History Music / MotleyCrue

* MurderBallad: "Your All I Need".

* MadeOfIron: Every original member of the band. During the peak of their popularity they all did incredible amounts of alcohol and drugs in addition to indulging in other forms of reckless behavior. Yet they're all still alive.

* HeavyMetalUmlaut: In this case, not for the sake of metal; they were drinking Löwenbräur while they were thinking of a name (one of Mars' previous bands had a member call the group "a motley looking crew"). Vince Neil said: "We had no idea that it was a pronunciation thing. When we finally went to Germany, the crowds were chanting, “Mutley Cruh! Mutley Cruh! “ We couldn’t figure out why the fuck they were doing that."

* HandicappedBadass: Mick. His condition, ankylosing spondylitis, has wreaked havoc on his spine, causing him to lose 3 inches in height. The condition also caused one of his hips to degenerate so severely that he had replacement surgery in 2004.

* HandicappedBadass: Mick Mars. See HeroicWillpower.

* HeroicWillpower: Mick Mars. seriously, dude looks ancient, has a very debilitating form of arthritis and his entire lower spine is fused solid, does he let that stop him from playing guitar? Hell. No.

'''''M[[HeavyMetalUmlaut ö]]tley Cr[[HeavyMetalUmlaut ü]]e''''' was a HardRock[=/=]HairMetal band formed in and popular in TheEighties by drummer Tommy Lee and bassist Nikki Sixx, joined by guitarist Mick Mars and lastly by singer Vince Neil. Like most of their contemporaries from the Glam era, they were probably more well known for their [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll sleazy, sordid antics]] than their music: during their first tour in Canada they were banned from Edmonton for carrying "dangerous weapons" (their stage spikes) and "indecent material" (Neil's porn) though customs, got accused of a bomb threat and threw a TV out the window of their hotel (all publicity stunts). They rose to international fame on the release of ''Shout At The Devil'', ''Theater of Pain'' and ''Girls, Girls, Girls'', receiving heavy rotation on Creator/{{MTV}} and selling millions of copies. Sixx has overdosed on heroin over a dozen times, [[OnlyMostlyDead three times near-fatal]] (the first of these in which he was [[BackFromTheDead declared dead for a minute]], inspired the song "Kickstart My Heart").

* HeavyMetalUmlaut: In this case, not for the sake of metal; they were drinking Löwenbräur while they were thinking of a name (one of Mars' previous bands had a member call the group "a motley looking crew").

* BikiniBar: "Girls, Girls, Girls". If the lyrics don't drive the point away, then the video surely will.
** Although in the uncensored version of the music video it's *not* a bikini bar, but an actual topless bar.

* HomePornMovie: In the late 1990s a sex tape featuring Tommy Lee and his then-wife PamelaAnderson was stolen from their home and sold to a pornographic video distributor, causing a huge stir in the entertainment media. The Lees sued the distributor and attempted to get the video taken off the internet, but failed.

* PowerBallad: Several of them, but the most famous one by far is "Home Sweet Home." During the peak of the song's popularity MTV was receiving so many requests to play the music video that they enacted a rule that it could only be played once per hour.

Since 2005, the band announced their reunion tour, has co-headlining with Music/{{Aerosmith}} in 2006 (a true {{irony}}, see below), and has run a small circuit in Europe. The group released their [[HesBack return-to-form]] album ''Saints of Los Angeles'' in 2008, for which they received a Grammy nomination for the title track. They started their personal summer tour ''Crüe Fest'' with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Trapt and Sixx:A.M. (Sixx's side-project) opening, becoming the most successful festival of the summer. ''Crüe Fest 2'' featured Theory of a Deadman, DrowningPool, Charm City Devils and Godsmack (Godsmack singer Sully Erna appeared in the Crüe video for "White Trash Circus"). Although there are plans to turn their 2001 autobiography ''The Dirt'' into a feature film, the project has been stuck in DevelopmentHell for several years. However, in November 2013 it was announced that Jeff Tremaine (of ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' fame) has signed on to direct a film adaptation of ''The Dirt'', with plans to start shooting in June 2014.

* 1981 - ''Too Fast For Love''
* 1983 - ''Shout At The Devil''
* 1985 - ''Theatre Of Pain''

* 1994 - ''Mötley Crüe''

* 1994 - ''Generation Swine''

* 2008 - ''Saints Of Los Angeles''

In 1989, in light of Sixx's near-fatal overdose--at the plea of their managers--the band cancelled their tour of Europe and went into rehab (except for Mars, who cleaned up on his own). Finding sobriety and quitting drugs, the band recorded their highly successful ''Dr. Feelgood'', getting a Grammy nomination for "Kickstart My Heart" and the title track. The band's popularity declined in the wake of the 90's and the {{Grunge}} movement like it did for all bands of their kind. Neil quit/was fired (he maintains he was fired, Lee says he quit) from the band in 1992, being replaced by John Corabi, who would record their 1994 SelfTitledAlbum. They reunited in 1997 to record ''Generation Swine'', receiving lackluster sales in part thanks to bad support from their label, Elektra records, ultimately prompting the band to form their own label, Mötley records (this made them one of the few bands at the time to have total control over their own publishing, recording and back catalog).

* [[Music/QuietRiot Greg]] [[Music/Dokken Leon]]

* '''''Robert Alan Deal (Mick Mars)''''' - guitar, vocals, bass, sitar, mandolin (1981-Present)
* '''''Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna (Nikki Sixx)''''' - bass, backing and lead vocals, synthesizer, keyboard, piano (1981-Present)
* '''''Thomas Lee Bass (Tommy Lee)''''' - drums, percussion, piano, backing and lead vocals, synthesizer (1981-1999, 2004-Present)

* '''''Vincent Neil Wharton (Vince Neil)''''' - lead vocals, harmonica, guitar (1981-1992, 1997-Present)

'''''M[[HeavyMetalUmlaut ö]]tley Cr[[HeavyMetalUmlaut ü]]e''''' is a HardRock[=/=]HairMetal band formed in and popular in TheEighties by drummer Tommy Lee and bassist Nikki Sixx, joined by guitarist Mick Mars and lastly by singer Vince Neil. Like most of their contemporaries from the Glam era, they were probably more well known for their [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll sleazy, sordid antics]] than their music: during their first tour in Canada they were banned from Edmonton for carrying "dangerous weapons" (their stage spikes) and "indecent material" (Neil's porn) though customs, got accused of a bomb threat and threw a TV out the window of their hotel (all publicity stunts). They rose to international fame on the release of ''Shout At The Devil'', ''Theater of Pain'' and ''Girls, Girls, Girls'', receiving heavy rotation on Creator/{{MTV}} and selling millions of copies. Sixx has overdosed on heroin over a dozen times, [[OnlyMostlyDead three times near-fatal]] (the first of these in which he was [[BackFromTheDead declared dead for a minute]], inspired the song "Kickstart My Heart").

!!Principal Members (Founding members in '''bold''', current members in ''italic'')

* '''''Tommy Lee''''' - drums, percussion, piano, backing and lead vocals, synthesizer (1981-1999, 2004-Present)

* '''''Robert Deal (Mick Mars)''''' - guitar, vocals, bass, sitar, mandolin (1981-Present)
* '''''Frank Feranna (Nikki Sixx)''''' - bass, backing and lead vocals, synthesizer, keyboard, piano (1981-Present)

* '''''Vince Neil''''' - lead vocals, harmonica, guitar (1981-1992, 1997-Present)

* LicensedPinballTable: ''VideoGame/CrueBall'' for the SegaGenesis.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Theatre of Pain'', which is noticably softer and more mainstream than ''Too Fast For Love'' and ''Shout at the Devil''.

In 1989, in light of Sixx's near-fatal overdose--at the plea of their managers--the band cancelled their tour of Europe and went into rehab (except for Mars, who cleaned up on his own). Finding sobriety and quitting drugs, the band recorded their highly successful ''Dr. Feelgood'', getting a Grammy nomination for "Kickstart My Heart" and the title track. The band's popularity declined in the wake of the 90's and the {{Grunge}} movement like it did for all bands of their kind. Neil quit/was fired (he maintains he was fired, Lee says he quit) from the band in 1992, being replaced by John Corabi, who would record the disappointing ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Mötley Crüe]]''. They reunited in 1997 to record ''Generation Swine'', receiving lackluster sales in part thanks to bad support from their label, Elektra records, ultimately prompting the band to form their own label, Mötley records (this made them one of the few bands at the time to have total control over their own publishing, recording and back catalog).