUSINESS’ METAL SLUDGE EXCLUSIVE: Former Faster Pussycat star Eric Stacy does not waiver in the face of some tough questions LOS ANGELES — Once among rock’s most promising upstarts as the star bass player for platinum glam act Faster Pussycat, Eric Stacy has been out of the spotlight for quite some time, but that does not mean the Californian is ready to hang it up. Stacy[…]

August 30, 2015

Motley Crue Live: ‘Nikki high-fived people & Vince was thankful’ review of Charlotte 8/29

‘Nikki high-fived people & Vince was thankful’ Motley Crue Charlotte NC Sat 8/29 Review By: RedHotPunk Alice Cooper nailed it as usual. Great set list and theatrics as past shows of this tour. Great audience reaction, very receptive. Same set list as has been posted before, opened with ‘Girls’, then went into ‘Wildside’. From the vids I had seen not sure how opening with ‘Girls’ would be but it was somewhat different. The sound was[…]

July 23, 2015

I’M LOVIN’ IT! Insider from Motley Crue crew says “Vince ordered McDonalds every day”

I’M LOVIN’ IT! Insider from Motley Crue crew says “Vince ordered McDonalds every day….and always gets a quarter pounder with cheese” Backstage — It’s always interesting to hear what really goes on behind the scenes in a famous person’s life. The fan in all of us usually leaves us laughing when we read the simplicity of that, and we somehow get a kick out of it. Don’t you? One must admit that hearing how normal[…]

March 4, 2015

DEAD DOUBLE Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx’s doppelgänger Mathew Trippe – RIP

DEAD DOUBLE Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx’s doppelgänger Mathew Trippe – RIP Metal Talk — Of the all sad deaths on the rock scene of the last year, including Jack Bruce of Cream, Wayne Static of Static-X and the legendary Joe Cocker, one that went completely unreported in the rock press was that of Matthew Trippe. Matthew John Trippe was adopted at a young age and grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania. He had a[…]

November 12, 2014

Motley Crue show proves to be a blast in Green Bay despite drum coaster technical difficulties

Motley Crue proves it’s still a blast at farewell show in Green Bay By: Kendra Meinert, Press-Gazette Media Green Bay — So that’s it? Only time will tell if Motley Crue is serious about The Final Tour being last call to see rock’s fearless foursome live, but they sure played like a band dead-set on leaving nothing on the table during their farewell swing through Green Bay’s Resch Center on Tuesday. No flash pot unlit. No guitar riff[…]

November 11, 2014

Tommy Lee roller coaster drum set gets stuck in Green Bay

Tommy Lee roller coaster drum set gets stuck in Green Bay Wisconsin — Motley Crue played the Resch Center in Green Bay tonight on their “Final Tour.” Reports from the frozen tundra are that Tommy Lee got stuck on his drum set roller coaster midway through his solo. Fans are tweeting and texing that Mick Mars is doing an extended guitar solo while the crew try to figure out how to get Tommy un-stuck. One online fan from[…]

October 25, 2014

John Corabi in depth about the making of Motley Crue's 1994 ST release

John Corabi in depth about the making of Motley Crue’s 1994 ST release Albums Unleashed Motley Crue with John Corabi – Ep159 Decibel Geek Podcast — We’re back with the second installment of our Albums Unleashed series and it’s been a long time coming but we truly believe it’s been worth the wait. John Corabi joins Aaron and Chris this week to discuss what is arguably one of the most underrated albums of all-time; Motley[…]

October 12, 2014

Alice Cooper 'Performing to me is like breathing'

Alice Cooper talks about rocking out with Vince Gill By: Keith Ryan Cartwright The Tennessean — When it comes down to it, country music and rock and roll are not all that far apart. In Nashville that’s been especially true over the past few years, but in truth it’s been that way for years. “It’s all based on Chuck Berry anyway,” said Alice Cooper, who will open for Motley Crue on Wednesday at Bridgestone Arena.[…]