This guy was pronounced dead after a heroin overdose in 1987, but much has changed for the four members of Crüe since those crazy days. "When you're young, you drink all night, kiss a thousand girls and resoplas as much as you want," Sixx says. "Now, I am sober, I have the desire to conquer more things."
At that time, Motley Crue is in the first stage of his end turns, packing stages in the United States with special guest Alice Cooper. We spoke with the four band members for a story in the new Rolling Stone. Here are 19 things we learned from interviews.
- Initially, even the band's own promoters thought they were bluffing about this being their last tour.
- The "cessation of touring agreement" does have a loophole.
- Mick Mars wants to write a book when the tour wraps.
- They travel on separate busses.
- Not all the tension from the old days is gone.
- Tommy Lee's drum roller coaster, known as the Crüecifly, initially scared the shit out of him.
- Playing drums upside down, while suspended 55 feet in the air, is no easy feat.
- Mick Mars has no plans to retire from music once Mötley Crüe is over.
- The Dirt movie is going forward.
- The final tour is going to expand into 2018.
- The use of pre-recorded backing vocals remains a sensitive topic.
- Vince Neil has seriously toned down his drinking.
- Despite intense pain due to his long struggle with ankylosing spondylitis, Mick Mars remains clean.
- Mars is considering a reunion with singer John Corabi, who fronted Mötley Crüe for a few years in the 1990s.
- Opinions vary about whether or not they will record new material when the tour ends.
- Should they enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, expect a one-off reunion.
- They've come to terms with the fact many rock critics don't like them.
- They refused to cooperate with the Broadway musical Rock of Ages and subsequent movie.
- The final Mötley Crüe show will be in Los Angeles.
