John Bonham Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) Hi Marc, How conscious of each other were Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses back in 1985-1987? I ask because I was looking up Crue on Wikipedia, and I realized that Girls, Girls, Girls pre-dated Appetite by 4 months. Both albums cover a lot of the same Sunset Strip Sleaze Rock territory, so I was wondering if you think Crue influenced GNR at all, or vice versa? What kind of exposure did the 2 bands have to each other? Did they ever share a bill? Where they rivals? Friends? I'm speaking again of the era before GNR hit the mainstream with the release of Appetite. Thanks again for your time. Edited May 19, 2014 by John Bonham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAR41 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 You should REALLY read 'The Dirt'. Best rock autobiography I've ever read and has several details about their relationship with GNR. I am not even a big Crue fan, but it is one of my favorite books. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin White Duke Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I always had the impression that pre AFD Axl was inspired by Vince Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONEZY Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 War41 is right. Check out "The Dirt" and "The Heroin Diaries", you'll see what it was like for GnR to open for Motley Crue for a few months. And they weren't famous yet, that happened within the next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recklessroad Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Motley was around before GNR and they were more of a heavy Metal band. GNR was not influenced by them. Tommy Lee was at one of there gigs at the Roxy in 1986 and I remember him telling the guys that he loved My Michelle after the gig. They did become friends and also toured together in 1987 for a few months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 "David Lee Roth helped me out a lot, personally. He would come to all our shows. We’d be playing at the Troubadour, and there’s Dave — and this was in his heyday. A couple of years earlier, when I was in Rock Candy, I was bootlegging T-shirts outside Van Halen concerts at Long Beach Arena, wanting to go in to watch them, but I didn’t have enough money. But Dave came because we always had tons of girls. Our audience was 80 percent women. He’s a big star, and I’m just a nobody singer, and he said, “Hey Vince, meet me at Canter’s on Fairfax. I want to talk to you.” I borrowed someone’s car and there’s Diamond Dave with his black Mercedes with a skull and crossbones painted on the hood. He sat me down and went through all the aspects of the business of rock and roll. He said, “You need distribution, and this, and watch out for this, and be careful of this.” He’d go, “OK, when you find out what your best side is, always use that side [for photos].” For him to take the time to sit down with just some dude, that’s pretty cool." - Vince Neil, "Louder Than Hell". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardNixon Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 On another note:DJ Ashba co-wrote this song, and the rest of SOLA: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.wa.T Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Marc, Which band or bands were GnR's biggest competition in the clubs?? Was it a band that didn't get signed that we might have heard of?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recklessroad Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Marc, Which band or bands were GnR's biggest competition in the clubs?? Was it a band that didn't get signed that we might have heard of?? Poison was one, not because of their music but there was some of the same people in the crowds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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