History YMMV / MotleyCrue

** The song "Uncle Jack" from the self-titled album is this combined with NightmareFuel. It tells the real-life story of how John Corabis uncle molested his sister and sold pictures of her to a child porn ring. When Corabis mother went to the police, her extended family responded by turning their back on her. Corabi was homeless for several years as a result. The sheer ''BURNING'' rage in Corabis voice and the lyrics is enough to take you aback.

** The song "Uncle Jack" from the self-titled album is this combined with NightmareFuel. It tells the real-life story of how John Corabis uncle molested his sister and sold pictures of her to a child porn ring. When Corabis mother went to the police, her extended family responded by turning their back on her. Corabi was homeless for several years as a result. The sheer ''BURNING'' rage in Corabis voice is enough to take you aback.

* VindicatedByHistory: The 1994 self-titled album has recently been getting more positive reviews for its experimental {{Grunge}}[=/=]HairMetal combination as more and more fans praise it for the heaviness and the band's bold step to give the grunge movement a shot.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Utterly averted for most of their career, though bizarrely somewhat subverted with ''Dr. Feelgood'', where, despite most of the lyrics still being related to their hard partying ways, was made during the era in which the band was working on sobriety.

* FaceOfTheBand: Lee (the drummer), and in some cases Sixx (the bassist). Neil does get his due, but Mars is almost unknown.
** Sixx is undoubtedly this, being the guy who writes most of their material and all of the hits.

* VindicatedByHistory: The 1994 self-titled album has recently been getting more positive reviews for its experimental {{Grunge}}[=/=]HairMetal combination as more and nore fans praise it for the heaviness and the band's bold step to give the grunge movement a shot.

* BadassDecay: In recent years, many fans, rock/metal publications, and even other musicians have noted that Vince Neil's singing ability and physical fitness have greatly deteriorated. This came to a head in 2021, when [[https://loudwire.com/vince-neil-live-2021-walks-off-stage/ a string of]] [[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/vince-neil-stage-fall-video-1243283/ disastrous solo performances]] led to questions of whether he would be capable of taking part in Mötley Crüe's planned stadium tour in 2022.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Utterly averted for most of their career, though bizarrely somewhat subverted with ''Dr. Feelgood'', where, despite most of the lyrics still being related to their hard partying ways, was made during the era in which the band was working on sobriety.

* [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Awesome Moment]]: "S.O.S. (Same Ol' Situation)". Seriously. In ''Magazine/RollingStone'' in 1989 to promote the release of ''Dr. Feelgood'', Vince Neil described the song as a "kinda comedyish" song about lesbians. The chorus of "It's the same ol' same ol' situation/It's the same ol' same ol' ball and chain" is them saying that gay marriage would end up no different from any heterosexual marriage. This isn't Music/SonicYouth or Music/{{L7}} or Music/RageAgainstTheMachine or {{Riot Grrrl}}s or any other band known for UsefulNotes/{{Feminism}}[=/=]Political Correctness. This is ''Mötley Crüe'' saying this, all the way back in '''1989'''. They were so far ahead of their time that nobody even realized what they were really saying.

* DorkAge: TheNineties.
-->'''Vince:''' I just had no interest. It was a direction that I didn't agree with.

* HilariousInHindsight or FunnyAneurysmMoment: "Girls Girls Girls" mentions the Crazy Horse in Paris, France. Pamela Anderson would actually work there for a time years after her split with Tommy.

* NeverLiveItDown:
** The band's love affair with heroin in the 80s was so legendary that it became the title of Nikki's book.
** Much like [[Music/SexPistols Sid Vicious]], Nikki Sixx was infamous early on for not being able to play bass that well, and heroin probably didn't help. Naturally he got better later on but the rep stuck with him for a while.
** Vince Neil being involved in the car crash that killed Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle is a point of contention between fans and detractors.

* TheScrappy: A few of their albums:
** ''Girls, Girls, Girls'' was recorded at a time when the band members were so addicted to alcohol and drugs that they could barely function, and it shows. Even Nikki Sixx has commented "If it hadn't been for the title track and "Wild Side", this album would have ended our careers."
** The band's self-titled album released in 1994 with John Corabi on lead vocals and a more raw, "grungy" sound. The album was an attempt by the band to [[WereStillRelevantDammit stay relevant]] at a time when the public had abandoned glam metal in favor of grunge and alternative rock. While a very good album on its own terms, the end result sounded nothing like their previous albums, alienating their longtime fans and failing to secure new ones.
--->'''Corabi:''' My record was the first record that they had done that didn't go platinum, didn't make some sort of crazy noise, and everybody panicked.
*** Ironically, over 25 years later, this album has become [[VindicatedByHistory better-received]] by metalheads.
** ''Generation Swine'' in 1997. Although the album featured the return of Vince Neil, it was poorly received by critics and audiences and sold poorly. Vince Neil would later call the album "terrible" due to "too much experimenting."
--->'''Vince:''' There's a lot on that album that I'd have changed had I been there from the start. I didn't think the producer really knew what he was doing, because he wouldn't let me sing in the style I was accustomed to. He wouldn't let Mick play his usual way either. It was a nightmare.
* SophomoreSlump: Completely averted with ''Shout at the Devil'' which is widely considered to be their best album.

* TheWoobie: Mick Mars. If you never thought a depraved, hard-partying glam rocker could be one, you will after reading about him.

* BadassDecay: In recent years, many fans, rock/metal puclications, and even other musicians have noted that Vince Neil's singing ability and physical fitness have greatly deteriorated. This came to a head in 2021, when [[https://loudwire.com/vince-neil-live-2021-walks-off-stage/ a string of]] [[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/vince-neil-stage-fall-video-1243283/ disastrous solo performances]] led to questions of whether he would be capable of taking part in Mötley Crüe's planned stadium tour in 2022.

* CriticalDissonance: Most mainstream music critics ''hated'' Motley Crue, but that didn't stop them from being one of the biggest bands of the 1980s.

* CriticalDissonance: Most mainstream music critics ''hated'' Motley Crue, but that didn't stop them from being one of the biggest bands of the 1980s, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and that's all we're saying about that]].

* CrazyAwesome: The ''All Bad Things Must Come To An End'' tour featured a specially-constructed 'Drum Coaster', which carried Tommy Lee high above the crowd's head as he played, even slowly turning him upside down in the process!

* CriticalDissonance: Most mainstream music critics ''hated'' Motley Crue, but that didn't stop them from being one of the biggest bands of the 1980s.

* FandomRivalry: For some reason Nikki seems to have one with Music/BruceDickinson, likely due to Bruce's then-wife cheating on him with Nikki. Bruce wrote the song "Tattooed Millionare" as a TakeThat to Nikki. Go to a video when he talks about the experience, and an overwhelming number of commentators will be expressing their bitter hatred for Nikki.
** And for very obvious reasons fans of Music/HanoiRocks don't like Mötley Crüe. While most of the band aside from Vince apologized for Vince's role in the car crash that killed Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle, his death effectively obliterated any chance of American success for Hanoi Rocks. Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy [=McCoy=] has also been very critical of Crüe's decision to include footage of car crashes in their music videos (and naming a compilation album "Music to Crash Your Car to") and has said he will never forgive them for this. This has gotten to the point where Mötley Crüe detractors will usually include "[=RIP=] Razzle" when bashing the group in [=YouTube=] comments sections, [[PraisingShowsYouDontWatch even if they've never heard a single Hanoi Rocks song]].

** And for very obvious reasons fans of Music/HanoiRocks don't like Mötley Crüe. While most of the band aside from Vince apologized for Vince's role in the car crash that killed Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle, his death effectively obliterated any chance of overseas success for Hanoi Rocks. Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy [=McCoy=] has also been very critical of Crüe's decision to include footage of car crashes in their music videos (and naming a compilation album "Music to Crash Your Car to") and has said he will never forgive them for this.

** And for very obvious reasons fans of Music/HanoiRocks don't like Mötley Crüe. It certainly hasn't helped that Vince never apologized (the rest of the band did) and that Hanoi Rocks where set to be one of the biggest HairMetal exports out of Europe at the time, with Razzles death effectively obliterating their career. Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy [=McCoy=] has also been very critical of Crües decision to include footage of car crashes in their music videos (and naming a compilation album "Music to Crash Your Car to") and has said he will never forgive them for this.

* JerkassWoobie: Vince Neil. For all his arrogance, infidelity, violence, drunk driving and - according to his bandmates - being a habitual liar, it's impossible to read about his daughter's death from cancer and not feel sorry for him.

* CriticalDissonance: Most mainstream music critics ''hated'' Motley Crue, but that didn't stop them from being one of the biggest bands of the 1980s. In fact one critic did a fairly extensive analysis in 2003 that ended up with them "winning" the title of "[[https://jericsmith.com/2010/10/04/the-worst-rock-band-ever/ The Worst Rock Band Ever]]"

* CriticalDissonance: Most mainstream music critics ''hated'' Motley Crue, but that didn't stop them from being one of the biggest bands of the 1980s.

** Sixx is undoubatbly this, being the guy who writes most of their material and all of the hits.

* CriticalDissonance: Most mainstream music critics ''hated'' Motley Crue, but that didn't stop them from being one of the biggest bands of the 1980s. In fact one SmallNameBigEgo critic by the name of J. Eric Smith did a "analysis" in 2003 that branded them "[[https://jericsmith.com/2010/10/04/the-worst-rock-band-ever/ The Worst Rock Band Ever]]" (keep in mind that hair metal, and by extension Motley Crue, still had a ''very'' vocal hatedom at this time).