The walls of the Sleaze Patrol Files Blog have been decorated
with vintage Motley pin-ups, posters, shirts, mirrors and assorted
memorabilia since the mid 1980s. Here we are in the year 2020 with the
original members all still alive and with a recently postponed tour
(until summer 2021). It seems unreal. No one thought the Crue would
be alive let alone performing and recording music this late in the game.
2021 is their 40th anniversary! Here is a video of the Sleaze Patrol Files
headquarters back in the year 1991 when the Motleys were still in their
original Decade Of Decadence heyday and before Vince would leave in
1992.
Showing posts with label VHS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VHS. Show all posts
MTV News Report, Motley Crue At The Roxy, November 1981
Back in February 2011 there surfaced an extremely rare video, a minute and a half MTV News clip of Motley Crue performing ‘Too Fast For Love’ & an interview with mostly Nikki Sixx at the Roxy Theatre on November 12, 1981. This high quality pro-shot footage was part of a lot of other rare Crue collectibles that were being auctioned off on Ebay:
(from ‘Blabbermouth.net’)
‘MÖTLEY CRÜE: 1981 'Too Fast For Love' Pro-Shot Tour Footage Surfaces - Feb. 14, 2011
30-year-old footage of MÖTLEY CRÜE performing live at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California has surfaced to promote a series of hard rock/heavy metal-themed auctions from eBay seller EliteWorks.
The MÖTLEY CRÜE segment, which also includes a brief interview with a 22-year-old Nikki Sixx, was shot on November 12, 1981, just prior to the independent release of MÖTLEY's debut album, "Too Fast For Love".
Several one-of-a-kind MÖTLEY CRÜE collectables are featured in the auctions, including a June 1981 promotional Umatic master videotape of the band's first two music videos ("Take Me To The Top" and "Public Enemy#1"), a test pressing 12-inch single from "Theatre Of Pain", a 24-year old stage used items from the "Girls, Girls, Girls" tour as well as guitar picks, early press kits, import singles, t-shirts and much more.’
As soon as I saw this baby I immediately downloaded it & it has since been removed from YouTube.
This video is a treat to see because there is so little live & candid footage of the band in these years & the high quality of the video is a bonus.
(Readers of Motley’s biography THE DIRT will likely remember the book’s infamous introduction with a Tommy Lee reminiscence of a former girlfriend nicknamed ‘Bullwinkle’. Online rumor has it the lady above in the vintage Crue shirt is ‘Bullwinkle’ herself.)
So here it is with a little bit edited out (complete video will be posted down the road). This shit is the coolest. And because we aim to please at the Sleaze Patrol Files, below is the complete text from the Roxy Theatre clip.
‘Look out Van Halen, here comes Motley Crue!
The band recently showcased their act at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles & the crowd loved them.
MTV Music TV was at the scene to talk to the Glitter group.
Nikki Sixx: We're not teeny-bopper by no means, on stage. I mean, just, the pretty look or whatever you want to call it, it just happened, it wasn't really planned. Sometimes it may be a little bit against us, but, the music kinda speaks for itself.
Motley Crue predicts that they're Rock n Roll's new fashion trend-setters.
Tommy & Vince: It's already happening/starting . . .
Nikki: In LA it's happening.
Tommy: There's people walking around everywhere with the same haircuts, the same look.
Nikki: You'll see that at our show tonight, take a look.
Tommy: They all show up at the shows with the hair & the . . .
Nikki: Anything different is gonna catch on, right? A few people cut off their hair like the Sex Pistols & rebelled against that & look it, it caught on.
From LA with Motley Crue, this is Tony Kilbert for MTV Music Television’
Decade Of VHS – Motley Home Videos 1986-1992
Motley Crue’s Uncensored home video from 1986 is one of the better band home videos of those years because it showed the Crue have a sense of humor. Along with their wild biography & classic songs & videos, Uncensored is a time-capsule of an age when Rock n’ Roll was a living, breathing thing. We see a picture of the band just before they would go off the rails in 1987.
Although there are ‘set-up’ scenes that they try to pass off as real there is still a good amount of natural moments like when the guys finally gather in the studio to share a drink & watch their old videos. It's a very entertaining & classic 40 some minutes with our heroes. Here's the whole thing! (enjoy before it's removed!)
My first Uncensored was just a VHS copy but I watched the shit out of that thing. For a young kid, to have this access into the Motley world was wild. I’m re-posting a Metal Edge article on the home video below.
Dr. Feelgood had a total of 5 videos made for the singles: ‘Dr. Feelgood,’ ‘Kickstart My Heart,’ ‘Without You,’ ‘Don’t Go Away Mad’ & ‘Same Ole Situation.’ So many videos in fact that they released a short home video dedicated to them. I would have had all these vids from recording them when they were aired on Much Music but the home video included footage of the boys goofing around in a rehearsal space, introducing the videos.
The Decade Of Decadence home video was a disappointment for this fan due to the lack of archival footage on it. Some of us Crueheads were salivating, thinking that the video would contain footage from the Shout days or earlier (because Nikki had said there would be in interviews). No such luck, unfortunately (except for THIS short clip of the band walking to the stage at Donington in 1984). What we did get was all the Motley videos up to 1992 (including ‘You’re All I Need’ & the uncensored ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’) & footage of the boys sitting around their luxury homes giving interviews. There are little interludes that show a bunch of rare images from the decade but you have to pause & move slowly through the frames to even catch a glimpse of them.
The below review of the home video in Rip Magazine echoes my opinion of the release. This was the last Motley footage many of us Crue fans saw before Vince left/was fired from the band.
The complete Decade home video is presently on YouTube so I’ll embed part 1 below. Click on the YouTube icon in the bottom right corner of the video itself to bring you to YouTube where you can watch the other 16 parts. Enjoy!
Revolutionary Comics: Motley Crue Vol. 1 #4, October 1989
More retrospective-type content in the media for the event that Dr. Feelgood almost seemed to be: Revolutionary Comics, an unauthorized & independent company, took on the comedy & tragedy of the Motley’s biography. Crue were the fourth band to be featured (with G n’ R, Metallica & Bon Jovi the precursors) & with a second bio being published only 6 months later (& to be featured at the SPFiles down the road . . . ) . Todd Loren was the President of this controversial company who would be served lawsuits from several of the featured bands. Check the bottom of the post for links to more info on Revolutionary Comics & Todd Loren including a trailer from a recent bio film.
There is so much wrong with this comic. The script reads like a note-form list of details, there are all kinds of anachronisms, we see a 1984-era Crue talking to tour headliner Ozzy Osbourne . . . & his 1988 era guitarist Zakk Wylde. Vince Neil’s fatal car crash that killed Hanoi Rocks drummer Nicolas ‘Razzle‘ Dingly happens after Theatre Of Pain is released when it actually happened before. The whole thing ends with a mention of the cancelled 1987 European tour & Nikki talking about Dr. Feelgood & the Crue returning to form. Pretty classic stuff.
President Todd Loren’s humour comes out in the piece ‘Snotley Crue’ which is inked by Lyndal Ferguson (who did the cover graphic). This is kinda funny & I like Ferguson’s style enough to get my vote for the best piece in the whole publication.
A sixteen-year-old Dean Hsieh wrote to Todd Loren to tell him how disappointed he was in the quality of the comic’s first issue & offered his ‘Addiction’ for publication. Here it is (above). Not bad for a 16 yr old.
There is more content in this issue but I figured because it wasn’t Motley-related I’d leave it out of this post but if I change my mind anytime I will just edit the post & add the images.
What present-day Crue fans will see is that all the things that made The Dirt such a success - the sex, drugs & violence - was already a big part of the Motley reputation for almost 15 years prior. Too much trash & not enough substance has killed the Motley machine in recent years. They’re actually quite successful a touring act now but the days of making a meaningful new recording are probably long gone.
Revolutionary Comics @ Wikipedia
Revolutionary Comics Bio Flick Info @ IMDB
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