Oldschool Crüe appreciation thread.

[Chris]

When I was a wee lad, this was the coolest fucking video in the universe.

I play guitar today because when I was ~12 years old I wanted to be Nikki Sixx. I didn't know the difference between a bassist and a guitarist, I just knew that Nikki Sixx was fucking awesome, and I wanted to be fucking awesome just like him.

I used to take my mom's mascara and draw lines under my eyes and shred out on my baseball bat in front of the mirror before I even owned a guitar.





(Vince and Tommy might be a couple of drama queens now, but Nikki Sixx is still fucking awesome, btw.)

 

[technomancer]

REALLY old school Crue... I used to love these guys

 

[DelfinoPie]

At my mates house, when he has house parties, he hooks his iPod up to a massive set of speakers and we pick what songs we want.

I always pick "Wild Side" and it ALWAYS gets a good reception

 

[noodles]

I can't see YouTube videos at work, but I unequivably support this post.

 

[Randy]

 

[Jason]

Nerina loves the crue

and of course Nikki Six is cool I mean the dude died and lived to talk about it

 

[ohio_eric]

Shout at the Devil was an awesome piece of work.

 

[playstopause]

Old school Crüe FTW!!! Big fan here.



YouTube - Motley Crue - Ten Seconds To Love (live 1987)

 

[the.godfather]

Another big Crue fan here. Always make sure I listen to them every few weeks or so.

Reading 'The Dirt' really does make you wonder how in the hell most of them are still alive today.

 

[JJ Rodriguez]

I wonder how many chicks Crue fucked if you counted them all up?

 

[playstopause]

Check this out :

 

[Matt Crooks]

Old Crue rules!

Has anyone read Nikki's new book? It's his diary from 1987... he was one messed up dude back then.

 

[noodles]

Has anyone read Nikki's new book? It's his diary from 1987... he was one messed up dude back then.

Is that his heroin diaries? I've been meaning to check that out.

 

[playstopause]

^
Yep.

BLABBERMOUTH.NET - NIKKI SIXX's 'The Heroin Diaries': Book, Album Release Dates Announced

The book is a tell-all covering 12 months in Sixx's battle against addiction, drawn from Nikki's 1986 and '87 journals, and reportedly makes CRÜE's celebrated "Dirt", now being made into a motion picture, sound like Mary Poppins.

Yes, a movie based on that other Crüe book.

 

[Austin]

Chris, I also was inspired to play by Nikki Sixx when I was a little kid. I intended to buy a bass but changed my mind in the store since I wanted to be able to play Metallica guitar solos off Ride the Lightning.

Those guys had it made! Same with Ratt, Skid Row, etc. It was a special time for bands that will never come again.

 

[lailer75]

"be as rude as possible, and don`t let anyone tell you how to live" Mick Mars

 

[Matt Crooks]

Is that his heroin diaries? I've been meaning to check that out.

Yeah. It's his diary from 1987, word for word, with comments from today.

On day one (which was Christmas), he wakes up naked, alone, under his Christmas tree, with a heroin needle sticking out of his arm.

 

[eaeolian]

Old Crue rules!

Has anyone read Nikki's new book? It's his diary from 1987... he was one messed up dude back then.

I need to read that. As you well know, I love the first two MC albums.

 

[Chris]

Chris, I also was inspired to play by Nikki Sixx when I was a little kid. I intended to buy a bass but changed my mind in the store since I wanted to be able to play Metallica guitar solos off Ride the Lightning.

Those guys had it made! Same with Ratt, Skid Row, etc. It was a special time for bands that will never come again.

That's basically what happened to me. I got a guitar, realized the Nikki > Mick Mars, and immediately started a Metallica cover band with my firends, butchering everything off of RTL (and later puppets) with my buddies. I was lucky, my best friend growing up lived right across the street and was a drummer. Between his Perl Exports and my righteous Peavey Rage 108 (and later Bandit 112) we were the bane of parents all through the neighborhood. Probably because we were pretty damn terrible.

 

[Chris]

Side note:

Motley Crue

Some slick (semi recent) pics of modern-day Crue there.