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Thursday, September 29 2011

Id N’ Ego Killed the Pop Metal Star... and the Alternative Rocker, Too

Grunge didn't kill pop metal, it merely succeeded it as the genre of choice as part of a logical progression. To understand the emergence of alt-rock, we need to examine why the tide turned against a wave of music that had once been so popular.


Tuesday, July 19 2011

Revisionist History: Hair Metal’s Proto-Punk Roots

There might not seem to be any rhyme or reason for pairing Mötley Crüe and Poison with the New York Dolls, but appearances can be deceiving when it comes to the self-proclaimed "tour of the summer".


Reviews

Tuesday, August 26 2008

Mötley Crüe: Saints of Los Angeles

Older, wiser, but just as Mötley as ever.


Friday, August 1 2008

Mötley Crüe: Saints of Los Angeles

More songs about being totally bad-ass by a bunch of guys who used to be pretty bad-ass themselves.


Tuesday, March 15 2005

Mötley Crüe

How wrong they were...


Tuesday, March 15 2005

Mötley Crüe

I still haven't figured it out...


Thursday, March 3 2005

Mötley Crüe: Red, White & Crüe

Yet another repetitive greatest hits package? What is this, the Crüe or the Who?"


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