REVIEW: Mötley Crüe – Cancelled (2024 EP)
MÖTLEY CRÜE – Cancelled (2024 Big Machine EP) I’ll give Motley Crue credit for two things: 1. Giving us some decent packaging for the Cancelled EP, in the day and age of cheap-out wallets. This has a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Mötley Crüe – From the Beginning (2025)
MÖTLEY CRÜE – From the Beginning (2025 BMG) There are two things that Motley Crue are really good at: Pissing off their fans, and releasing compilations. In 2019, the Crue released The Dirt...
View ArticleRock Daydream Nation: Mötley Crüe – can we defend Theatre of Pain?
This’ll get the trolls out! Nothing gets the Motley fans in a tizzy more than critiquing a favourite album, or praising a later one with the wrong lead singer. Our rock heroes are not infallible, and...
View ArticleREVIEW: Mötley Crüe –“Beauty” (1997 promo single with “Audio Bio”)
MÖTLEY CRÜE – “Beauty” (1997 Elektra promo single) Generation Swine was a weird album, and “Beauty” was a weird single. Just the facts. Swine was a “reunion” album with Vince Neil, yet there are...
View ArticleREVIEW: Vince Neil –“You’re Invited (But Your Friend Can’t Come)” (1992 single)
VINCE NEIL – “You’re Invited (But Your Friend Can’t Come)” (1992 Hollywood single) “Woahow!” In 1992, post-split, Vince Neil was out of the gates fast with a killer new single, while we had to wait two...
View Article#978: Motley Imposter
RECORD STORE TALES #978: Motley Imposter Has any band merrily skipped through drama like Motley Crue? Very few. From near death (Nikki Sixx) to actual death (Vince’s car crash), to all the women and...
View ArticleREVIEW: Mötley Crüe – Too Fast For Love (1981 Leathür and CD remasters)
MÖTLEY CRÜE – Too Fast For Love (Originally 1981 Leathür Records, 2003 CD reissues) I was so lucky to grow up not with the Elektra remix of Too Fast For Love, but the original Leathür Records version....
View ArticleREVIEW: Motley Crue – Swine Sampler (1997 promo)
MOTLEY CRUE – Swine Sampler (1997 Elektra promo EP) Promo CDs are a funny thing. Any promotional CD that you have ever seen or owned was free at some point in its life. Since promos were intended to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Motley Crue –“Dr. Feelgood” (1989 cassette single)
MOTLEY CRUE – “Dr. Feelgood” (1989 Elektra cassette single) I have a long history with collecting singles. Record Store Tales Part 4: A Word About B-Sides was all about the discovery of exclusive...
View Article#821: The Lost Chapters –“Top Ten Bad Albums by Great Artists” (2004)
GETTING MORE TALE #821: The Lost Chapters “Top Ten Bad Albums by Great Artists” (2004) I found this previously unpublished entry in my old Record Store Journal. Not sure how I missed it during Record...
View ArticleVHS Archives #88: Motley Crue’s Vince Neil – Back in Vancouver again with TDM...
It’s a clean, sober and healthy looking Vince Neil! Once again, MuchMusic had Terry David Mulligan with all the hot questions. This chat includes a surprise announcement of Motley’s next album Decade...
View ArticleNEWS: When ‘The End’ is Not the End – The Return of Motley Crue
2014 Tommy: “Hey guys, how do we sell this farewell tour to our fans?” Mick: “Let’s call it The End so everybody knows this is the last one.” Tommy: “Good idea, but that isn’t what I meant. How do...
View Article#791 GUEST SHOT – The True Story of Thuss’s Vince Neil “Dragon Guitar” (by...
I get a lot of hits from people hoping to buy my stuff. This one popped up recently in my search terms: “vince neil dragon guitar for sale” Several years ago, the Vince Neil “dragon guitar” by...
View ArticleWTF Comments: Disqualified Forever edition
All I ever wanted to do is write rock reviews! But I can’t anymore, because I’ve been “Disqualified Forever” by “WASPfan”…at least as far as Motley Crue goes. This is a real shame since I haven’t...
View ArticleREVIEW: Mötley Crüe – The Dirt Soundtrack (2019)
MÖTLEY CRÜE – The Dirt Soundtrack (2019 EM7) Netflix scored another huge hit with The Dirt. It’s a phenomenon with old fans basking in nostalgia, while youngsters hear the band for the first time. It...
View ArticleVHS Archives #62: The “Real” Dirt – MOTLEY CRUE – MuchMusic special “Decade...
Already seen The Dirt? Watch this then. Back in 1990, before Motley Crue released their own Decade of Decadence video, MuchMusic made one themselves. And it’s pretty good. They were already gearing up...
View ArticleVHS Archives #53: Motley Crue interviews from Much Spotlight (1984-90)
You wanted the Dirt? We got the Dirt. The real Dirt, right from the horse’s mouth, not some actor who used to play Ramsay Bolton on Game of Thrones. These clips were recorded from the Motley Crue...
View ArticleVHS Archives #47: Weird Al Yankovic “interviews” Vince Neil, Def Leppard and...
Summer, 1992! Weird Al Yankovic took over MuchMusic for a day, and it became AlMusic! This entry is dedicated to good pals Sarca Sim and Mars! Check out Weird Al’s hilarious “interviews” with: a...
View Article#656: The One They Call Dr. Feelgood
GETTING MORE TALE #656: The One They Call Dr. Feelgood Hard rock peaked in the summer of 1989 with Dr. Feelgood. The charts were already filled with hard rock acts. Warrant were picking up steam. White...
View ArticleMotley Crue – Greate$t Hit$ (1998, 2009 versions)
MOTLEY CRUE – Greate$t Hit$ (1998 Motley/BMG), Greate$t Hit$ (2009 Motley/Masters) Most fans will agree that Motley Crue’s 1997 reunion album Generation Swine was, at best, disappointing. The Crue...
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