The band's recent video " I Caligvla ", features Caligula and other members of his court that were important in his rule.

Within eight years of the breakup, the band's three founding members – Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee – had all died.

Although they remained commercially and critically successful, in the later 1970s, the band's output and touring schedule were limited by the personal difficulties and circumstances of the members.

The band's image also changed as members began to wear elaborate, flamboyant clothing.

After the 23 July show at the Days on the Green festival at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, Bonham and members of the band's support staff were arrested after a member of promoter Bill Graham's staff had been badly beaten during the band's performance.

The first Led Zeppelin box set, featuring tracks remastered under Page's supervision, was released in 1990 and bolstered the band's reputation, leading to abortive discussions among members about a reunion.

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.

During the band's career and in between lengthy breaks, band members have been involved in several solo projects, such as Sumner's Electronic and Bad Lieutenant ; Hook's Monaco and Revenge and Gilbert's and Morris ' The Other Two.

Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 ( with the current line up solidifying in 1985 ), the band's four members — Trey Anastasio ( guitars, lead vocals ), Mike Gordon ( bass, vocals ), Jon Fishman ( drums, percussion, vocals ), and Page McConnell ( keyboards, vocals )— performed together for over 20 years before breaking up in August 2004.

The band's founding members were Liam Howe and Chris Corner, who then recruited Kelli Dayton ( formerly of Lumieres, now recording under the name Kelli Ali ) for vocal duties and long-time friend Ian Pickering to provide lyrics.

In fact, singing duties on the group's albums were evenly divided among all of the band's members, all of whom wrote or co-wrote their songs.

Since Wyman's retirement in 1993, the band's full members have been Jagger, Richards, Watts and guitarist Ronnie Wood.

Some prominent members of the punk rock community such as Fat Mike and Jello Biafra have been critical of the band's decision to replace Darby Crash with an actor.

Since the band's beginning, nearly all songs had been written by and credited to a single member, with other members adding minimally.

Anderson stated that he felt " disappointed " and " disrespected " by the band's decision to tour without him and by the lack of contact with the other members since his illness.

Many of these fans, and some members of the band itself, regard the performances filmed at Madison Square Garden as merely average for the time, coming as they did at the end of a long and exhausting tour, but nonetheless representative of the generally high standard of the band's live performances during this era.

These events included numerous appearances and performances by surviving members of the original Comets, including the band's induction into the Rock Walk hall of fame, a performance at the Viper Room club on the Sunset Strip, and a special performance for employees of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena to celebrate the success of the Deep Impact space probe.

The term is also used to describe existing bands whose members achieved individual fame after the band's founding, such as The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, Genesis and Yes.

After lengthy legal battles, informal contact between Fish and the other four band members apparently did not resume until 1999 ; Fish would later disclose in the liner notes to the 2-CD reiussue of Clutching at Straws that he and his former bandmates had met up and discussed the demise of the band and renewed their friendship, and had come to the consensus that an excessive touring schedule and too much pressure from the band's management led to the rift.

The tour was the band's largest to date, each of the band members had expanded gear with added instruments ( such as Stewart Copeland's auxiliary percussion and Andy Summers ' guitar synthesizer components ), and the band used backup singers for the first time.

" The remaining members of the band — Smith, Gallup and Cooper — made several appearances as a trio before it was announced in June that Porl Thompson would be returning for the band's 2005 Festival summer shows, as well as their set at Live 8 in Paris on 2 July.

Because he was not creatively involved with the band, Epstein was only infrequently called the " fifth Beatle ", but over the years he and producer George Martin have clearly been recognised as the inner circle members who most profoundly affected the band's career.

" featuring Freberg, voice actor Daws Butler and members of Jud Conlon's Rhythmairs, mocking the show's corny nature, the band's more predictable arrangements and Welk's own mediocre accordion work.

Blur's work, along with many more minor Britpop bands, have been cited as particularly reminiscent of 1970s Wire at various points, with Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn both speaking of the band's influence on Blur.

" In a 1989 interview, Morrissey cited the lack of a managerial figure and business problems as reasons for the band's split.

" Guitarist John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers cited Van Vliet as a prominent influence on the band's 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik as well as his debut solo album Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt ( 1994 ) and stated that during his drug-induced absence, after leaving the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he " would paint and listen to Trout Mask Replica.

" Additionally, Love cited a conversation with her mother as being the primary inspiration for the band's name: " the name came from my mom.

The film is cited by Frank Black as being a major influence on the band's work.

Not only is Suffer often cited as one of the band's best by fans, but it is credited with " saving " the Southern California punk rock scene by fans and Bad Religion's contemporaries alike.

The band's arrangement of " The House of the Rising Sun ", which transmuted the song from an acoustic folk lament to a full-bore electric rock song, would go on to influence many folk rock acts but none more so than Dylan himself, who cited it as a key factor in his decision to record and perform with an electric rock band during 1965.

" Ankeny also cited it as " the grunge era's most overlooked masterpiece " and an indication of the band's musical growth, writing that " while still unmistakably a member of the Sub Pop stable, there's a greater maturity and depth to their sinewy sound, with a newfound grasp of mood and nuance ".

Many alternative rock artists, including Billy Corgan and PJ Harvey, have cited the album as inspirational ; Nirvana's Kurt Cobain frequently acknowledged that Surfer Rosa was a strong influence on Nevermind, and in 1993 hired the album's producer Steve Albini to produce his band's album In Utero.

They released a statement on 31 January 2007, in which they joked their reasons for splitting were " musical similarities "-an ironic reference to " musical differences " which are often cited as the reason for a band's split.

On the band's website, they cited that " personal problems and a focus on other projects, we have been forced to ask drummer Chris Summers to resign from Turbonegro.

Due to its lengthy atmospheric instrumental passages, the album has been cited as the band's foray into progressive rock.

The band's press release cited Bathory, King Diamond, Onslaught, early Metallica, Testament, and Artillery as influences for Alpha Noir, which was described as " an incendiary album ".

The band's US visit was not a major success but proved to be influential on the underground sleaze metal scene in Los Angeles, with bands such as Guns N ' Roses which later cited Rose Tattoo as a favourite and recorded a cover of " Nice Boys " on Live?!

Grant Nicholas cited on the band's Facebook page, that the single was released purely for the Japanese Tsunami disaster with the chart position not being as important.

Lou Reed has been cited as an inspiration by several members of Duran Duran, and the album Thank You was intended to be a tribute to the band's influences, in the style of David Bowie's Pin Ups.

In particular, two of the band's albums, Whale Music and Melville, have been cited in numerous critical and listener polls as among the best Canadian albums ever recorded.

Schlitt said Cates cited fatigue with the touring lifestyle, but that he fired Lichens and Cooper over differences about the band's musical direction and unhappiness with the possibility of recording a second praise album.

Nirvana, The Beatles, The Pixies and the Ramones have been cited as primary influences by the band's members, as well as lesser influences like Air and Guitar Wolf.

The band's second single, " Nasty Nasty ", was cited nearly 20 years after its release as a seminal punk single.

Lytle also stated that he was " burnt out on touring " and cited his fears over his drug and alcohol problems as a factor in the band's split, and in 2009 he expressed his preference for being solo, saying that he was " a bit of a loner ", and referring to his former bandmates, stated: " The main thing is not having four girlfriends to lug around with me all the time.

In 1974, Simply Saucer recorded a demo tape of music under the supervision of Robert Lanois which combined psychedelic, Krautrock and early punk influences ( Syd Barrett, the Velvet Underground and Iggy Pop have been cited as among the band's influences ).

In 2005 the Hoover, Alabama board of education withdrew an invitation for the band to perform a concert at Hoover High School, The board cited complaints about the lyrics of the band's songs, a recent arrest in California for drug possession, and " the likely possibility of irresponsible acts ," in determining that it was " not appropriate to have a band of this kind of nature " perform at the school.

" The Clerkenwell Kid " is often cited as the band's producer / re-mixer but is an alter ego for Coates himself ; Under the " Characters " section of " The Real Tuesday Weld " website Coates is named as " The Clerkenwell Kid ".