The band members, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Vince Neil are well known for their bad-boy antics and hard rock life styles. From the very beginning, these boys have either made problems or problems found them. During their first circuit in 1982, they were actually apprehended at the Edmonton International Airport as they wore their spiked stage wardrobe through customs. Officials at the airport impounded all of what the band carried that they believed indecent or dangerous. No worries for the group though, it was all a publicity prank and it worked beautifully!
Throughout the 80's, Mötley Crüe was involved in a apparently unending bouts of questionable women, drug abuse and run-in's with the law. There was a night in '84, an allegedly drunk Vince Neil was involved in a horrid head-on collision. His passenger, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley of the group Hanoi Rocks was killed in the crash. Neil was condemned to 30 days, but spent a measley 18 days imprisoned for the incident. Later, the band turned tragedy into music and published box sets irreverently called "Music To Crash Your Car To".
The alcohol & drugs were sweeping over their lives in a major way. In 1987, Nikki Sixx actually was thought dead from a heroin over-dose. His heart stopped and that could have been the end for him. Luckily for Sixx, the paramedics did not give up and gave him two shots of adrenaline to his heart. Obviously, he lived to tell the story. This little incident gave the group the stirring for the song 'Kick Start My Heart' from the 'Dr. Feelgood' album.
It wasn't long after Nikki's near-death experience that the groups managers intervened. It was time for a sober treatment if this band was going to keep moving forward. The managers refused to allow the group to go on a European tour, dreading that more than one would die on the tour. The reality of their behavior and the outcomes must have hit them hard. All the members eventually got themselves to sober up. While the others chose to go into a rehab program, Mars chose to deal with his addictions on his own.
Despite their epic struggles with addictions throughout the 80's, they still managed, somehow, to piece together a few best-selling albums. 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-living band that they were eventually able to produce a number one album, 'Dr. Feelgood'. Everyone, even the group guessed that their sober efforts were far better than anything they had done before.
The 90's bestowed more trouble for the Crüe. They published their 6th studio album, 'Decade of Decadence' in '91 and it reached the number 2 spot on the charts. Then, in '92, Neil either left the band or was terminated, depending on who you hear the story from. He was quickly replaced and the band released a self-titled recording that reached number seven on the music charts. At last, in '97, the group reunited and published yet another album, 'Generation Swine'. The album didn't do very well commercially, which resulted in them leaving their record label, Elektra.
In 1998, since their contract with Elektra had expired, the band discovered themselves in a unique position. They are one of the very few groups to have full control both over their catalogue of masters and publication. With this new ability, the group re-published all of their previous albums and included many demos and formerly unreleased songs.
In 1999, Tommy Lee departed the band to pursue his own solo calling and to avoid further conflict with Neil. He was substituted and the band continued to tour and record, but fell short of genuine success. Sixx likewise went his own way and played for the groups "58" and "Brides Of Destruction". It took five years, but the band finally did get back together and got busy recording a fresh compilation album called 'Red White & Crüe'. They also went on a couple of circuits, including their 2005 tour, 'Carnival of Sins' and the 2006 'Route of All Evil' tour that they co-headlined with the group Aerosmith.
Just last month, Mötley Crüe published their latest album, 'Saints of Los Angeles'. Critics are saying the recording is some of the best stuff they've ever recorded! It is a severe flashback to the Crüe's earlier style and a welcome one at that. Seems these "bad-boy" rockers are still pursuing their original mission to rock the public as hard as they can.
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