MOTLEY CRUE
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MOTLEY CRUE
Back—and with a totally new look—are a band that surely must contend for the title of Kings Of Rock: Motley Crue.
The now-legendary foursome may only be peaking with their Girls, Girls, Girls album. “I consider us the largest cult band ever,” says songwriter/bassist Nikki Sixx. And what a cult it is!—Motley Crue are a surefire platinum band if ever there was one.
But Sixx insists—as he has throughout their career—that the Crue aren’t in it for the big bucks. ‘‘We’re not a bubble gum band, we’re a dirty street band and I’m very content with what we do. I would be very disillusioned if we suddenly started selling Top 40 singles.”
That might not be in the offing, but there’s no doubt that Motley Crue have climbed the ladder of record sale success quite adeptly: with the heavy riffing Too Fast For Love (1981), the slightly less gritty Shout At The Devil (1983), to the much slicker Theater Of Pain (1985), the guys have built a solid core of fans. And Girls,
Girls, Girls shouldn’t disappoint them, being more of a return to the basic Crue rough ’n’ ready sound.
‘‘We don’t compete with Bon Jovi,” says Nikki when asked the obvious. ‘‘We really appreciate other rock ’n’ roll bands, but we’re not here to compete with them.
We just dig doing our own thing. We’re just as happy playing a club as playing in front of 25,000 people. We’re really a true rock ’n’ roll band!”
And long may they remain with us.
