* 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 has been described through the years as the World's Most Notorious Rock Band and has sold more than 80 million album copies worldwide, including 25 million in the U. S.

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.

In the comic strip Doonesbury, the mother of Toggle, Alex Doonesbury's fiancé, claims that Toggle's father is a member of Mötley Crüe, but she doesn't know which one.

* December 8 – Mötley Crüe member Vince Neil is involved in a serious car accident.

Shout at the Devil is the second album by heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on September 26, 1983.

Shout at the Devil is regarded as the heaviest sounding Mötley Crüe album by critics and fans alike.

Dr. Feelgood is the fifth album by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on September 1, 1989.

In addition to being Mötley Crüe's best selling album, it is widely regarded by music critics and fans as the band's best studio album.

A metal umlaut ( also known as röck döts ) is a diaeresis that is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of hard rock or heavy metal bands — for example those of Queensrÿche, Blue Öyster Cult, Motörhead, and Mötley Crüe.

He is said to be a drifter and a one-time roadie for rock band Mötley Crüe.

Methods of Mayhem is an American nu metal band formed in 1999 by Tommy Lee, who had temporarily quit his position as Mötley Crüe's drummer.

Neil's account of this event is documented in Mötley Crüe's 2001 autobiography The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band.

Too Fast For Love is the debut record of American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe ; 900 copies were released on November 10 1981 on the band's Leathür Records label.

It can be compared with the likes of Mötley Crüe and Guns and Roses for the scale that is achieved.

Sully Erna is also featured in Mötley Crüe music video " White Trash Circus " released on February 25, 2009.

Red, White & Crüe is a greatest hits compilation album by the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on February 1, 2005 by Mötley Records and charted at number 6 on The Billboard 200.

Theatre of Pain is the third album by the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on June 21, 1985.

Robert Jens Rock, ( born 19 April 1954 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ), is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer best known for producing bands such as Simple Plan, Aerosmith, The Cult, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, 311, Metallica, Our Lady Peace, The Offspring and most recently Bush.

Rock is perhaps best known as a producer for bands such as Metallica and Mötley Crüe.

Girls, Girls, Girls is the fourth studio album, released on May 15, 1987 by the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.

Decade of Decadence is an album by Mötley Crüe, released on October 1, 1991 and charted at number 2 on The Billboard 200.

Generation Swine is the seventh studio album by the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on June 24, 1997.

Injected is an Atlanta hard rock band inspired by acts such as Helmet, Metallica and Mötley Crüe.

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 ).