![]() Tickets for “Mötley Crüe: The End” can be purchased beginning Friday, online by visiting or at participating theater box offices. In addition to the epic concert footage, cinema audiences will be treated to behind-the-scenes footage of the band’s last global tour. Feelgood.” While not everyone was able to see their Final Show live, Crüe fans can now catch all the action when Fathom Events, Live Alliance, Eagle Rock Entertainment and Tenth Street Entertainment present “Mötley Crüe: The End” in select U.S. The band thrilled the sold-out arena with performances of such mega-hits as “Kickstart My Heart,” “Girls Girls Girls,” “Home Sweet Home” and “Dr. It will be cool to play live.DENVER – – On December 31, 2015, legendary rock icons Mötley Crüe completed their 35-year touring career as a band with a spectacular final concert at Staples Center in their hometown of Los Angeles, CA, just 10 miles from the Sunset Strip where the band’s infamous and decadent career first launched. Nikki Sixx: “I can’t really remember that song. Steven would come by and sing background vocals.” It just so happens that we were recording Feelgood next to Aerosmith in the same studio recording Pump. We recorded this album in Vancouver, that’s where Bryan lives. Vince Neil: “Didn’t we do that one already? Oh, no, that was ‘Slice of Your Pie’ … I remember the song - Bryan Adams and Jack Blades and Steven Tyler are on background vocals on it. We’ll tell you later that it’s about lesbians.’ “ I love it because when Elektra heard it they were like, ‘Oh, this is perfect for a single.’ In a Mötley fashion, we were like, ‘Wonderful. Nikki Sixx: “That was about a girl leaving a guy for a girl. It’s worse than a chick leaving you for a guy because there’s nothing you can do about it.” Vince Neil: “That’s about chicks leaving you for chicks. I thought to myself one day, ‘Without You’ coming from Tommy’s perspective, life would not be the same. They were coming over to my place all the time. Nikki Sixx: “That was a very simple idea for a song, which I had written a lyric about Heather Locklear and Tommy. It was a goofy video, but it’s a great song.” We had a black panther and all kinds of crap. I remember shooting the video down in Corpus Christ, Texas. It really lets me go and get my voice out there. It just really took on a life of its own and fit on the album a lot better than it should.” ![]() I thought it was a throwaway, something that would belong on Too Fast For Love. Nikki Sixx: “That was a song I had written very quickly and had brought into rehearsal. Vince Neil: “What can you say about ‘Kickstart’? It’s full blown in your face. I think we touched more back into the feels that were having with Shout at the Devil, which had a real sexy Zeppelin backbeat to it.” There were some really good grooves going on with the music. Nikki Sixx: “I can’t really remember what the song was about. ![]() It’s got a good swing beat to it, and we added a horn section in. Is there ever just one? A good drug addict always has more than one dealer.” In the end it was inspired by drug dealers. Feelgood,’ but a whole different thing lyrically. I was like, ‘oh, wow.’ It had a whole different theme to it. I had sort of forgotten that and I found them in a box recently. Nikki Sixx: “I remember it had a whole other set of lyrics. I was like, ‘Wow, of all time.’ Then you have Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith and AC/DC and ‘Feelgood.’ I was like, ‘Wow, that’s cool.’ It’s our signature song in some ways.” It was funny because I was watching VH1 and they had the Greatest Hard Rock Songs and ‘Feelgood’ was 15 or something. Vince Neil: “I knew it was a classic from the time I heard that very first ‘bomp bomp bomp bomp’ - that intro just kind of grabs you. We’re going to brush off the cobwebs then.” For now, here are their hazy memories of writing and recording Dr. I’ll probably listen to it on the way into rehearsals next month. “When you talked to Vince he probably had no idea too. Luckily for them, the tour doesn’t begin until July 19th, because when Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx took Rolling Stone track by track through the disc, they had forgotten obscure gems like “She Goes Down” and “Slice Of Your Pie.” “The next time I do an interview I promise to listen to my own music,” says Sixx. Feelgood by playing the 1989 album straight through on Crüe Fest 2. This summer Mötley Crüe will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dr. ![]()
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