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Vince Neil's private jet involved in fatal crash at Scottsdale Airport: Mötley Crüe release statement

Vince Neil was not on board at the time of the accident

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“Walk into a strip joint and nine times out of 10 you’ll hear this song. It brings tears to my eyes”: The chaotic story of Girls, Girls, Girls, the album that almost killed Motley Crue

The album that kicked Motley Crue to the next level – and nearly killed them

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"Being sober was a real different experience from a band that was always wrecked": How Mötley Crüe cleaned up and made their biggest album

Drugged up, boozed up and almost washed up, Mötley Crüe went into rehab, came out and recorded a classic of the late-80s LA metal scene: Nikki Sixx takes us back

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“Bob Rock would say: ‘You could do better. You’re halfway there. More Springsteen! More Ian Hunter!’”: The major Mötley Crüe hit that took Nikki Sixx eight attempts to write

It paid off by giving Mötley Crüe their biggest ever single

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"I run this business like an iron fist and nobody can get in and f*** with our band": Nikki Sixx on making new music, replacing Mick Mars, work-life balance and learning when to say no

We catch up with Mötley Crüe legend Nikki Sixx

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“We really had to think about it, bro. Do you think we wanted to take the grief we took, and end up in a lawsuit? But what were we supposed to do?” Nikki Sixx reflects on Mötley Crüe's decision to oust Mick Mars

Initial statements that Mars decided to retire due to ongoing health issues were refuted by the guitarist, saying he was forced out and immediately replaced by John 5

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“MTV said, ‘When we look at bands like Mötley Crüe, we know it’s a joke.’ I’m not going to be some clown for MTV”: The twisted, turbulent story of Danzig’s classic Metallica-approved debut album

Danzig’s classic debut album was released on this day in 1988

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Mötley Crüe have unleashed a cover of the Beastie Boys' Fight for Your Right

Just what you always wanted

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“You had big everything. Big drugs, big money, big parties. And it’s all free, the more the merrier”: The fast rise, sudden fall and messy afterlife of glam metal heroes Ratt

Ratt were kings of the 80s hair metal scene, only for it all to go very wrong

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“If you keep shouting with the devil, you're going to get killed": How floating cutlery and a spooked A&R rep resulted in Motley Crue changing the name of Shout At The Devil

Motley Crue's 1983 groundbreaking second album was given a new name following a stern chat with their A&R rep on the dangers of playing with "evil" after unexplained paranormal activity at Nikki Sixx's house

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“Yes, we sell out – we sell out every seat in the house, every time we play!” 11 times Metallica were accused of ‘selling out’ for ridiculous reasons

Playing acoustic guitars. Making a music video. Getting haircuts?! Here are all the times Metallica incensed heavy metal’s purists.

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“He was like, ‘Come on down to rehearsals.’ I’ll never forget it. I was blown away”: John 5 on the time he got to watch Van Halen at an intimate reunion rehearsal – and played through Eddie Van Halen’s guitar rig

In a new interview, the Mötley Crüe guitarist also revealed another signature Fender Telecaster – dubbed 'The Phantom' – is in the works

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“I had to step away from the pointy era. I chose the Strat because I like the way they look and the way they sound… everything about them is me”: Mick Mars on how he found his thrill with the Fender Stratocaster – and the 1954 unicorn that broke his heart

The former Mötley Crüe guitarist pays tribute to the most important Strats in his life, the mods they have had, and why he had to step away from the pointy guitars crazy of the '80s

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"When the time is right, put us in a coffin and fire up those avatars": Nikki Sixx is up for Mötley Crüe continuing as avatars once the band are dead

Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx is keen to follow in the footsteps of Kiss and ABBA with an avatar-style show so that their music can "go forward for generations and generations"

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"I've got a sex tape out? Big deal! So do lots of people!": A strange and occasionally antagonistic interview with Mötley Crüe

In 2004 everyone thought Mötley Crüe hated each other. But they reformed, and we asked them about it

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Here are the 12 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

Knocked Loose, Motley Crue, Hammerfall, Born Of Osiris and Unleash The Archers are just some of the names that have released new tunes this week

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"We're the bastards": listen to Mötley Crüe's spidery comeback single Dogs Of War

Exclusive: Vince Neil tells us all about Mötley Crüe’s first single since 2015

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"We don't want to stagnate": Mötley Crüe sign with Big Machine Records – Vince Neil exclusive

Sunset Strip veterans Mötley Crüe join Scott Borchetta’s Nashville label, with new single Dogs Of War due later this week. Crüe vocalist Vince Neil gives us the dirt

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"The best frontman I ever saw. Nobody else came close": The day David Lee Roth turned in the performance of a lifetime

With a heavyweight line-up including Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe and more, Monsters Of Rock 1984 is still revered in festival folklore

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Mick Mars put together the most hedonistic band of their era and has the scars to prove it: Now out of Mötley Crüe, he's starting a solo career. Lived a life? You bet

Mick Mars looks back on his career, from his early days on Sunset Strip to his years as an unlikely metal superstar

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"It has a riff that gives Matt Cameron the opportunity to be as great as we know him to be": Stone Gossard reveals the new Pearl Jam song that has "probably one of the greatest drum fills of all time"

The guitarist also explains why he wants to work with producer Watt on another Pearl Jam album after Dark Matter

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"Then someone shoved a copy of the band's now legendary No Life 'Til Leather demo into my beer-stained hands": The Mötley Crüe haters who paved the way for one man's discovery of Metallica

In late 1982, Metallica played their 27th show at a club in San Fransisco. One Classic Rock writer got there by accident

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“It was a total triumph as a soft rock masterpiece and a deeply personal statement”: how Journey singer Steve Perry’s stepped away from his day job to deliver an AOR classic with Street Talk

Featuring the hit single Oh Sherrie, Steve Perry’s 1984 debut album Street Talk was an AOR landmark released in a year of AOR landmarks

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“Stumbling on King Crimson and Gentle Giant was eye-opening for me. I went, ‘How can you do that so fast?’”: ex-Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars reveals his secret love of 70s prog

Forget Shout At The Devil – Mick Mars is all about 21st Century Schizoid Man

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“I chipped my tooth – my mom was so mad at me!” John 5 says playing a Jimi Hendrix-inspired version of Star Spangled Banner with his teeth as a kid led to a dental mishap – and shows he can still nail the tooth-picked tune

The Mötley Crüe member has appeared guitar in hand (and mouth) on the Howard Stern Show to demonstrate AC/DC, Queen and Rush riffs

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