Motley Crue

Motley Crue was one of the hugest bands in the world in the 80's, they were EVERYWHERE. Then all those drugs and alcohol caught up with them, and Tommy Lee made a sextape, and nothing was ever the same. But last night I decided to go to the Xcel Energy Center and check them out. I must say I was really really surprised at what I witnessed.

First off, when I got there, there was no crazy beer drinking going on, no one was snorting lines off a strippers back, it was quiet, I mean QUIET. there were people there, yes, but everyone was quietly sipping their beers, just chit chatting like they were going to see the London Philharmonic. What the hell?! I expect debauchery around every corner!

Anyways, I found out there were 3 opening acts, which is always painful. The first band, The Last Vegas, was kind of an AC/DC/Guns N' Roases/Led Zeppelin/80's concoction, not too bad, but nothing extremely wonderful. Theory of a Deadman were to me the most unique of the opening acts, they ha a decent following in the audience and had a mix of Alice in Chains and Incubus with a lot of pop thrown in, not bad at all. Hinder did not really do much for me, they seemed like some dudes just looking to make some money,  and lookin to find a girl somewhere.

No, the demographic of a Motley Crue audience is expected to be people around 40ish who were youth in Crue's reign of the charts. Well apparently that stereotype doesn't stand any more. There were high school kids, children, hell I even saw some "ballers" sitting next to me. The young people at this concert amazed me, they knew what was going on, I expected it to be me, a bunch of old people, and Motley Crue. It's strange how young people pick up on stuff like this.

But anyways, the lights go down, and down comes the curtain, and HOLY SHIT! IT'S THE 80'S! I must say that Crue's stage setup was something you would expect to see in the 80's arena rock realm, and something that came straight out of the movie "Rock Star." the bands stage presence was nothing short of amazing, considering how drugged up these guys used to be, they all have the same amount of vigor for the music they play, even Mick Mars, not known to be the healthiest person around. The light show/pyrotechnics/stage setup was probably the best I have seen at a concert, no joke. the use of pyro and light was phenomenal, and synced up extremely well with the music, a very rare thing at concerts I have gone to.

I have become convinced though that Mick Mars is in fact the grim reaper, Nikki Six's hair is actually roadkill, Vince Neil is a crossbread of Axl Rose and a cat, and Tommy Lee is just a myth, and some other dude is really onstage. But that's the great thing, these guys on their own have such legendary tales behind them, that it is somewhat surreal seeing them all onstage together. I mean looking at them onstage, I'm pretty sure at least two of them have actually died at one point, Tommy Lee has the most famous sex tape of all time, and he has also snorted a line of ants in a gross contest with Ozzy Osbourne, and the most famous member of the band is in his pants. It's surreal realizing that these guys really have seen some of the most amazing things that happened in the 80's and that they have some of the most insane stories of anyone in the music world.

I must say that Motley Crue absolutely tore the roof off of the Xcel Center last night, I know that even with knowing much of their music, I loved every minute of it, because they kept it fun, flashy, and made sure you were enjoying time while getting your moneys worth.