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December 6th, 2004

Motley Crue appeared tonight on the "Larry King Live" (8.9 MB) show to announce they have indeed reunited, and were about to play a short set at the Hollywood Palladium. They also appeared briefly on VH1 to make the same announcement, and to world premire their new video for their new single "If I die tomorrow"(14.2 MB).  Extra special thanks to my good bud, MOON, for the video footage.  Cause you know......MOON RULZ!!

December 3rd, 2004

Hear Crue's new single, off of their up-coming new album "Red, White, and Crue, before it hits radio.

"If I die tomorrow" 

November 29th, 2004

Lots of news to report:

A special Motley Crue announcement will air on VH1 on  Monday, December 6th at midnight ET / 9:00pm PT.  It is rumored that this announcement will take place at the Whisky-a-go-go in Hollywood, CA.

Motley Crue is also tentatively scheduled to make a "surprise" appearance at the Billboard Music Awards show, to air on Wednesday, December 8th.  Check local listings for time and channel.

According to ExploreTalent.com, MÖTLEY CRÜE recently issued a casting call for a female lead to star in the group's new video for a song called "If I Die Tomorrow". The description and talent specifications of the role the video producers were trying to fill are as follows: "Brunette, female, caucasian, light hispanic or light mixed ethnicity (exotic), 18 to 24 yrs old, hot, great body, voluptuous. Must be able to act and must have curves. She will be in every scene of this video. Great exposure, VH1 is doing a behind-the-scenes show and launch for this..."

Auditions for the role were apparently held in Los Angeles on November 15-16, 2004. No further details were provided.

Several music message boards are abuzz with reports that the band have been filming a video in Hollywood over the past few days. In addition, it is rumored that MÖTLEY CRÜE will play one or more warm-up gigs at the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood prior to the launch of their reunion tour. Whisky's official web site contains no mention of the rumored date(s), but it is currently hosting a teaser ad for CRÜE's upcoming tour.

As previously reported, MÖTLEY CRÜE will hold a press conference on Monday, December 6 on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, CA to announce a reunion tour by the group's original lineup: Vince Neil (vocals), Nikki Sixx (bass), Tommy Lee (drums) and Mick Mars (guitar). The press conference will be followed by the band's appearance at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards on Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event will be broadcast live on Fox.

Source: Blabbermouth.net

October 23rd, 2004

TOMMY LEE will appear on the following TV shows to promote his new biography, Tommyland. 

*Video Courtesy of Detroit Pimp Moon*  (Video files will remain online for a  few weeks only)

October 22 - David Letterman- Download Interview 11.4 MB

October 22 - 20/20- Download Interview 10.8 MB

October 25 - Good Morning America Download Interview 6.6 MB

October 25 - Larry King Live. Download Interview 21 MB (Quality lowered to keep file size down)

November 3 - Conan O'Brien 

November 3 - Live With Regis And Kelly. 

November 5 - Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!

Tommyland is now in stores. Written by Tommy with Anthony Bozza, at 288 pages, the hardcover is being touted as "the ultimate dish on the most notorious musical miscreant ever to dominate the headlines!"

Beginning October 23rd, Tommy begins a book signing tour. Dates, Times and  Location are below:

Book Signings:
Oct. 23 - 2:00 p.m.
RJ Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT

Oct. 25 - 1:00 p.m.
Barnes and Noble
600 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY

Oct. 26 - 7:00 p.m.
BookEnds
232 E. Ridgewood Ave
Ridgewood, NJ

Oct. 28 - 7:00 p.m.
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave
Coral Gables, FL

Oct. 29 - 6:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble
660 Beacon Street
Boston, MA

October 31, 2004 2:00 PM
Borders Books
1540 Golf Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173

Nov. 04 - 7:00 p.m.
Booksmith
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA

Nov. 05
Tower Records
8801 Sunset Blvd
Hollywood, CA
 

October 6th, 2004

An update on Mick's health

Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars is recovering after undergoing hip-replacement surgery on Tuesday (October 5). Mars, 53, has been suffering from a chronic degenerative illness, ankylosing spondylitis, for some time and underwent the surgery to ease the pain of the damaged joint, according to his spokesperson.

"The surgery went extremely well," Mars' surgeon Dr. Brad Penenberg said following the operation. "I expect him to be walking with the help of a physical therapist as early as Wednesday morning."

Individuals afflicted with Mars' illness suffer from a fusing together of some or all joints and bones of the spine. The affected area becomes inflamed and some of the bone may erode, but only about six percent of sufferers of the disease need to undergo hip-replacement surgery. The illness cannot be cured but the pain can be minimized with anti-inflammatory drugs, according to the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society.

A spokesperson for the group was optimistic about Mars' recovery from surgery. "Mötley Crüe are a gang of musicians that climbed the mountain of rock to success," Allen Kovac, CEO of Tenth Street Entertainment, said in a statement. "A healthy Mick Mars gives hope to all those who love one of rock's most passionate and aggressive bands."

News about the reunion tour:

Singer-guitarist-songwriter Stacy Jones of the Boston-based quartet AMERICAN HI-FI has collaborated with MÖTLEY CRÜE on a song for CRÜE's upcoming CD, according to an update sent out to AMERICAN HI-FI's mailing list. "Vince Neil [vocals] wasn't around, so Stacy cut the vocals while Nikki Sixx [bass] and Tommy Lee [drums] were playing," the message reads. "Dreams come true."

MÖTLEY CRÜE have already demoed at least four songs for inclusion on their next release, including "Black Roses", "Another Bad Day", "Entertain Us" and "Get Out". The material, which was recorded at studios in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, is described by Sixx as very MÖTLEY sounding, I'd say 'Dr. Feelgood' meets 'Shout At the Devil'. It's true rock 'n' roll. Nothing more, nothing less."

Discussions are currently underway for a MÖTLEY CRÜE reunion tour featuring all four original band members — Sixx, Lee, Neil and guitarist Mick Mars. A full-blown trek is expected to kick off in the first quarter of 2005. The band hasn't toured with all four original members since 1999.

October 2nd, 2004

According to Billboard.com, discussions are under way for a MOTLEY CRUE reunion tour featuring all four original band members - bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, singer Vince Neil and guitarist Mick Mars. "We're not there yet; we're at the 20 yard line," says the source. If it happens, the reunion will include several new songs from the band to be released in "unconventional ways," along with a full-blown tour in the first quarter of 2005. The band hasn't toured with all four original members since 1999.

A review of  Tommy Lee's up-coming book , "TommyLand"

Hey all. As you know, Tommyland, the autobiography of Tommy Lee, will be hitting the bookshelves soon (maybe this month, maybe as late as Thanksgiving from what I've heard).

Recently I was sent an advance copy for review by Atria Books, a division of Random House.

It's not a complicated tale, which I know will surprise most people who have followed Tommy Lee. Basically for twenty-six bucks, a reader gets his life story, covered in quick tabloid fashion, and told in a prettied form of Tommyspeak (lots of stuff is sick, or kicks ass. It's all good. Trust). We get his childhood. Motley. A good chunk of Pam. Jail. Post Motley. The tabloids. The kid who drowned in his pool. A chapter on tattoos. A back end with stuff like his fans and dealing with the public and his favorite bands.

As the NY Post already reported, the big gimmick is that the first chapter (four pages) consists of a conversation between Tommy Lee and his penis. Through the course of the book his penis also interjects what are supposed to be humorous comments. You can tell when it's his penis because the font is different and a graphic of spooge drops faint behind this new and edgy font.

For example: on meeting Heather Locklear TL writes:

"I had seen her on TV, of course, and then one day when I was talking to my accountant about who I thought was hot, he told me that his brother was Heather's dentist."

And then the penis breaks in and says:

"I'd like to give her an oral exam."


But don't worry fans. Just because his penis's gifts don't extend to stand up comedy, the book is also loaded w/ other gimmicks:

* supposed post it comments from the British editor of the book and Tommy Lee's supposed responses.
* a little cartoon doodle that progresses along the margin of the pages.
* footnote comments from the book's co-author Rolling Stone writer Anthony Bozza, which are supposed to be funny but usually come off as brutally uninteresting (and are so annoying that honestly it's not worth my time to retype them).

Plus there's pictures of TL in various states of performance and undress.


If you are a rock fan and read the Dirt, there will be very little new information about Motley. I'd say the biggest revelation was his version of the source of friction between him and and Vince Neil, which he connected to an event that took place during the Feelgood tour. Because I don't want to completely ruin this too much for anyone who wants to buy the book, I'm not going to tell that story. If you however want to just read the key pages, look at 94-6 when you are in the bookstore.


Admittedly interesting nuggest also include: a story about how to make his drum kit disappear; getting drunk w/Metallica at the grammy's; the way in which his original courting of Pam Anderson is stalkerlike; and Pam Anderson's account of their courtship, which may or may not be a purposeful underplaying of her interest, but which definitely involves some reshaping of history:

"Pamela: We stayed together for four days and we didn't have sex until we were married, even though Tommy thinks we did. I had the penthouse suite, with a pool and everything. We'd party all day and go to La Boom at night, just back and forth, back and forth. We had the wildest time. I just thought we were madly in love -- I had no idea that there were chemicals keeping me awake. I was taking baths all day long because my skin had never tingled so much. I was rubbing myself, I was rubbing him. We should have been two piles of dust we were rubbing each other so much... I just thought that I was really in love. I definitely thought we had to get married. It was so intense that there was no way we could have sex right away. It took us a few days to even get there. We were too busy sucking every single hair and freckle on each other's bodies. I'm glad we waited until marriage -- until it was proper in the eyes of the Lord."

Intentionally or not, that's a funny paragraph, so I had to retype it for all.

Not a lot of new stuff on the sex tape. Not even an addressing of the rumor that maybe it was Tommy Lee or Pam who sold the thing. No good list of all the famous chicks he's been with. Nothing about what it's like to be basically infamous, recognized by most only for his schlong and his police record. Also no serious look at how he felt about Motley's decline, or the shift in musical tastes from Metal to grunge, or how it must have felt when Methods of Mayhem and then his solo projects tanked. Maybe they figured the audience would be too broad to understand this, but the result is that he comes across as cardboard, and deals with subjects that anyone who has even paid cursory attention to his life will know about, as this stuff has already been covered in so many ways. So again there's not a lot of new stuff in here. The gimmicks may have been put in as a way to wallpaper the basic lack of substance. I don't know.

However, the single best chapter, deals with the boy who died in his pool. Just because it's a sad and powerful tale. TL may be covering his ass at some points as he tells it, but this chapter came off as honest. I'd say, now that I think of it, a lot of the book was honest, it's just basically honest at a superficial level. There's introspection, yes, but it only goes so far. Maybe this is because the publishers are trying to appeal to a wide commercial audience, so they don't want to get too bogged down in specifics. Also maybe because TL wasn't interested, or wasn't capable, of diving down too deep.

There is however a semi-decent story about tying up and paddling a porn chick, and a chick who squirts on a soundboard. And the stuff on TL's fave bands is reasonably interesting (he lists Sigur Ros, Zeppelin, VH, Cheap Trick, Snow Patrol, Funk music, and electronica, as particular joys, and gives like half a page each on why). Sludge fans will particularly enjoy his defense of the song Brandon (pg 129).


He doesn't come off as a bad guy. Far from it. However, I'd say The Dirt was a much better book. The Jenna Jameson book too. Jameson may come off as an egomaniac and totally self-obsessed, but she's smart, and shrewd, and was more than happy to cover any and every facet of her life. Also, admittedly, her co-author, Neil Strauss (who wrote the Dirt) did about a thousand times better job in guiding her through the project, and drawing all those good stories and thoughts out of her.

September 17th, 2004

Latest word from Nikki Sixx:

WELL,STEVO BRUNO AT KLOWN RECORDS AND I HAVE FINISH UP THE PRODUCTION ON THE MOTLEY DEMOS. I FEEL REAL STRONG ABOUT THE SONGS. THERE ON THERE WAY TO BOB ROCK TO GET HIS INPUT.I LOOK FORWARD TO RE-RECORDING THE SONGS NOW THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIRECTION OF THE MUSIC.

NEXT UP IS FINISHING THE WRITING FOR THE BRIDES.ME AND TRACII HAVE SO MUCH MUSIC,NOW WE JUST NEED TO FINISH WHAT WEVE STARTED.

MY BOOK DEAL FOR * THE HERION DIARIES* IS DONE.I CHANGED PUBLISHERS HALF WAY THRU THE DEAL AND AM NOW WITH SIMON AND SCHUSTER.THERE WILL BE A DVD ATTACHED TO THE RELEASE OF IT WHICH WILL FEATURE ORIGINAL MUSIC.SO TO SAY I HAVE A BUSY NEXT FEW MONTHS IS A UNDERSTATMENT.

I HAVE HIRED THE TOP LITIGATOR WHO I AM USING TO SUE VANS TO DROP KICK DRAGONFLY CLOTHING AS WELL.CAN YOU BELIEVE I HAVE TO DO THIS SHIT TO GET PAID?? I SEEM TO ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME,BUT LIKE ELECTRA RECORDS FOUND OUT..I HAVE THE DEVIL RUNNIN THRU MY VIENS AND I WILL NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO RIP ME OFF.

YOU MUST STAND UP FOR YOURSELF IF YOU WANNA HAVE ANY SELF RESPECT IN BUSINESS.BUT TO BE HONEST,IT REALLY SUCKS AND ISNT MY IDEA OF BEING AN ARTIST.BUT ARTIST MUST STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES...OR THESE COMPANIES WILL CONTINUE TO RIP OFF ARTIST.


LOVE AND PISTOLS AT 20 PACES..
N.SIXX

September 12th, 2004

Latest news from Nikki Sixx from his diary:

The final depo in the vans law suit is monday.Im excited to take them to court.They have offered settlements but they have all been a slap in the face.I cant wait to take them to court and set straight that companies cannot and will not be allowed to use celebrities images without permission.

on other new...Vince smoked the 4 new tunes...He sang the best ive heard in in years.

Names of songs..

BLACK ROSES
ANOTHER BAD DAY
ENTERTAIN US
GET OUT

OF COURSE THESE ARE DEMOS AND WERE LOOKING AT RECORDING THEM IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.THERE VERY MOTLEY SOUNDING,ID SAY FEELGOOD MEETS SHOUT.I THINK YOUR GONNA FREAK OUT WHEN YOU HEAR THESE.ITS TRUE ROCK N ROLL.NOTHING MORE,NOTHING LESS.

N.SIXX

August 30th, 2004

The new Motley Crue figures made by  McFarlane are due to be release sometime in November of 2004.  What a great Christmas gift these would make for any hard core Cruehead!  Don't forget to put them on your list for Satan.... I mean Santa!  See preview here of Vince, Nikki, Tommy, Mick, whole set.

August 26th, 2004

August 16th, 2004

TORONTO, Aug. 13 /CNW/ - Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil sat down exclusively with MuchMoreMusic's Bill Welychka in Buffalo, NY yesterday and cleared up recent rumours of a possible reunion/ farewell tour.
"Two weeks ago in L.A., Tommy (Lee), Nikki (Sixx), myself and Mick (Mars) by phone sat in a room together with all the attorneys to see if we even wanted to do this," said Neil. "The fans are asking for it and I think it's time. It's a good thing and a good time to put a 'period' on the Motley Crue story. After, we'll call it quits and go back to doing what we've been doing
for the past few years. It'll be closure for me - and this won't go on to be 7 or 8 'farewell tours' like KISS or CHER... Everyone is on board and 95% committed. It's definitely time."
With sales upwards of the 40 million mark, the band battled well-documented years of drug abuse and mounting legal troubles. Neil contends, however, that this is a wiser and healthier Motley Crue. The last time the four original members toured together was 1999, before personality differences forced the band off the road. Motley Crue toured again
in 2000 without Tommy Lee. The upcoming tour is slated to last close to 2 years, and will most likely commence in February 2005.
Catch the clips on MuchMoreMusic's news daily, "The Loop" - Tuesday, August 17th @ 5pm & 8pm ET

PLUS ALL NEW: "The Story Of...": Motley Crue - Monday, Sept. 27th @
10pm ET (60min.) (xx)Featuring the complete Vince Neil interview

April 13th, 2004

The World Party has tapped Hollywood's resident Rockstar Bad-Ass TOMMY LEE to headline our birthday party at the Key Club in Hollywood on Friday, April 23.

Never one to mince words, Tommy sounds off about his love of electronica, Tommy Lee the DJ, and yes,
his nuts!

April 8th, 2004

Latest post from Tommy Lee off the AOL Motley Crue message board:

All kindsa new stuff ive been cookin up in the lab!!!  I got a bunch of shows comin up.....12 in Canada, L.A. on the 23rd of this month @ the Key Club, San Diego on the 24th.
I'll be doin Vegas soon too...then off to Europe for all the festivals and crazy Raves!!

I'm doing something i've been waiting forever to do....I'm DJing/Drumming all my fave and original electronic music!!  Acid House ,Electro Tech stuff.......It's bananas!!!  Come n see!!
Tommy Lee

Cheers

Tommy Lee

April 3rd, 2004

He's back to play LA for the first time in 5 years! This is the show your Daddy warned you about!
Rock icon and super star drummer TOMMY LEE joins The World Party for Birthday Bash #3
at the Key Club in Hollywood!
Join The World Party, Tim Ortiz Presents & Eventvibe.com for Tommy's exclusive LA DJ and Live
Drum performance with originally produced phat-ass beats! Tommy Lee, 2 Man Group featuring Kourtney, Planet B, Danny Love and Swedish Egil are set to blow the doors off of the Key Club on Friday April 23 in Hollywood. What would a show with Tommy Lee be without girls?? TWP's 3 Year Anniversary will be hosted by Playboy Playmate SUZANNE STOKES.

March 18th, 2004

Vince Neil will be at the Cycle Expo 2004/Agony & Ecstasy Tattoo Convention this Saturday (March 20th) signing autographs and taking photos with fans. This event is being held at "The Showplace" located at 3000 Mechanicsville Pike, Richmond, VA 23223.  For more info, click HERE

March 9th, 2004

"Brides Of Destruction" made their television debut performance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on March 8th, 2004.  The performed their first single "Shut the fuck up" from their debut album "Here come the Brides", set for release in the US on March 9th.  Watch the video of the Bride's Leno appearance by  clicking  HERE 

(Please note:  This is a  15Mb (approximately) Windows Media video, and may take dial-up users a while to download. Video file provided by Shawn "Moon".  ALL HAIL MOON!

February 27th, 2004

February 21st, 2004

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx (MÖTLEY CRÜE) and guitarist Tracii Guns (L.A. GUNS) will be co-hosting MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on Saturday, March 6. Two days later, on March 8, the BRIDES will be the featured musical guests on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno". In addition, the band will be guesting on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" later that day ("The Tonight Show" shoots in the afternoon). The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, and fans are encouraged to call in with questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625).

On the day of BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION's album's release — Tuesday, March 9 — the band have confirmed a live in-store performance at Tower Records in Los Angeles (Sunset Boulevard). They will follow this one week later with a Monday, March 15 performance on CBS' "The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn".

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION's debut CD, "Here Come The Brides" (out in Japan through Universal Records since December 25) will be issued in the U.S. through Sanctuary Records via Sixx's company 12-11 Productions.

February 20th, 2004

Nikki's latest diary entry:

SITTING HERE LISTENING TO SLADE....HOLY FUCK.....

ANYWAY....WE CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THE BRIDES WILL PLAY THE JAY LENO SHOW ON MARCH 8TH..ALSO WE WILL BE DOING ROCKLINE THAT NIGHT((JAY SHOOTS EARLIER THAT DAY)....

METAL RADIO IS HAVING A BLAST WITH SHUT THE FUCK UP...

SO AM I...
XXIS.N

February 19th, 2004

From melodicrock.com - 

The Australian Kiss tour, which was previously announced by Aussie promoter Andrew McManus Presents for April, is now set to take place in May. Final details are still being negotiated, including a new support act now that fans Down Under have made it clear they do not appreciate Limp Bizkit to appear on the same stage as Kiss. They're currently looking in at acts that are much more suitable for a KISS show.

For the US Summer tour that Kiss is planning to kick off in June, Nikki Sixx's new band Brides Of Destruction (also on Sanctuary Records, like Kiss's releases on their Kiss Records label) is being considered as an opening act. For more news check out www.kisskollector.com. Poison are another contender. Vocalist Bret Michaels was on US radio last week saying that this has not been finalized, but the two sides are talking. Apparently he sounded very excited at the prospect, since Poison are such big Kiss fans.

February 18th, 2004

McFarlane (the makers of such rock action figures as Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, and Rob Zombie) are slated to produce a deluxe box set of the members of Motley Crue, to be released in October 2004, tentatively. Here's a link to the website, although, they don't currently have a pic of the finished product. http://www.spawn.com/toys/product.aspx?product=2254 

February 11th, 2004

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, the new band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns, vocalist London LeGrand, and drummer Scot Coogan (ex-PAUL GILBERT, ONI LOGAN/ROWAN ROBERTSON, SINÉAD O'CONNOR), filmed a video for the track "Shut The Fuck Up" on Monday (Feb. 9) with director Paul Brown. Described by Guns as "insane," the new clip is expected to begin airing shortly.

As previously reported, BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION's first CD, "Here Come The Brides" (out in Japan through Universal Records since December 25), is due on March 9 through Sanctuary Records via Sixx's company 12-11 Productions.

February 10th, 2004

The contract with "Dragonfly Clothing" has ended for Nikki's "N. Sixx" clothing line.  They will no longer distribute his fashions, but he is currently making plans to work with another distributor.  The old "Dragonfly" issued shirts will no longer be available, but all new design will  be available with the new distributor.  Check out the on-line "S'Crued" store of "Ebay" for the Dragonfly shirts still available for purchase.

A brand new Mick Mars website has just gone into action (nicely done by Mistress Lola)!  All you "Silent Shredder" fans need to head on over to "Mick-Mars.com" and check it out!  Don't forget to sign up on the message board and chat with other Mick fans!

Don't forget to start saving up and making travel plans for "Cruefest Hollywood" and "Northshore Cruefest" this summer!  They are a must for any hard core Cruehead !

February 3rd, 2004

Nikki Sixx will be a special co-host on the late night "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show for the week of March 8th through March 12th.  His new band, Brides of Destruction will also perform on the show that week.  B.O.D. will also perform live at the Tower Records store, and do a meet and greet after the show.  Be sure to set your vcr that week!

January 20th, 2004

Tommy Lee will soon have a new official website up.  Make sure you submit your e-mail address at the bottom of the page to be notified when the site goes live!  http://www.tommylee.tv