Motley Crue
Motley Crue
Eleven Seven Music, 2008
1 CD
Catalogue #: ESM350
EAN: 0846070035029
UPC: 846070035029
You save: 25%
Contains bonus tracks.
Motley Crue: John Corabi (vocals, guitar, 6-string bass); Mick Mars (guitar, sitar, mandolin, 6-string bass); Nikki Sixx (piano, bass, background vocals); Tommy Lee (piano, drums, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Bob Rock (guitar, mandolin); Sammy Sanchez (mandolin); Hook Herrera (harmonica); Scott Humphrey (synthesizer, programming); Glenn Hughes, Marc Lafrance, Dave Steele (background vocals).
Recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California and Little Mountain Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Includes liner notes by Nikki Sixx.
After a decade of platinum success, Motley Crue parted ways with vocalist Vince Neil. In 1994, the band released its self-titled album to an industry that had seen much change since 1989's DR. FEELGOOD. With Nine Inch Nails atop the charts, the John Corabi-led Crue went for a darker sound. Although the record surprised longtime fans upon release, hindsight has proved that the album rocks as convincingly as any Crue effort.
"Power to the Music" and "Hooligans Holiday" are grunge-metal tracks with a radio friendly vibe. "Misunderstood" is a powerful track about people whose lives have passed them by. The hippyish "Loveshine" takes a cue from Led Zeppelin's prime years. "Hammered" ferociously drives its anti-drug message home thanks to the skin bashing of Tommy Lee. "Babykills," a rare bonus track, includes studio banter from the band. "Livin' in the Know," one of two unreleased tracks, tells of bassist Nicki Sixx's disgust with the band's lawyers. MOTLEY CRUE continues to gain admiration among Crueheads as the years go by. Though it's a departure from the band's classic glam-metal sound, MOTLEY CRUE still sports a take-no-prisoners attitude, the mark of a great Crue record.
Tracklist
Motley Crue
Motley Crue were undeniably one of the most popular hard rock/pop-metal acts of the 1980s. Combining the theatrics and glam of Kiss with the hard power pop hooks of Cheap Trick, The Crue out-partied, out-rocked, and out-sold most of their competition. The band even managed to hit the pop chart with frequency with hits like "Dr. Feelgood" and "Without You." The combination of larger-than-life personalities that made up the L.A. band was too volatile to remain stable; singer Vince Neil and drummer Tommy Lee would drift in and out of the band from the '90s onward, but exposure from VH1's Behind The Music series and a tell-all autobiography kept the public's appetite for the Crue whetted into the 21st Century.
