Motley Crue- Theatre of Pain 40th- Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx 6-16

We knew that Motley Crue’s third album Theatre of Pain was released in June 1985 following lead singer Vince Neil’s deadly car crash and subsequent manslaughter charge, but as both Neil and Motley Crue bassist/songwriter Nikki Sixx told me In the Studio, that wasn’t the half of it.

In my classic rock interview, sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing, Motley Crue’s Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx reveal tight-walking on the knife’s edge  covering Brownsville Station’s “Smokin’ in the Boys Room” while simultaneously defining the MTV-era power ballad with “Home Sweet Home”. Don’t miss Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil struggling to keep the final curtain from coming down on Motley Crue’s personal Theatre of Pain on its fortieth anniversary. -Redbeard