TMD turns the clock all the way back to MÖTLEY CRÜE’s earliest known gig at The Starwood Club in Hollywood, California on April 24, 1981… believe it or not: twenty nine years ago!
Mötley Crüe was founded on January 17, 1981 when bass player Nikki Sixx quit the band London and began rehearsing with drummer Tommy Lee and vocalist/guitarist Greg Leon. Lee had worked before with Greg Leon in Hollywood glam metal act Suite. The three jammed together for some time with Leon ultimately deciding to leave the fold. The bassist and drummer then began a search for new members. Sixx and Lee soon met guitarist Bob “Mick Mars” Deal through an ad in “The Recycler”. Mars was immediately auditioned and then hired to join the lineup. The group was still in dire need of a lead vocalist. Tommy Lee had known Vince Neil from back in their high school years. Upon seeing him perform with the group Rock Candy at the Starwood in Hollywood, Mars suggested Mötley Crüe hire Vince.
The act’s debut single was “Stick to Your Guns/Toast of the Town,” which they put out on their own label, Leathür Records, which had a pressing & distribution deal with Greenworld Distribution in Torrance, CA. It is also known that the single was distributed at concerts they performed at.
During November 1981, their debut album Too Fast for Love was self-produced and released on Leathür, selling 20,000 copies. This soon led to interest from Electra records.
It’s a rare glimpse nearly three decades back in time (when Ronald Reagen was in The White House, having just suffered a gun shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. on March 30) at the Crue rocking it out in their blazing Hollywood club days. Strap yourselves in for what is the only known video to exist from this era!
Enjoy the extremely rare footage below!
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Motley crue are ok, they didn’t achieve global superstar status like Bon Jovi and they never did TV commercials in Japan LOL like Bon Jovi
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I AM MOTLEY CRUES NO.1 FAN . I HAVE SEEN THEM 3 TIMES IN CONCERT JUST AT HERSHEY PA. AND THEY ROCKED. I JUST WISHED I WOULD HAVE GOT TO SIT WITH TOMMY ON HIS DRUMS. I HOPE SOMEDAY I WILL HAVE THE THE HONER TO PARTY WITH THE CRUE.