ROCK OF AGES

THE WORLD & CRÜE

 MÖTLEY CRÜE
Formed: Los Angeles, California 1981
Members:
Vince Neil (vocals)
Mick Mars (guitar)
Nikki Sixx (bass)
Tommy Lee (drums)
Former members:
John Corabi (vocals)
Randy Castillo (drums)
Samantha Maloney (drums)



Studio albums:
Too Fast For Love - 1981, Shout At the Devil - 1983, Theatre of Pain - 1985, Girls Girls Girls - 1987, Dr. Feelgood - 1989, Mötley Crüe - 1994, Generation Swine - 1997, New Tattoo - 2000, Saints of Los Angeles - 2008

Some famous songs: Kickstart My Heart, Girls Girls Girls, Dr. Feelgood, Shout at the Devil, Too Fast For Love, Live Wire

Other facts:

• Mick Mars came up with the band name, Mötley Crüe. Vince Neil added the extra dots, inspired by the beer Löwenbräu. 
• Vince Neil and Razzle (Hanoi Rocks) got in a car to get more alcohol when they had a party in 1984, Vince was driving and crashed. Razzle sadly died. R.I.P.
•  Nikki Sixx took an heroin overdose in 1987, he was dead for 2 minutes. They brought him back to life, the experience gave them the inspiration to write the ultimate song 'Kickstart My Heart', that you can find on the Dr. Feelgood album.
• Mötley Crüe named their boxes to 'Music To Crash Your Car Too' & 'Music To Crash Your Car Too II'. Michael Monroe (Singer of Hanoi Rocks) were very mad about that. 
• Nikki Sixx released a book about his heroin addiction, containes his diaries he wrote during the time, called 'The Heroin Diaries, A Year in the Life of A Shattered Rock star'. There is also a soundtrack for the book with the band Sixx:A.M.
• There is a book about Mötley Crües history called 'The Dirt'.
• Around 1997, Mötley Crüe has been signed by Elektra for many years, they created their own label Mötley Records.
• Women has come and gone in the Crüe, mostly known is Pamela Anderson, Heather Locklear, Kat Von D and Donna D'errico.