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Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, ... It all happened during a void in Mötley. We weren't even rehearsing, so it was no big deal."
- Vince Neil, 61
- Tommy Lee, 60
- Nikki Sixx, 64
- Mick Mars, 72
- John Corabi, 64
- Randy Castillo
- John 5, 52
Vincent Neil Wharton was born on Feb. 8, 1961, and grew up in Compton, California. Neil became a father at 16 when son Neil Jason Wharton was born to his former girlfriend and classmate Tami. Neil then dropped out of high school and started performing with Rock Candy, a Cheap Trick cover band. In 1981, he was recruited to Mötley Crüe over singer O'...
Lee was born overseas in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 3, 1962. His family relocated to California when he was a baby, and by age 4, he received his first set of drums. The drummer dropped out of school to pursue a career in music. He was a teenager when he met Sixx, who was reportedly impressed by Lee's band, Suite 19, per Rolling Stone. Together Lee an...
Nikki Sixx, né Frank Feranna, was born in 1958 and raised by his grandparents in Seattle. Early in his career, Sixx joined Blackie Lawless' band Sister but was quickly fired. "It was his band and his vision," Sixx told Audacy Check Inin 2021. "We weren't good enough. … So we formed our own band London." London ran its course and Sixx formed Mötley ...
Mick Mars, né Robert Alan Deal, was born on May 4, 1951, is the oldest founding member of the band. When Mars was 14, he formed a Beatles cover group, the Jades. Inspired to master guitar by country western artist Skeeter Bond, Mars later played in a group called Spiders and Cowboys that caught Sixx's eye. "He was just knocked out by the way that I...
Born on April 26, 1959, John Corabi became interested in music after seeing The Beatleson TV. He formed his first band, Angora, out of high school prior to joining L.A. rock band The Scream. Corabi got his start with Mötley Crüe after Neil parted ways with the group in February 1992. According to The Salina Journal, he auditioned upon learning that...
Randy Castillo was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Dec. 18, 1950. According to MTV News, Castillo exhibited a knack for drums early on, playing in his elementary school marching band. After stints with Albuquerque-based cover band The Wumblies and the Offenders, with which he reportedly released an EP, Castillo moved to L.A., cutting his teeth ...
Born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, as John William Lowery on July 31, 1970, John 5 was fascinated as a child by the guitar-playing on Hee Haw. He received his first guitar as a Christmas gift from his parents. "My friends wanted to be astronauts … but all I wanted to dowas play and play and play," reads his website. John formed his first band, Dirty ...
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Feb 3, 2022 · Image Credit: Mötley Crüe, YouTube. In February 1992, lead singer Neil left the band following what seems to be a relatively small argument. However, there are also reports the band argued over picking a more “bluesy” direction, and he was temporarily replaced by singer John Corabi before rejoining the group in 1997.
Jan 16, 2024 · Emma McIntyre/Getty Images. Mick Mars scored a victory in his ongoing legal battle with Mötley Crüe Tuesday when a Los Angeles judge agreed that the rock veterans had unjustly “refused” to ...
Apr 11, 2023 · The 71-year-old backing vocalist filed a legal request in Los Angeles Superior Court on April 6 to compel Mötley Crüe’s corresponding businesses to obtain, inspect and make copies of documents ...
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Mar 22, 2019 · Mötley Crüe called it quits in 2015, after years of fights, abuse and loss only briefly covered in the new Netflix biopic "The Dirt." ... For Lee, the beginning of the end happened on April 7 ...
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Mar 28, 2024 · Years ago, guitarist Mick Mars read a review of a gig by his band Mötley Crüe that stuck in his mind. It wasn’t what the journalist wrote about the show that stood out, it was what they wrote about him. “It said: ‘Mick Mars comes out to the front of the stage with his little troll body,’” he recalls. Other people might have been ...
