![]() 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." ![]() Well, Bret Michaels is a force of nature, as he proved from the second he stormed on stage to join his bandmates on "Look What the Cat Dragged In" and through such obvious highlights as the glam-rocking splendor of their breakthrough single, "Talk Dirty to Me" and the country-rocking power ballad they took to No. If the Cardinals said, "I wish you hadn't done that," I could see where that would ruin their relationship with Motley Crue, but I'm not sure where that was headed in the first place.īret Michaels performs with his band Poison at State Farm Stadium during The Stadium Tour featuring Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts on Thursday, Aug. Toward the end of their performance, Vince Neil wore a Cardinals jersey. Now, my night is ruined 'cause I have no way of getting home and there's a very special dinner catching fire in my oven as I type this" type of train wreck. "Smokin' in the Boys Room" was a train wreck - not the "I can't look away" variety, the "Damn, the train wrecked. The medley of songs they have been known to cover was a total mess, obscuring everything they ever brought to any of those covers, which at times transcended the original recordings. "Home Sweet Home" was especially poignant. It was all absurdly juvenile, but not in such a way that it distracted from the essence of a Motley Crue performance. He was not shy about referring to such matters. Review: How Pearl Jam reconnected with the electrifying spirit of their youth in Phoenix Tommy Lee went 'full Tommy Lee'Īt one point, Tommy Lee went what's known in the business as "full Tommy Lee," encouraging half a dozen women to show their breasts (although he did not call them that) while calling attention to the photographs he shared on social media of certain things we tend to talk about when conversation turns to Tommy Lee. Toward the end of Motley Crue's performance, the Nasty Habits shared the stage with not just Motley Crue but gigantic inflatable futuristic robot vixens of the sort that one associates with Motley Crue. And when they did those things in New York Dolls and Sex Pistols T-shirts? I would sign them if I had a label. And they were really good at both those things. ![]() They brought more theatrics than any other artist to distract from everything that wasn't very good. They had three women called the Nasty Habits, who were part exotic dancers, part endearing backup singers. Mötley Crüe performs at State Farm Stadium during The Stadium Tour featuring Def Leppard, Poison, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts on Thursday, Aug. It felt especially tight coming out of the chaos and cacophony of Motley Crue, whose set was messy, but not without its charms.Ĭoncert of a lifetime? How two of Arizona's biggest bands joined forces for one night ![]() It was a brilliantly constructed set that peppered in a handful of their greatest hits while holding back enough to close with an amazing four-song power block of "Hysteria," "Pour Some Sugar on Me," "Rock of Ages" and "Photograph." ![]() But there were obviously moments - on "Love Bites," in particular - where the high notes were heavily processed and tucked in the mix at a level where it wouldn't be abrasive if it was a little off. He looked and sounded so much younger than he is. Highlights from the classics ranged from a suitably brooding performance of "Foolin'" to the even more dramatic "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" and their single greatest contribution to art of power balladry, "Love Bites." Those songs held their own surrounded by the hits on which their legacy has ultimately come to rest, especially "This Guitar," which benefited greatly from the unplugged treatment as part of a two-song respite from the rocking with "Two Steps Behind."īoth songs had a bit of an Everly Brothers vibe, which was both really nice and unexpected. Def Leppard performs at State Farm Stadium during The Stadium Tour featuring Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts on Thursday, Aug. ![]()
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