* 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 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.

The band and Kovac sued in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming Stein was not entitled to a cut of Mötley Crüe's earnings.

Mötley Crüe's ninth studio album, titled Saints of Los Angeles, was released in Japan on June 17, 2008 and in America on June 24, 2008.

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 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 ".

Although glam rock went into a steep decline in popularity in the second half of the 1970s it was a direct influence on acts that rose to prominence later, including Kiss and American glam metal acts like Quiet Riot, W. A. S. P., Twisted Sister and Mötley Crüe.

Mötley Crüe's video for " Girls, Girls, Girls " was banned by MTV for having completely nude women dancing around the members of the band in a strip club.

Mötley Crüe did make another version of the video that was accepted by MTV.

* Cub Koda, lead singer of Brownsville Station, best known for the 1973 hit song " Smokin ' in the Boys Room ", which was later covered by Mötley Crüe, graduated from Manchester High School

On March 1, 2011, it was announced the New York Dolls would be the opening act for a summer tour featuring Mötley Crüe and Poison.

During the 1980s the first major pop-metal style arose and dominated the charts for several years kicked off by metal act Quiet Riot and dominated by bands such as Mötley Crüe and Ratt ; this was glam metal, a hard rock and pop fusion with a raucous spirit and a glam-influenced visual aesthetic.

She was married for seven years to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee from May 1986 to August 1993.

Durst began to take an interest in directing, and directed a music video for Limp Bizkit's single " Faith " in promotion for its appearance in the film Very Bad Things, but was unsatisfied with it, and directed a second video which paid tribute to tourmates like Primus, Deftones and Mötley Crüe, who appeared in the video.

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

The UK Tour featured Mötley Crüe as co-headliners and Steel Panther as opening act.

The video featured members of Poison, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, Guns N ' Roses, Ratt, and Aerosmith.

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

Mötley Crüe helped design the bottles that featured lyrics from Generation Swine songs on the reverse of each label.

The album featured John Corabi ( Angora, The Scream, Mötley Crüe ), Paul Shortino ( Rough Cutt, Quiet Riot ), Kevin DuBrow ( Quiet Riot ), Joe Leste ( Bang Tango ), and Jani Lane ( Warrant, solo artist ), among others.

A number of the musicians featured on the soundtrack also appeared in the film itself, including Morris Day, Sheila E., Tone Loc ( as Slam the Rapper ), former Ozzy Osbourne drummer Randy Castillo appears playing the Black Plague concert during the flashback at the beginning of the film and Vince Neil, the lead singer of Mötley Crüe ( who appeared as Bobby Black, the lead singer of the fictitious band, Black Plague ).

The title song featured a music video with Ozzy Osbourne and Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe as extras.

The album featured mostly cover songs by bands such as Dio, Twisted Sister, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne and Mötley Crüe, as Fozzy had a satirical back-story that they had spent the last 20 years in Japan being megastars and once they returned to America, they realized that many famous artists had ripped off their songs.