MÖTLEY CRÜE (ABO #236)

MÖTLEY CRÜE
CONFIDENTIAL:
NAUGHTY CUTS FROM THE CRÜE CABINET

In a way, this little bad ass of a band were precursors. Following their trail, the hair metal wave which struck the 80s American charts created a lighter, poppier version of Crüe's original sound. Which brings me to the core of this little introduction, what did make Mötley Crüe the band we now know? At the early stage of their career, they could have been considered as the bastard child of 70s Alice Cooper and the New York Dolls. Their sound was raw, unpolished and damn exciting if you ask me. This all started after the band secured a major deal with Atlantic records and released their second album, "Shout at the Devil". From there, as well as achieving stardom, their music started to become a tad more pedestrian if always entertaining. "Theatre of Pain" and "Girls, Girls, Girls" certainly were not as juicy as their first two long-plays maybe because the various excesses known to rock'n'roll lifestyle started to be too much of a burden for the four angelenos. Coming back clean and with Bob Rock at the deck, Crüe then released what remains their biggest commercial success, "Dr Feelgood", which saw the band tighten up their sound and achieving what I consider to be their finest work to this day. Hélas, with their singer leaving doomed the band for years to come. In 1994, they released a self-titled album with another singer (John Carobi) and a new sound, something "à la mode du jour" aka more grungy, While decent, this album didn't get much success and, three years later, original singer Vince Neil came back. Since that, the road has been quite dodgy for the Crüe. Three albums have been released ("Generation Swine" 1997, "New Tatoo" 2000 and, finally, "Saints of Los Angeles" in 2008) with mixed success but still a few good songs.
So, here we are now, the Mötley Crüe's baistophe, covering their long and chaotic history, is here for you to enjoy. You know what to do.

Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home

Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart

My MÖTLEY CRÜE Top 3
1 - Shout at the Devil (1983)
2 - Dr. Feelgood (1989)
3 - Too Fast for Love (1981)

My MÖTLEY CRÜE Bottom 3
1 - Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
2 - Saints of Los Angeles (2008)
3 - Generation Swine (1997)