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Mötley Crüe

<p><b>Mötley Crüe</b> is an American <a href="/en/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music" class="wl">heavy metal</a> band formed in <a href="/en/Hollywood,_California" title="Hollywood, California" class="mw-redirect wl">Hollywood, California</a>  in 1981.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-MC_AMG_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-MC_AMG-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-LA_Times_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span> The group was founded by bassist <a href="/en/Nikki_Sixx" title="Nikki Sixx" class="wl">Nikki Sixx</a>, drummer <a href="/en/Tommy_Lee" title="Tommy Lee" class="wl">Tommy Lee</a>, lead guitarist <a href="/en/Mick_Mars" title="Mick Mars" class="wl">Mick Mars</a> and lead singer <a href="/en/Vince_Neil" title="Vince Neil" class="wl">Vince Neil</a>. Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albums worldwide.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="#cite_note-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[6]</span></a></span> They have also achieved seven platinum or multi-platinum certifications, nine Top 10 albums on the <a href="/en/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200" class="wl"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> chart (including 1989's <i><a href="/en/Dr._Feelgood_(album)" title="Dr. Feelgood (album)" class="wl">Dr. Feelgood</a></i>, which is Mötley Crüe's only album to reach number one), twenty-two Top 40 mainstream rock hits, and six Top 20 pop singles.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-About_Mötley_Crüe_8-0"><a href="#cite_note-About_Mötley_Crüe-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[7]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="#cite_note-9" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[8]</span></a></span> The band experienced several short-term lineup changes in the 1990s and 2000s; these included the introduction of vocalist <a href="/en/John_Corabi" title="John Corabi" class="wl">John Corabi</a> (who was Neil's replacement from 1992 to 1996) and drummers <a href="/en/Randy_Castillo" title="Randy Castillo" class="wl">Randy Castillo</a> and <a href="/en/Samantha_Maloney" title="Samantha Maloney" class="wl">Samantha Maloney</a>, both of whom filled in for Lee following his departure from Mötley Crüe in 1999; he returned to the band in 2004. More recently in 2022 guitarist Mick Mars announced his retirement from touring with the band, with former <a href="/en/Marilyn_Manson_(band)" title="Marilyn Manson (band)" class="wl">Marilyn Manson</a> and <a href="/en/Rob_Zombie" title="Rob Zombie" class="wl">Rob Zombie</a> guitarist <a href="/en/John_5_(guitarist)" title="John 5 (guitarist)" class="wl">John 5</a> taking his place on live duties.</p>

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font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn org">Mötley Crüe</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Mötley_Crüe,_Sweden_Rock_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Mötley_Crüe,_Sweden_Rock_2012.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe%2C_Sweden_Rock_2012.jpg/300px-M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe%2C_Sweden_Rock_2012.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="1021" data-file-height="681" data-file-type="bitmap" height="200" width="300" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe%2C_Sweden_Rock_2012.jpg/450px-M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe%2C_Sweden_Rock_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe%2C_Sweden_Rock_2012.jpg/600px-M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe%2C_Sweden_Rock_2012.jpg 2x" alt="M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe%2C_Sweden_Rock_2012.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Mötley Crüe performing live in 2012, from left to right: <a href="/en/Vince_Neil" title="Vince Neil" class="wl">Vince Neil</a>, <a href="/en/Nikki_Sixx" title="Nikki Sixx" class="wl">Nikki Sixx</a> (background), <a href="/en/Tommy_Lee" title="Tommy Lee" class="wl">Tommy Lee</a> (foreground), <a href="/en/Mick_Mars" title="Mick Mars" class="wl">Mick Mars</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Hollywood,_California" title="Hollywood, California" class="mw-redirect wl">Hollywood, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music" class="wl">Heavy metal</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Glam_metal" title="Glam metal" class="wl">glam metal</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock" class="wl">hard rock</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>1981–2002</li><li>2004–2015</li><li>2018–present</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Mötley_Records" title="Mötley Records" class="wl">Mötley</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Beyond_Music" title="Beyond Music" class="wl">Beyond</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Eleven_Seven_Music" title="Eleven Seven Music" class="mw-redirect wl">Eleven Seven Music</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records" class="wl">Elektra</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Leathür_Records" title="Leathür Records" class="wl">Leathür</a></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group" class="wl">Warner Music Group</a></span></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="/en/Nikki_Sixx" title="Nikki Sixx" class="wl">Nikki Sixx</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Mick_Mars" title="Mick Mars" class="wl">Mick Mars</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-mm_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-mm-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;" data-mw-group="lower-alpha"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[lower-alpha 1]</span></a></span></li>
<li><a href="/en/Vince_Neil" title="Vince Neil" class="wl">Vince Neil</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Tommy_Lee" title="Tommy Lee" class="wl">Tommy Lee</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/en/John_Corabi" title="John Corabi" class="wl">John Corabi</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Randy_Castillo" title="Randy Castillo" class="wl">Randy Castillo</a></li></ul>
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<p>The members of Mötley Crüe have often been noted for their <a href="/en/Hedonism" title="Hedonism" class="wl">hedonistic</a> lifestyles and the <a href="/en/Androgynous" title="Androgynous" class="mw-redirect wl">androgynous</a> personae they maintained. Following the hard rock and heavy metal origins on the band's first two albums, <i><a href="/en/Too_Fast_for_Love" title="Too Fast for Love" class="wl">Too Fast for Love</a></i> (1981) and <i><a href="/en/Shout_at_the_Devil" title="Shout at the Devil" class="wl">Shout at the Devil</a></i> (1983), the release of its third album <i><a href="/en/Theatre_of_Pain" title="Theatre of Pain" class="wl">Theatre of Pain</a></i> (1985) saw Mötley Crüe joining <a href="/en/Glam_metal#First_wave_(1981–1986)" title="Glam metal" class="wl">the first wave of glam metal</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="#cite_note-10" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[9]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="#cite_note-11" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[10]</span></a></span> The band has also been known for their elaborate live performances, which feature flame thrower guitars, roller coaster drum kits, and heavy use of pyrotechnics (fireworks) (including lighting Sixx on fire).<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-About_Mötley_Crüe_8-1"><a href="#cite_note-About_Mötley_Crüe-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[7]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="#cite_note-12" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[11]</span></a></span> Mötley Crüe's last studio album, <i><a href="/en/Saints_of_Los_Angeles" title="Saints of Los Angeles" class="wl">Saints of Los Angeles</a></i>, was released on June 24, 2008. What was planned to be the band's final show took place on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2015. The concert was filmed for a theatrical and <a href="/en/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray" class="wl">Blu-ray</a> release in 2016.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="#cite_note-13" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[12]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="#cite_note-14" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[13]</span></a></span></p>

<p>After two-and-a-half years of inactivity, Neil announced in September 2018 that Mötley Crüe had reunited and was working on new material.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-blabbermouth_neil_15-0"><a href="#cite_note-blabbermouth_neil-15" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[14]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-blabbermouth_sixx_16-0"><a href="#cite_note-blabbermouth_sixx-16" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[15]</span></a></span> On March 22, 2019, the band released four new songs on the <a href="/en/The_Dirt_Soundtrack" title="The Dirt Soundtrack" class="wl">soundtrack</a> for its <a href="/en/Netflix" title="Netflix" class="wl">Netflix</a> biopic <i><a href="/en/The_Dirt_(film)" title="The Dirt (film)" class="wl">The Dirt</a></i>, based on the band's <i><a href="/en/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times" class="wl">New York Times</a></i> best-selling <a href="/en/The_Dirt" title="The Dirt" class="wl">autobiography of the same name</a>. The soundtrack went to number one on the <a href="/en/ITunes" title="ITunes" class="wl">iTunes</a> All Genres Album Chart,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Headline_Planet_17-0"><a href="#cite_note-Headline_Planet-17" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[16]</span></a></span> number 3 on the <i><a href="/en/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)" class="wl">Billboard</a></i> Top Album and Digital Album sales charts,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-BB2_18-0"><a href="#cite_note-BB2-18" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[17]</span></a></span> number 10 on the <i>Billboard</i> 200, and Top 10 worldwide.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Deadline_19-0"><a href="#cite_note-Deadline-19" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[18]</span></a></span> The autobiography returned to <a href="/en/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" title="The New York Times Best Seller list" class="wl"><i>New York Times</i> Best Seller list</a> at number 6 on Nonfiction Print and number 8 on Nonfiction Combined Print &amp; E-Book.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-iheart_20-0"><a href="#cite_note-iheart-20" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[19]</span></a></span> Mötley Crüe embarked on its <a href="/en/The_Stadium_Tour" title="The Stadium Tour" class="wl">first major tour in seven years</a> in the summer and fall of 2022, co-headlining a North American tour with <a href="/en/Def_Leppard" title="Def Leppard" class="wl">Def Leppard</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2022_tour_21-0"><a href="#cite_note-2022_tour-21" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 20;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[20]</span></a></span></p>



Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California  in 1981. The band experienced several short-term lineup changes in the 1990s and 2000s; these included the introduction of vocalist John Corabi and drummers Randy Castillo and Samantha Maloney, both of whom filled in for Lee following his departure from Mötley Crüe in 1999; he returned to the band in 2004. More recently in 2022 guitarist Mick Mars announced his retirement from touring with the band, with former Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 taking his place on live duties. The members of Mötley Crüe have often been noted for their hedonistic lifestyles and the androgynous personae they maintained. Following the hard rock and heavy metal origins on the band's first two albums, Too Fast for Love and Shout at the Devil , the release of its third album Theatre of Pain saw Mötley Crüe joining the first wave of glam metal. 