History Music / MotleyCrue

* PowerBallad: Several of them, but the most famous one by far is "Home Sweet Home."

Since 2005, the band announced their reunion tour, has co-headlining with Music/{{Aerosmith}} in 2006 (a true {{irony}}, see below), and has run a small circuit in Europe. The group released their [[HesBack return-to-form]] album ''Saints of Los Angeles'' in 2008, for which they received a Grammy nomination for the title track. They started their personal summer tour ''Crüe Fest'' with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Trapt and Sixx:A.M. (Sixx's side-project) opening, becoming the most successful festival of the summer. ''Crüe Fest 2'' featured Theory of a Deadman, DrowningPool, Charm City Devils and Godsmack (Godsmack singer Sully Erna appeared in the Crüe video for White Trash Circus). Their 2001 autobiography, ''The Dirt'' is currently being adapted into a film.

* HeavyMetalUmlau: In this case, not for the sake of metal; they were drinking Löwenbräur while they were thinking of a name (one of Mars' previous bands had a member call the group "a motley looking crew").

* [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut]]: In this case, not for the sake of metal; they were drinking Löwenbräur while they were thinking of a name (one of Mars' previous bands had a member call the group "a motley looking crew").

* OdeToSobriety: Kickstart My Heart is a type 1, as is Dr. Feelgood.

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M[[HeavyMetalUmlaut ö]]tley Cr[[HeavyMetalUmlaut ü]]e is a HardRock[=/=]HairMetal band formed in and popular in TheEighties by drummer Tommy Lee and bassist Nikki Sixx, joined by guitarist Mick Mars and lastly by singer Vince Neil. Like most of their contemporaries from the Glam era, they were probably more well known for their [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll sleazy, sordid antics]] than their music: during their first tour in Canada they were banned from Edmonton for carrying "dangerous weapons" (their stage spikes) and "indecent material" (Neil's porn) though customs, got accused of a bomb threat and threw a TV out the window of their hotel (all publicity stunts). They rose to international fame on the release of ''Shout At The Devil'', ''Theater of Pain'' and ''Girls, Girls, Girls'', receiving heavy rotation on {{MTV}} and selling millions of copies. Sixx has overdosed on heroin over a dozen times, [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow three times near-fatal]] (the first of these in which he was declared dead for a minute, inspired the song ''Kickstart My Heart'').

* DeadHorseGenre: Glam, of course. Their resurgence in the TurnOfTheMillennium says maybe not so.
** In a 1989 (!) interview with MTV that would be later used in the special "It Came from the 80s II: Metal Goes Pop", Nikki Sixx HangsALampshade on [[FollowTheLeader the glut of copycat glam rock bands]] at the moment, and infers that this was the same type of "dinosaur music mentality that punk rebelled against in the '70s". He goes on to say that somebody has to do something original. Guess who followed in the AnswerCut in said special? The band responsible for the genre's eventual demise, {{Nirvana}}.

* BackFromTheDead: Er, kinda.... Sixx was declared dead for two minutes after overdosing on heroin in the 80s, only to be revived by two adrenaline shots to the heart. Then he wrote [[CrowningMusicofAwesome Kickstart My Heart]] about the incident.

* LighterandSofter: Theatre of Pain

* EpicRiff - Shout at the Devil, full stop.
** Though if you want to continue the sentence, Dr. Feelgood, Kickstart My Heart, Girls, Girls, Girls, Wild Side Looks and Looks That Kill are the other most recognisable ones. Even their earlier stuff was full of kickass (if less well known) riffs, such as Too Fast For Love.

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** Recruited at the recommendation of Sixx's then-girl friend, [[TheRunaways Lita Ford]]. Previously played on Ford's album ''Dancin' On The Edge'', and later in OzzyOsbourne's band between ''The Ultimate Sin'' - ''No More Tears''.

* ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum Red, White & Crüe]]'' - 2005: Two-disc GreatestHitsAlbum containing three unreleased songs[[hottip:*:One of which was a song discarded by Simple Plan because they felt it didn't fit their style, recomended by Bob Rock]], a few remixes, some shorter radio versions of their hits, their cover of ''Smokin in the Boys Room'' from ''Decade of Decadence'', one Japanese-release-only song, and a cover of TheRollingStones' ''Street Fighting Man''.

* ''New Tatoo'' - 2000

* HomePornMovie: In the early 1990s a sex tape featuring Tommy Lee and his then-wife Pamela Anderson was stolen from their home and sold to a pornographic video distributor, causing a huge stir in the entertainment media. The Lees sued the distributor and attempted to get the video taken off the internet, but failed.

* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll

Since 2005, the band announced their reunion tour, has co-headlining with {{Aerosmith}} in 2006 (a true {{irony}}, see below), and has run a small circuit in Europe. The group released their [[HesBack return-to-form]] album ''Saints of Los Angeles'' in 2008, for which they received a Grammy nomination for the title track. They started their personal summer tour ''Crüe Fest'' with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Trapt and Sixx:A.M. (Sixx's side-project) opening, becoming the most successful festival of the summer. ''Crüe Fest 2'' featured Theory of a Deadman, DrowningPool, Charm City Devils and Godsmack (Godsmack singer Sully Erna appeared in the Crüe video for White Trash Circus). Their 2001 autobiography, ''The Dirt'' is currently being adapted into a film.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: {{Aerosmith}} was inspired by their high heels, teased hair and heavy make-up (and their constant use of the word "Dude") to write the [[TropeNamers/{{Music}} Trope Namer]], specifically about Vince Neil. [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/motley-crue-dudes-look-like-ladys.jpg They were right, you know]].