True, but that first time I heard “Welcome to the Jungle”… Man, I was blown away! Harder than any other mainstream metal band at the time (excluding the thrash/speed metal “fringe,” which seems to have outlasted the mainstream metal of the time). Metallica and Megadeth had just released their best albums, but were not big at all, Anthrax was a year away from their sweet spot… there was not much going on in mainstream metal, IMO. GnR really were a breath of fresh air.
I liked Mötley Crüe well enough when I heard their fist two albums. Kinda lost interest when they started wearing women’s underwear onstage, not because of that but around that same time they lost the edge in their sound. Maybe I just would’ve lost interest anyway. Lyrically there wasn’t any more substance in most Slayer songs but I’m still listening to them, almost daily. Nothing against Crüe though, they had their fan base and they played to it, very well - nothing wrong with that, they’re great showmen and the music was as good as it had to be.
Dude, Motörhead. My name has an umlaut in it, I think that was part of the reason I picked up Too Fast For Love in the first place now that I think about it.
I used to read a magazine that had an end-of-the-year award called “Still Relevant After All These Years.” Motley Crue would not have won that award even when they were relevant. All style, no substance. Everything they have done since “Girls, Girls, Girls” has been an attempt to stay in the public mind. What they don’t realize is that their 15 minutes of fame was up a long time ago and they should just go away, only to be remembered with such bands as Danger Danger, Fastlane and Bang Tango.
I always thought of them as watered down KISS…KISS-lite.
Man, they were all over MTV when I was in my early teens. I might’ve went to see them if they were playing next door and the beer was free. No, probably not.
Oh, I definitely had Motörhead on my mind when I made that statement. I just wasn’t sure Lemmy and the boys had achieved the sufficient level of mainstream popularity.
The upside down five pointed star was a symbol that thebandemployedfor a while, and in the books Nikki Sixx has admitted to more than a passing facination with Satanism. It’s all total bullshit, especially compared with lots of actually satanic bands, but it was definately part of the act for them.
In the early days, it was a look that they were messing with. Pentagrams and upside down crucifix(es) worn in videos were about as far as they went down that road. I never thought that they had any more than that sort of association, but they none the less did front it.
To add, I just saw them live earlier this week. They have Theory of a Deadman an Hinder as opening acts. It was a great night for rock and one of the better shows that I have seen lately.
I’ve heard of Theory and Hinder but their opening acts were the first time I actually listened to them. Theory was fine but I liked Hinder better. I met both bands a couple of hours before the show and they were all quite likeable. Of course, that was only about a 5 minute exposure but it’s always nice to meet people who seem happy that you came rather than feeling bothered by their annoying fans. I met Eric Brittingham and Fred Coury from Cinderella a few years back when I got some free backstage passes. They were really nice and in no hurry to push you through but it was disappointing that the other two members didn’t feel the need to show up. Also saw Poison the same year. They only let a limited number of fans in for the meet and greet, no matter how many had Meet N Greet passes. So there were about thirty really pissed off people who never made it back stage even though they had the pass.
I used to really like The Crue, but now I relegate them into the same category as almost every other band I liked in the 80’s…mostly crap, and no longer relevant.
Hell, at least cheese bands like Dokken had a decent guitar player.
After each of their respective sets, Theory and Hinder told the fans where they would be and invited anyone to stop by and talk to them. First time I’ve even seen such a thing at a concert. Real nice guys. In person, I thought that the guys from Theory looked more like the guys from Hootie &TBF.
