{"id":29282,"date":"2023-05-31T12:31:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=29282"},"modified":"2023-05-31T12:31:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:31:21","slug":"motley-crue-were-delinquent-and-proud-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/motley-crue-were-delinquent-and-proud-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cM\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE WEREN\u2019T NEW WAVE, AND M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE WEREN\u2019T NICE. M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE WERE DELINQUENT AND PROUD OF IT.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cM\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE WEREN\u2019T NEW WAVE, AND M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE WEREN\u2019T NICE.<br \/>\nM\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE WERE DELINQUENT AND PROUD OF IT.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29283\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rcm-pr-2023-05-31-01-742x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"828\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3mwS_l-pa-U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MAY 31, 2023 \u2014\u00a0M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce feature on the cover of issue 38 of Rock Candy Mag as legendary rock journalist Sylvie Simmons reveals exactly what it was like to be right at the heart of the action when the band first emerged onto Hollywood\u2019s Sunset Strip back in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons moved from the UK to Los Angeles in the 1970s to cover the US rock scene, and her timing couldn\u2019t have been better as she got to witness first hand the rise of hard rock in the \u201980s. \u201cM\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce weren\u2019t new wave, and M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce weren\u2019t nice,\u201d she writes. \u201cM\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce were delinquent and proud of it. But I could see that this band had something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spearheading a new movement of young rockers who simply didn\u2019t care about moral conventions or radio airplay, M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce soon became buddies with Simmons, and she became one of very few people to be admitted into the band\u2019s inner sanctum.<\/p>\n<p>Reliving her first encounter with the band at The Starwood club in the spring of 1981, Simmons writes, \u201cI was intrigued by a cluster of people I saw standing outside. They were pale \u2013 something that took serious commitment in sunny Los Angeles, with black Spandex pants and big shaggy hair.Inside the club, M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce\u2019s music sounded like someone had chopped up Sweet, Kiss, Alice Cooper and the Godz and put them all in a blender\u2026 They came across as deadly serious but at the same time trashy and a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At her very first interview with the band, bassist Nikki Sixx was quick to tell Simmons about his unshakeable belief in M\u00f6tley world domination. \u201c\u2018In five years maybe every band will look like us,&#8217; he said. He couldn&#8217;t have imagined how accurate that was. Or that this group \u2013 which a local weekly newspaper would dub the worst band in LA \u2013would spearhead an entire musical movement: glam metal, aka hair metal, the over-the-top, tarty, party scene that dominated a decade of US rock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read our 14-page M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce special, together with many other fascinating stories about Extreme, King Kobra, Steve Lukather, and Desmond Child in issue 38 of Rock Candy Mag.<\/p>\n<p>For more details visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockcandymag.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.rockcandymag.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT ROCK CANDY MAG<\/strong><br \/>\nRock Candy Mag is a 100-page, full-colour bi-monthly rock mag, created in the UK. It covers the sights, sounds and smells from the greatest era in hard rock music, the \u201970s and \u201980s. The brainchild of: respected UK rock journalists Derek Oliver, Howard Johnson and Malcolm Dome \u2013 all frontline writers for the legendary Kerrang! magazine in the golden era.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rockcandymag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rockcandymag\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockcandymag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockcandymag\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockCandyMag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockCandyMag<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBjkpEXB53nRCs_yhEClGhg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBjkpEXB53nRCs_yhEClGhg<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For all inquiries, contact:<br \/>\nMICHAEL BRANDVOLD MARKETING &amp; MANAGEMENT<br \/>\nMichael Brandvold | me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael Brandvold is a freelance music industry consultant based in Northern California. Having launched Michael Brandvold Marketing to leverage his years of experience to provide direction to large and small clients in the areas of online &amp; social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael\u2019s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com\u2019s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael has also managed the online efforts for Jordan Rudess, Greg Kihn, KISS, ACCEPT, SOiL, Tantric, Killer Dwarfs, Dream Theater, Little Caesar, Narada Michael Walden, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you are interested in speaking with Michael about what he can do to assist with your marketing needs contact him online at\u00a0me@mikebrandvold.com | 415-200-8483<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cM\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE WEREN\u2019T NEW WAVE, AND M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE WEREN\u2019T NICE. 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