Motley Crue

Sanctus Real @ Grand Canyon University Arena

Kurt Cobain Died 19 Years Ago; Watch This Incredible Nirvana Show Recorded in Phoenix

It's hard to imagine that once upon a time, Kurt Cobain wasn't the voice of a generation, or grunge's foremost martyr. A long time ago, he was simply the guy who fronted a great band called Nirvana, and brought thick, fuzzy metal/punk distortion to great pop songs. He had already established himself ... More >>

The Best Metal Songs for Football

Hang on guys, here's something you won't believe: Phil Anselmo of Pantera/Down is mad about something. But it's not the sort of thing we're used to him being mad about. As you're no doubt aware, with the weather beginning to act like it might cool down, college campuses swelling with textbook-toti ... More >>

Metallica, Neil Young, KISS/Motley Crue, Vince Neil Afterparty, Reubens Accomplice Over the Weekend

METALLICA @ OUTSIDE LANDS | 8/11/12 Metallica, headlining Saturday night of the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, proved just about as huge and satisfying and powerful as Metallica can be in 2012. With a greatest-hits setlist, a small war's worth of explosives and pyrotec ... More >>

Top Phoenix Music Stories of the Week

The news waits for no one -- at least that's what we read somewhere -- so it's perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of our biggest stories f ... More >>

KISS and Motley Crue, Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion, 8/10/12

KISS and Motley Crue Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion Friday, August 10, 2012 See also: KISS and Makeup: 8 Male Makeup Icons See also: KISS/Crue Openers The Treatment Make American Rock 'n' Roll (But Hail From England) See also: The Full KISS/Crue Slideshow A few things are guaranteed at a KIS ... More >>

KISS and Make-Up: Eight Male Make-Up Icons

See also: KISS/Crue Openers The Treatment Make American Rock 'n' Roll (But Hail From England) See also: Gathering of the Juggalos or S.S. Coachella? We Break Out the Scorecard See also: Alice Cooper's Mom Has the Original "School's Out" Panties See also: Dee Snider Talks About His New Book, Shut Up ... More >>

The Treatment Makes American Rock 'n' Roll (But Hails From England)

What do you do when, as a young band of musicians barely out of your teens you're asked to fly across the pond and spend most of the summer churning out 30 minute sets in quarter-full arenas to crowds more intent on settling in for headliners KISS and Motley Crue than listening to you? You make the ... More >>

Time Signature

Gene Simmons Has Beef With Rihanna, and Probably a Few Other Pop Stars

​See also: KISS and Motley Crue Are Coming to Phoenix (Together!)Don't make lip-syncing a habit at concerts, or outspoken KISS-man Gene Simmons will have something to say about it."We're sick and tired of girls getting up there with dancers and karaoke tapes in back of them," Simmons said at a pre ... More >>

How About Some Rock: KISS and Mötley Crüe Are Coming to Phoenix (Together!)

See also: Ace Frehley on KISS and His New Memoir, No Regrets You guys like guitars? How about makeup? Well, KISS and Mötley Crüe are coming to town. The "summer's biggest, baddest rock tour" (their words, not ours) is headed to Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion (I feel like Gene Simmons has g ... More >>

River Jones, What Are You Listening To?

River Jones​River Jones Jones is the owner of local record label River Jones Music. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Growing up, I listened to KDKB, KUPD, KEDJ, and KUKQ. Now, I am always streaming music 24/7. But, in the car I liste ... More >>

New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain Talks Touring with Poison and Mötley Crüe, High Heels, and Happiness

New York Dolls​The New York Dolls are widely considered one of the most influential bands in punk, glam, and hair metal. Mötley Crüe and Poison are among the dozens of acts that cite the Dolls as influences. Ironic, then, that the New York Dolls are opening for the Crüe and Poison this week in ... More >>

Final Fantasies

Steelheart @ Club Red

The Joy of Sixx

Incoming: Cage The Elephant, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Eisley, Motley Crüe, Poison

Who's the one they call Dr. Feelgood?​There are lots of three and four-word band names among this week's just announced shows -- Cage The Elephant, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Panic! at the Disco, to name a few. However, as someone who is utterly fascinated with hair metal and early 1980's Sunset Stri ... More >>

Cricket Pavilion is Now Desert Sky Pavilion Again (For Now)

​The 20-year-old outdoor amphitheater on the west side of Phoenix which switched its name from Desert Sky Pavilion to Cricket Wireless Pavilion a few years ago is now back to square one.This is no victory over corporate America. The low-cost cell provider's naming rights recently expired ... More >>

Long Live Mock 'n' Roll

Is it live, or is it Hair Raid?

Hair Raid at Whiskey River Saloon

Hair Raid: So named for a reason.​This is part of a series of reviews of bands who play weekly at local bars. The show: Hair Raid at Whiskey River Saloon. The look: Honky tonk with a coat of Aqua Net. The smell: Sweet. The carpet was sticky and you could tell lots of drinks had been spilled there ... More >>

Proof: Dakota Jeane

Dakota Jeane at the notoriously dimly lit Time Out LoungeWelcome to Proof, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com grabs a drink with a local musician. This week we sat down with Dakota Jeane DiSanto at Time Out Lounge. Name: Dakota JeaneDrink: AmberBockBar: Time Out LoungeUltimate Drinking Song: ... More >>

Chopper City

Hogs and Hogettes post up at WestWorld

Vince Neil

What's New Pussycat?

Check out these lesser-known ‘80s rockers

Scorpions Drummer, Tommy Lee's Sister, Bring Their Band To Ruby Room

​This is a weird one: Kottack, a band that has the drummer from The Scorpions playing guitar and Tommy Lee's sister playing drums, will be at The Ruby Room on October 30.Named for James Kottack, who is married to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee's little sister Athena, the band's drummer, the band pl ... More >>

Pedal to the Metal Tour

Cool Kat

Tattoo artist/TV star inks her new body-art tome

The Wisdom of the Metal Gods Vs. The Meditations of Hip-Hop MCs

I just received a book titled Time Flies When You're In a Coma: The Wisdom of the Metal Gods (A Plume Book), a funny little tome filled with lyrical adages from the world of heavy metal music. Edited by Mike Daly (formerly of alt. country band Whiskeytown), the book is divided into four sections: Me ... More >>

Long Live Mock ’n’ Roll

Sham bands work double time on the reproduction line

Future Shock: Annuals, Jimmy Eat World, Times New Viking, and more

Gypsy Road

Thank you, glam

Do Your Taxes Like a Rock Star

This is no substitute for professional financial advice

Tour de Floor

They make it look cool

Death Pool for Cutie

Everybody's gotta go sometime

Too Live Crüe

Hair metal hits the road

The Last Vegas

Success is a pretty good bet

Guns N' Roses

Welcome to the Videos (DVD) (Geffen)

Mötley Crüe
Greatest Video Hits (DVD) (Mötley/Hip-O)

Too Hot for Love

The Donnas put a new spin on the old sex-and-excess glam formula — and out-Crüe the Crüe in the process

Best Tribute Band

Satellike

The Donnas

Turn 21 (Lookout! Records)

Cloning With the Devil

If you build them a replica, they will come. Van Halen, AC/DC, Rush and Mötley Crüe tribute bands have more than just their members wigging out.

Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

Trashman's awakening: The Mook shall inherit the earth -- and the chicks

Too Live Crue

Nikki Sixx sounds off on booze, dope and Kiss

Oink at the Devil

Motley Crue contracts a virulent case of Generation Swine flu

Skate Free or Die

Talk Dirty to Me

A sampler box of the best (worst) heavy-metal lyrics of the '80s

HE WRITES THE THONGS

MOTLEY MOTORHEADTHE ONLY CRUE VINCE NEIL NEEDS THESE DAYS IS IN THE PIT

JUST THE FLACK, MA'AM

MUSIC-INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS OPERATE ON FRACTURED HYPE