Motley Crue to do one last album and tour

[That Dude With The Shades]

Motley Crüe To Split After One More Album & Tour ? Latest news at theMusic.com.au

A backstage interview with Nikki Sixx, before their second Etihad show with KISS last night, saw the bassist spill his guts to Bryget Chrisfield about Mötley Crüe’s plans to go out on a high. “I wanna finish our movie [adaptation of Mötley Crüe’s New York Times bestselling collaborative autobiography The Dirt: Confessions Of The World’s Most Notorious Rock Band] and put out a new album,” he revealed before adding they will also release a soundtrack to the movie and then embark on “a farewell tour”. “We’ll be back in Australia and, ah, that’ll be it,” he said. “I can honourably say, ‘We did it our way and we’re never coming back’.”

[NTNR]

That's one to many of each. That band shouldn't be as popular as they are. They embodied everything that was wrong with mainstream rock in the 80's.

[gus666]

That's one to many of each. That band shouldn't be as popular as they are. They embodied everything that was wrong with mainstream rock in the 80's.

I quite liked them, saw them twice on the Theatre Of Pain tour and they were brilliant live. But they really weren't very good on the whole, if truth be told. The weren't as bad as Poison though. Not that that's big praise!

[satan 59]

Don't like them and never have. Hard rock my arse, pop rock may be.

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Re: Motley Crue to do one last album and tour crotley mue

[gus666]

Don't like them and never have. Hard rock my arse, pop rock may be.

Yes and no, Satan. Some stuff like Live Wire, Looks That Kill etc are definitely hard rock/metal. But they did a lot of other soft rock pap too. Shout At The devil is a good album, but not the classic it's made out to be. Funnily enough, Saints Of Los Angeles is a very good hard rock album yet never quoted. Girls, Girls, Girls is utter urine. They're more famous for their lifestyle of the past than their music though. If they'd been clean living boys they'd not be playing big arenas today.

[NTNR]

Yes and no, Satan. Some stuff like Live Wire, Looks That Kill etc are definitely hard rock/metal. But they did a lot of other soft rock pap too. Shout At The devil is a good album, but not the classic it's made out to be. Funnily enough, Saints Of Los Angeles is a very good hard rock album yet never quoted. Girls, Girls, Girls is utter urine. They're more famous for their lifestyle of the past than their music though. If they'd been clean living boys they'd not be playing big arenas today.

They were smart enough to live a lifestyle that afforded them the ability to get more popular by their childish antics. Musically they've always been subpar. Poison beats them hands down. Neither one can hold an candle to Ratt however.

[BlutAusNerd]

They were smart enough to live a lifestyle that afforded them the ability to get more popular by their childish antics. Musically they've always been subpar. Poison beats them hands down. Neither one can hold an candle to Ratt however.

And none of these bands can hold a candle to any legit heavy metal band.

[NTNR]

And none of these bands can hold a candle to any legit heavy metal band.

AFAIC they are legit metal bands.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Glam is not, nor has it ever been, metal. The fact that you consider the dual atrocities of Ratt and Poison to be metal is baffling particularly given your affinity for extreme metal and disdain of the equally commercial core movements.

[That Dude With The Shades]

Yes and no, Satan. Some stuff like Live Wire, Looks That Kill etc are definitely hard rock/metal. But they did a lot of other soft rock pap too. Shout At The devil is a good album, but not the classic it's made out to be. Funnily enough, Saints Of Los Angeles is a very good hard rock album yet never quoted. Girls, Girls, Girls is utter urine. They're more famous for their lifestyle of the past than their music though. If they'd been clean living boys they'd not be playing big arenas today.

Their stuff with Corabi on their self-titled album is really underrated and really good. Also, Kickstart my Heart is one of my favorite songs.

Glam is not' date=' nor has it ever been, metal. The fact that you consider the dual atrocities of Ratt and Poison to be metal is baffling particularly given your affinity for extreme metal and disdain of the equally commercial core movements.[/quote'] Glam, while quite commercial, is far superior to nu-metal and metalcore; better vocals, better riffs, excellent solos. Yes, it was not the most lyrically adept genre, but it's no more embarrassing than cheesy power metal. In the early 90s, there were some amazing glam records; Warrant's Dog Eat Dog, Skid Row's Slave to the Grind, Guns n Roses Use Your Illusion II.

[NTNR]

Glam is not' date=' nor has it ever been, metal. The fact that you consider the dual atrocities of Ratt and Poison to be metal is baffling particularly given your affinity for extreme metal and disdain of the equally commercial core movements.[/quote'] The aforementioned Glam/pop/hair metal bands were background noise and knew it. They actually wrote some good songs and had some of the best guitarist ever. I've jammed and hung out with a LOT of death metal bands and people who all love those 80's bands because they had some substance. Not all of them, but a decent amount in the beginning of that era. If you took the time to listen to some of the heavier bands you might hear some cool stuff. Not all of it was metal but a good portion of it was. Like it or not that's fact.

[theheavymetalblogger666]

i can not stand motley crew. hate them with a passion. in fact if they come to england i will go to there shows just to protest the fact that there even tour and making an album.

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: Motley Crue to do one last album and tour

The aforementioned Glam/pop/hair metal bands were background noise and knew it. They actually wrote some good songs and had some of the best guitarist ever. I've jammed and hung out with a LOT of death metal bands and people who all love those 80's bands because they had some substance. Not all of them' date=' but a decent amount in the beginning of that era. If you took the time to listen to some of the heavier bands you might hear some cool stuff. Not all of it was metal but a good portion of it was. Like it or not that's fact.[/quote'] I've heard a few glam songs that I didn't hate, but that's the problem, it's just a couple of songs here and there. Most of the bands were too busy taking care of the sex and drugs to remember that they were supposed to rock & roll too. A song here or there that isn't a faggy ballad or a cheese covered anthemic party rock song isn't enough to be worth a shit. Even fucking Sum 41 wrote a thrash metal song, but does that make them any less lame overall? Quite the opposite I think, as they had the potential to do something better than pop music, but squandered it because they liked fame more. If they would have cut the shit and spent as much time writing songs as applying hairspray, a few of those bands could have really accomplished something, instead of leaving us a legacy of shallow, vapid, and banal pop music. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[gus666]

Glam is not' date=' nor has it ever been, metal. The fact that you consider the dual atrocities of Ratt and Poison to be metal is baffling particularly given your affinity for extreme metal and disdain of the equally commercial core movements.[/quote'] Have to agree totally Restless. Can't understand NTNR's comments about Crue being "everything that's wrong..." and then saying Ratt and Poison were ok/better?!?! NTNR-Yer blitzed man! Stop drinkin' Brasso!

[gus666]

Their stuff with Corabi on their self-titled album is really underrated and really good. Also, Kickstart my Heart is one of my favorite songs. Glam, while quite commercial, is far superior to nu-metal and metalcore; better vocals, better riffs, excellent solos. Yes, it was not the most lyrically adept genre, but it's no more embarrassing than cheesy power metal. In the early 90s, there were some amazing glam records; Warrant's Dog Eat Dog, Skid Row's Slave to the Grind, Guns n Roses Use Your Illusion II.

Excellent post, Dude. The whole 'glam' debate is like the whole 'metal' debate-based heavily on image. If Crue, Poison, Ratt, etc can be regarded as metal (and Crue were when they came out-no debate) where do Slipknot come into it? In the context of the times they wre ALL metal bands (obviously some in the genres were NOT). and the John Corabi album is actually very, very good. Not stadium filling (neither were any Crue albums), but very good none-the-less.

[NTNR]

Have to agree totally Restless. Can't understand NTNR's comments about Crue being "everything that's wrong..." and then saying Ratt and Poison were ok/better?!?! NTNR-Yer blitzed man! Stop drinkin' Brasso!

It's true. Ratt were better musicians and wrote better songs. Warren was probably the most influential guitarist of the 80's. Mick wasn't shit. Yes, Poison was better too. They were far more G rated (that goes without saying) but they had a very fun energy. MC was just in the right place at the right time. Nothing more.

[RelentlessOblivion]

So far as I'm concerned the glam movement is on par with the core movement and marginally better then the nu movement but I don't consider any of these to be legitimately metal at all, it's a view I've always had, and that view is unlikely to change. The moment an artist begins incorporating pop into their sound it becomes immediately impossible for them to be metal. Bands such as Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Ratt and Poison, along with Metallica and Megadeth to a certain extent, are all equally responsible for the abundance of bands attempting to take the essential elements of metal, simplify them, draw in pop stylings, and market themselves in a manner appealing to the mainstream crowd and which facilitates commercialism.

[frost]

They were just in Perth and for some stupid reason I didn't end up going. They were off the hook apparently

[rocknation]

Would love to see them one last time