The band members, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Vince Neil are well known for their bad-boy antics and hard rockin' lifestyles. From the very start, these guys have either caused problems or problems found them. While their first tour in 1982, they were indubitably apprehended at the Edmonton International Airport as they had on their spiked stage clothes through customs. Officials at the airport seized everything the group carried that they believed indecent or dangerous. No concern for the band though, it was all a promotional prank and it worked beautifully!
Throughout the 80's, Mötley Crüe was complex in a apparently endless bouts of questionable females, substance abuse and run-in's with the police. One night in 1984, an assertedly intoxicated Vince Neil was complex in a awful head-on collision. Vinces' passenger, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley of the band Hanoi Rocks was killed in the accident. Neil was condemned to thirty, but spent a measly eighteen days imprisoned for the incident. Later, the group turned tragedy into music and published box sets irreverently called "Music To Crash Your Car To".
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The drugs and alcohol were overtaking their lives in a major way. In 1987, Nikki Sixx indubitably was notion dead from a heroin O.D.. His heart stopped and that could have been the end for him. Luckily for Sixx, the paramedics did not give up and gave him 2 shots of adrenaline to his heart. Plainly, he lived to rock on. This small incident gave the band the inspiration for the song 'Kick Start My Heart' from the 'Dr. Feelgood' release.
It was not long after Sixx's brush with death that the bands managers intervened. It was time for a sober intervention if this band was going to keep going. The managers refused to allow the band to go on a European tour, fearing that more than one would drop dead on the road. The reality of their doings and the results must have hit them hard. All the members finally got themselves to sober up. While the others opted to go into a rehab program, Mars beloved to deal with his addictions on his own.
In spite of their larger-than-life struggles with addiction While the 80's, they still managed, somehow, to put together any beloved releases. To this day songs from the releases, 'Shout At The Devil', 'Theatre Of Pain' and 'Girls, Girls, Girls' get lots of air-time. But it was not until '89, with a clean and sober band that they were at long last able to produce a #1 album, 'Dr. Feelgood'. Everyone, even the group guessed that their sober efforts were far better than anything they had done before.
The 1990's bestowed more turmoil for the Crüe. They published their 6th studio album, 'Decade of Decadence' in '91 and it hit the number 2 spot on the charts. Then, in '92, Neil either left the group or was terminated, depending on who you hear the story from. He was instantly replaced and the band published a self-titled album that achieved number 7 on the charts. At last, in 1997, the band reunited and released still other album, 'Generation Swine'. The album did not do very well commercially, which resulted in them departing their recording label, Elektra.
In '98, since their covenant with Elektra had ran out, the group discovered themselves in a unique position. They are one of the few bands to have full control both over their catalog of masters and publication. With this new ability, the band re-released all of their previous albums and included many demos and previously un-published tunes.
In 1999, Tommy Lee departed the band to pursue his own solo occupation and to avert additional conflict with Neil. He was replaced and the band continued to tour and hit the studio, but fell short of genuine success. Sixx likewise went his own direction and played for the groups "58" and "Brides Of Destruction". It took 5 years, but the band ultimately did get back together and got busy recording a fresh compilation album called 'Red White & Crüe'. They also went on a a few circuits, along with their 2005 tour, 'Carnival of Sins' and the '06 'Route of All Evil' tour that they did with Aerosmith.
Just last month, Mötley Crüe published their newest album, 'Saints of Los Angeles'. Critics are saying the recording is some of the best stuff they've ever recorded! It is a serious flashback to the Crüe's previous style and a welcome one at that. Seems these "bad-boy" rockers are still going after their former mission to rock the group as hard as they can.
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