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This heavy rock band was formed in 1980 by Nikki Sixx

(b. Frank Faranno, 11 December 1958, California, USA;
bass) and consisted of former members of several other
Los Angeles-based groups. Tommy Lee
(b. 3 October
1962, Athens, Greece; drums) was recruited from Suite
19; Vince Neil
(b. Vince Neil Wharton, 8 February 1961,
Hollywood, California, USA; vocals) from Rocky Candy;
while Sixx himself had recently left London. Mick Mars

(b. Bob Deal, 3 April 1956, USA; guitar) was added to
the line-up after Sixx and Lee answered an advertisement
announcing 'Loud, rude, aggressive guitarist available'.
Their first single, 'Stick To Your Guns'/'Toast Of The Town',
was issued in 1981 on their own Leathür label, followed by
their self-produced debut, Too Fast For Love. The band
signed to Elektra Records in 1982, and the album was
remixed and reissued that August. The following year they
recorded a new set, Shout At The Devil, with producer
Tom Werman. He stayed at the helm for the two albums
that broke them to a much wider audience in the USA,
Theatre Of Pain
(which sold more than two million copies)
and Girls, Girls, Girls, which achieved the highest entry for
a heavy metal album on Billboard 's album chart since The
Song Remains The Same by Led Zeppelin in 1976. These
albums refined the raw sound of earlier releases, without
hiding the influence that Kiss and Aerosmith have exerted
on their work. This change in style, which saw Mötley Crüe
experimenting with organs, pianos and harmonicas in addition
to their traditional instruments, has been described as a move
from 'club-level metal glam' to 'stadium-size rock 'n' roll'.
The band have not been without their setbacks: in 1984,
Vince Neil was involved in a major car crash in which Hanoi
Rocks drummer Razzle was killed. The subsequent Theatre
Of Pain was dedicated to his memory, and this grim incident
helped to inform the mood of the recording. Three years later,
Nikki Sixx came close to death after a heroin overdose following
touring with Guns N'Roses. Feuds with that same band, particularly
between Neil and Axl Rose, later provided the group with many
of their column inches in an increasingly disinterested press. The
band survived to appear at the Moscow Peace Festival in 1989
before more than 200,000 people, and then in 1991 to issue
Dr. Feelgood, which gave them their first US number 1 chart
placing. Vince Neil was unexpectedly ejected from the band's
line-up in 1992, establishing the Vince Neil Band shortly thereafter.
His replacement for 1994's self-titled album was John Corabi

(ex- Scream ), although the band's problems continued with a record
label/management split and a disastrous North American tour. Neil
was working with the band again in autumn 1996. Lee became the
focus of much press attention as a result of his explosive marriage to
actress Pamela Anderson. Corabi was sacked in 1996 and the
following year instigated litigation against the band members for
damages arising from non-payment of monies owed to him. This
action was taken as Generation Swine was released.