3 Concerts in Different Years

12 Great Bands Plus 3 More

This is a list of 12 great bands. None of the 12 bands listed below are new to this blog - there was an existing label for each and every one of them so I have included an appropriate link in the list. I think it's interesting that Motley Crue and Guns-n-Roses have so many pages.

1. Quiet Riot (15)
2. Bon Jovi (9)
3. Motley Crue (62)
4. Cinderella (8)
5. Twisted Sister (11)
6. Poison (19)
7. Europe (4)
8. Guns-n-Roses (35)
9. Dokken (34)
10. Winger (4)
11. Ratt (18)
12. Warrant (9)

In contrast, when asked, I often will say that Metallica, Bayside, and Count the Stars are my 3 favorite bands. Here's how many labels for each of those bands exist on my blog:

• Metallica (1154)
• Bayside (241)
• Count the Stars (19)

 

The Seven Pictures that were added to my Picture Collection 1124 Days Ago

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From a RPM rehearsal

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From a devastating Iowa mens basketball game loss

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LAMB OF GOD!!!

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Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil

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My Life in One Picture

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Vinnie Moore Discussion

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Some Essential MC Tunes

Motley Crue

Tracklist:
01 – Kickstart My Heart
02 – Shout At The Devil
03 – Wild Side
04 – Live Wire
05 – Dr. Feelgood
06 – Girls, Girls, Girls
07 – Looks That Kill
08 – Too Fast For Love
09 – Home Sweet Home
10 – Without You
11 – The Dirt (Est. 1981) [feat. Machine Gun Kelly]
12 – You’re All I Need
13 – Smokin’ In The Boys Room
14 – Ten Seconds To Love
15 – Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
16 – Too Young To Fall In Love
17 – Primal Scream
18 – Public Enemy #1
19 – Helter Skelter
20 – Ride With The Devil
21 – Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)
22 – On With The Show
23 – If I Die Tomorrow
24 – Saints of Los Angeles (Gang Vocal)
25 – Crash and Burn
26 – Louder Than Hell
27 – Dancing On Glass
28 – Mutherfucker of the Year
29 – Like a Virgin
30 – Danger

KMH Analyzed

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHTHRTbC91M

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Duh

Nikki Sixx Says Metallica Would Be Great For The Super Bowl Halftime Show

Idiots

I have wrote about how bands need to get over their shit and realize how short life is, especially when it comes to bands who feud in public. While Motley Crue and Pearl Jam are separate bands, I don't have a lot of patience for feuds in the media between bands. I think Eddie Vedder is an idiot to say what he was quoted as saying the following in this article Sixx Calls Pearl Jam 'Boring' After Vedder Knocks Motley Crue:

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"I used to work in San Diego loading gear at a club. I’d end up being at shows that I wouldn’t have chosen to go to – bands that monopolized late-’80s MTV. The metal bands that – I’m trying to be nice – I despised. Girls, Girls, Girls and Motley Crue: [expletive] you," recollected Vedder when asked if traces of "art-culture explosion" from the Generation X-led grunge movement were still present today.

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Vedder can have his opinion, he can even express his opinion.

Frankly, I think the referenced Motley Crue album - Girls, Girls, Girls - is not a good album. It would take me a bit to recall any other tune on that album, other than the title track and "Wild Side", which is an adequate tune. Having an opinion about a less-than-stellar Motley Crue album is just an opinion¹ that I share. I don't recall the last time I listened to the album.

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¹ I checked to see if I could cite an opinion about that album from a site I used to write music reviews for but that album has not been reviewed, per the Motley Crue page on Dailyvault.com.

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Some Music News

1. Upcoming Korn Book Tells the Story Behind Every Song + Album
2. Motley Zeppelin?
3. What is a Music Editor? – Shie Rozow – Composer, Music Editor
4. How can I store thousands of CDs? - Super User
5. John 5 Says The Only Time He Ever Drank Alcohol On Tour Was With Late Pantera Guitarist Dimebag - Blabbermouth.net

Motley Zeppelin? Led Crue? Uh... NO!

I realize that Nikki Sixx is trying to sell his book but, really? Vince Neil was an absolutely awful vocalist each time I was at a Motley Crue concert. Two of the three concerts stand out. At the 8/9/1987 show, with Whitesnake opening, I was pissed because Tommy Lee didn't do his twirly drum solo. Without a doubt, this lineup should have been the other way around with MC opening for Whitesnake as Whitesnake was riding the success wave of their self-titled release. As for Vince Neil, no, he was awful. I have the concert on a cassette tape that I recently converted to MP3. After 12483 days (34 years, 2 months, 3 days), when I listen to that recording, I shake my head in disbelief. It's awful.

At the 10/10/1997 show, with Cheap Trick opening, the volume was obnoxiously loud. On top of that, Vince Neil sounded awful.  https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/motley-crue/1997/five-seasons-center-cedar-rapids-ia-13db6df1.html

 So, to be clear, no, Vince Neil is not in the same as Robert Plant.

 

You Need to Refocus

This is the text of a message I sent to my nephew who recently started playing drums. After I sent the message, I realized that it is also a message to myself except that instead of references to Motley Crue and Tommy Lee, I would have wrote about Metallica and Lars Ulrich

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If you are serious about playing drums, it's not just about playing Crue tunes. You can only get so far with bashing the drums. If you want to truly be able to play the way Tommy Lee plays, you must spend time on your technique and the way you actually hit the drum.

This is not fun and it feels boring. You will get tired of playing patterns that you don't understand in relation to Motley Crue or anything that you like to listen to.

I can tell you this.

If you put your mind to learning how to hit the drums the right way, your potential is the sky.

I just came across this video. It's the kind of technique that I am talking about. It's not exciting but... I hope that you will watch it several times until the concepts are drilled into your mind. Also, you will not see an improvement in your drumming skills tomorrow by watching the video today. It will be several months until you are playing drums and BOOM! what was hard to do is easier to do.

It looks like there's many videos by this guy. I would watch it several times before going on to the next video.

Also, reduce the speed of the video so that it is a slower tempo - I did that when I was first trying to play with him. I think he assumes that the viewer is able to keep up with him!

Here it is.

https://youtu.be/QLzbnOEflyg

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Ten Albums that Have Influenced my Taste in Music

I have been tasked to choose ten albums that have influenced my taste in music. One album a day for 10 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Every day I will nominate someone else. (If you're not interested, not a problem)

Day 10

Note:
Note: I have to post *one* of the tunes that was on this album because I sincerely hope you take a few minutes to hear a band you may not have heard before.
There are SO many more albums that I could have selected for this final spot, but I ultimately went with Riot's "Thundersteel" tune. This is a live version of the cassette that Scott Golden brought to my house in summer 1989. I remember being flabbergasted by the guitars and the double bass drums and then the vocals! It was a gateway band to many other bands in the same genre - I've never forgotten the way it made me feel on that day. The video below is from a 2018 concert.
You remember concerts, right? Sigh....

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Day 9

Note:
Note: I have to post *one* of the tunes that was on this album because I sincerely hope you take a few minutes to hear a band you may not have heard before.

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Day 8

Note:
Note: I have to post *one* of the tunes that was on this album because I sincerely hope you take a few minutes to hear a band you may not have heard before.
Motley Crue introduced me to the Beatles, thanks to "Shout at the Devil" as crazy as that sounds. In 1984, my parents took my brother & I on a vacation from Iowa to CA. We were in northern CA, when the four of us went into a KMart and emerged with a cassette tape for each of us to play on our Ford Econoline's cassette tape player. Dad got Billy Joel's "An Innocent Man," Mom got ... I think Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits, and I don't remember what my brother got. Me? Motley Crue's "Shout at the Devil" and, believe it or not, that album made it into the rotation as we traveled south, first to San Francisco, then to Hollywood, then east to Las Vegas and then CO for a whitewater raft trip down a river.
In the liner notes for my cassette tape, it revealed that the tune "Helter Skelter" was written by someone named "Lennon/McCartney" and I had no idea who that was until I got back home and found out, though in those pre-Internet days, I don't remember exactly how...
Anyways, the song that introduced me to the Beatles!

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Day 7

Note:
Note: I have to post *one* of the tunes that was on this album because I sincerely hope you take a few minutes to hear a band you may not have heard before.
My grandma was my biggest supporter of my love for music and I always think about how poetically awesome it is that she bought my first album. We went to the Collins Road KMart in 1980 and I came home with it ... and Mom was NOT happy! Back in the day, a cassette tape was ~$13. She had told Grandma that I could get a 45 record, which was under $5, not a $13 cassette tape. Anyways, this album was popular and, to this day, I have never watched the movie.
This tune is still one of my favorite love songs.

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Day 6

Note:
Note: I have to post *one* of the tunes that was on this album because I sincerely hope you take a few minutes to hear a band you may not have heard before.
Before Bayside, there was Count the Stars. Never get tired of hearing this album, even after all these years, at least once a week. I couldn't pick a single tune - I never skip any of these tunes.

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Day 5

Note:
Note: I have to post *one* of the tunes that was on this album because I sincerely hope you take a few minutes to hear a band you may not have heard before.
Before Bayside, there was Count the Stars. Never get tired of hearing this album, even after all these years, at least once a week.

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Day 4

Note:
Note: I have to post *one* of the tunes that was on this album because I sincerely hope you take a few minutes to hear a band you may not have heard before.
I wish I had tracked how many hours I spent air drumming to this album. I was proud of myself when I could nail the intricate parts in this tune.

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Day 3

Note:
Note: I have to post *one* of the tunes that was on this album because I sincerely hope you take a few minutes to hear a band you may not have heard before.
Today's album came into my life in 1997. I was writing music reviews for http://www.dailyvault.com and was starting to receive many promo CDs in the mail. This promo CD for a band actually came in a big Federal Express soft envelope with ~20 other CDs. Somehow, this CD slid under my couch and was probably stuck there for a couple of days before I found it. Bigwig instantly became one of my favorite punk bands because of how raw, under-produced, and short the songs were - the entire album is barely 30 minutes! This is their cover of the theme from "Cheers" to give you a taste of their style.

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Day 2

Note: I have to post *one* of the tunes that was on this album. Over the years, I have grown to truly appreciate the way Liberty Devitto contributed to BJ's tunes - I spent a lot of time trying to figure out the drum intro.

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Day 1

Note: I have to post *one* of the tunes that was on this album that, as an impressionable 2nd grader, made me want to play drums. Somehow, my family had this album on 8-track tape.

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9.5 out of 30

1. AC/DC - 1991
2. Aerosmith - don't have any desire to see in concert
3. Alice Cooper - 2018
4. Allman Brothers Band - don't have any desire to see in concert
5. The Beatles - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
6. Black Sabbath - well, Ozzy Osbourne  - 2017, 2019 (cancelled), 2020 (cancelled)
7. David Bowie - don't have any desire to see in concert
8. Deep Purple - don't have any desire to see in concert
9. Def Leppard - 1998
10. The Doors - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
11. The Eagles - would like to see if they came to the area
12. Fleetwood Mac - would like to see if they came to the area
13. Grateful Dead - don't have any desire to see in concert
14. Guns-n-Roses - 1993
15. Jimi Hendrix - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
16. KISS - 1992, 2017
17. Led Zeppelin - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
18. Lynrd Skynrd - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
19. Metallica - 1989, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2017
20. Motley Crue - 1987, with Whitesnake opening; feels like I saw them one other time on their "Girls Girls Girls" tour, 1995, with Cheap Trick opening
21. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - missed when they played in Cedar Rapids
22. Pink Floyd - don't have any desire to see in concert
23. Prince - don't have any desire to see in concert
24. Queen - not sure if Queen ever played in Cedar Rapids
25. The Rolling Stones - would like to see if they came to the area
26. Rush - 2003, 2007
27. Santana - don't have any desire to see in concert
28. Van Halen - 1988
29. The Who - wasn't old enough to see any concert when active
30. ZZ Top - would like to see if they came to the area

True Devilish Story

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Whew! That was a Close One!

Thankfully, KRNA reports today that The Motley Crue Tour is way too expensive for Iowa, which is a good thing for me. Per the article, Motley Crue receives $2,000,000 for their concert, Def Leppard receives $1,000,000, and Poison receives $250,000.

Know what?

Poison deserves at least the same as Def Leppard or, to be closer to their actual value, I would say they should get $500,000.

Motley Crue Reunites!

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Winner of the "Worst Lyrics by a Band Trying to Remain Relevant"!

It makes me chuckle that they felt the need to have a lyric video...for really stupid and simple lyrics.

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I blame Bob Rock for not standing up to Sixx, who I am guessing wrote this mess...

Wow

MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX And Wife COURTNEY Welcome Baby Girl, RUBY

Motdonna

Motley Crue Cover Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’

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NS on The Dirt

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Coming on March 22

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