This clip comes from a Real Time With Bill Maher episode. Donald Trump, Motley Crue and Bill Maher, huh?
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.
Motley Crue LIVE! in 1982
I made this video from some great Motley photos and audio from 1982. They remixed and released "Too Fast For Love" with Elektra records in August. By the end of the year they were demoing the songs that would make up 1983's "Shout At The Devil." The photos in the video were taken by Tony Alves and the live version of "Starry Eyes" comes from the release "Live: Entertainment Or Death." This is from an HQ soundboard recording from the November 19th shows at Perkins Palace and is, as far as I know, the only soundboard from the 1981-1982 era. Both the 8pm and 11pm shows were recorded and have circulated among bootleg collectors for any years and are on Youtube.
Nikki Sixx Can & Does Play Bass
Almost every Youtube video showing Nikki playing live has a joker in the comments saying that Nikki doesn't actually play bass. The worst say he's a fraud and never played and that studio musicians performed the bass duties on the Crue records. All those anecdotes from producer Tom Werman and even Nikki himself criticizing his abilities have convinced the more gullible Rock fans that some kind of deceit is at hand. Footage of Nikki playing "Primal Scream" live has confused some of the non-musicians in the crowd. The intro bass notes are "A" to "G". There are many ways to play this chord, one of which is to just pick the open "A" string. No fretting required. Nikki will do this and pump his free left hand to the beat and fans think it shows him playing to tapes! Make no mistake: Motley play to tapes. Back-up vocals and even rhythm guitar at times maybe? but Nikki's bass is usually unabashedly live, warts n' all.
I made this compilation video earlier in the year and was surprised to see it reaching over 400,000 views in a short time [I recently noticed that almost half of the video's watch count has been erased by Youtube! Perhaps fake accounts or bot activity was deleted? Bummer].
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.
Sleaze Patrol Video Archives Part I, 1989-1991
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.
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
Motley Record Store Signing, November 1983
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
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