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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.

BANG Premier · Jun 20, 2025

“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

MusicRadar · Jun 18, 2025

"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’

Louder · May 29, 2025

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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.

BANG Premier · Apr 25, 2025

“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

Guitar World · Mar 27, 2025

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".

BANG Premier · Mar 5, 2025

“I’ve never been one that talks about my bass playing, but I really am proud of my playing on that album – it was the first time I was sober”: In an era dominated by look-at-me shred guitarists, Nikki Sixx showed that playing bass could be cool, too

Mötley Crüe's 1989 blockbuster, Dr. Feelgood, is a prime example of Sixx's gritty bass approach

Guitar World · Feb 27, 2025

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“All anyone wanted to hear was awful new wave garbage like Elvis Costello and The Police. Rock groups like ours were strangled us to death”: The rise and fall of Starz, the 70s rockers who should been the next Kiss

Starz were one of 70s rock’s greatest near misses

Louder · Feb 23, 2025

A pilot on a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer killed in Arizona aircraft collision

One of the two pilots aboard the private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil died when the aircraft veered off a runway in Arizona and hit a parked business jet

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

Small Business Jet Crash At Scottsdale Airport Leaves One Dead

Tragic Learjet crash at Scottsdale Airport involving Mötley Crüe frontman's aircraft. NTSB investigating left main gear failure. Aviation community mourns.

Mötley Crüe share statement after Vince Neil’s plane crashes in Arizona

Pilot of the private aircraft has died, while the frontman’s girlfriend reportedly broke five ribs in the crash and has been taken to hospital

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

Vince Neil's private jet involved in fatal crash at Scottsdale Airport: Mötley Crüe release statement

Vince Neil was not on board at the time of the accident

Metal Hammer · Feb 11, 2025

“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

Metal Hammer · Jan 25, 2025

"Being sober was a real different experience from a band that was always wrecked": How Mötley Crüe cleaned up and made their biggest album

Drugged up, boozed up and almost washed up, Mötley Crüe went into rehab, came out and recorded a classic of the late-80s LA metal scene: Nikki Sixx takes us back

Metal Hammer · Jan 17, 2025

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Louder · Dec 26, 2024

“Bob Rock would say: ‘You could do better. You’re halfway there. More Springsteen! More Ian Hunter!’”: The major Mötley Crüe hit that took Nikki Sixx eight attempts to write

It paid off by giving Mötley Crüe their biggest ever single

Metal Hammer · Nov 19, 2024

"I run this business like an iron fist and nobody can get in and f*** with our band": Nikki Sixx on making new music, replacing Mick Mars, work-life balance and learning when to say no

We catch up with Mötley Crüe legend Nikki Sixx

Guitar World · Oct 18, 2024

“We really had to think about it, bro. Do you think we wanted to take the grief we took, and end up in a lawsuit? But what were we supposed to do?” Nikki Sixx reflects on Mötley Crüe's decision to oust Mick Mars

Initial statements that Mars decided to retire due to ongoing health issues were refuted by the guitarist, saying he was forced out and immediately replaced by John 5

Metal Hammer · Aug 30, 2024

“MTV said, ‘When we look at bands like Mötley Crüe, we know it’s a joke.’ I’m not going to be some clown for MTV”: The twisted, turbulent story of Danzig’s classic Metallica-approved debut album

Danzig’s classic debut album was released on this day in 1988

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Metal Hammer · Aug 23, 2024

Mötley Crüe have unleashed a cover of the Beastie Boys' Fight for Your Right

Just what you always wanted

Metal Hammer · Aug 9, 2024

“You had big everything. Big drugs, big money, big parties. And it’s all free, the more the merrier”: The fast rise, sudden fall and messy afterlife of glam metal heroes Ratt

Ratt were kings of the 80s hair metal scene, only for it all to go very wrong

Metal Hammer · Jul 24, 2024

“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

Metal Hammer · Jul 24, 2024

“Yes, we sell out – we sell out every seat in the house, every time we play!” 11 times Metallica were accused of ‘selling out’ for ridiculous reasons

Playing acoustic guitars. Making a music video. Getting haircuts?! Here are all the times Metallica incensed heavy metal’s purists.

Guitar World · Jul 22, 2024

“He was like, ‘Come on down to rehearsals.’ I’ll never forget it. I was blown away”: John 5 on the time he got to watch Van Halen at an intimate reunion rehearsal – and played through Eddie Van Halen’s guitar rig

In a new interview, the Mötley Crüe guitarist also revealed another signature Fender Telecaster – dubbed 'The Phantom' – is in the works

Guitar World · Jul 16, 2024

“I had to step away from the pointy era. I chose the Strat because I like the way they look and the way they sound… everything about them is me”: Mick Mars on how he found his thrill with the Fender Stratocaster – and the 1954 unicorn that broke his heart

The former Mötley Crüe guitarist pays tribute to the most important Strats in his life, the mods they have had, and why he had to step away from the pointy guitars crazy of the '80s

Metal Hammer · Jul 8, 2024

"When the time is right, put us in a coffin and fire up those avatars": Nikki Sixx is up for Mötley Crüe continuing as avatars once the band are dead

Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx is keen to follow in the footsteps of Kiss and ABBA with an avatar-style show so that their music can "go forward for generations and generations"

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