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“Our genre was blowing up with Bon Jovi and Motley Crue. So Prince paid for our first demo. Then he saw us live, which he did not like...” Warrant’s Joey Allen saw his own solos re-tracked in front of him – what he did next saved his career

It’s wrongly said he didn’t play on his band’s first two albums. Aware of his “clumsy” approach to solos, he took lessons from the guitarist brought in to speed up the process – and it all came right on their third release

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Tommy Lee compares Motley Crue to marriage

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee has compared the band's relationship to marriage - insisting they are are all "closer now than we've ever been" after 45 years together.

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Motley Crue turn The Dirt into new 'warts and all' documentary series

Motley Crue will spill even more on their years of debauchery in a forthcoming docuseries.

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Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx in 'no rush' to go back on tour

Motley Crue rocker Nikki Sixx has admitted he's in "no rush" to head back out on tour because he's enjoying spending his time off with his young daughter.

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Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx slams aging rock stars who are "still trying to act 25"

Motley Crue man Nikki Sixx is 66 – and he's not a fan of "artists that are still trying to act 25 and they're 65"

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Nikki Sixx says Mick Mars' claims that Motley Crue don't play live are a "betrayal to the band who saved his life"

Mick Mars' bitter feud with Motley Crue rumbles on as bassist Nikki Sixx dismisses backing track accusations

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"I had to learn to walk again." Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil reveals he had a stroke in December

Issue that led to Motley Crue postponing Las Vegas residency had doctors doubting Vince Neil would ever perform again

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"Being a rock star is overrated." Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx is falling out of love with touring

Despite being pretty much the definition of a rock star, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx has had enough of life on the road

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“I said: ‘Are you sure there’s nothing can be done?’ And he’s like: ‘No. He’s gone, he’s dead’. I just hung up the phone”: The chaos and tragedy of Hanoi Rocks’ first US tour

Hanoi Rocks were heading for stardom – until drummer Razzle was killed in car crash involving Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil

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Vince Neil splits from girlfriend?

Vince Neil has reportedly split from his girlfriend of 15 years, just days after Motley Crue bandmate Tommy Lee is said to have separated from his wife.

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Motley Crue cancel festival slot

Motley Crue have cancelled plans to headline the Boardwalk Rock festival in Ocean City, Maryland next month to give frontman Vince Neil more time to recover after undergoing a "required medical procedure".

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Motley Crue postpone Las Vegas residency for singer Vince Neil to undergo medical procedure

Motley Crue will now launch their Las Vegas run in September as Vince Neil takes a step back on doctors' orders

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Motley Crue star’s plane involved in fatal crash on Arizona runway

The 64-year-old musician was not on board the plane when it hit another jet at Scottsdale Airport.

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Motley Crue singer Vince Neil's private jet crashes into plane killing pilot and hospitalising rocker's girlfriend

The singer’s Learjet was attempting to land at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona when it veered off track and collided with another parked plane

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Pilot dies as jet belonging to Motley Crue star Vince Neil crashes with parked plane

Motley Crue singer Vince Neil was not on board when his jet collided with a parked plane, leaving one person dead and two others hospitalised.

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“Walk into a strip joint and nine times out of 10 you’ll hear this song. It brings tears to my eyes”: The chaotic story of Girls, Girls, Girls, the album that almost killed Motley Crue

The album that kicked Motley Crue to the next level – and nearly killed them

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Tommy Lee slams musicians for promoting work amid Los Angeles wildfires

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee has blasted fellow musicians for promoting their work while wildfires continue to rage in Los Angeles.

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"Right now nobody gives a flying **** when your record drops or the next concert is!" Motley Crue's Tommy Lee isn't impressed by tone-deaf musicians self-promoting while Los Angeles is burning, but there's a plot twist

"Maybe just stop and see who needs help”

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"It felt like someone took a 300-pound man off my shoulders." John Corabi on being fired by Motley Crue

John Corabi says being let go by Motley Crue was a bummer – but it also came with huge relief

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Watch Motley Crue get dumped out the back of a garbage truck on the Sunset Strip as they arrive for intimate Troubadour show

Motley Crue make a not-so-grand entrance for the first of their Hollywood Takeover shows as they roll out of the back of a trash-filled garbage truck

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"We snuck in under the whatever threshold, wherever that was, where we got away with f***ing murder": Motley Crue drop new track about their surprise on never having been cancelled

Motley Crue share the new song Cancelled, about managing to avoid getting hit by cancel culture, as featured on their new EP of the same name

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"Pompous, sexually charged, straight-ahead 4/4 rock, replete with cliches and cheesy power ballads": Poison's Look What the Cat Dragged In, 39 years on

Poison were a cheap date, but by the end of the night you knew you'd had a lot of fun

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"All the blood rushed into my fist and I decked him. He fell to the ground like a tipped cow": What happened the night Vince Neil punched Izzy Stradlin

A feud between Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses came to a head at the MTV Awards in 1989, and it still hasn't been resolved

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"He just starts sh***ing in the middle of the room...then bends down, picks it up and starts painting the walls": Tommy Lee on the outrageous prank Ozzy Osbourne pulled next after he snorted ants whilst on tour with Motley Crue

Motley Crue's Tommy Lee reveals what happened after Ozzy Osbourne snorted ants in 1984, and it's pretty disgusting

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“If you keep shouting with the devil, you're going to get killed": How floating cutlery and a spooked A&R rep resulted in Motley Crue changing the name of Shout At The Devil

Motley Crue's 1983 groundbreaking second album was given a new name following a stern chat with their A&R rep on the dangers of playing with "evil" after unexplained paranormal activity at Nikki Sixx's house

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