1985 MTV Halloween Contest

I do not know if any more footage from this MTV event exists or not. Crueheads would love to see more of that performance. The boys look like they're having fun and probably a little drunk. The video for "Home Sweet Home" would be premiered in the ensuing weeks and would bring the band even more fans. 

 

From Paul Miles' essential online Crue encyclopedia

31/10/85
Mötley appears live on MTV for the first time during their Halloween Horror Show with live footage from the Crüe’s show at the Limelight Club in New York being broadcast to millions of viewers. MTV also runs a Crüe Halloween contest, where the winner Debbie McIntosh from Ohio and twenty-five friends are flown in for the private show, plus the following night's concert in Chicago, taking up the entire front row.

February 1986, Tommy and Nikki Interview and Live in Manchester

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.

X-Rated Motley Crue, August 1985

This two part news story from Minneapolis Channel 5 Eyewitness News drops us into the Theatre Of Pain Tour in August, 1985. Motley played the Civic Center Forum in St. Paul, MN on August 17th & we not only get clips of Crue fans explaining why they like the band but we also get some video of the band onstage & Nikki & Tommy interviewed backstage. There are some great segments where the lyrics to 'Live Wire' are written on the screen as the video plays & there is mention of the infamous radio call-in contest where pre-teens wrote x-rated responses in answer to what they would do to meet their heroes Motley! Also, check out the rad Allister Fiend flag those St. Paul fans made!