This Thursday night I will attend the very last Motley Crue concert on New Years Eve at the Los Angeles Stapes Center. With it will bring the beginning of the end of the original 1980's Heavy Metal movement.
Back in 1981-82 I saw Motley Crue on the Sunset Strip, in Hollywood at the Whiskey a Go Go, Roxy Theater and Gazzari's. They were selling their sound next to the likes of Great White, Quiet Riot and RATT to name but a few. All these bands used to walk Sunset handing out fliers and stickers begging you to come inside to see their show. They also handed out their demo cassettes of which I still have from many many bands of the era including Motley's.
In 1983 I saw them at the US Festival in San Bernadino along side Quiet Riot, Ozzy Ozbourne, Judas Priest, Triumph, Scorpions and Van Halen with 350,000 screaming Metal Heads.
I saw them again on the Shout at the Devil, Theater of Pain, Girls-Girls-Girls and Dr. Feelgood tours at various venues in LA like the Great Western Forum, Long Beach Sports Arena, The Rose Bowl and the Los Angeles Colosseum.
And now they will call it quits this Thursday, back in their home town. There are no bands that I can think of that are still performing today, from that era with their full original line up. Most bands have had to replace members due to break up or death, Slayer was one of the last, but are no longer the originals.
Motley Crue is it.
It's a bummer that our hero's have to grow old and die. I recently saw AC/DC at Dodger Stadium. They still sounded fantastic, but I know it is their last gasp. The same goes for all the bands of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. This is it. The last chance to see them before they fade away.
On December 28th, Lemmy from Motorhead died. He was one of the hero's I got to meet many times and even performed with my band in front of as he was a regular at the Whiskey a Go Go in Hollywood where I regularly performed. Kind of a strange thing, he saw me on stage at the Whiskey, I saw him on stage at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater along with Iron Maiden and Dio.
In February I will see Black Sabbath one last time on their "THE END" tour. I guess it all has to come to an end sooner or later.
I urge you to get out there and see these bands before it's over.
I'll be banging my head on New Years eve to Motley Crue one last time! \m/\m/
Back in 1981-82 I saw Motley Crue on the Sunset Strip, in Hollywood at the Whiskey a Go Go, Roxy Theater and Gazzari's. They were selling their sound next to the likes of Great White, Quiet Riot and RATT to name but a few. All these bands used to walk Sunset handing out fliers and stickers begging you to come inside to see their show. They also handed out their demo cassettes of which I still have from many many bands of the era including Motley's.
In 1983 I saw them at the US Festival in San Bernadino along side Quiet Riot, Ozzy Ozbourne, Judas Priest, Triumph, Scorpions and Van Halen with 350,000 screaming Metal Heads.
I saw them again on the Shout at the Devil, Theater of Pain, Girls-Girls-Girls and Dr. Feelgood tours at various venues in LA like the Great Western Forum, Long Beach Sports Arena, The Rose Bowl and the Los Angeles Colosseum.
And now they will call it quits this Thursday, back in their home town. There are no bands that I can think of that are still performing today, from that era with their full original line up. Most bands have had to replace members due to break up or death, Slayer was one of the last, but are no longer the originals.
Motley Crue is it.
It's a bummer that our hero's have to grow old and die. I recently saw AC/DC at Dodger Stadium. They still sounded fantastic, but I know it is their last gasp. The same goes for all the bands of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. This is it. The last chance to see them before they fade away.
On December 28th, Lemmy from Motorhead died. He was one of the hero's I got to meet many times and even performed with my band in front of as he was a regular at the Whiskey a Go Go in Hollywood where I regularly performed. Kind of a strange thing, he saw me on stage at the Whiskey, I saw him on stage at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater along with Iron Maiden and Dio.
In February I will see Black Sabbath one last time on their "THE END" tour. I guess it all has to come to an end sooner or later.
I urge you to get out there and see these bands before it's over.
I'll be banging my head on New Years eve to Motley Crue one last time! \m/\m/
