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| From | matty <thekrinkles@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Motley Crue "The Dirt" |
| Date | Fri, 9 May 2008 18:15:20 -0500 |
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Hey, they do a cover of "Tonight" by The Raspberries on the "Too Fast For Love" reissue CD released in 1999. It's pretty interesting/cool...M
The Krinkles www.myspace.com/thekrinkles Our new CD "3 - The Mordorlorff Collection" out now www.cdbaby.com/krinkles > Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 22:50:43 +0000> From: largro13@yahoo.com> To: audities@smoe.org> Subject: Motley Crue "The Dirt"> > I know that it's an old biography, but I finally got around to > reading Motley Crue "The Dirt".> > I had no idea they were fans of the Raspberries, Slade, the Sweet, > and the Beatles (I knew they had covered "Helter Skelter" but I that > that was for the weirdness/violence factor).> > Motley Crue actually had pretty good taste, as fans of music, when > they were starting out. I wouldn't put them in the class of some of > the bands that they liked back then. > > I was also surprised to see how close the New Wave/Power-Pop and L.A. > Glam Metal scenes were in the late 70s/early80s. The same club would > host something like Motley Crue or Ratt, and then host 20/20 or the > Plimsouls the next day. And before Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx was in a > band called London that split up because half the guys decided to > go 'skinny tie' in image, and the other half decided to go for 'the > New York Dolls/transvestite hooker' look.> > Interesting stuff. While I clued in a long time ago that some of the > better Hair Metal singles were Power-Pop with a little more crunch > and volume, I didn't imagine that the different style bands ran in as > close a circles with each other. > >
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