{"id":111307,"date":"2024-03-15T20:37:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T01:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=111307"},"modified":"2024-03-15T20:37:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T01:37:43","slug":"the-biggest-rock-n-roll-cover-up-ever-motley-crue-matthew-trippe-and-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=111307","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Rock N Roll Cover-Up Ever: M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE, Matthew Trippe and The Devil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Before\u00a0<strong>M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE<\/strong> decided to make a comeback with the popular but ultimately ill-fated\u00a0<strong>The Stadium Tour<\/strong>, there was one problem standing in the way of bassist <strong>Nikki Sixx<\/strong> keeping control of the band. Actually, make those two problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Mick Mars<\/strong>&#8230; and <strong>Matthew Trippe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-247.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"471\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-247-1024x471.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111355\" style=\"width:797px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-247-1024x471.png 1024w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-247-600x276.png 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-247-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-247-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-247-1280x590.png 1280w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-247.png 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The latter name you probably have never heard of. We all know Mick was kicked out of the circus after 36 North American gigs in 2022, therefore breaking up the original Crue lineup. It is my assertion this was all carried out so that millions of dollars could be &#8220;ripped off&#8221; by Sixx and everyone else connected to the glam metal band, essentially robbing <strong>Mick Mars<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<center>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheMetalDen%2Fposts%2Fpfbid028weFYedGmiLoMkFW3QeNkSwiCaGWQUEbmpoApwLYfE974Z5sK8F1fpGL7yYwV47Bl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"618\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">As the story goes, it was Sixx&#8217;s &#8216;studio sub&#8217; on bass named <strong>Matthew Trippe<\/strong> who was the first point of contention in the battle of Sixx versus Mars for ownership of the band going back decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Once the band hit mega stardom Mick was attempting to replace Sixx with Trippe, because he felt that Sixx was not a real musician and so when the Crue\u00a0got signed to Elektra, they could no longer rely on the clown-miming satanic antics of Sixx, who was purportedly more interested in doing dark rituals and chasing &#8220;virgins&#8221; around Hollywood, according to the glam metal band&#8217;s ex limo driver. <em>There was hardly any time to actually practice on his instrument. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/center><center>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheMetalDen%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0p8k4iCaXHTWLLRPh9zGRm1MHYA3FbNP5NnZVmcRaJcCGzoHiE5HYiswrpbvGjFz2l&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"648\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;It was in this climate of unrest &#8211; this snake pit of dead-end confusion and unfulfilled promise- that Matthew Trippe, looking for a way out, left home for good in the Summer of 1982.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Arriving in LA, Trippe first bought a used car, which he often slept in. Next, after scouting the local bar scene &#8211; Sunset Strip landmarks The Rainbow, Troubadour, and Whiskey A Go Go &#8211; Trippe would eventually settle on The Troubadour club his base of operations. Though the plan had been, and always would be, to make his stand as a musician, progress was slow. Initially, he would find himself whiling away entire afternoons ensconced at the bar, nursing a single beer, making small talk with the bartender, waitresses, fellow stragglers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>This is when, as he later would come to tell it, Trippe was approached by a man named Mick Mars. Mars was the \u00a0guitarist for M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, then what you would have called the new band on the street. Although the &#8216;Cr\u00fce were essentially unknowns beyond the clique of Hair Metal musicians and hangers-on populating the Sunset Strip at the time, Mars nevertheless cut an imposing figure, with his full-on Goth attire and haunted, Kohl-encircled eyes. Trippe was stunned to learn Mars had been watching him, sizing up this solitary figure at the bar, for days. Now it was time for Mick Mars to make his pitch.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In 1988, Mr. Trippe filed suit against M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce and their management, citing civil theft and claiming that he had written a series of Dr. Feelgood songs later recorded by the band, including&nbsp;<em>Knock Em Dead Kid, Girls Girls Girls, All I Need, Dancing On Glass<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Wild Side<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Mr. Trippe was found dead in December of 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/center><center>\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4q3MRz6sADQBoq6E3A3Lnv?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">My theory is that Sixx saw far in advance the opportunity to keep the power for himself, by eliminating the man who tied up the loose ends, and that is Mr. Trippe, in my opinion. <em>Sixx could not have himself being exposed to the media this way There was too much money on the line. <\/em>Next, he sabotaged <strong>The Stadium Tour<\/strong> by using backing tracks for main instrumentation and lead\/backing vocals, as Mick Mars confirmed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mick-Mars-v-Motley-Crue-lawsuit-Apr-2023.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mick-Mars-v-Motley-Crue-lawsuit-Apr-2023.pdf\">his lawsuit launched last year<\/a> and TMD busted drummer <a href=\"https:\/\/webn.iheart.com\/featured\/nudge\/content\/2022-07-28-tommy-lee-fakes-it-on-stage\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/webn.iheart.com\/featured\/nudge\/content\/2022-07-28-tommy-lee-fakes-it-on-stage\/\">Tommy Lee fake performing <\/a>at a gig on The Stadium Tour. Then Sixx and Kovac pointed blame at the &#8216;advanced age&#8217; of Mick, gaslighting the legendary guitar hero to ruin his legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MickMarslegend777-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"345\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MickMarslegend777-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111345\" style=\"width:422px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MickMarslegend777-2.jpg 474w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MickMarslegend777-2-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metaltalk.net\/20150843.php\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.metaltalk.net\/20150843.php\">quote<\/a> from Roger Hemond of Sixx Pakk on the Trippe mystery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cI don\u2019t know whether or not anything he said was true (but) I have seen copyright forms processed by the Library of Congress that had every member of M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s full real name, aka name, and social security number, with the exception of Nikki Sixx. All it said was Nikki Sixx and gave a social security number, which I swear to God was the same number on Matthew John Trippe\u2019s social security card which I was holding in my other hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Why did the case really get dropped?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Jerry Rollins Oglesby, the private investigator that worked on the case takes this point up and says that the case \u201cwas dismissed on a technicality in the statute of limitations in contract tort law. In Florida, the statute of limitations is four years on a contract tort. We sued in Florida. In California, it is two years. They, the record label\u2019s attorney joined forces with Thaler and McGee Entertainment and contrived a viable statement that is a matter of record in Tampa Florida Circuit Court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">It is entirely possible that Mr. Trippe was a small fish in a big dark ocean and got swallowed up by the dark forces that ultimately hold dominion over the rock n roll music biz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cI quote: \u2018We are not saying that a contract was struck with Matthew Trippe but if it was signed, it would be signed in California, therefore the statute of limitations would have expired.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In a world based on power by earning as much money as possible, then sometimes things must be done to keep the lies covered up. A legal stall could have been done to drag Trippe deeper into the abyss where the real demons of rock n roll awaited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> There was enough evidence for a case. Doc McGhee himself confirmed that the case would have happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Steve Contrascere who was part of Trippe\u2019s legal team along with Jerry Oglesbey and Attorney Tom Smith, said of Trippe later:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cIt\u2019s a shame that the power of the media will never give him his due. Mick Mars is the only one who can tell the true story. If you could hear Matthew play and sing the music he wrote for them and play the studio tape at the same time, it was like stereo and genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/center><center>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheMetalDen%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02EsYbzrHaCyFrV2r7jgJGYxxaJQKKMJpXrqxWQXKemxJYRP3LaxdpsFD4fPeqX5SNl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"440\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n<\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before\u00a0M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE decided to make a comeback with the popular but ultimately ill-fated\u00a0The Stadium Tour,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111307"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111375,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111307\/revisions\/111375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}