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This is crew cast what is going on crew heads Jason here with you and today it is all about the formation of Motley Crew. Of course, we all know as fans Nikki Sixx is very Motivated individual from early age and we'll talk about all the traumas things that he went through will be touching on it from his book the dirt and other resources, but let's just talk about January 17 1981 a young basis to course at the time in a band called London, but he wanted to do something much different and of course the reputation of Motley Crue grew to be known for the sex drugs and rock and roll and it was really no accident because that's what he was immersed in. Tin Nikki was in the use of substance working dead-end jobs as we know. Of course. He talks about in the dirt being a carpet cleaner where he'd put a bottle of water in say it was Scotchgard up sell it and charge more for that and things like that, but it was jamming with musicians in and around La course had the success with London, but didn't really take off and wasn't really what he wanted out of it and you know, London and interesting band that will touch on on some other point course Blackie Lawless a wasp Guns and Roses ID. East rattling both pre their bands that they got big with but Nikki Sixx 22 years old. Yeah wanted his own band is so mainly he decided he wasn't going to do it by anybody else's fucking rules, which isn't that what being a crew head is about it's a lot about not going by anybody else's rules. Well, he teamed up of course with Tommy Lee T-Bone T-Bones just he's wild all the time. He's is Sloughed he's fun. He's got a lot of energy if parties ever dying. He's the guy that brings it up and then guitarist Greg Leon and they had the band together sweet 19 Greg Leon soon. Quit the band six and lie, they had to find another guitarist. They hadn't really yet named the group. And so they searched through different ways of trying to find a guitarist. Of course at the time. There's a popular magazine called the recycler and that's where they happen upon a statement from a guitarist the ad now infamously. Loud rude aggressive guitar player available Tommy and Nikki met each other through a friend of their said they had both together and they found me through an ad in the paper loud rude and aggressive guitar player me after seeing the ad Mick Mars was asked to audition and then immediately join the band The interesting thing, of course that you may or may not know Mars and six they had met prior to this audition. Although they didn't get along very well at the time, of course at the time a Mick Mars. He's in a band and Nikki Sixx decided to get some $2 tequila shots at The Stone Pony six at the time was using speed and drinking when the two had their first encounter Mars looked at six who undoubtably, you know, just two different looking individual at the time, but they got to talking talking about what bands that they were in to of course make Mars being that he had much different influences than Nikki Sixx kind of just whatever with this fucking kid behind the counter. That Mick Mars did actually invite Nikki Sixx to come check out his band play at The Stone Pony. So when six got off work, he got drunk walked into where Mick Mars was playing in his band at the time and here's the infamous story that he told about it working. His liquor store. Mick came in and asked me, you know, if I was a musician when I said, yeah, and I said, I was like an Aerosmith and Ted Nugent us, you know, kiss stuff like that and has Opening back in like nineteen seventy nine seventy eight and Nick Nick was into like Bebop Deluxe bunch of weird Jazz Jeff Beck. So instantly we didn't get along instantly and I think he left the store told me to fuck off or something. You know, I swear to God, that's how we met and then that night he goes what you want to see a real guitar player come down to see me and playing this place called The Stone Pony and he was in a band called spiders and cowboys and I went in there and he was just Ripping on the guitar doing a slide guitar solo with the mic stand and everything blew me away. So I 1981 motley crew together MIT comes in and you know, he's auditions for the band. You know, we're playing together for God. I must have been a month and one day. I just like kind of I went are you that guy and he goes I thought you were that guy and we hated each other we met but now we're like best friends course after that chance encounter the two started hanging out talking and with Bass guitar and drums now locked down with Mick Mars in the band. They invited a singer simply named odine to front the band course after cutting demos, which if you watch the dirt movie that stuff isn't included in there. This is stuff that was kind of left out. Oh Dean got sacked. He just did an exchange for a singer that Tommy Lee knew in high school. Tommy Lee was a really behind a platinum blond in a rock band called rock candy and after watching him perform. They knew they'd found their lead singer. But Vince Neal wasn't immediately on board with it at all. He turned it down over and over but Tommy Lee was persistent persuaded Vince Neil to audition and they went down to the Starwood and saw me singing and when he got in contact with Neil the frontman mentioned his band screwed him over. So he agreed to do the audition then in April 1st 1981 with a girl that the rest of the guys would dub love. Ali and she proceeded to see if the band was the right fit for Vince they'll she didn't agree and he'll join the band which kind of we saw in the dirt movie they kind of painted the picture a little bit different. Of course, you got to fit a story in the 90 minutes and that's just the way it goes but Neil joined the group anyways in just minutes into rehearsal. Nikki was read writing lyrics to Suit his new singer's voice the first song they put together Live Wire, what's that did hit on in the dirt movie in that was fast. Sure. Well, they went on to the opening track off of their debut record. Of course Livewire was the quartet eventually landed on the name Motley Crue. It was suggested by Mick Mars, but there are seemed to be kind of a bit of a different story surrounding it and there was a course different iterations of the name before Motley Crew was landed on you said at one time you sit around all of his friends and someone comes in and goes isn't this a Motley looking crew and he goes, well, that's that's kind of cool. So I wrote it down but we were going to call the bank Christmas because your badges hi, I'm Christmas. All right. Well, so that was Vince's take a course on where the name Motley Crew came on. And could you imagine if they had named The Band Christmas and the bass player for Christmas Nikki Sixx and Mick might know it just wouldn't work being the band called Christmas and things like that. Thank fucking god. They didn't do that. Right? Well with the band's being dubbed a Motley looking. Crew by an individual they decide to do a couple of different adjustments course Vince Neil talks about sitting around and they're drinking some beer and so from their course the band put the omelets in it. That was a two dots over the oh and the you and Motley and crew and over the course of the next three decades. Of course, one of the biggest bands in the world selling in excess of 100 million records with five Studio albums going Platinum some of them several times over and their reputation was a tour managers literally. At their worst nightmare all together and as they unseated any band before them who had previously laid claim to being the baddest group and rock and roll Motley Crew of course went on to the total overall Fame and infamy. So, you know, it is such a fitting thing that the band was dubbed Motley Crew. Of course, you got this platinum blonde looking dude kind of a beach going guy and I think the beginning of the video for home sweet home plays it up. So well where Vince is out at the beach Tommy's in Jazz club, Mick Mars is in what looks like this. Demon is dungeon, you know Nikki Sixx is hanging out with people at the party and it just so truly is I mean Vince Neil from his background, you know where he came from course, you know things will touch on even being a father at a young age kind of being this teetotal glamorous blonde guy to front these three other dark ominous looking figures, you know, Mick Mars, of course a guy that you know had these this health issue way on much older than the other guys in the band and was was kind of like that father figure and I think definitely kind of played that for Nicky throughout and I think that's in a weird way how Nikki kind of views him as that big brother that was there for him that he never had in a way and of course Tommy Lee the kid we sometimes forget Tommy Lee has never ever ever had a real job. He went from doing this from high school into this band and all the other things he done it and it's what he's done. And of course, you know, Tommy Lee's story is also interesting with the father that was in the military. Your mom from Greece they hardly were able to communicate but they are so deeply in love which probably why he's got a kind of that soft side of him that he's really in the times that I met Tommy Lee such a kind and loving individual totally enthusiastic and interesting thing about him gives you 100% of his attention. Whereas Mick Mars, you know, what this tour pending really doesn't give a shit about his health matters. His thing is, you know, he's known for a long time and doctors probably told him way back when we don't know how long of a lifespan you Got with this. So for him it's about getting up there and doing what he does. And of course Nikki, I think where he's at now in life becoming a father once again, you know a lovely family is getting out there on the road. And this thing that was The Angst from him from childhood that it's still getting that out and it's cathartic for him and therapeutic and of course Vince Neil, you know, no matter what you say what you have an opinion on where he's at now. I totally have the faith that he is getting in 100% shape. Condition to go out and kick ass on this tour with Def Leppard poison and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts that he is a fully committed individual and he just is one of those people that he gets up there that that Charisma that Mick MRSA. The one in Mick Mars said I don't care if he can sing a note that's our guy and so the Inception of Motley Crue. Yeah 1981 was when it started and they never looked back since January 17th 1981 with those Starry Eyes. Eyes, so lots of great more Tales to tell here on crew cast course if you have yet to subscribe make sure you do. So Apple podcast Google play Spotify and wherever you get your podcast and then follow us on social media. It's a crew cast on Facebook Instagram and Twitter and go there tell a friend spread the word. I'm going to have some contest coming up where I'm going to be giving away a Motley Crew merchandise on there and so much more. So thank you guys for listening crew heads our best. Fuck the rest.
On this Episode of Crue Cast,  January 17th of 1981 Nikki Sixx started Mötley Crüe . Here is a brief history of the band members meeting and how the infamous band connected to sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll got started! From meeting in a liqueur store, to one band member not being interested in the band as well as the infamous story of a loud, rude and aggressive guitar player! Mötley Crüe acquired the masters of their first seven albums after their split with Elektra Records in 1997. The price they paid for the success now might seem like chump change, but it was a very real risk with a lot of money. 