In 1981, Sixx left the heavy metal band “London”. He started rehearsing with Lee and a vocalist-guitarist named Greg Leon who left them shortly after. So, Sixx and Lee went out searching for new band members. They came across an ad Mars placed in a local LA paper, announcing his availability as a “loud, rude and aggressive guitar player”. They also had guitarist Robin Moore on board, but he was fired after the first rehearsal. Lee knew Neil from high school, so he asked him to join as lead singer. Thus, the original line-up of Mötley Crüe was finally together. The first ever Mötley Crüe concert was played on April 24, 1981 at the Starwood nightclub in West Hollywood, California.
The band’s name is derived from the phrase “motley looking crew”, something Mars heard some musicians call a band named “White Horse”. Their debut album came out within a year of their formation. “Too Fast for Love” was released by the band’s own label, Leathür Records, in November 1981. It managed to get onto the famous Billboard 200 chart, reaching the #77 spot. As a result, the band was signed by Elektra Records. Still in the same year, they got to embark on their first nationwide Mötley Crüe concert tour, called the “Boys in Action Tour”.
Since then, Mötley Crüe has released 8 more studio albums, thus they have 9 in total. The best selling one among them is “Dr. Feelgood” from September 1989, which sold 6.6 million copies worldwide. Meanwhile, the latest new Mötley Crüe album came out in June 2008, with the title “Saints of Los Angeles”.
The Californian metal band’s biggest hits to date are “Home Sweet Home” (1981), “Wild Side” (1987), and “Kickstart My Heart" (1989). The band announced their retirement at the end of 2015. However, in 2018, they reversed that decision and went back to writing new music and touring. After some changes, Mötley Crüe’s current line-up is still made up of the 4 founders.
In 2001, Mötley Crüe members collectively wrote the autobiography of the band titled “The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band”. It became a best seller, and even a movie adaptation was produced by Netflix in 2019.
Top 10 most played songs by Mötley Crüe in the last 40 concerts.
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Wild Side
38
Live Wire
38
Girls, Girls, Girls
38
Primal Scream
38
Kickstart My Heart
38
Shout at the Devil
37
Too Fast for Love
37
Looks That Kill
37
Home Sweet Home
37
Dr. Feelgood
37
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Song title
Listen
Popularity
Buy
Wild Side
Shout at the Devil
Too Fast for Love
Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
Live Wire
Looks That Kill
The Dirt (Est. 1981)
Guitar Solo
Rock and Roll, Part 2 / Smokin' in the Boys Room / Helter Skelter / Anarchy in the U.K. / Blitzkrieg Bop
Home Sweet Home
Dr. Feelgood
Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)
Girls, Girls, Girls
Primal Scream
Kickstart My Heart
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