Motley Crue(克鲁小丑合唱团)
Mötley Crüe is a glam metal band formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee. They soon found guitarist Mick Mars through a classified ad that stated simply: "Loud, rude, aggressive guitarist available." Singer Vince Neil, who Tommy had known in high school, joined last. They went on to become one of the the most infamous bands of the 80s.
In late 1981, they released their first album, Too Fast For Love, on their own Leathür Records. It sold over 20,000 copies, which caught the attention of Elektra Records. Elektra signed the band and released their second album, Shout At The Devil, in 1983. Elektra also remixed and re-released Too Fast For Love, chopping off the intro to the title track and dropping Stick To Your Guns altogether. They released Theatre Of Pain in 1985, Girls, Girls, Girls in 1987, and Dr. Feelgood in 1989, embarking on sold out tours for each record. In 1991 they released Decade Of Decadence, a "best of" compilation with a few new tracks, to commemorate 10 years together.
In February 1992, Vince Neil left the band, to be replaced by John Corabi (of The Scream). They released the self-titled Mötley Crüe with Corabi in 1994, which didn't sell as well as previous albums. Neil returned for 1997's Generation Swine, which again sold in poor volume. The band left Elektra records to form their own Mötley Records, bringing with them ownership of all their master recordings. A band in control of its own publishing and masters is something very rare in the recording industry. They released remastered versions of all their albums in 1999, each one containing bonus tracks of previously unreleased material from that era. That year also saw a new album, New Tattoo, which sold fewer than 150,000 copies. Tension between Neil and Lee caused the latter to leave the band.
Lee put together the band Methods of Mayhem and recorded an album with them. It was released late in 1999, and solo albums were released in 2002 and 2005. He also starred in a reality TV show that followed him to college in 2005.
With Mötley Crüe essentially finished, Nikki Sixx started a rap-rock band called 58 in 2000 and released a single and album that year. Then in 2002, he started forming Brides of Destruction, and released two albums with them in 2004 and 2005.
Near the end of 2004 Mötley Crüe reformed. The time spent apart was apparently enough of a cooling-off period to make reconciliation a possibility, and they recorded several new tracks for 2005's compilation, Red, White and Crüe. The album was released in February, and they embarked on their Carnival Of Sins tour that same month (starting on February 14 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), quickly selling out shows. They released a concert DVD later that year of their show in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
On January 26th, 2006, the band celebrated their 25th anniversary with a star on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame.
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