Mötley Crüe is such a super-duper-mega-badass band. They were making music prior to my Golden Age of Music but are certainly a significant band. All other “hair” bands and “glam” bands that I may have jammed to once are now just on the periphery. I think they may all just be making reality shows now. Mötley Crüe, however, never really stopped being super cool.
Of course, Mötley Crüe is really only Mötley Crüe when it is the original lineup: Vince Neil (vocals), Mick Mars (guitar), Nikki Sixx (bass) and Tommy Lee (drums). The albums Mötley Crüe (when John Corabi replaced Vince Neil) and New Tattoo (When Tommy Lee was replaced by a couple of drummers) were okay. They didn’t rule, though. I think Mötley Crüe is a good example of a band that only works when it driven by all original members. Unfortunately, the band has not released any original new material as original Mötley Crüe since Generation Swine (1997).
Until now (queue drum roll)…
This weekend, I heard the new single, “Saints of Los Angeles,” on VH1. It rules. It’s from the upcoming album of the same name. I was so excited. One thing this band has always been good at doing is making chart-topping songs that are accessible and that get stuck in your head. I think it is safe to say that Mötley Crüe was one of the most notoriously insane bands in the 80s and early 90s. And even though Vince Neil is all fat now, Mick Mars has some debilitating bone and joint disease and Nikki Sixx has been part of the “Cool Kid’s Club” (Meggie’s name for people who have gotten sober) for seven yeas, the band’s music still makes me want to trash a hotel room. I saw them play a couple of times during their Carnival of Sins tour a few years ago, and I can safely say that the concert lived up to what a Mötley Crüe show should be like. With all the speed and alcohol in my system at the time, I am surprised my brain did not explode. When the Saints of Los Angeles comes out next month, I am cramming it into my iPod and then blasting it into my ears.
Listen to the new song. It will enslave your brain and force it pick cotton in a field of awesomeness. I guarantee “Saints of Los Angeles” will be stuck in your head for a while:
- David C. Garcia
Remember when Tommy Lee had a reality tv show on VH1? He went back to college. They even made him audition to be a drummer on the marching band. I think it was like University of Nebraska or something…
I remember attending one of The Cru’s shows. It was indeed glorious and you were indeed badass!
That song is awesome.