Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil 40th Anniversary- Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil
Even now on the fortieth anniversary of their breakthrough album Shout at the Devil, the Motley Crue moment is crystallized in my memory. After appearing earlier that afternoon on my Dallas/Ft.Worth radio show, Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil now was running from side to side at the front lip of their huge stage during a 1989 stop on their Dr.Feelgood tour in front of 18,000 fans, everyone on their feet. Motley Crue is ripping through a pile-driving version of “Looks That Kill”, and from my vantage point on the side stage floor, Vince ran straight at me out onto a wing which extends almost to the first loge of seats just above my head, which are occupied by row after row of dancing, innocent-looking young women. Suddenly, as Neil reached the edge of the stage closest to these wide-eyed young female fans, the girls simultaneously all lifted their tops to expose matched pairs of bare breasts. In that instant, Vince Neil dropped the wireless microphone from his face to his side and, looking down at me in breathless bewilderment and amazement, rolled his eyes as if to say,”Can you believe this is my life?” It wasn’t Spinal Tap. It was pure Groucho Marx.

