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Mick Mars put together the most hedonistic band of their era and has the scars to prove it: Now out of Mötley Crüe, he's starting a solo career. Lived a life? You bet

Mick Mars looks back on his career, from his early days on Sunset Strip to his years as an unlikely metal superstar

Metal Hammer

“Mötley Crüe was a whole different animal from what I’m doing. Writing the anthems was what the band was all about. Then it got a little sideways…” Mick Mars opens up on the highs and lows of life in Mötley Crüe – and his solo rebirth

The legendary Crüe guitarist looks back on the good times and bad times with the world’s most outrageous band, how he knew it was time to retire from the road (but not the group), and why his hard-hitting new solo album is and isn’t a blues record

Guitar World

“There’s some contention about that, but that’s how I remember it”: Eddie Kramer says Jimmy Page did play on The Kinks’ You Really Got Me – but it might not have been the version we know today

The decorated rock producer has recalled the first time he crossed paths with Page, who was busy recording an overdub for the 1964 hit

Guitar World

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“It was a total triumph as a soft rock masterpiece and a deeply personal statement”: how Journey singer Steve Perry’s stepped away from his day job to deliver an AOR classic with Street Talk

Featuring the hit single Oh Sherrie, Steve Perry’s 1984 debut album Street Talk was an AOR landmark released in a year of AOR landmarks

Louder

Mick Mars: If Motley Crue wanted me to write songs with them again, of course I would

Ex Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars appears to have softened his stance and says he's open to working with the band again

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“Stumbling on King Crimson and Gentle Giant was eye-opening for me. I went, ‘How can you do that so fast?’”: ex-Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars reveals his secret love of 70s prog

Forget Shout At The Devil – Mick Mars is all about 21st Century Schizoid Man

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"I'm old. I'm glad that what could possibly be my last hurrah is something that people – some people, at least – have noticed": The rise and fall of the forgotten guitar hero, Jake E Lee

After his glory days as Ozzy Osbourne's right-hand man in the 80s and personal tragedy in the 90s, Jake E Lee vanished for 15 years: In 2013, he stepped back into the spotlight

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"A full-scale solo stormer: a 90s grunge record made by a marauding horde of evil mutants": Mick Mars has made a would-be classic with The Other Side Of Mars

Former Mötley Crüe man Mick Mars' debut solo album The Other Side Of Mars is as dangerous as a black mamba in your pants

Louder

Mick Mars: “I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Mötley Crüe. I don't regret anything we've ever done – good, bad or ugly” – only in the new Guitar World

Plus! Eddie Kramer, Marco Pirroni, Stone Mecca, Adrian Belew, Yard Act, DragonForce, history of the MXR Phase 90, Drop Nineteens, Blondie's Frank Infante, the Darkness and more!

Guitar World

“I would say it’s past… impossible”: Mick Mars has opened up about his relationship with Mötley Crüe – and a reconciliation is off the table

The band's former guitarist has discussed the ongoing Mars/Mötley Crüe dispute, and it looks like we're passed the point of no return for any potential reunion

Guitar World

"It was an honour to watch Mick Mars play our dumb songs!" How a secret meeting, some serious growing up and a Motley Crue legend helped Murderdolls reunite for their final album

In 2010, Joey Jordison and Wednesday 13 reunited for another round of shock-rock mayhem

Metal Hammer

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Moon City Masters, the Pineapple Thief, Uuhai and more

Eight new songs for rockin' rockers

Louder

“Our job here is done”: It’s ten years since Motley Crue signed their “Cessation Of Touring” agreement and vowed to retire... so what happened?

It turned out Nikki Sixx and crew weren't very good at not being in Motley Crue anymore

Louder

Iron Maiden's Powerslave at 40 and the Greatest Albums of 1984: Only in the historic new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Mick Mars, Tony Clarkin, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Spinal Tap, Ace Frehley, Big Country, Frankie Miller, Don Henley, Blackberry Smoke and much more

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Gary Clark Jr, Mark Knopfler, Mick Mars and more

Eight meaty morsels of monstrously marvellous music

Metal Hammer

"We saved a lot of our favourite mementos, candid pics, and dirtiest souvenirs": Mötley Crüe have launched what they're calling "the world's most notorious museum"

Mötlety Crüe's Crüseum is open now, and the band have relaunched their official fan club

Guitar World

News of the (guitar) world: the biggest, baddest, weirdest and saddest guitar news of 2023

We track the year’s biggest six-string stories – from landmark gear developments to devastating departures and 2023’s most headline-grabbing players

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Motley Crue cancel New Year's Eve show citing issues beyond their control

Motley Crue were due to perform in Palm Springs, California, on December 31

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"He used to do it all the time": Noddy Holder reckons Ozzy Osbourne started the tradition of shaving a sleeping drunk's eyebrows

Slade's Noddy Holder looks back fondly on some Ozzy Osbourne-related shenanigans

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Iwan Rheon: ‘Men Up is like The Full Monty. But they’re stripping for medical reasons’

The Game of Thrones actor on men’s mental health, starring in a new BBC drama about Viagra trials in Wales, and Anthony Hopkins

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"I'm really trying to be what I am, which is a little off": Watch the creepy video for ex-Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars' dark, grungy new single Right Side of Wrong

Ex-Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars shares second solo single, Right Side of Wrong

Guitar World

“People are hearing my sound – I might gain some fans, I might lose some fans, but what they’re hearing is all me”: Mick Mars reveals second track from his debut solo album

After 40 years of Mötley Crue, the guitarist is exploring different sides of his personality, with Right Side of Wrong showcasing a darker side to the glam rock legend

Guitar World

“Malcolm Young would shred picks. It's like he would pick them up and they’d turn to dust!”: Richard Fortus breaks down his role as Guns N’ Roses’ rhythm machine – and explains the overlooked details that separate good players from great ones

GNR's resident Gretsch signature artist discusses his chemistry with Slash – and how it echoes that of Izzy Stradlin's – and pinpoints his approach to staying in the pocket

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including The Record Company, Laura Jane Grace, Måneskin and more

Who needs a new Beatles song when Tracks Of The Week is here? Quite frankly, no one

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including The Struts, The Hot Damn!, Deap Valley and more

Eight newly discovered planets in the spectacular solar system of rock'n'roll

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