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"We're going to take it all around the world. People can talk to him and he will talk back." Jack and Sharon Osbourne are preparing a future in which Ozzy will live on digitally

Get ready for Ozzy 2.0

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"Record the show, put it online. There are a lot of people who won't be able to see it, so let’s give them a little joy." John 5 on why he's bucking the anti-phone movement at gigs

Well-travelled and current Mötley Crüe guitarist John 5 is about to embark on a European tour

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"I said, 'This is our last show.' He said OK. We never, ever talked about why it was so easy to break up the band." The curious story of the thinking man's hair metal band, and where it all went wrong

Two million sales. A dizzying rise. And a cataclysmic fall

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“In Mötley Crüe I always used a pick, but I’m a better bass player when I use my fingers”: Nikki Sixx names his biggest weakness as a rock bassist

The lifeblood of infamous hair-metal band Mötely Crüe, Nikki Sixx has been polarizing bassists since he first took to the stage nearly 50 years ago

Guitar World

“Mars argues that it is immoral for him to be cast aside... I am not unsympathetic to this argument but it is not for me to weigh in on the morality of the band’s decision”: Judge rules Mötley Crüe were within rights to fire Mick Mars

Guitarist was evicted fully from band when he quit touring in 2022

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“He was forced to admit under oath that his statements were false”: Mötley Crüe score decisive legal victory in dispute against Mick Mars

Mars and Mötley Crüe have been embroiled in a bitter legal dispute after the guitarist sued his former bandmates in 2023 – and accused them of miming

Guitar World

"Mars was forced to admit under oath that his statements were false": Mötley Crüe claim comprehensive victory in legal battle with Mick Mars

Mick Mars must pay Mötley Crüe a portion of the advance he received for shows in which he did not subsequently perform

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“In the ’80s,MTVbuttered our bread. But after Kurt Cobain wore his grandfather’s sweater in the video forSmells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place on MTV for bands like us and Mötley Crüe”: The life and death of the thinking person’s hair metal band

Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them

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10 hard-rocking Christmas songs, from AC/DC to Christopher Lee

IN FOCUS: If you’re sick of hearing the same old festive cheese at this time of year, allow Kevin E G Perry to suggest an alternative playlist of full-throttle seasonal songs guaranteed to blow away the Christmas cobwebs

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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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Mötley Crüe announce mammoth Carnival Of Sins tour with Tesla and Extreme

If you missed all the big top action on the original Carnival Of Sins tour, now's your chance to put that right

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“It was those first two lines. I felt like it was speaking to my life. I knew I could deliver that song with conviction”: One day Sebastian Bach was playing to Jon Bon Jovi’s parents. The next he was singing one of hair metal’s greatest anthems

The story of Skid Row’s classic hair metal anthem Youth Gone Wild

Louder

"The doctor said that I probably wouldn't be on stage again": Vince Neil reveals he's suffered four strokes in recent years

The Mötley Crüe frontman was able to return to the stage in Las Vegas earlier this month

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Mötley Crüe frontman was told he’d likely never go on stage again after suffering a stroke

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Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil says he had a stroke and had to ‘learn to walk again’

The 64-year-old rock star revealed ‘my whole left side went out’

Guitar World

“I’d just hit the bass really hard and overdrive it with my hand. There’s no need to have any finesse if you’re a bass player”: Nikki Sixx recalls his decadent early days with Mötley Crüe

The legendary glam-metal bassist looks back on the crazy times he enjoyed with one of the most notorious bands ever

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Eddie Van Halen's custom Kramer guitar could fetch $2 to $3m at auction

Eddie Van Halen's custom Kramer is set to be sold at auction and is estimated to make a few million dollars.

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Just when you thought vinyl couldn't get any more adorable, Black Sabbath release a 4" single

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Nikki Sixx reveals why Motley Crue didn’t play Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s farewell gig: “We have been having health issues within the band”

Ozzy gave Motley Crue a leg-up in their early days – but they weren’t at the Back To The Beginning show

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Mötley Crüe recruit Dolly Parton for new version of Home Sweet Home

Mötley Crüe and Dolly Parton have re-imagined Home Sweet Home.

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Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them

Louder

"It was the day I'd been waiting for my whole life, but I was dismayed": How Skid Row and Sebastian Bach Went To War

Skid Row were once blood brothers, but infighting and a split with their singer turned it all into an ‘abyss of hatred’

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Original KISS drummer Peter Criss to release first solo album in almost two decades

Peter Criss is set to return with a "hard rock" solo album later this year.

Guitar World

“No one does it better than him. That’s what inspired me to do what I’m doing today”: John 5 likes to push his playing to the limit – but says Ace Frehley does one thing better than any shredder on the planet

Kiss first inspired the Mötley Crüe guitarist to take up the instrument

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Motley Crue postpone Las Vegas residency as Vince Neil undergoes a 'medical procedure'

Mötley Crüe have pushed back their Las Vegas residency until September as frontman Vince Neil is set to undergo a "medical procedure".

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