This rare interview with the Terror Twins was recently shared on YouTube and catches our heroes c. February 4-5th, 1986. This is a better than average interview from these years. The Crue had just headlined Europe for the first time and were about to headline the UK. The interviewer is Dante Bonutto, the man who wrote the very first Motley bio book in 1985, "The Official Biography - The First Five Years." I've never owned this and to this day it's on a list of Crue collectibles I hope to acquire. [I do not own these images]
On the 6th, Crue performed in Manchester, England. Here is a 30 minute video bootleg of the night.
Back when I started posting my collection of Motley video (eight or more
years ago), I thought I had familiar footage to share. All these years
later and my copies of Motley video from mostly Much Music in Canada
from 1989-1992 are the only ones to show up on YouTube. I was all over
Much Music and their sister French Canadian Music channel, Musique Plus,
in those years and I got a lot of seemingly rare Crue content. Here
is a collection I put together of Crue appearances on Canadian Media in
those years. Canadian Crueheads who were around then will probably
appreciate this stuff more than most. Much Music VJs like Erica Ehm, Dan Gallagher and Laurie Brown were a part of our daily lives back in the late 1980s, early 1990s.
MOTLEY CRUE MEDIA PART 1, 1989-1990 (Canadian TV) Not the most compelling stuff but a time capsule.
1. Early 1989, Erica Ehm Crue News+ 'Too Young' on MM Power Hour
2. Canadian Premier of Dr. Feelgood Video with Laurie Brown, Sept 1989 MM Power Hour
3. 'MM Blue Spotlight' Erica Ehm Intro
4. 'MM Hostess Sneak Previews' (Kickstart MH) Steve Anthony Intro, says 'Whitesnake' instead of Crue + Tommy Lee Interview clip
5. 'MM Hostess Sneak Previews' (Without You) Steve Anthony Intro + Tommy indecent exposure news 1990
6. Motley Crue Contest on the CBC video show 'Video Hits' 1990
7. Request for 'Smokin' In the BR' on MM with host Dan Gallagher
8. Dan Gallagher intro for Canadian Premier of 'Don't Go away Mad' on MM Power Hour 1990
MOTLEY CRUE MEDIA, PART II-1989-1991 1. Entertainment Tonight story on planes, quick shot of Dr. Feelgood plane 2. Dan Gallagher intro to Crue 'Spotlight' on Much Music -'Looks' Spotlight title -'Too Young' title 3. 'Girls' on All Hit Videos 4. Make a Difference Commercial 5. Without you MTV exclusive title 6. Terry David Mulligan Backtrax MM, 'Looks' title 7. Motley Crue Live clips-81-84-85-90 (unknown source) 8. SOS MTV Exclusive title 9. Michael Williams Intros Blue Spotlight of Crue -Interview clips, Nikki & Vince 1984, Tommy & Nikki 1985, HSweetH title, Wild Side title, Vince 1990 10. Primal Scream title
MOTLEY CRUE MEDIA, PART III-1990-1991 1. June 19th, 1990, the day after Crue's performance at the Toronto Skydome, Much Music's Dan Gallagher starts the broadcast day excitedly giving Crue props for their killer show & then has a telephone chat with Crue's road manager Rich Fischer. 2. RSVP fan 'embroidery' request for Too Young To Fall In Love 3. MM FAX news report about Crue's June 18th TO show with live clip (Tommy jammed at a late night club with Sebastian Bach & others after the show) 4. MM requests for Without You, Valentines Day, Feb 14, 1991 5. 'Hottest Videos Ever' TV program feat. Girls, Girls, Girls 6. Crue contest winners on MM 7. 'Uncensored' winners MM
Here's some awesome footage of the Crue at a Citrus Heights, California record store signing on November 20th, 1983. This was only recently shared on YouTube and comes straight from the filmer. Here's the info from the YouTube page:
Motley Crue- Record Factory, Citrus Heights Ca. 11/20/83 xfer from 1st gen VHS
Published on Apr 29, 2018
So, back in 1983, Motley Crue blessed our humble little Record Factory (the one by Sunrise Mall, now a Nation's Hamburgers) with their presence. My cousin Tony Schwartz & I worked with the guys at Record Factory to bring in my uncle's video camera (one of the ones that had the camera & the VCR to record as separate components, and made people see-thru when they moved) to film the signing. This is the lowest gen available- the master was lost.
Highlights:
- Seeing the inside of record factory. I bought so many metal records there in the early 80s.
- Seeing the crowd. it looks like heavy metal parking lot in here.
- seeing the first guy in line (with his crue gloves) being impossibly stoked at meeting the band
and... getting shut down by the band's management. Oh well, it would have been boring to watch them sign autographs for an hour.
Recorded by: Bill Schwartz, Tony Schwartz, Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Ancient video camera.
PS: I tried posting this the other day and it was blocked because it had Motley Crue's music on the video. I jumped through Youtube's "music removal tool" hoops, waited, and it was still blocked. So I thought I'd do something fun. Instead of listen to The Crue wank away, I curated an audio track of some of my favorite underground metal that was released in 1983.
The audio soundtrack is:
1. Loudness- In the Mirror
2. Exciter- Heavy Metal Maniac
3. Jag Panzer- Battle Zones
4. Savatage- Sirens (cut).
Enjoy.
