* 1958 – Nikki Sixx, American musician ( Mötley Crüe )

Kid Rock was cited for assault on Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee on September 9, 2007 at MTV's Video Music Awards, and pled guilty.

Led Zeppelin laid the foundation for the big hair of 1980s glam metal bands such as Mötley Crüe and Skid Row.

* Mick Mars, lead guitarist for Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe is a Californian heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981.

Mötley Crüe was ranked tenth on MTV's list " Top 10 Heavy Metal Bands of All-Time " and ninth on " VH1's All Time Top Ten Metal Bands "

Mötley Crüe was formed on January 17, 1981 when bass guitarist Nikki Sixx left the band London and began rehearsing with drummer Tommy Lee and vocalist / guitarist Greg Leon.

After modifying the spelling slightly, " Mötley Crüe " was eventually selected as the band's name, with the stylistic decision suggested by Neil to add the two sets of metal umlauts supposedly inspired by the German beer Löwenbräu, which the members were drinking at the time.

The suit was regarding the loss of royalties from his time in Mötley Crüe and the case was not closed until 1993 when Trippe dropped his charges and disappeared from the general public.

After finding sobriety in 1989, Mötley Crüe reached its peak popularity with the release of their fifth album, the Bob Rock produced Dr. Feelgood, on September 1, 1989.

Mötley Crüe was also nominated twice for Favorite Hard Rock / Metal Artist.

Thaler would manage the band alone until 1994, at which time the band did a mass-firing when their album, Mötley Crüe, failed to meet commercial expectations.

Neil continued touring on an annual basis as a solo artist, singing mostly Mötley Crüe songs.

Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars performing onstage with Mötley Crüe, on June 14, 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland

A promoter in England, Mags Revell, began clamoring for a Mötley Crüe reunion, ostensibly presenting himself as the voice of anxious fans waiting for more from the band.

In 2005, Mötley Crüe was involved in an animation-comedy spoof Disaster !, which was written by Paul Benson and Matt Sullivan and which was used as the introduction film to concerts on their Carnival of Sins tour.

In 2006, Mötley Crüe went on the Route of All Evil Tour, co-headlining with Aerosmith and taking performers from Lucent Dossier Experience on the road with them.

In June 2007, Mötley Crüe set out on a small European tour.

In the summer of 2008, Mötley Crüe headlined the popular ' Crüe Fest ' music festival, which included opening acts Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Trapt, and Nikki Sixx's successful side project, Sixx: A. M.

Mötley Crüe had announced that the movie The Dirt, based on the book written by Mötley Crüe and Neil Strauss, might be released in 2009.

Asked in July 2011 if Mötley Crüe has begun writing new material, Lee replied, " Nikki's got some stuff kickin ' around, I've got a few things kickin ' around.

Mötley Crüe has been featured on a number of VH1 countdown shows, " Dr. Feelgood " was ranked the No. 7 Greatest Air Guitar Song, " Live Wire " was ranked the No. 17 Greatest Metal Song Of All Time, and " Home Sweet Home " was ranked the No. 12 Greatest Power Ballad Of All Time.

Mötley Crüe has been one of the bands featured on VH1's Behind the Music.

Mötley Crüe has influenced many bands and artists of all the world such as Slipknot, Steel Panther, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Pink Cream 69, Poison, Skid Row, Static X, The 69 Eyes, Children Of Bodom, Bang Tango, White Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Backyard Babies, System Of A Down, L. A.

Bolan has appeared as a vocalist on two of Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley's solo albums, back-up vocals on Mötley Crüe's Dr. Feelgood album.

Zander's vocal style has influenced many other rock singers from 1980s hard rockers such as Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe, Axl Rose of Guns N ' Roses, Bret Michaels of Poison, and Sebastian Bach of Skid Row, 1990's punk revivalists, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, to alternative icons Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, and Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots.

The track " White Punks on Dope " was an " absurd anthem of wretched excess " and a tribute to their rich, white teenage fan base in San Francisco Since then the song has been covered by Mötley Crüe, and the German rock musician Nina Hagen took the tune and set new lyrics to it ( not a translation of the original lyrics ), titled her work TV-Glotzer (" Couch Potato "), and used this song as the opening track of her own debut album Nina Hagen Band, released 1978 on CBS / Germany Records.

A tribute to Ozzy Osbourne called Bark at the Moon, and Mötley Crüe tribute Carnival of Crue has emerged.

Brent Fitz a multi-instrumentalist born in Winnipeg, and currently resides in Las Vegas, has recorded and toured with a vast array of Canadian and International artists including Guns N ' Roses guitarist Slash, Alice Cooper, Mötley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil, Theory Of A Deadman, Streetheart, Harlequin and The Guess Who.

Webster has appeared on many albums by established artists including Tom Cochrane, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Bif Naked, The Cult, Scorpions, Payolas, Annihilator, Mötley Crüe, Stonebolt, Idle Eyes, Rush, Jonas, and Van Halen.

Much hard rock has come out of Los Angeles, including hard rockers Van Halen from nearby Pasadena, " hair bands " like Mötley Crüe, Ratt, W. A. S. P.

Throughout the Finland and Scandinavian countries there has been an uprising of 80s era " glam metal " bands heavily influence by bands like Mötley Crüe and Guns n ' Roses with a modern twist like Reckless Love, Crashdiet and Hardcore Superstar.

He has also occasionally performed and recorded with his own Eric Singer Project, featuring, among others, his former Kiss bandmate Bruce Kulick and former Mötley Crüe lead singer John Corabi.

* Questioning when Mötley Crüe has become classic rock, referencing the recent addition of classic metal bands to classic rock stations to be played alongside staples like the Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

He has recorded with artists such as Jon Anderson, Laura Branigan, Coverdale-Page, Melissa Manchester, Magnum, Mötley Crüe, Steve Lukather, Richard Marx, Rick Springfield, Richie Kotzen, Starship, REO Speedwagon, Whitesnake, Yes and many others.

He has produced albums by acts including Mother's Finest, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, Molly Hatchet, Blue Öyster Cult, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Stryper, Kix, L. A.

Despite a lack of big commercial success, the band has a lasting cult following and has been cited as a major influence by bands such as Mötley Crüe, Poison and Twisted Sister.

John Corabi ( born on April 26, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) is a heavy metal singer and guitarist who has worked with such bands as Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe, Union and ESP ( both with former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick ), Ratt ( as a guitarist ), Twenty 4 Seven ( with his then Ratt bandmate Bobby Blotzer ), Zen Lunatic, Brides of Destruction, and Angel City Outlaws ( with his then Ratt bandmates Robbie Crane and Bobby Blotzer, and former Ratt guitarist Keri Kelli, who he replaced in Ratt ).

The song has also been cited for similarities to " Home Sweet Home " by Mötley Crüe, as well as " Don't Look Back in Anger " by Oasis ( itself cited for similarities to Lennon's " Imagine ").

In Sept 2010 Belladonna are mentioned alongside Nine Inch Nails, Moby and Marilyn Manson in Mötley Crüe's frontman Vince Neil's autobiography " Tattoos and Tequila " as one of the most important acts that have been influenced by Mötley Crüe in recent years.

Michael Monroe and Hanoi Rocks have often been mentioned as the starters of the Hollywood's glam-rock scene, which was then adopted and developed by many 1980's glam -, punk -, and hard rock bands like Mötley Crüe, Jetboy, LA Guns and Poison.

Some notable appearances in the past have been Aerosmith, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe, Dio, Bruce Dickinson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Twisted Sister, Whitesnake, Uriah Heep, Europe, Deep Purple, Accept, Motörhead, Saxon, Nazareth, Poison, Status Quo, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Scorpions, Porcupine Tree, Kamelot, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Testament, W. A. S. P., ZZ Top, The Orchestra, Thin Lizzy and Guns N ' Roses.

Such marks have been used decoratively in the names of many heavy metal bands, such as Mötley Crüe and Motörhead, both of whom are discussed in the book.

Neil, meanwhile, had been busy with his own solo career and the untimely death of his daughter Skylar, when Kovac had approached him with the same idea of reuniting with Mötley Crüe as Morris had presented to Sixx and Lee earlier.

Stickers have been made for bands including: Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne and OZZFEST, Mötley Crüe, ZZ Top, Alice Cooper, Kid Rock, Disturbed, YES, Journey, KISS, Santana,