CRUED NEWS
September 19, 2004
Here we are - and on time, too! See, when we got enough news we're always good. And there's MORE THAN ENOUGH news this weekend - check it all out!
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September 11: First of all, we got this diary post from Mr. Sixx:
NEARING
The final depo in the vans law suit is monday.Im excited to take them to court.They have offered settlements but they have all been a slap in the face.I cant wait to take them to court and set straight that companies cannot and will not be allowed to use celebrities images without permission.
on other new...Vince smoked the 4 new tunes...He sang the best ive heard in in years.
Names of songs..
BLACK
ROSES
ANOTHER BAD DAY
ENTERTAIN US
GET OUT
OF COURSE THESE ARE DEMOS AND WERE LOOKING AT RECORDING THEM IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.THERE VERY MOTLEY SOUNDING,ID SAY FEELGOOD MEETS SHOUT.I THINK YOUR GONNA FREAK OUT WHEN YOU HEAR THESE.ITS TRUE ROCK N ROLL.NOTHING MORE,NOTHING LESS.
N.SIXX
There's whole lot of bets going around the house now. Lilith bets BLACK ROSES is a ballad, Vikki bets against it. Not because the title doesn't sound like a ballad, but purely out of habit. Bob Rock doesn't usually fuck up, so let's hope we find out who wins this bet soon. (Mad shouts of "NEW SONGS!!! NEW MOTLEY SONGS!!! YAY-YAY-YAAAAY!!!" mercilessly edited out.)
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September 15: Tommy Lee was in Pittsburgh this Wednesday, filming "10th and Wolf". The 31st Street Pub was turned into The Congress Club for the movie. Brad Renfro, Giovanni Ribisi and James Marsden were also on the set. The movie is based on a true story about a mob war in South Philadelphia. The war was between young mobsters who expected to assume control of a crime family. Filming in the Strip District is expected to last until the weekend. The crew will be filming in the Pittsburgh area until Nov. 1. And here's a pic for ya:
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Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee (as if you couldn't tell), Martayna Collazo |
Is it just us, or does Tommy look just TOO skinny for a real mobster? Okay, maybe he plays a hitman. "Dread the horrible Skinny Hitman... do you know how many people he has hammered to death with his drumsticks? You know how to tell you're on his death list? He calls you 'Dude'..."
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September 15: Backstage Auctions has just announced their next offering, "Motley Crue: The Early Years". Exclusively from the estate of CRUE's first manager/producer, Allan Coffman, this auction includes historic collectibles such as recordings, videos, hand written lyrics, signed contracts, outtake photos, vinyl, handbills, and more. Here's what Backstage Auctions owner Jacques van Gool has to say about it:
"Because these items are from the band's earliest days, when they were just coming together, there are many pieces that have never been seen before. Now, with MOTLEY CRUE planning a reunion tour for next year, these items will become even more meaningful and precious. There are quite a few pieces in this collection that are truly exceptional and should be of great interest to collectors. Specifically, acetates, test pressings, recordings and all the hand written lyrics by Nikki Sixx all from the album 'Too Fast For Love' are just a few of the highlights. The entire collection chronicles the early ups and downs of MOTLEY CRUE's quest for success. It's simply amazing."
Check this stuff out right here: www.backstageauctions.com
Okay. First this guy robs the boys off and speeds away to Lake Tahoe so they can't screw his head off - now he makes money off them???!!! We're boycotting this auction. (Mainly because we got no fucking money anyway. Otherwise we could go for a Leathur print of Too Fast...)
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September 15: In Maxims Top 25 Rock'N'Roll Deaths, Nikki Sixx makes #7, being the only one in the list still alive and well. How cool is that? Just to compare, Kurt Cobain's suicide is the last one and Dennis Willson's (Beach Boys) drowning is #23. Also included are Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Cliff Burton, John Bonham, Randi Rhoads and Duane Allman. Number One is the punk dude G.G. Allin. He died of a heroin overdose and fans posed for photos with his body at his funeral while shoving Jim Beam into his dead mouth.
Sixx will do that. He will do that on and on. He will get publicity just because he died with a perfect sense of timing. Can't you just hear him say with this half-smirk of his, "I've been dead, baby... have you?"
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September 16: Tommy Lee is one of the guest artists on a mixtape aimed at mobilizing the hip hop generation to register to vote. The mixtape, which was compiled by G UNIT's DJ Whoo Kid in conjunction with Rock the Vote, the leading non-profit, non-partisan youth voter organization, features 29 exclusive songs and freestyles. Tommy makes a guest appearance on a track called "Rap the Vote". Other guests include Halle Berry, Nas, P Diddy, Mary J Blige and many more.
As far as we remember, when it was Rock The Vote, the hit line was Aerosmith's immortal saying, "Vote! Vote! Even if for the wrong person..." Now, what could be Tommy's line? "Yo, dude... Bush or Kerri, I don't give a fuck, just vote, man, vote, and vote again, because it's COOOOOL!!!" (if they take this one, we're settled for life, we guess...)
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September16: Vince Neil's guest appearance on 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' was named one of the top five most memorable music moments on television of the past year by AOL Television, the leading television destination online in the US. The nominated selections had all been featured on TV's Top 5, AOL Television's daily rundown of the best five moments of the previous day based on input from AOL editors, feedback from AOL members and viewing data provided by TiVo. Each day, members can view these moments and then rate them on a scale of one to five. The entire list of winners is here: DA LIST
TV makes it... TV even breaks it... TV makes a superstar, whoever you are... No, we're not Modern Talking fans, but Vince has been such a TV star recently! And with that makeover underway... hmm. You sure he hasn't forgotten how to sing yet? But hey, if they make a new video he's gonna strike killer poses, now that's he knows the inside of this business...
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September 16: Here's a horror story for ya!!!
According to Valery Wharton, Vince Neil's sister, earlier in the day two police officers went to the house of Tommy Lee�s sister Athena and told her they needed her to come with them to identify Tommy's body. Athena called her mother Boula, who in turn called Vince�s mum who tried to calm Boula�s hysteria while Athena viewed the body and found out the facts. While in the police car, Athena asked the officers how many tattoos her brother�s body has on it and they replied none. It was apparently a different Tommy Lee that lived in Malibu who had hung himself. Vince called Tommy and let him know what had happened who in turn called his family to let them know he was indeed alive and well. He was in fact spending time on Penn Avenue in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, on location shooting his acting parts in the filming of 10th and Wolf.
Shit, you know what, when we read the beginnig of that post we almost stopped fucken breathing. Somehow these guys seem so likely to kick the bucket any day. One day you hear Nikki got shot leaving a mall, next day you hear Tommy hung himself... dude! There ain't enough nerves to go round!!!
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September 17: Another diary entry from Nikki:
MOTLEY AND BRIDES
WELL,STEVO BRUNO AT KLOWN RECORDS AND I HAVE FINISH UP THE PRODUCTION ON THE MOTLEY DEMOS. I FEEL REAL STRONG ABOUT THE SONGS. THERE ON THERE WAY TO BOB ROCK TO GET HIS INPUT.I LOOK FORWARD TO RE-RECORDING THE SONGS NOW THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIRECTION OF THE MUSIC.
NEXT UP IS FINISHING THE WRITING FOR THE BRIDES.ME AND TRACII HAVE SO MUCH MUSIC,NOW WE JUST NEED TO FINISH WHAT WEVE STARTED.
MY BOOK DEAL FOR * THE HERION DIARIES* IS DONE.I CHANGED PUBLISHERS HALF WAY THRU THE DEAL AND AM NOW WITH SIMON AND SCHUSTER.THERE WILL BE A DVD ATTACHED TO THE RELEASE OF IT WHICH WILL FEATURE ORIGINAL MUSIC.SO TO SAY I HAVE A BUSY NEXT FEW MONTHS IS A UNDERSTATMENT.
I HAVE HIRED THE TOP LITIGATOR WHO I AM USING TO SUE VANS TO DROP KICK DRAGONFLY CLOTHING AS WELL.CAN YOU BELIEVE I HAVE TO DO THIS SHIT TO GET PAID?? I SEEM TO ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME,BUT LIKE ELECTRA RECORDS FOUND OUT..I HAVE THE DEVIL RUNNIN THRU MY VIENS AND I WILL NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO RIP ME OFF.
YOU MUST STAND UP FOR YOURSELF IF YOU WANNA HAVE ANY SELF RESPECT IN BUSINESS.BUT TO BE HONEST,IT REALLY SUCKS AND ISNT MY IDEA OF BEING AN ARTIST.BUT ARTIST MUST STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES...OR THESE COMPANIES WILL CONTINUE TO RIP OFF ARTIST.
LOVE AND PISTOLS AT 20 PACES..
N.SIXX
Vans and Dragonfly Clothing, the last warning: DON'T TRY TO STEAL FROM A THIEF!!! Honestly guys, even if you win the case, how long do you think you will live after that? "Devil running through my veins" is not a boast, but merely an understatement, after all...
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September 17: Tommy Lee is among more than 100 artists who have autographed guitars to be auctioned to aid Hurricane Charlie survivors. The online auction will run until September 20 at www.stormaid.com. Tommy is in a *nice* company: among other stars, Shakira and Britney Spears have autographed their instruments.
Okay, first a non-Motley comment - Britney Spears has actually got a guitar? What would she do with it?! Use as a coat hanger? A Motley comment - go Tommy, cuz it's all for a good cause. Yes.
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Alrightey, that's all - quite a few newsbits, huh? We're makin it up to you. (Not to be confused with ass-kissing!) Hope to see you in a week, but who knows - shit happens... Have fun!
September 12 , 2004
Yep, two weeks again. Reasons are not just good, they are obvious. First, with that shit in Beslan (you don't know what we're talkin' about, you fucken check it out, if you're a fucken human), the last thing we'd think about would be updating our site. Nah, we were stuck in front of TV sets. Second, when we dragged ourself to our news stock, we found out there were no news last week anyways - dubious luck, but let's call it luck. No, we're not planning to move on to a twice a month update plan... we're just acting according to circumstances.
Enough bullshit, read the news, some super shit there!!!
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September 2: Seems like Nikki's working with James Michael again. JM is the dude who wrote half the stuff for the New Tattoo record. Here's this little exerpt from his online diary:
i've been in santa monica for the last few days working with Nikki Sixx, Tracii Gunns and Scott Coogan. We've been writing some new songs for the Motley Crue Greatest hits record which is in the works. i know i've said it a million times...but, these guys are so cool and so much fun to hang out with. we've written three songs and they're killer. today we started tracking the demos...we should be done by this weekend.
There. Now you know there ARE going to be some new songs before the reunion tour. Will there be a reunion tour? Read on and be patient.
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September 8: McFarlane Toys announces the action figure box set release of the wildest rock band of the 1980s, Motley Crue. Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars are featured in the set based off of their Shout at the Devil album. Under a license from Signatures Network, the MOTLEY CRUE action figure box set will retail for around $50-$60 and will be available at specialty stores and mass retailers in November. The set comes complete with Lee's elaborate drum set, Neil's microphone and stand, Sixx's bass and Mars' guitar.
It looks like this:
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A friend of ours said that the Vince Doll should come with a can of beer in one hand and a couple of chicks in the other. Another friend of ours stated that there's no real Nikki Doll without a syringe sticking out of its arm. The third friend ranted about the Dolls' not having real hair. But we still think they're cool. So if someone is thinking about giving us a Xmas present, then, dude, you have a 60 dollar chance to pick the right one!
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September 8: The Las Vegas Sun is reporting that MOTLEY CRUE frontman Vince Neil and bassist Nikki Sixx, Nikki's wife Donna D'Errico, and local food mag publisher Michael Politz were spotted dining together at Prime (Bellagio) in Las Vegas this Wednesday night.
See? They ARE talking! Nobody's baching Vince for spreading "false rumors" about the reunion tour! Of course that coulbbe a spoof. But then came the next one:
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September 9: The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: A MOTLEY CRUE reunion, of sorts, is taking place this week. Former CRUE frontman Vince Neil and bassist Nikki Sixx are recording four new songs at the Palms.
Now, how cool is that? That's not some lousy family dinner, dude! That's NEW MOTLEY CRUE TRACKS we're talking about!!! And when we were still afraid to believe such luck... here's the word from Da Man himself!
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September 10: New diary post from Nikki!!!
VAGAS
BEEN DOING ALOT OF SONGWRITING FOR BOTH BRIDES AND MOTLEY.IM IN VEGAS WITH VINCE RIGHT NOW.HES SINGING ON SOME DEMOS.HE SOUNDS AMAZING,LOOKS AMAZING AS WELL. WERE LOVING THE NEW TUNES AND HAVING A BLAST. NO OFFICAL PLANS FOR THESE SONGS AT THIS POINT BUT IT ALL STARTS WITH THE MUSIC,SO TIME WILL TELL.
SIXX
We're so fucking happy, we'll even disregard Sixx's attempt at renaming the Sin City. No official plans, but they officially AREN'T fighting, dude!!!!! The line about Vince's looking amazing is going to make Vikki watch MTV when the Makeover is on - he hasn't done it in a coupla months, so consider it a piece of news just as well!
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And just for a laugh:
September 10: Oktoberfest Zinzinnati's grand marshals are Gold and Bold. The Gold half is Heather Mitts, former Cincinnatian and gold medalist from the U.S. women's soccer team. The Bold is Vince Neil, Motley Crue vocalist and soon-to-be-star of an MTV reality show. Mitts, a St. Ursula grad, will lead the Chicken Dance at 4 p.m. Sept. 18 and is expected to stay for autographs and photos. Neil will be seen in MTV's The Remaking of Vince Neil, a reality show documenting his comeback attempts with the help of makeover specialists. He'll lead the Chicken Dance at 4 p.m. Sept. 19.
We don't know what the fuck the Chicken Dance is, but it just sounds good: Vince will lead the Chicken Dance. Go, Neil!
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And on the same happy note: yes, we actually ARE going to post a bit of Pamela news:
Pamela Anderson in a recent interview said she was back to dating men, after supposedly giving up her private life for about half a year (she had said it was going to last to the end of her life, but whatever...). She said she was feeling dirty, sneaking around between her kids and her dates, but that's not the shit. The shit's this one line:
"I just figured I'm gonna date until lightning strikes - and hopefully it's not with any of my exes."
That means... uncork your champagne... that she finally LETS TOMMY GO!!!! All these re-marrying shit was just a spook! Yay!!! GO PAM!!! All the best luck with treating your hepatitis, may your kids be nice to you, and may your book sell millions... if you don't change your mind, that is. If you do, that's all reversed.
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Okay... that's that! The news is up. Wait for the next portion, please - and we're not even saying when it's going to apper. We simply don't know. See ya some time soon!