Motley Crue

The Five Best Concerts in OC This Week

Tuesday, December 18Stevie TombstoneThe Prospector Stevie Tombstone's sweet, soulful country croon juxtaposes delightfully with his hard craggy face. Rocking some hard-luck chic, his songs feature mentions of the undertaker and give thanks for the little things in life--such as not being in jail ... More >>

Vince Neil and Great White

City National Grove of Anaheim

Irvine City Council Will Try to Replace Verizon Wireless Amphitheater With the Great Park Cramphitheater...What Are They Smoking?

It's official: By 2017 the Great Park will be the only place to see big-ticket entertainment in Irvine. Please excuse us while we struggle to contain our enthusiasm. As of last week, the Irvine Company and the Irvine City Council both confirmed that a new amphitheater is being proposed to ... More >>

Top 10 OC Shows of Summer 2012

The only thing tougher than realizing that yet another summer concert season has come and gone is taking the time to sort all the best moments together an relive them in numerical order. For us, the difficulty of the latter usually means that we got to experience enough slam-dancing, chorus-shouting ... More >>

KISS To Charge Over $4000 For a Book, Really?

See Also: *Heretic To Film Live DVD In Santa Ana This Weekend *Kiss - Motley Crue - Verizon Wireless Aphitheater - 8/14/12*Kiss at the Honda Center Never ones to deviate from the bigger is better mantra, veteran rockers KISS announced Tuesday at the Viper Room that they'll be releasing a massive 45 ... More >>

Neil Diamond - Honda Center - 8/21/12

Neil Diamond Honda Center 8/21/12 See Also: *Kiss and Motley Crue at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater *Iron Maiden at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater *Aerosmith at Hollywood Bowl Neil Diamond is farther ahead of the curve than you realize. At the tender young age of 71, Diamond has his own Twitter (417 ... More >>

KISS - Motley Crue - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - 8/14/12

KISS and Motley Crue Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 8/14/12 See Also: *Iron Maiden at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater *Kiss at the Honda Center *Motley Crue at the Joint in Las Vegas Two of the earliest albums that sculpted my music tastes were that of Kiss's Destroyer and Motley Crue's Shout At ... More >>

Kiss & Motley Crue

Irvine Meadows

Krewella - Ten Nightclub - 7/29/12

See Also: Krewella Want to Play Hard with OC Fans This WeekendKrewella Costa Mesa 7/29/12 Krewella, the Chicago threesome known for their fusion of different EDM sub-genres, proceeded to bring dubsex to Ten nightclub in Newport Beach, opening with the title track from their new EP, Play Hard. Unlik ... More >>

'The Great American Trailer Park Musical' Puts the 'Class' Back in Trash

STAGES reminds us of kinder, gentler, redneck-ier days

The Black Keys Vs. Nickelback and The Death of The Rock Feud

​This week, Pat Carney of The Black Keys 'apologized' to Nickelback regarding his 'controversial' yet true comments about the Canadian quintet. In my eyes, the drummer of the Akron-bred band had no reason to apologize, true or not true. Over the past decade or so, rock (not hip-hop, which deserves ... More >>

Kiss and Motley Crue: Five Things They Have In Common (Aside From an Irvine Tour Stop on August 14)

​In what's sure to be one of the biggest rock spectacles of the summer, Kiss and Motley Crue announced that they'll be hitting up over 40 cities on their No Fake Bullshit Tour. If you didn't know, in 1983 Motley Crue opened for Kiss on their Creatures Of The Night tour. The two legends are set to ... More >>

On the Line: Dino McDonough of Slater's 50/50, Part Two

​Dino McDonough joined the crew at Slater's 50/50 just over three years ago, shortly after they launched Anaheim Hills. After a first round of indulgent interviewing, we begin to understand the kind of role food plays in his life. Excellent taste in Halloween costumes and a hidden artistry are som ... More >>

Motley Crue at the Joint in Las Vegas on Feb. 15, 2012

​Motley CrueFebruary 15, 2012The Joint at the Hard Rock HotelOne of the first videos I can remember watching as a young impressionable music fan was "Live Wire" by Motley Crue. The video had all the right elements. The wafting smoke, Nikki Sixx setting himself on fire, pentagram adorned drum kit a ... More >>

Today has Been Declared Mötley Crüe Day in West Hollywood

​Today the City of West Hollywood will declare August 18, 2011 Mötley Crüe Day, and honor the originaly partying hair metal band as the 2011 recipients of the "Elmer Valentine Award" for their contributions to the history of The Sunset Strip.The award ceremony at the House of Blues will kick off ... More >>

The Sunset Strip Music Festival Begins and Ends With Mötley Crüe

​Mötley Crüe is kicking off the three-day Sunset Strip Music Festival on Aug. 18 with a special tribute at the House of Blues. They're going to be presented with the Elmer Valentine Award for their contributions to the history of The Sunset Strip. The City of West Hollywood will also recogniz ... More >>

Local Kid to Play Jimmy 'the Rev' Sullivan in Avenged Sevenfold Video

​A local group of young rock musicians is getting a boost from an unlikely source: Huntington Beach metal icons, Avenged Sevenfold.Orange County band Un D Vided, founded by 13-year-old drummer Harley deWinter, specializes in a brand of classic-style rock in the vein of Pat Benatar and Heart--Not e ... More >>

Five Music Biopics We'd Like To See

​ Over the last decade, Hollywood has pumped out an increasing number of music biopics, treating us to everything from enjoyable theatrical hits (8 Mile) to wobbly, tear-jerking cable duds (Take Me Home: The John Denver Story). With Jeff Buckley, Sam Cooke and Clash movies in the works and rumor ... More >>

Vince Neil's Domestic Battery Treatment Plan

​ Motley Crue singer Vince Neil was arrested for domestic violence in Las Vegas on Friday after allegedly poking his ex-girlfriend in the arm during an argument. Neil, 50, has vowed to fight the charges in court, which means we will all be treated to hilarious footage of the glam rocker testify ... More >>

Drummer Alex Kirst of the Nymphs/Iggy Pop Band Dead at 47

​Alex Kirst, former member of seminal LA glam rockers The Nymphs and, later, longtime drummer for Iggy Pop's band, died tragically Jan. 13. According to The Desert Sun, Kirst was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Cathedral City, Riverside County. The Nymphs had their heyday in the late '80s and ... More >>

Free Ozzy Album For Ozzfest Ticket Buyers

www.ozzy.com​Go to OZZfest, young man. Get a free album. That is, if you buy tickets before June 18 at LiveNation.com. Ozzy Osbourne's new album, Scream, will be made available to ticket holders the day before the album becomes available in stores. 

Last Night: Thrice at the House of Blues Anaheim

Andrew YoussefLive at the House of Blues Anaheim​ Last Night: Thrice at the House of Blues Anaheim (11/25/09)Better Than: Going to Warped Tour or Bamboozle Left just to see Thrice.My first Thrice show was back in 2002 at the House of Blues Anaheim when they opened for Face To Face. I had no idea w ... More >>

Last Saturday: KROQ Weenie Roast at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Andrew YoussefLast Night: KROQ Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater; Saturday May 16, 2009. (More pictures here.)Better Than: Wango Tango.Download: Videos from the day at KROQ.com.The KROQ Weenie Roast is typically full of surprises. With Blink 182 reuniting the night prior at a private ... More >>

Only in Portland

So last night I finally made it to this place called Casa Diablo. It's a strip club with an all-vegan menu and the dancers are not allowed to wear animal products. As a single vegan male alone in a city with nothing to do (and no restaurants open at 10 p.m.), I had to go. I get in and notice a heavi ... More >>

Watch Ikey Owens (and the Rest of the Mars Volta) Win a Grammy

The Mars Volta--featuring Long Beach's Ikey Owens, of Free Moral Agents and Look Daggers, on keyboards--won the "Best Hard Rock" Grammy last night for "Wax Simulacra." Since the Grammys only show a handful of the awards on the telecast (there are a lot of Grammys, like a lot) their award was accepte ... More >>

This Week in the OC Weekly

Mötley Crüe Stage a Mötley Crüe Broadway Musical in the Inland Empire

Porn and Taxes

Getting stiffed by a porn star took on a whole new meaning Monday when Huntington Beach's Janine Lindemulder was arraigned in federal court for allegedly failing to pay about $80,000 in income taxes, The Smoking Gun reports today. The racktacular 39-year-old entered a not guilty plea and was releas ... More >>

Taste of Chaos Tour-Avenged Seven Fold and Atreyu at the Long Beach Arena

It's funny how music styles always manage to come full circle, even the ones some would like to forget. Sure, people may have thrown their stretchy leotard pants and hairspray in the garbage a couple decades ago, but who says hair metal is dead? Definitely not anyone packed into the Long Beach arena ... More >>

What you missed over the weekend: Part VI

NAMM 2008 came and went, with fans and music celebs flooding the Anaheim Convention Center. Weekly web photographer Christopher Victorio dropped by the madhouse on Saturday and ran into folks from Slipknot, Megadeth, Queensryche, Motley Crue and even Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood. Photos ... More >>

Six Steps to Rock & Roll Godhood

FEEDBACK: Goth-Metal Clown Fifi Larue’s Advice Can Help You Attain It

For Those About to Schlock . . .

KNAC/DC supply the metal, you shout at the devil

Never Mind the Shit, Here's Coachella

Is this annual desert festival an ordeal or orgasmic experience? Yes

Up Yours, Tommy Lee!

Costa Mesa-based band Supernova is taking on the Motley Crue drummer, reality TV God Mark Burnett and the CBS network over the band on Rock Star Supernova performing under just the name Supernova: Rock band seeks to stop CBS and Mark Burnett's new band from performing under the name Supernova Requ ... More >>

'A Lot of Beards'

Scott Reeder of Fu Manchu

KILL YOUR FANS

July 21 - July 28

SHOCKING THEMSELVES

JUNE 23-JUNE 30

Hair to kill for!

Metal Skool learn us good

The Year in Girl

There was a war in there, somewhere

KaZaA Kiddie Porn?

Touched By an Angel

Anyone got a 10-foot pole?

The Lowballasschatter Quickie Index

Various Artists

Hope They Die Before They Get Old

The rock & roll tragedies that should have been

Hair Band Moments

Real Women Wear Black?

Scabs and Raiders on Labor Day weekend

Monsters of Rock

Theres something in this Frankensteins pants

Hide the Wah-Wah Pedals!

The Big Time Blues Fest is back

Such Nice Boys!

Suddenly famous, the guys in Lit figure out how to mix high-octane success with being as nice as they ever were

Coffee Grind

Will the coffeehouse circuit trap Trespassers William?