MÖTLEY CRÜE Vocalist Vince Neil - "The Band Has Been Playing Amazing Every Night; We Haven't Had One Bad Show"
July 21, 2011, 13 years ago
MÖTLEY CRÜE vocalist Vince Neil recently spoke with Scott Mervis at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. An excerpt from the interview is available below:
Q: You never really had the critics in your corner, but does it seem like they've come around to you a little bit ...
Vince Neil: "Ah, I don't know. Some do, some don't. Some are always the same. The band has been playing amazing every night. We haven't had one bad show. But you know, still people will just always wanna write [expletive] about us. And that's the way it is. No one in the band really gives a [expletive] about what the critics have to say, because, really, it's what the fans say. You have these social networking things -- Twitter and Facebook -- where thousands of people say we're an 'amazing show', 'you guys sound great', and that's what matters. Not some idiot that didn't even go to the show but writes a review about it and how terrible the show was."
Q: You're playing at this venue the night after SLAYER. In the '80s, you were both targeted by the PMRC [Parents Music Resource Center]. How do you look back at that, and did it help you more than anything?
Vince Neil: "Well, absolutely. Once we had that warning sticker on the album, the album sales shot up a hundred percent. So they actually made it worse, because kids wanted to just buy anything with a warning label on it. It actually helped all the bands."
Click here for the complete interview.
Mötley Crüe tour dates with POISON and NEW YORK DOLLS are as follows:
July
22 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center23 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center
24 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
27 - Cheyenne, WY - Frontier Park
29 - Youngstown, OH - Covelli Centre
30 - Frederick, MD - Eventplex at the Frederick Fairgrounds
31 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion
August
2 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center3 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
5 - Sparta, WI - Fort McCoy Army Base
6 - Moline, IL - iWireless Center
7 - Omaha, NE - Qwest Center
11 - Ridgefield, WA - Sleep Country Amphitheater
12 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
13 - Nampa, ID - Idaho Center
16 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
17 - San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
