ANOTHER GREATEST HITS ALBUM FROM MOTLEY CRUE? SERIOUSLY?
Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 3:00pm by Axl Rosenberg
You know when you know you’ve got too many greatest hits albums? When more than one of them are called Greatest Hits.
And yet Motley Crue are releasing what is, by my count, their fourth greatest hits album, and second entitled Greatest Hits, on November 17 (And that’s not counting the endless re-releases and re-masters and box sets and fuck you, Nikki). And, in case you’re wondering, yes, most of them have more or less the same track list. Because that’s what happens when you’re washed-up: your greatest hits remain the same.
I know that Motley Crue haven’t really recorded anything worth anyone’s time since Dr. Feelgood. (Well, actually, I really like their self-titled album, but since that’s the one they did without Vince Neil, no one seems to count it anymore.) But this is so stupid. Do they really need an excuse to tour that badly? ‘Cause it seems to me that since all anyone wants is to hear them play “Shout at the Devil” and “Home Sweet Home” for the eight gajillionth time, they could pretty much tour and people would show up (especially as long as they keep bringing along other terrible but well-selling bands like Godsmack, Hinder, and Saliva).
Seriously, somebody please just use Mick Mars to club the rest of the band to death already. They’re out of control and they must be stopped.
-AR
Man I never understood the eighties. Guys are like “we want to look tough” so they reach for the lipstick and mascarra.
I agree with said comment and would add that glam metal/rock has absolutely no redeeming qualities about it.
And yet, all these fucking kids keep trying to bring the eighties back.
Damn kids… the eighties weren’t all that great the first time around! And get off my lawn!
Also, whta the fuck is wrong with Vince Neil? He looks as though someone just penetrated his anus with a paving brick!
Just what the world needs. More Motley Crue.
Lol, your user name is a total win.
Not to defend Motley Crue or anything but a lot of times Greatest Hits are part of a band’s contractual obligations to their label. And sometimes the clause can state that the label can release as many of these as they wish. This is sort of like a corporate version of going through your old pants looking for an errant five-spot.
Motley’s signed to their own label…
So… It’s a blank CD?
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Lol, thank you. tip the waitress.
who gives a shit.
When Motley Crue stops touring, Dollar General will see a huge increase in sales.
I’m fairly certain Mick Mars has been dead for years… they’re still lugging his corpse around, Weekend At Bernie’s-style.
Well, if Rigor-Mortis has set in, they could use him to club the rest of the band to death.
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I love Motley Crue, but yeah – stupid. They could have been this generation’s Aerosmith, but instead they’re becoming this generation’s KISS – and that’s not a compliment!
“this generation”? Don’t you mean the generation of teenagers in the 80s? I’m a young adult now, and not one of my friends, or anybody I know in my age group really gives a flying fuck about Motley Crue.
Since when has it been a compliment to be compared to Aerosmith either. At least Crüe never co-wrote a big orchestral ballad with Dianne Warren. (I don’t think)
I know I would hate to be compared to KISS. All that stupid money and women, just awful.
How about all the bad ’80s bands (or even some semi-okay ones like Skid Row) like Slaughter and Winger, who put out “best ofs” after two albums and ten years of inactivity?
Yeah, I made the mistake of seeing them this year and Vince sounds like complete hammered shit. He was constantly out of breath and even forgot some of the lyrics to songs he’s been singing for 20 FUCKING years, time to hang it up boys. And that includes that goddamn Methods of Mayhem shit Tommy, give it a rest
Methods of Mayhem is fucking AWFUL.
I have nothing to add
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Aleezy may be right about contract stipulations backing them into a corner, but this is also the band that…
1.) once said they would never go on as Mötley Crüe if it wasn’t Mick, Tommy, Nikki and Vince.
2.) once said they would never release a live album.
They went back on both, of course.
The s/t with John Corabi is a decent album, but not enough people gave it a chance; John wasn’t Vince, John didn’t sound like Vince and the album didn’t end up sounding like Dr. Feelgood II. The tantrum ended and we got Generation Swine, an album with only song I’ve bothered to listen to more than a couple times – and here’s a hint: it’s not one of the original songs. Fortunately, things have gotten better since then.
I do wish they’d honored the second promise about no live albums. I’ve heard some of the live tracks and a few of them I wish I hadn’t. It’s made me feel a little bit better about not going to see Vince live the times he’s played here.
Maybe for the lastest incarnation of Greatest Hits, we’ll also get the joy of having multiple versions or store exclusive bonus tracks.
Three ugly chicks and a zombie. Am I supposed to be seeing something else in the picture?
Motley Crue was nothing but the trendy shitty band of a shitty trendy music era that should have been curbstomped, shot in the head, and burned before it ever made it out of the gutter it was spawned in.
The japanese band MUCC also have 4 compilations out.. though two of them are “Best of…” and two of them are “Worst of…”.. you gotta love a band with a self distance like that
People keep buying them. Every one they put out sells. I would keep putting them out to.
We should make that photo into an unofficial photo caption contest…
Does it really matter how many they put out? You don’t HAVE to buy it…people focus too much on shit they can’t control…who gives a fuck!!!!!!!
Motley Crue and Greatist hits are an oxymoron.
The 80s called, they want their wigs back.
I’m 18 and think that Motley Crue is awesome, and so is Sixx A.M. But i do agree that this greatest hits album is pointless. But wtf is the point of making a webpage about it??? They’re still gonna release it anyway, so why waste your time?? Do’nt fuckin talk shit about other band that you don’t like just bcuz u don’t like them. There’s probably a stupid ass band that you like and other people think sucks. So swing that judgmental pendulum back your way, and see hoe you would feel if that happened to you.