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30th Of December 2011, Vegas, What Do Ya Know??
06:20AM CET
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Fuck in hell the is almost over folks. What the heck happend? I find not time as in days or weeks no more to be passing by like in the speed of light. No, I see years flying off passing by faster than I care to admit really. It is a real rude awakening for me. Life is fucking passing by before I get to do all the stuff I like to do folks. Sadly time passes by and ages you like it or not. And then we are all sometimes looking in the mirror and then you sometimes wake up and feel really shocked and misserable. I think I am quiet happy with the goals I have sat for my own life so far. It has its ups and its downs but who hasnt no matter their goals? Right? Right!!! Well here goes nothing on that account then.
2011 is soon over another good 36 hours and we are at the new - 2012. That year with what concerns this site and my side of life that holds the same has knocked on my door and have now offered me a one off chance to go to see two shows in fucking Las Vegas in February. Man I am almost speachless .Do not really knwo as off yet if I can shall or will go. But hey I have a good 24 hours to think about it and give the individuals the needs a reply an answer. It is truely really cool. Really exciting and I have to say it is truely a think I can or should I say could not believe could actually be happening for me. Gotta give it some serious thought too before I write it off of my wall so to speak. But one day is my limit to reply my time glass to save a chance to go see this much talked about tour in Las Vegas. Speak of the devil what a fucking cool way to end this year with an offer like that. Hell yeahhh...
Now today should be the dayt and last day too for adding things to the site for this year. I ones again wanna take the chance here and now to thank all for looking in and following and sharing your thoughts and opinions in emails to me and postings in the kicksatrt section guestbook. It is such a thrill to me personally to share this with you all. I have always wanted to see such a website on my favorite band but noone has ever even tried to do it. Lol, lol, lol I understand wy not for a good few reasons some would be it takes a serious long fucking time and you oughta be willing to burn out a few scanners a camera to be well used a lot of editing hours and a shit load of time in general just to do things and set this shit up. Even just like this is set up.
Plus another reason is you really gotta think about it to share such a treat withthe world an also bring shitty experiences. Bad mouthing, jealousy, ripping and robbing you, you name it it can all come around. But I did it to see what I have myself and to share it with the world course a lot of these things are not to be found no more and most of a lot of it is now a days rarely seen. Including articles shirts posters and shit. It still is a really cool fun thing for me to do. And I love stil lto be sharing this with you all. I also continue to hunt the wanted and still missed items and all that I know it is a hard fucking task to set for one self but it is so much more than a spare time passion ofr me now. You see things are never just so and so with me. If I set my mind to something major I do it ...major. Or not at all. Hopefully that will give a new sort of meaning in 2012 as we "meet" again.
I hope you all have gotten your download of the Sixx AM "7" CD? If not do so. Also find below the first pictures of some of the four stringers own personal tour passes he ownes for a short while longer that should becoming mine in a really near future. More of that same kind of things are for sure being worked on as also mentioned inthe last made and posted diary on here. So many things are really cool to have set up a few doings about. I love it. Loads of cash and we do not have too much of that but still the hard work and long hoours earning them are transformed into a long lasting satisfaction by gaining some of these things some of these items to add to the collection sometime soon.
There are loads of cool stuff to get around also in the new year to come. Watch for the news about the band too not on here but in the news / headlines and hopefully we will not be loosing Vince neil any time soon but rather see the band going on till round the already shared news flash ... 2014 / 2015 and end on top with a huge BANG!!!! Much shit to still be coming out and lanidng in your face from both the band and the site here.
Greetings from Denmark and hey... Much love - let me get back with you right after new years mid January maybe ..... and I will share with you too - if the Vegas adventure will be on my hands or not. Had been a fucked up cool thing to do for sure. Happy Crue year - make it a cool one but yet be careful fuckers. To be continued 2012.
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26th Of December 2011, Follow Up Thoughts & Status
11:42AM CET
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Hello again been mind wandering last night after seeing the movie made of Georg Harison. The old one foouth of the Beatles. What a caracter. I never really sunk my attention into these four Liverpool lads from England. But they have some really interesting things and I have to say especially this man George. Ones again I opend my innerself from seeing this movie and was as I sometimes do putting life and all in it in perspective.
I have to say a lot of my Crue life was torn apart and put together again about five times last night. There are so many sides to this Crue life of mine that can be hard to understand for any regular living person out there. And trust me when I say this I can fully understand that. I too would be really weird feeling if I too was looking in on a personthat had chosen to dedicate his or life to one major thing like this in his or her life. I am truely not gonna blame anyone that does not fully get it. I know that no one at my job understands it. Course they do not have that xtra depth to a sigle thing if we talk purely obsession and passion for what ever it may be. There simply is not that kind of person in my life. Some are fasionated by it others fids it as said before a wall of negative that is in the way for them to have anything great with me.
This man had his own things in life too and he said in the end of the Beatles. This is too much hassle with this band for me to be feeling pleased I am leaving. There are so many great things in it but I must go my on ways. Thats how I see life and regular living ... many great sides ad points in it but the complete package is just not for me.
But what about my Crue life then? What ticked it to be torn apart and build up again like a puzzle last night. I think it was more a sort of okay what do I aim for next here. I am not gonna be able to do Vegas for the much talked about 12 shows thats gonna be legendary and I am not gonna be able to do a load of summer things with the job and shit that I hold now. So what?
Well I am still not all sure. More settled on the first two months here I think. I wanna getthe personal stuff that I have been offered and then we will see. I anna aim to try to find the few instruments that I have been wanting for a while too. I am not gonna be able to just grab the shit like that and then if our front man Neil is deciding to stay there is also a tour thing in the summer to be looking in on for sure. I have to say there are so many things I wanna put in the calender and the year long moving is now first priority ones again and it has to be happening no later than March really. I have to get it done. It feels kind of urgent now. Sadly. but ones that step is made I have also to say there are so many great things to be looking forward to from taking that step and no more country crossings just to get home to my stuff.
I have a lot to look forward to already I know. Things that are already sat deals things that are calender marked live dates for the 2012 to come. Got the Sweden Rock ticket already and I have to say there are so many things on that bill alone with Crue that are so cool next year. But I think I am gonna aim high and do only three or two of the four days there next year as the band plays in Helsinki Finland the 7th of June in the middle of the Sweden Rock Festival and I grabbed a very expensive ticket to that already just to be sure so I have at least entrence to the event should I decide to go. My brothers passion being the swedish Crashdiet is on the support slot so it will be a one of thing I think. But what a cool thing to have too.
So many great things in June and then I am also in the middle of a few more deals by then plus all the stuff that comes from here to there and the chance of setting up a VERY short trip over should Cruefest III be happening .. then for a good two or three shows then home.. course that is not gonan be happening not a long regular time scedualled week or two this summer no can do. But a couple had still been cool. Funny these days I think ore merch tan actual live events.
Theere has to come something up that is truely new and cool and a fairly large change in the setlist. But I truey doubt that that will ever happen again.... I can not see it to be honest. Sorry guess this is the rsk for seeing and doing too many things in their name you want changes and you change focus on things I guess. I have done so at least I am not gonna deny that. But the Swden ROck Festivla should be good and also tons of good things on the bill to see never the less as you know I have been preachen long now about it www.swedenrock.com if you are curious enough. Tickets go quite fast so dont think too long.
Some of the other cool shit that I am offered and have plans on seeing if I can find is the box set from Greece. Only a couple of handfuls were made of this. the same person have sold some really hard to find stuff on the band. I think some of them are fan made in maybe a couple of handful edition but they are quiet cool never the less. Well made and quiet cool. This one holds what you can see here below.
There are so many things really also the newly released official japan only Too Fast 30th anniversary box it is fucking expensive but it is also in a good six months or so almost impossible to find i think and it is not gonna be around long. I remember the complete Japan only box CD set that was around a few months then gone and then pops up the empty cardboard box with the picture of the Too fast cover on the box for the same set EMPTY to an offered 100 dollars. It is a pretty hard to come by box set now a days. So I think this LP box for the Too Fast release in Japan is gonna be the same. But I truely need to get he box covered in no later than late January if I want it I think. Maybe I should write the seller and ask if he would hold it for me. Ahh hnot easy dude it is always the fucking money as for everyone else. I know it is really a scam. A tough cookie to look away from . It is quiet honestly impossible.
So many things can be told and shared here right now after the many thoughts from last night but I think it would actually be a bit boring never the less the thouhts were many really many and I have to say too a lot of the cool shit that is gonna go down and be gained next year will make the collection even cooler than what it already is. I am just really happy about what has been found so far. I know the costs of all that has been required to get things here and it has not been an easy task. Cost me many friendships jobs and more. That should never have been the price but it has been. Misunderstandings egos and selfishness are not cool to have if you are around this bull. It will never work, I tell it like it is straight out and there are only so many things people can have such a hard time with it is actually scary. And then you start loosing what you never thought possible actually.
2011 has been a really great yera in many ways if we talk my Motley Crue living. loads of trips loads of shows and loads of new addings to the collection. I can hardly believe it myself that all that has been covered has been covered. But make no mistakes I am glad as a dog about it. More things are as mentioned lined up for the first 2 3 4 months of the new year already till the 30th of December be good ... Much love
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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25th Of December 2011, There Are Questions....
5:22PM CET
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Mötley Crüe's much ballyhooed Vegas residency this coming February only lasts three weeks, but bassist Nikki Sixx tells Rolling Stone it's just the start of what will be a crazy schedule for the band. "This is the beginning of what will be the biggest probably four to five years of the band’s career," he says. "We’re negotiating with a couple of other extremely huge bands on doing a co-headline tour, something that’s never happened before. There's new music in the future." New music isn't the only project in the pipeline."The other thing to look at is the wheels are in motion for getting the Mötley Crüe movie made now," Sixx says. "We finally got everything in order the way it needs to be done, and that’s gonna happen."
The movie has been discussed for some time, and while Sixx can't give specifics yet, he promises the film, based on the group's memoir The Dirt, will happen. "We have sort of an agreement with a production company, directors, etc, to right now just keep it amongst ourselves," he says. "So once we have everything really together, we’re gonna let everybody know. But trust me, when I say the wheels are in motion they’re definitely in motion." This could be a last hurrah for the iconic metal group. "The band sat down and had a powwow as brothers and friends and guys who’ve been doing this for over 30 years, and we said, 'When is it time?'" Sixx says. "We’ve always said since we were kids we didn’t want to hobble in to the sunset. So after the movie, at some point – whether it’s within a year or a few years – we’re probably gonna have that conversation about maybe it’s time, maybe it’s time to go out on top."
Sixx has an idea of how he wants Crüe to call it a day "If I’m watching my favorite boxer and he’s just won the heavyweight championship of the world and he retires it kind of makes the guy a legend," he says. "I always respected Led Zeppelin, and I’d rather Mötley Crüe be thought of as that type of band rather than a band that’s just going through the motions." For the moment though Sixx says everybody in Crüe is very focused. "We’re a hundred percent engaged," he says. "We’re sounding better than we’ve ever sounded musically." If and when when the end does come, Sixx can look back on a very successful run. "We’re really proud of what we’ve done, whether critics like us or not, whether we’ve won Grammys or not, whether any of that stuff," he says. "We’re proud that we did it on our own terms."
The bass wielding baron of rock n rolla is sitting opposite Sleaze Roxx writer Eric Mackinnon and looking incredibly youthful, energetic and literally half his age. An intricately and expertly crafted cake on the dressing room table, shaped like Sixx's camera with edible Polaroid style snapshots of his band's history, reveals it is the Motley main man's 53rd birthday in two days but Sixx is burning with the excitement and passion of a rock rookie and not one of the genre's legendary four stringers and a mouthpiece for an entire generation.
Motley Crue blew like a hurricane force, literally, into Glasgow on December 9th and left their indelible musical footprint on the eardrums of their ever-faithful Scottish fans. Sixx has plenty to say on the much anticipated movie adaption of must-read biopic 'The Dirt', their forthcoming Las Vegas residency, the pretenders to the Crue throne and even the end of the legendary band - which may not be as far off as people think.
"I don't think this band was meant to last and we've lasted way longer than anyone ever expected us to," smiled Sixx, leaning back in his dressing room. "For us it's about trying to find the right time to end it (the band) correctly. We've had that talk as a band and even in the last year or so we've spoken that at some time we're going to want to wrap this up. I feel really proud of the band but we are taking steps to finish the movie and when we do we'll look at that time. When the movie comes out it'll be time to finish on a high note, on a positive, and not like we're breaking up. I think that's a good thing and will probably put us about 35-years which is a long time for a rock band which is cool. We're not sad, we're happy." It is ten years since 'The Dirt' hit stores as a blockbuster collective autobiography which immediately saw the Hollywood studios circle the wagons but the project is now picking up speed to hit the big screen says Sixx.
"Everything is moving forward really quickly," he insists cautiously. "The best thing I feel would be to find a young, hungry bunch of actors which want to go all the way out and they will own it. People always say how great it would be to have 'so and so' in the movie but I think the actors should be unknown names instead of seeing an actor who you recognise from playing several parts and then you could see them as one of us. It won't be easy to get everything from the book into the movie and that's where we're at right now. We've met with the director and the production company and we're very excited but it's nothing I can really talk about right now but when we get the green light to talk about it we'll talk about it all day long."
One of the underlying themes from 'The Dirt' is surviving, perilously at times, a decadent and destructive lifestyle, peppered with close calls with mortality, drug and alcohol abuse and more than a few run ins with the police. But fast forward to the modern rock scene and Sixx confesses the new media driven age and renewed awareness would make it difficult for modern bands to follow their trail of hell, fire and brimstone but he has hopes that one will separate from the herd and step up to the lofty benchmark set by the Crue.
"No, I don't think bands now could do what we did and I don't think society is geared towards that anymore," he mused. "I remember saying to my girlfriend one day, we were at a pool around noon somewhere, I think we were on the road, that nobody would be sober and someone would be in the bathroom doing blow and fucking fighting and throwing up. Nobody at this party would be sane and not just the bands as society was also completely off the rails.
"Then came the onset of HIV, political correctness, alcoholism, death, destruction and people began to think what could happen to them. Society started to change and campaigns like don't drive and drive started as the new generation came up and then being drunk wasn't seen as fun it was seen as being stupid and it kinda changed in a healthy way and I don't think we could have gone on much longer. We have the scars and the wounds from our time and we can't take back what we did as it makes us what we are. It was a rough one (laughs)."
"There has to be another band like us sometime again," Sixx continued. "When we came up in the 80s it was all boring fucking bands and boring fucking record companies, boring radio and boring press so we had nothing to lose and thought we'd crash and burn but that worked. We're in another place right now but a lot of bands are still really fucking boring. I'm trying so hard to find new bands and bands that can play and out of all this someone is going to come up, throwing up, fighting and its going to be good for the music industry. Now we have Lady Gaga, and God bless her, as at least she is fucking different and says fuck you. It'd be great to have a rock version of her and we will."
There is one band bubbling under the radar who could pick up the baton from Motley Crue but only if they can find their anthem. "There are a few sparkling out there," insisted Sixx. "I think BlackVeil Brides are cool but I've told them they are missing one thing and they need to write 'Schools Out' or 'Shout At The Devil.' They've got to write that anthem to unify everyone as everyone wants to like them but they just haven't proven themselves yet. BVB have good songs but they don't have THE song yet but that takes time. Some people have it but some don't."
Motley Crue are heading for Sin City next year after making more history after penning a residency deal at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for a three-week series of four-night concerts a week at the off-Strip casino starting on February 3 and running through February 19. It is another milestone for a band who have conquered everything in the music world and Sixx admits to being excited to find out, and experiment, to see what they can do with a residency.
He continued, "We're going to do the Vegas residency next year which will be cool. We're building the show now and have so many ideas. Fans can come from all over the country and stay at the hotel and be interactive with the show. It's very exciting to see what we can do with a residency. Europe or UK was a near cancellation for the northern gig. I mean we barely got in here today (Glasgow) with the weather and distance. We have two big sets with Motley and Def Leppard so we finally make it but to be able to stay in one place we think 'well we don't have to tear down so what more can we do and bring in' which is where we're at just now which will be very fun."
Motley almost didn't make Glasgow after Scotland was battered by a hurricane, dubbed Hurricane Bawbag (ball bag) by the natives but it'll take more than that a blustery storm named after a hairy nut sack to deny the legendary rockers the chance to play in a country Sixx is keen to explore further - starting with the famous Necropolis graveyard in the city centre.
"We were in Nottingham last night (Thursday, December 8) and Mick (Mars) drove to Leeds and stayed there and drove to Glasgow. We were all on call if the plane wasn't going to be able to make it in so we were ready to drive up if required but we lucked out and the weather got good and we flew in. I just got here but I'm planning to go around the city a little in the morning. We're pushing back heading to Manchester tomorrow as much as possible to do that. I start with graveyards and I've been told to check out the Necropolis here which is one with so much history and I'm really looking forward to that. I want to stay here as long as I can. I have been to the UK a lot but I haven't spent a lot of time in Scotland as we're in and out all the time."
"As an artist 'Too Fast For Love' is so different to 'Shout At The Devil' and it's the same with my photography," concludes Sixx. "I've just done a fashion shoot with New York Post based on 70s British Glam Rock which was a different experience. Then taking bits of architecture too. Early in my photography I thought 'pfft, architecture' but now I find it really interesting. As an artist I like expressing myself in different ways and as a musician it's nice to have done different side projects. I was never going to do Twitter or Facebook or be as open on the radio but as I go I wanted to be as transparent as possible and let people see through me and start to realise that's what being an honest artist is really about to make people happy."
On other Sixx news Nikki Sixx has stepped behind the camera to shoot a fashion spread for a New York City publication. The rocker completed the sexy, rock-inspired feature for the New York Post's Alexa magazine and Sixx hopes his latest project will show fans he's more than just a musician. He says, "People are realising that I'm not really a one-trick pony. I don't just make music. I'm an author, I do philosophy, part of a clothing line, I have a radio show. I'm in two different bands with very different music. I'm a father, I'm a recovering drug addict, so all these things I like to expose...
"It's really awesome for the audience to go, 'Wow, I didn't know he was a photographer,' and then they start looking into photography and the messages and they go, 'It actually makes sense with what he was saying on his earlier albums... It's a theme of recovery." There you have some of the later news. What is the latest story on my own Crue life? Well not much since last posting how eer christmas has passed us now and more stuff like Sixx Sense items and Crue items was under the tree for me so it feels good.
I am really looking forward to the new year and that is for many reasons but all the latest stuff items and sectons expandings will have a last touch of magic December 30th. That is the date in the calender we will touch this site for the last time in 2011. The new year coming 2012 will more than likely hold and open up with new addings round mid January. I hope a lot for some great stuff to come in hand. The offers I have right now for the really good and personal stuff owned by members of the band are not peanut cash we are talkeing about so there may be few ites for the first long period of 2012 but they are items that are not just regualr and easy gettings. And that is enough for me to know. ,
Till we talk again the 30th have yourself a merry christmas out there and enjoy the loving time of year. At least that is what it is suposed to be. How most of you out there manage to have just that. Thanks again, much love to al lout there.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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21st Of December 2011, United Kingdom & Cruecial Thoughts
11:48AM CET
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Thursday 6th of Dcember leaving Dublin harbour for the Wales and UK land for a six pack of motley live shows. The past week has been all Irish viciting my brother Billy in the irish and have gone through some stuff that was kind of suprising but also away from the fucking job and all that reminds one of the homely surroundings.
It has been a week with rock n roll shows of Wreckless Love and Crashdiet. It has been relaxing times and city shoppings. It has been a shirt trip to northerrn Ireland for the Second Crashdiet show and it has been all happening in the start ofthemonth of Christmas. I love it. All the christmas decorations in all the cities have been great. nothing for the travelling company but so be it. I have been enjoying it. And that to me on egominded settings have been the most important detail to al lof this.
The original idea was to go see my Irish brother and we should have a week off from al lthe daily doings and the daily soemthings. But it did not really go down that way to be honest. All of a sudden as I sit here at sea going from Ireland to Wales England I have flashbacks about the official annoouncement that the band was to come over for six shows in December after we had already bpught the flights for this one week that has now ended. So there went another single flight ticket in the bag and los of money again. But fuck it. It is with huige importance that I do this or now as I post this did this lol, lol but to get the six shows in the bag for me was somewhat important. Financially everything diagreed with me. here is the sum up on that one.
Okay this is the fifth time I am trying to type this down the computer has a really non functional life today that sucks major. I am so sick and tired of things like that feeling like waisting time for sure. Any way here goes nothing.... we have been obligated for a good 6 to 7 weeks time now to go to Ireland me my girl my brother for a week to see my Irish friend. I seem to miss him a little more oten than I care to admit really. I think we longed for a trip out and away from work and daily doings for a short period of time. I know I did for sure. So that week booked was neded for me.
Then all of a sudden as mentioned in here some good few weeks back the band yelled out that they would come to the UK and do a tour. A total of six shows and then all of a sudden we had to book an extra ticket home and loose money on the first return ticket as we had not booked it with cancelation coverage. We felt dead sure to be going back then the first time. Oops.
Now we booked a return single ticket me and my girl. My brother just wanted this one week to go see his Crashdiet the Swedish band that he collects and then home. So the first week in Ireland went okay nice calm and all that. But yet I sensed our Irish frined had some sort of irritations going within himself. As I always say cant do help or try to help on things untold. I am don with the guessing games in the adult life. No more. I hate it.
Anyhow as we were to hit the last evening in Ireland pre the UK and England tour the 6th we went to Belfast for the last night and thats course of the Crashdiet show. But what rocked the boat I felt ...was the fact that Belfast and Northern Ireland was not Irish it was the UK. So they had currency of UK pound sterling there and not Euros like in Dublin and the south of Ireland. Really werd. I did not know this so I had all my Uk money stalled in Dublin and went with only Euros in my pocket. No credit card no nothing. Butthen my brother thank god steppedup and said I have he went in to a cashier machine and draw out 100 pounds. That was to cover the gas and food for all three of us and the Crashdiet and other doings if we got tempted in any way.
I guess you can say that that kind of saved all of us there. It was such a sad build irritation it felt so thick you could smell it. I feel sad that it was like that. But never the less we went we did we saw and we got through that one evening in Belfast. Then we witnessed the show of Crashdiet and for Morten (my brother) I guess you can say this week was a pure dream. They did two gigs Dublin Aand Belfast that we saw and Dublin was the smallest stage I had ever seen but it got completly filmed more than likely the only excisting copy in the world of that evening. Then he got that he met the band he got things signed he got all the merchandise covered he got a signed drumhead and more.... in Belfast he met them he got lots of live photos and more. He got the posters a total of five different ones for the two gigs... getting that has got to be a completely satisfying cool coverage of such a trip?
I can with my Crue stuff starting the 6th in Birmingham only pray for one third of that list to be covered. Even that is with a great doubt that I will be getting that much. Bt I do know there are the official new stuff as talked about here amongst ourselves in Denmark I said there might be two or three new UK shirts thats all. Everything else will more than likely be the old stuff they still had in storage in USA. Tomorrow I will know for sure.
This evening here was all my brothers and all in the name of Crashdiet. I begin to see shirts of them everywhere now - they are surely making a buzz. Good for them and good for my brother. I think he is really happy with the outcome of this trip to Ireland. He is very happy with the stuff he got I know it. So Belfast now done a quick split from there and now to Dublin for a handful of hours sleep then up again and we are sailing cross waters to Wales and England. Birmingham and first show tomorrow.
December 9th, the long ride to Birmingham was okay. I have to admit there was a huge part of me looking forward to seeing this trip coming. Crue shows again and more to be gained for the collection and for brain storage of memories of good. Sadly some things were not as hoped and wished for. More about it later. The day today has been a mix of weirdness and good. here is the case... let me run around in and out of the time scedual here a little bit. We got back from the show at the Birmingham arena annd this show tonight I gotta admit was not anything else but an adding to the list of shows that did not cut it for me. It felt and was quiet short and expensive.
I do not after tonight really see myself doing much Motley for a long time now live wise it feels like I need a beak from it as it is a band on sale in the sense that it is a feeling of a continued best off tour for me an ongoing best off tour since 2005. Only shorter and shorter. The same set list as in USA this summer with Poison. Part from they play "Mutherfucker Of The Year" here too. but I am really happythat i get to cover the merchandise side of thigns. There were four official shirts for this one. They are all now in hand. they even sell two shirts that are back fromthe tours of 2009 and 10. It feels uncool but a buisness move all together for sure.
The prices on the merchandise over here in the UK was just rediculous. 25 UK pounds sterling for a shirt. That is about 40 some dollars a piece. And some of these sold shirts are now on their offical store up for grabs at under 20 each. I feel it being a rip off. But okay I should not complain I have all of those from a long time ago. Sorry to say it was not the biggets of suprises. We got there late to the venue Billy and I. Sadly there had been a nightmare and a stressful emotional something for some people on this trip figureing out the ways to the hotel and more. I praise ....that i am not a guuy of bad temper that would have made the day in hell had I had it.
Long story short we got there late at the hotel. My girl was missing only this one event ticket to cover them all with us but I talked her into staying home she felt bad she had fie to see from the day after tomorrow and she was really short on cash. As were we all I guess. This was not a trip and tour that financially cut it for me. At all. Anyhow I gotta admit something I am gald she stayed back at the hotel we took off to the arena missed the Steel Panther opening course of time. Then we got there and took a bite to eat and then Crue was in the middle of the opening "Wild Side" of this show and we went in. Fast show then I built up the described thoughts of the show and we talked a little about it after wards and decided to skip Def Leppard and head back so all in all we were awaya from the hotel maybe a good two and a half hours. Weird. But okay we were tired too. Needed the rest and had something else in store for the morning after.
The 7th it was time for my brother to leave Dublin for Denmark and I chattet a lill on the phone with him to make sure it was all okay and it was. Then we grabbed something in the hotel the morning breakfast was purely awfull never had such bad morning meal in my life I do not think. man it was awfull. But then came what I looked forward to a great deal. A trip from Birmingham where we stayed for two nights and a trip a little north to Notthingham for the Status Quo live "Quofest" tour. Supported by 80s ppop queen Kim WIlde and the 70s glamstar Wizzard alias Roy Wood. I of the three in the travelling company was the only one enjoying him but I did for my own musical interest and reasons. Thats right it was cool for me. Loved it.
The Status show was cool. I loved the boogie rock as always. The band was in great frm and they delievered really well. Hell yes. No regrets there loved to get to see them in the UK. Killer feeling. have t say they made my evening and made it up for the slappy event last night. Cool really cool. This was to be the same arena we were heading up to tomorrow again for the Crue Def show. There were these huge cool vinyl banners hanging a few places for that so I ofcourse started getting ideas. But to kill the long speach the outcome is - no I did not get the banner home with me. Sorry!!!
The show in Notthingham with Crue was another well not too cool feeling. I began to feel a little dissapointed. Nikki slipped on stage this evening and was not happy. Mick blew out his amps so his guitar sound was shitty but it corsed Mars to actually step up in hs solo to speak to the audience and ecused himself for a fucking shitty sound but also to let us know he was aware of it and he as said excused himself and promised to finish the set as planned and make up for it till the next day!! We also saw the Steel Panther show and in all fairness they do what they do royally. Really good and great fun. But I think I have had enough of the cock and pussy jokes by now sorry. And ones you have that the essence of the Steel Panther is worth nothing, course there is nothing more to it that those two words.
We also stayed to see Def Leppard again a band delievering a bullet proof set mainly hits and avoiding the first two albums except one song. So this did also not cut it for me. Plus Joe Elliot had a winter cold so all high notes in the songs disappeared. Sounded shit. Fairly sad and felt a little sorry for them but stil lit sounded shit and people did not get the cool Def Leppard I know they can or should I say have been back in the day? I am not truely, truely enjoying this tour much. That made me sad. My best memories of Def Leppard still lays in the late 1980s. What a performing band that was then. Sweet jesus they took it. Now - I guess they tried but to me no it was not like it reached "it" at all. Sorry lads.
The much talked about bootlegers that sells shit inthe streets after every show - I grabbed a hoodie and a scarf from them this night. Both items fairly cool. Good made I think. And heyy to a one third of the price on products from the inside. Cool stuff back to hotel and slept for five hours then now as I write this we are on the road in a car on our way to Glasgow Scotland. My guess is the band is already there course the last two days there have been weather warnings on TV massively from and about heavy winter storms or wind and snow. We started to worry minor about these things. Could Glasgow and Scotland be cancelled? Could we be missing out on one show? We still aimed high and went up there. We met partly wind and snow but not much guess it had left us during the night. And for that we should perhaps be really grateful.
From what is with the shows and the fairly solid excisting dissapointent I am mostly looking forward to be meeting up with my good contact and friend Paul whom will bring me over 100 new 8x10s pro shots of the band. He is solidly cool and can get me professional photos 8x10s in the 1000s of the band live and from all the bands historic special events. I have already taken a good 1000 off of his hands with these. Love them much much much more to come in the next few years. Its a stunning collection to be wait and see. i would also like to go by that AC/DC excibition in Glasgow. It is a well cool thing to see if you are into the metal genre. And this band is a huge fave of mines we will see how things unfolds and all. Should be good! by the way Def Leppards guitar player Phil Collen was cellebrating birthday on stage last night in Notthingham. In two days it is Nikki Sixx turn in Manchester.
December 10th - Glasgow, Scotland goodbye!! Two PM we are rolling out of Glasgow after (finally to me anyway) a really good show. Same setlist and all but this evening last night was just really good. The best so far. By far. Thank you Crue. That feels a lot better. Glad we went. Still down that there is no real Too Fast 30th anniversary suprises but the maybe I am hoping for a little too much to be honest. But last night show in the SECC Hall 4 was great. What a fucking killer band they were all four of them were on as in O N ..... loved it. Also my meet up with my 8x10 photo guy went well. It was awsome how cool these photos are. My girl got her twenty new WASP ones too. the Crue ones I got this time was a complete coverage of the 2006 Spike Lee Video Award show where the band played live in studio, Huge set up and all marvelous photos. Ohh man. We some time soon will arrange another order for sure. Cool stuff.
The rollercoaster had not been fully functional here in Glasgow but I have to admit too I have been wondering how long it would take before something would happen or not fully be functional with this thing course surely the complete tour and mecanics in all honesty it can not be fully expected that all simply goes smoothly though it should every fucking ight. Well Glasgow was the night I saw that it was not so. Lol, lol, but it got fixed quickly. It was a nice failiure that proved it to be live like. Small fuck ups makes these things in the world of Crue cool I think. Perfection is not their game I do not think. And nor should it be. Also in Glasgow the band made their sound with Elliot official on stage that he had this wintercold I do not truely think it is onlythat. Look at David Coverdale and Paul Stanley they too can not deliever that perfection in the notes no more. But it is okay at least on KISS part I think. It is a show band more than anything. Def is not. They are all about the music. If that fails in any form I am not one to clap my hands red of joy. In my book it is time to welcome another rock n roller and legend to the club of stars not doing it over the top no more ... people put your hands together for Mr. Joe Elliot.
Loads of great and perfect memories for shit sure for me in that man that voice that band. But not anymore. That visit to Glasgow was a shot sort of 24 hour one to Scotland wth most of the time driving hours and resting from the exausting drive and more so we sadly missed out on the AC/DC thing I would have loved so much. Sadly also the hunting for the band as me and the Irish had talked so much about for weeks my frineds everything part from the shows had been dropped it truely felt weird and sad for me anyway. It was a huge long lastng guessing game in many ways for me. I do not really get it why that had to be. I can only say cover your own shit every now and then and dont open the can of worms they only grow if you feed them. So I began to simply mind myself and not argue. The company here on this rip is the ONLY one that I would never ever have expected this to be given permission to even happen. Al lthe guessing games and shit ... why not just say things calmly and honestly and talk for 6 to 8 minutes and get it over with. My god!!
My doings are not good enough for all people all the time. Sorry then. I do a load to get things in shape every time I go with anyone and mistakes and unforseen shit can happen but then we fix it. No need to be blah, blah, blah...inthe end we solved a sleep over miss out and left Glasgow with another three nihgts booked. All in the same hotel through travelodge in Manchester. Cheers for that one. Another long drive but a fairly easy one on all parts and a little more shared talk and more. Few more new shirts grabbed in Glasgow too. Collection growing for sure. Should maybe not get these bootleggers but they are cool some of them and onthis tour a couple of them even cooler than the official indoors and to the less than half of the price. No wonder these people survives in this buisness. That was the north of the trip now it goes down the landof England with now three more shows to go.
December 11th Nikki, hey congrats man happy birthday. 53!!! Now ready for the show standing tickets and only four to five miles away from the arena. No reason to think bad about anything. art fr being on the floor in the back and having another neck stretching evening to see anything. That is so not cool .I have an ongoing hate for that shit. Much rather sit in a seat and enjoy everything to the max. But in the tour of this UK december 2011 thing I only had seats to one gig - Glasgow. and look at the outcome it was the best of the three so far. Was in the front for the others incl this tonight at MAN Arena in Manchester on Mick Mars side of the stage. That will happen. Alright people seems like a starving stomack here it is right now 2PM in Manchester so food is needed. Be back later tonight closing todays posting.
Back at the hotel now. Manchester and Crue show is well over we ones again left the arena before Leppard even took the stage. Hard for my sweet girl to understand. But I am often like that. I go see what I am there for to see and then could not care for much else after it. The only Def thing you got tonight was as Nikki took the stage at one point introducing the band. It was here Joe Elliot took the stage and said "wait a minute - you are not gettin of this easy my man. This is your birthday and I am here to make al lthese people sing happy birthday to you". In a sum up that was pretty much the attention this birthday date got in this show. So not much of a suprise there either. I can not say what really is good or bad on that. The girls and youngsters wanted a lot more I guess some fun and some Six tease but it did not happen. All sang Happy birthday to the four stringer but thats it. Ok show but not near Glasgow. Sorry.
Tomorrow it is a day off and we stay in Manchester and relax maybe go into the city by buss and enjoy some time there. Then head to Sheffield day after tomorrow and then we see how things unfolds. After this only Wembley Arena in London is left and then it is back to the traditional daily somethings in Denmark ones again. Got two more shirts today and am now tragic low on finance beyind what you can imagine really. Plus a note landed in our faces today from a phone text message from my brother. His own musical passion the Swedish band Crashdiet is to support Motley Crue in Helsinki Finland the day before they play Sweden Rock next summer. that will be a ne off gig I thinkI should go. Fuck it is not at all cool not at all easy to cover things. Ask me if I feel pushed to a corner sometimes. The answer to that is a ringing yes.
Monday December 12th. No plans really so we wanted to go into Manchester and do things.Me to an internet cafe and the two other guys went to manchester stadium for sights and pictures etc. So for a good two hours I was on my own there solving emails adn more. Man it was not the easiest thing to do there were over 340 and out of those 42 really important ones. Me away form home and a computer for more than 10 days is not easy I tell you that much. My Irish friend have split from us on many ocations dont know why if I did not know any better I would say he wantedto be alone not the picture I have of him and my love for him and appreciated friendship and more is huge. Fucking huge but why all these things and signs are here I can not say. I see him stressed out on something. He handles certain things in a fairly sad way but that is ofcourse his own choice. Dear friend not putting you down here at all... Just think you took in more than you seemed to be able to chew brother. Sad sight.
As the two returned to the city cought up with me they went for something to eat with me and then Billy split again do not know to where or nothing but Tine wanted to say hello to an old long lost girlfriend from south America so I said okay let us do so. It was a very interesting evening and a sweet experience. Still trying to grab all I can that is in her life I have not yet seen or been a part of. Love all of it. It makes me feel good for sure. By the way nice chick. Happy to have met her. We ended up being in Manchester all evening till almost 10:30PM then off andd home again. Nice evening. Really. Billy was at the hotel as we entered the room again from a long day. Here he laid out another bomb on us. "I am splitting heading home after the show tomorrow you guys are on your own for London".
Instantly I could not help thiinking a few things but I feel deep inside I am only reacting on the surface in a way thats wrong. I was like "wtf Billy I thought this was an all planned something from the heart for several months now and not much has ome to what we talked about doing with this tour. Now this. Whats up??" Yeah I was fustarated and sad from it. But it was as mentioned his choice we hada really weid night here Tine and I. Billy too in a way I think. But never he less we had to sleep on it and go to Sheffield in the morning and then he would see the show with us sleep inthe booked hotel and then head home and we would have a buss trip to London and then solve things from there. Good night!!
Last day as a team and as the gang I love travelling with so much. We drove off with an okay communication and all. The trip to Sheffield was not that long at all. Maybe a good 40 minutes or so. Easy smooth but cosey trip through the old roads and landscapes. I enjoyed the backseat alone very much. More than the company that I travelled with maybe even were aware of. So all good there....
As we checked in at the Sheffield hotel again a load of mess with finding our ways through the city as so many roads are one way streets there. We parked and Tine and I ran down to get info on how and where roads could take us to this place we had booked. City hall was a sort of tourist information spot so we went in had a totally cool nice chat to them there and they guided us fine. One of the ladies was really high on herself from hearing that we had come al lfrom Denmark to see this show tonight. She went out side on the streets to show us soemthing onlythis city has their own walk of fame plagues to the city sidewalk. One was actually for Def Leppard given to them I think it was 2006.there were a good 10 12 plagues inthe round so far I think. But only Def Leppard as a rock artist. Pretty cool really. went back to the car and said to Billy that we had to go all around the city and not through it as city center would never take us there... but rather take us in endless circles.
We later n finally arrived and it was so to speak door to door with the train and buss station so as he would split in the morning we could actually walk to here from the hotel. We had no breakfast booked no nothing .... but we managed. What else? We withnessed the night and time of heading to the arena the perhaps coldest day on this trip. I can easerly say we were al lfucked up cold. And we took public transport to the arena here. Easy doiing but as we got there tons and tons of people were there already standing in the fucking cold and nothing was even close to being cool. Very bad organized. They should have been okay with letting pople in as they arrived pre planned doors opening really under the weather conditions. Finally as we got in it was emidiately a better feeling. We decided to stand by the fenze on the side not front not center not anything like this for this last night.
There was not a thing I could think more of than "why this weird trip?" Why this weird "wanted to be on his own so much?" A lot of questions passed through my skull as I tried to focus and enjoy the show here. This was the last night the last evening together again for some time. We left the place with me going this was the second best show from Motley so far. It was again a tight convincing gang hitting most in the face. I was curious about the Def Leppard show this was them boys home ground. The band is from here and I thought I wanted to see them burn this place to the ground. In the UK this band is mainstream and very hard on ... monster selling act and al lthat goes with that.
I felt I received a smelly fart in a box for a few minutes they did not burn this arena down as hoped for. At least giving me one huge kick in the balls to go home with. But no. I am tempted to say they did even better in some of the other places we had been at. okay Sheffield over with as well. as you may have sensed I am not posting a shit load of details here from this trip. You may also be wondering why? Lol, lol, lol some of you that follows these Cruecial chapters of my life may go ohh dear finally a fairly short written coverage of the two weeks he was aware on this trip. Well I fell down ono my ass some times from the to me unclear reason why there should be so little togetherness and shared somethings compared to the loads of sperate doings and single handed somethings on this one. I had refused to believe it had someone told me this could even happen. Anyway Sheffield got over with back to hotel and us straight to bed.
14th, We got up in the morning T 6:30am And I had to go with the man to the car to bring out the remaning stuff I had in it before he left. It was a sad few minutes here I did not really know what to say or do. I did not want to have this goodbye. Tell me brother why had you not laid everything behind and not giving yourself any stress to things talk to the people around you so you were totally off hook with obligations and more for the two weeks that was..... I think you looked stressed from day one. I was very laid back course as told to you weeks and weeks pre going I wanted a first week with ntohing major nothing huge and shit to do course a resting time was all I needed to have its been too hard too long on my shoulders. Wish you had promised yourself the same brother. Sad to see the outcome of this trip like this. All we talked about doing on this trip did never happen.
I went back to the hotel room thinking tons of things after the goodbye was done to my man ...sad to see him go as said. We got to a shared hug at the hotel room before I took a shower it was with mixed emotioned and thoughts about this split that was so fucking not counted for. I felt sad but could not really say if I was dissapointed or just not fully understanding the actions taken. Mostly course I had to be guessing things on most of this trip. But he was gone we were now on a buss arriving to London after four and a half hours long drive and talk lots of talk and comfort. London was on tonight the last night of the tour. The main event almost. we arrived with the buss at Victoria Station and stated to look into what would end up giving us a shock like non other. Our finances could just not cover what this new framings for the last day had cost us. in both time and money actually. We had to go all the way out to the airport leaving our luggage there for the night to be okay for the evening show. It was 90 minutes each way and it cost us a load of cash.
First we thought we would meet up with some people from Sweden and we could leave the stuff there at their hotel close to Wembley Arena but in short stuff were in the way for us to do that also we thought we could do a baggage storage at Victoria station but again time framings and closing hours were making that thought impossible too. We had no other choice than what we did. Traffic and more delaid the busses to and from the airport too so we were really not happy it had been one stress full day from 6:30 till the show started and we would again loose Steel panther and headed to Crue after still long queing we did not get in till the first sing had begun. BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD organizing!!! Feeling sorry for the ones that came to see Steel Panther course that did not happen for the ones in line. The night was somewhat magic. AWSOME crowd, good pumped Crue and also Leppard really. Glasgow took the price then London and Sheffield the other three shows for Crue were nnaahhh not too cool I do not think. We had to split right before the last two songs from Def Leppard to manage the last trian to the city. Sadly. Did meet up with Annika and her new love of her life. Never really managed to meet others. There were things in the making but thise too never happend. We had not time or anything else eally on our side today. We had to get something to eat which was at Victoria after midnight some fast food that I really hated buying. I am no good with that crap. Then off to the busses at Victoria and grabbed the 1:30 buss to be at Gatwick airport at 3:00AM.
The 15th Of December, the full night and morning were not cool.We were tired no comfort no bed for the night no nothing no mone no cool....Arrived at Roskilde doorstep in the afternoon and again more hassle and shit to be faced. I grabbed a quick shower then off to the busses was to share things with my brother the next day really. Tine and I went to her place I helped her carry her stuff it was a lot and suitcase going back to her place too. You see there are so many things we wanted to clear up and clean out today even though we were fucking tired and all. Tine to the showers and she agreed with my reaction as i got out of the shower before we left. that as the best thing that could have happend. Doing laundry and more then we sat down and relaxed in comftable surroundings before bedtime. We were insainly tired an felt half bad. Everything was to be fixed shared scanend taken pictures of and more over the next two days so that happend (last weekend).
Since this posting was started another huge muther fucking downer has come to surface look at this shit; Vince Neil says he is seriously contemplating a split from Motley Crue after their run of concerts at the Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel from Feb. 3-19. “It’s not definite, but I am thinking seriously about it,” the Las Vegas resident said. The news that Vince might be calling it quits comes on the heels of his 50th birthday this year, obtaining final divorce papers from his ex-wife Lia this past weekend and a long year of international touring with both Motley Crue and his solo band. Vince and Motley Crue have just wrapped their most successful touring year yet of their careers coinciding with the band’s 30th anniversary, closing with a sold-out U.K. tour. Vince then jetted to his yacht in the Bahamas for a vacation, where he told me exclusively that he might not continue with the group after Las Vegas.
Vince had just returned from a fishing trip where he hauled in a 350-pound bull shark off Bimini and then let it go back into the Atlantic waters, saying, “I’m having a great time here -- I could stay a year! I’m sitting on my yacht, contemplating my future, and I'm not sure it will be with Motley Crue after Las Vegas. Great things are coming up and pushing me in another direction. “This is all about me thinking about the second half of my life, thinking about my future, and that future might not include Motley Crue after Vegas. There are so many opportunities that are in front of me that I’m really excited about. I just don’t want to look back later in life and regret that I didn’t pursue them. “I’m just not sure I can give these opportunities the time and effort I’ll need to and continue with the band. It’s been a great ride, and I've enjoyed every second of it, but being out here relaxing in this beautiful place has given me the chance to reflect on what direction I want the rest of my life to take. I'm really giving it a lot of thought.”
This wouldn't be the first time Vince has exited the Crue. In 1992, when the band was at its chart-topping heights, Vince left Motley Crue and was replaced, but the combination of a new singer and a changing musical climate proved disastrous for the band's next album. By 1997, the original band members were back together. There have been other personnel changes in the band, notably drummer Tommy Lee leaving in 1999 to pursue a solo career. However, with the band's return to the charts in 2005 with "Red, White & Crue," Motley Crue has again become one of the nation's most successful touring acts. Vince says he’s in a comfortable and contented place in life and that he’ll make a final decision about what’s next in his life after the Hard Rock concerts have ended. Vegas DeLuxe will follow this developing story and keep you posted first with his final plans. Brought to you by, Robin Leach who has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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17th Of December 2011, Home Sweet Home UK Burned
6:10PM CET
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As to be read about and to be told about about in the next started diary posting on here my friends I am back from the UK Crue tour 2011. A lot of new stuff from the late 20 11 is today added on here today and only one more item and category expanding is to come now before the new year knocks our doors down. You will like what comes I guarentee it.
The 2011 will be closed with some heavy collectibles and they will be taken like with the same pride I have taken a lot of other things in the last few years. The complete rereleases for the UK European exclusive back catalogue is also in the mail and did not make it til ltodays adding and work on here. Sorry about this. They will ofcourse all come and get added on to the CD and vinyl sections on here. I have so many deals inthe mail right now and so much other stored small somethings but the mail at christmas time is not the fastest in the world so as for my self be patienced. Things will unfold eventually.
So how was the trip and the six shows in the UK then? Well as mentioned I am in the middle of writing that. But I can share this right now it has been really variated thoughts and feelings for sure. No question to it. Not the coolest of cool then again quiet col after all... makes no sense? Alright I tell you al labout it in the next to be posted diary on here tomorrow. I have so many things to say and share really with out it being as long as lthe summer 2011 tour diaries of America half a year ago. But there are to be a new posting as said tomorrow about al lthis and then there are so much news too.
Already the band is lined up for several spots next summer in Europe and incl their own shows here and there. Like Helsinki Finland the day before the Sweden Rock festival gig they are to play in June. There are so many cool things and so many worrying somethigns that I do not even know where to start and where to lay off in the new year to come. Tragic but true. Right now I am in serious lack of rest sleep and just easy laying back from a VERY rough last three days so I gotta split. be with you again tomorrow and enjoy the new stuff thats on. Quiet cool...
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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27th Of November 2011, Gearing Up
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Sunday noon. I am ready to leave for this years absolutely last adventure in the name of the Motleys. It has been a fight and a struggle to complete things the last long time to be honest. I feel I am in the middle of something that shapes my coming future at least my coming future for some time. I am not liking it too much. Things are rough. Not only financially and all that. At work they are really doing a massive job on forcing us all to work longer deliever more inthe same time in the same amount of hours. It is purely night shift and it has now begun to take a serious bite of my body.
You can only guess how bad it feels unless you yourself has a job that truely makes your body sore on a daily basis and you feel most for getting the hell out of there but finally this country this year has given in and admitted we were not as good off inthe world economy crises as the fucking last goverment bragged about. We are actually way worse and the new installed goverment has now been forced to take the heat so to speak for the last fuckers to have taken this country down the drain. Mutherfuckers. It is fucking hard times here in this country and there is not much showing the opposite really.
I myself have weakly been thinken about the collecting life that I lead. Is this situation enough now to make me say okay I simply have to let go cut back retire and all that stuff as the situaton is as it is and it will continue to be like this for several years to come?!! I gotta admit I lay my ear up again a ringing bell going "hheeellll nnooooo". My willingness to sacrifice and just hurt more for my passion seems to still be there intact and well alive. Amazing. I am actually a little stunned about it myself. But as said right now it is the 2011 UK tour that is in my sight and I plan on making it a fucking killer one. I kind of have to really. I will have this one covered in its full and there is nothing that can make me back off of it. I am really very aware of what I can be in for. It can be the cheapest thing ever again ..... or there can be a good load of merchandise that will more or less ri my head off in costs. I lean towards the first. And I tell you why. It is my prediction that they will bring all that was made new in the summer not holding the dates on the back along with maybe two or three UK tour dated shirts. That is all I believe there to be.
by the way Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has revealed he is working on TWO new books and is planning to release them in 2012 and 2013. The co-author of the classic 2002 Crue autobiography 'The Dirt' and 2007's 'The Heroin Diaries' was answering questions to fans on Sunday when he spilled the beans in a Facebook post. "Neither book is like anything I have done before (I guess you can say the same thing about 'The Heroin Diaries' and 'This Is Gonna Hurt', too)" says the man himself. "I pride myself on not writing the same book over and over and also not using a ghost writer. Of course, it takes longer, but raw honesty through words is what I am driven to publish... After I get it all out on paper, I use a trusted editor to help me carve it into a palatable experience."
More recently, the Motley Crue legend released his photographic collection titled 'This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx'. The book is available to buy now, and a special Anniversary Edition of 'The Dirt' will be released on December 6th (just in time for Christmas) and is available for pre-order now via Amazon.com. Could be an interesting thing. This man is now almost a bass player secondary to his other business doings what ya all think? And now something is gonna be given away soon too about his Sixx AM project for a December happening. As usual we here in Europe is more than likely being cheated out of what ever it can and will be. Unless for oes it will hold a one off European news eve concert some place. Yeah, yeah, yeah nothing wrong with wishful thinking. Is there?!! No it will more than likely be something like a live apearence in some shape and form on American ground so .... we again over here Mr. Sixx can feel pretty sad about being excluded from the possible chances to get involved once again.
I think the days in between in the UK will be awsome too. My girl does not really read these diaries so I can safely say it is with intest and pleasure that I will surprise her on a Crue day off with a trip dwn south to the world famous Stonehenge. We all know about them. Long beofre the adventure of christ these huge fucking stones were planted somehow by man and it is a wonder of the world for sure. I myself have not the deepest admirering to it as a stone to me is but just a stone. But I am one that would do more or less anything for my girl. And this is one thing she wanted so we are heading down. On another day off we are heading to Notthing ham for the Status Quo QuoFest 2011. I am looking really forard to that one. It is for sure a cool thing to have in the book of plans as well. It will be great fun. I have not much worry. All I pray for is fairly okay weather and that we will not be having accidents and unforseen financial billings course I am not that rich this time around. I truely hope I will have all to my advantage. There are so much that I have to say are or can be a concern but as of now there is nothing. Thak god.
With all that has been going on recently I am all good now. I am still asked a good few questions weekly bout the trip to come and the one from the Summer in Unted States. Well the main difference here is now that the one person that turned out to return home and be a five year old acting like mama took his candy from him now is sacked and no longer an obtion for future doings together. So that is now not gonna be the case no more. We stil lwork together but there is not a smile a noding or a breath taken in the others name what so ever. He is dust to me now. So to any who cares that is your final comment to that issue ever again. There will be a revenge felt ... as it is my original partner in criem Billy of Ireland to be the traveller that burns the miles with us this time. He has had some pretty nice hard tiems as myself now for quiet some time and that is now to be exchanged for sooe great time together I really hope. You see he and I have shared so many hours on the net on the phoens and all about what we have dreamed of doing so much. And this is the new and GOT TO BE first attempt to go well since July disaster of America. My god.
I have cleared a lot of well it is actually not that many items counted 1 2 3 and so on but have cleared some of Sixx old private belongings again and they are to be added on the site pages mid December as we bring back up the work on this monster. I am so hoping to get things a lill more sharped to be honest. I have ideas and all but non of all that will get out to be honest. Not yet anyways. If at all it will be some time 2012. I am not to be saying or spreading anything to any about nothing on that .... there are so many things I like to get to do and win over next year. I love to go to the Vegas shows in March but that I feel is really not gonna be happening. I can not see it go down as hoped for. So then there is another summer tour the CrueFest III I Am not gonna do an ass load but I hope to be able to do two three maybe at least one. Why not more? My vacation time is not there in that period and there are not too many things concerning touring I know of that will be happening .... so its all merch for me more or less next year.
Ofcourse the Sweden Rock festival is in hand so that will go down too. And if the band is gonna be doing any more Euro shows round the Sweden Rock (June) I have not heard. But I know that there will come more merch and there is this possibility that Sixx AM after three years demands will maybe do something about some touring? Then Micks solo release what will that hold? I am thinking House Of Blues in Hollywood maybe. Who knows? Tommy and Vince stuff? Ahh I am not sure not gonan attend the DJ stuff no more that is a chick and alcohol thing dress codes and shit no way I go again. Not for me. Vince is famous now here in Europe for cancelling shows time after time. had been nice to see somethign though. But I doubt it. So Rght now with movement and more in the other part of the private living I am not seeing 2012 as much else than a few shows hopefully and then focus on older missed stuff and catching up on stuff not yet having. I would like to get some pieces framed and all too that is about as much as the pieces can or have cos me in itself as well. So money money money money ...... we are all limited in these things and there are no way we can do much with it.
Rocker Tommy Lee's upcoming reality show has been axed, according to a U.S. report.The Motley Crue drummer was set to star in Culture Shock with Tommy Lee, an investigative travel programme on U.S. network's SyFy Channel, however production talks have fallen through. According to the New York Post, sources overheard the musician-turned-Dj telling pals at a New Jersey gig "the show just didn't work out". The unscripted series would have been Lee's big return to Tv - he teamed up with rapper Ludacris in 2008 to shoot eco-friendly American show Planet Green.
Speaking about Tommy I am wondering if this man is ever gonna be touring with his releases again. I find it a little sad that he is doing the DJ stuff and CRUE only. I would have gone seen him live had there been a tour. I think a really interesting set from MOM and his Dull and Tommyland albums could make it a fairly interesting setlist. A lot of diversity really. But I guess his heart for the house and DJ jobs is so huge still today that that in itself is really what tickles him the most right now. I think some are really into it but it is NOT the Crue fans. Then again maybe he needs that a universal success away from what brings that audience in full? Who knows. We never really hear or see anything bout him speaking of al lthis stuff anywhere.
Now I guess this is about it for me till mid December I will return with a hopefully way more positive and awsome great and solidly awsome diary from the complete UK tour to come. Tomorrow it is airborne time and I head out with a smile. Fuck the job, fuck the geographical location here and everything that goes with it. I am so full of it. It has ruined my body my balnce my everything I need to get away fro some time. And this is it. Tomorrow Dublin Ireland and a good week there with small band rock n roll before the week after the major Def Leppard with Motley Crue six gigs tour. I am so wanting it and I am only short on the main thing for it to be a stunning fucking thing. Fnance. Have not enough but let us see if there is a chance to do anc be creating magic somehow.... talk then. Take care.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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20th Of November 2011, Star Passion & Lonesomeness
12:40PM CET
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How are we all doing out there in the world? Me? Myself ? well I have ones again had a day in and with different moods to be honest. I have thought so much and felt so many different deeper emotions about different things that I felt aftera long ride home, yes another country crossing and item scanning line of hours that I wanted to be good to myself about the situation on the day. So I decided to read a book end it and rest with music that i have longed for to listen in on for a long, long time. The whole year actually.
Let me explain. Last year I got a few CDs that i had really wanted like the Lennon box set. I got it and since December 2010 I have yet not till this day had time here at my apartment to fully just lay back and start listening in on it as I wanted to. You see when I hit the point of really wanted to LISTEN to music I do not want to have it as just something on the rack of mine no I want to give it its full attention and breath by breath I wanna suck in al lthat comes out of those speakers of mine. I am like that. I rarely put something on that is HIGHLY wanted to listen in on and then walsh around having my fingers in ten different buckets. Not happening.
So I read the last pages ion my "W.A.S.P." biography book and I heard some Lennon far far far from all in that much loved box released and then I turned myself onto my first time look at the new "Michael Jackson The Life Of An Icon" DVD. Al lthese things all together took me once again into the place in my life where I feel the some what lonesome inner feeling and the star passion strikes me down like a slaved and beaten dog. My feelings that to life to my friends to family and people around me tells me the generel human being is really not deep at all. Everywhere I see it. It is mostly about pleasing mostly about abusing taking advantage of one another and in the end kill envy and lust for money and greedy satisfaction to and for oneself.
The products refered to in the DVD, the book and the music box set all wakes that up in me solidly. I am so devestated by things like that when it hits me right. Constantly I wanna please myself and constantly I like to better myself and the nearest round me. But I feel lost mostly. I feel a fight not to be won. So I take care of myself I pride myself in being good to my girl my mother myself my family the best that I can. I feel people that brings their sadness and rough life stories to the plate like many of the mentioned have done I ca nnot fully come to believe that if you purely want to heal the bad, heal yoru broken parts, heal the past heal the world youre often fucked. Course it takes so much that it is more or less impossible.
That can scare me a bit but even more make me sad and teary eyed to try when all the respond yo uget from people around you more or less is "hey why you acting so weird? Hey why do you have to be such a freak? Hey why do you...." it is as if there is no higher level you are aloud to step up to being you. People really seems to be having just about enough in themselves and their daily doings. If you hop off the track of the good in life and get on bumby roads and trying like fuck to get back on track you reach out for odds things at times and trying to win your control your happiness your smoothness in life back. But there seems to be no room for that for too many since these moves are looked upon as if you have turned all weird and shit. As if the worlds living individuals are telling you that "hey I try to just get by here why dont you... why do you have to try to be better? Better than who? better than me? Who are you to tell me Im smaller than you? Why are you even in my life? blah blah blah.... people react in very HARD ways to the little things in life.
Why? I mean there are so many bigger things in life in the world on this planet that are far more worth fighting for than the nitty gritty between the ones you wlakl amongst. let it be friends, family, co workers at your job, anyone really and you get this a lot I bet. You stick your nose out and you get smacked. I have plenty of examples to that point in my life. Maybe especially after presenting Mcrueloyalty here. Ohh yeah I am for sure totally in my lonesome in many situations. I do not fully know how you the reader can nor will react to this reading but I guarentee you I wish I had a good few that at tiems were touched and awaken by these feelings and thought to things so I could share in proper ways.
I am often not to say almost alway exclusively passionate moved or emotionally moved from things that are from the music industry of my praised stars. That can easerly sound very plastic like and very sad to be honest I agree there I think the only thing that can actually touch me outside the music industry like this would be my girl, my mum and my absolute closest friends. I have learned to choose them with extra extreme care after all that I have gone through. You say your friends would do anything for you? Bull shit. The so called friends have limits and clocks and finance and willingness to set their limits to reaching hands for you. Trust me. That expanding explanation to you on that could be never ending from one like me so I will spare you. Put in it what you like. But that is the truth. Non around you would do anything and very often very little for you.... and you still lean towards saying "but he ( she is my friend or family" fuck that. That is not how the real world spins.....
How all is inside of me living the colletors life and passion is as said a million times an alternative lifestyle that can so easerly eat you up without you yourself even knowing. It is a sickend universe in that way should you loose control or bite over a little too much. I have tasted it myself. It is without saying something that can and will absolutely sneak up on you should you loose anything like control of it at all. The constant over view is so fucking important. Now my danish passion as well the band SURFACT is coming to touring in February 2012. I look forward to be seeing them too next year they foever will mean a great deal to me. love their shit. It is really high quality rock. You oughta check em. Other than all this the pasionate awaken sides of me from tonight listening and watching there are more news from the Motley side of the world on things thats been released a few times already.
The old 2001 book "The Dirt" is coming out in December as a anniversary edition in a box. yeah I feel the same ohh no more money on things already having ...... tragic. But it gotta be covered I know. Then there seems to be coming an ass load of things in the next good three to four months too. A lot of merch and band news and solo doings information so sit tight it is all gonna hit you so hard it is going to be a hard fucking thing to stay focused really trying to keep up. For most just forcing one self to pick and choose what one should do really. Unless the finance and sparetime top cover things plus living in the area of California then I guess you are pretty well covered for the ultimate chance to do things the best and most coverful way. Next time Ill be on here will be around next weekend I guess. Till then ***
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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13th Of November 2011, Sixx Personals & A Solid Home Run
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Sunday bloody Sunday is that not what Irish U2 used to say? Is that not more or less what all of us agrees to when all is said and done? Honestly? Well my own Saturday and Sunday actually has turned into more like a "no fucking way, holy shit, my god" good kind of thing really. I think I have gotten a solution to the coverage of the complete re-release catalogue to come this month. Not a smart one but a functional one. Plus some of the really fairly interesting owned Sixx stuff that I felt dead sure about going for ass load of money really have all turned out to come to my advantages and will eventually now come to be a part of the private owned collection of mine. So I can only say this, I am really, really, really suprised it did not go - after all - for a way, way higher price. But my god no. Iems below. Is it really that there were no people interested? I can not see that be a fact to these items. Or is it that there simply are no people right now with any money what so ever? Or is it something else? In the end I am only curious about the answer to that one not really in need of it but it is for sure interesting I think. just love it wil lgo to this part of the owrld I guess. Yes mama!!! Feels like a solid home run. -As of now I have a chance to get things straightend but it all requires me to lay low as fuck for January February March. Should be a fair possible something. Then the much talked about change of address will come too. Guess who loves the throught - damn right. By the way did al lhear about the rumors of Sixx shaving his head? Fucking funny.
That and the deluxe box set of the coming Rammstein best off in three weeks is another title of the shit I really wanna cover this year. What else? A couple more actually but right now the UK tour and all that is Crue 2011 is of highest priority. My time with good friend Billy is gonna be a hell of an apreciated time to be shared. Almost two weeks in December crossing Ireland and the UK with a light going into Scotland as well for the Glasgow show obviously. I am so high on this trip. I look so fucking much forward to it. Not really course of only the shows. Those will be great for sure but I am looking forward to the trip the sights and the light shopping to expand what ever I can cover for my collection to get a great and solid final move to end this year with in Crue collecting. the coming year 2012 is so close now and all I am truely hoping for is the coverage of Sweden Rock that one is pretty much in the can ticket gotten as well. Then hopefully just one fucking show at the Cruefest III next summer and yet just a little something of what ever comes. The time for new released merchandise 2012 is already in the stages of brainstorming and shit I am sue. Contracts are perhaps already in place for something we have not yet been told about. And further more there more than likely will be a massive coming on things from their solo doings too. I bet there are so much in store for us all. And that with the new started life to come for me with the moving and all morethan likely will cover my year just fine. For the here and the now well today in a couple of hours on this god forsaken Sunday mid November it is time yet again for adding new stuff. Enjoy ***
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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10th Of November 2011, More To Stur Up Your Inner Peace
3:53PM CET
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Hello again more has come to surface in the last 30 hours. Stuff has arrived here and other stuff are on its way to here. Sunday comng will see some more addings to the ste sections and then one last time in november round the 26th 27th I would think. After that I am a goner for two weeks. Going to Ireland and there will be nothing but hopes, hopes, hopes for a good trip and for the trip to be cheapest possible. I am expecting pricetags tonght on the re-release catalogue tonight. So I will know already then if my nightmare is active for a reason or not. This is not a cool time (lol, lol, lol, lol) if we look at the feeling and details of finance and doable things plus the feeling of beng behind again with thiings out. This re-release catalogue for one. I gotta say it is like described in last posting. It is pure downfall as a drug adict watching people round him doing all the drugs and you yourself is in spasm almost in need for a fix. yeah it is not an easy thing to be in. Anyhow here are some more things up for grabs and some things are wanted for myself not all of it but some. PLus there are new Sixx Sense shit out. Shirt and hoodie. It just kills me due to shipping and import taxes them items costs like 70- 80% more than the price tag says. Rough detail. The two new items are
This is a chance to own Nikki Sixx stage worn items from my collection. The collection was purchase back in the early 90;s from, I believe the TJ Martell foundation. Seller still have the pacage the items were purchased in. The company is "Top Rock Development Corporation 9229 Sunset Boulevard Suite 801 Los Angeles, CA 900069. The collection consist of a cut Dr Feelgood concert shirt autographed by Nikki on back in silver marker, 3 gloves that have been cut, studded collar and 3 different sizes wrist bands.
-This is a never before seen set of 3 proof photos for the Motley Crue album, Too Fast For Love, in 1981This set of proofs was part of Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue's personal collection. One of these proofs was for the back cover of the album, and is in perfect condition except for a single small dent in the photo paper as shown in the photograph. The other two are proof photos, one of Nikki Sixx and one of Tommy Lee, taken for the same album's artwork, also in perfect condition. Both are on high gloss photo paper. Nikki kept these filed away in his personal collection for many years.
-This is a hotel message given to Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue while he was staying at the Four Seasons Hotel in Tokyo May, 1, 1997. Although faded and difficult to see in the photograph, the message is addressed to "Lusfer, Frank Mr" (Nikki's rooming name at that time was "Frank Lusfer", as in "Lucifer"), room 0636, dated 97-03-01, from Mrs. Mary Park. The message reads: "Please call Mr. Larry Flynt. His phone number is 213-651-5400. Thank you." The number to the Flynt building in Beverly Hills today is 323-651-5400, so apparently it used to be a 213 area code. The note is faded, but holding it under a bright light everything is still clearly readable. Nikki Sixx kept this in his personal collection ever since the day he received it over 14 years ago.
-This is a DAT cassette tape recorded on and owned by Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue. The DAT cassette will not play on a regular cassette player. It will only be able to be played on a machine that can play DAT cassettes. Nikki personally labeled this tape "Whoreable" on the tape itself, and "Whoreable/Demo 1. With click 2. Inst." on the case. Nikki Sixx left this tape behind in the studio he had in the home he shared with Donna D'Errico when he moved out after she filed for divorce in 2006.
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has revealed that producer Bob Ezrin is currently remixing the band’s legendary 1976 album ‘Destroyer’ for re-issue in “Deluxe Edition” form sometime in 2012, complete with unreleased tracks and re-instating the original label-rejected cover art as displayed above. There’s no word on what new songs will be included, but Simmons told Planet Rock that the band’s upcoming new album ‘Monster’ harkens back to the classic ‘Destroyer’ sound, and that the new record will be joined in record stores by a 10-hour DVD (possibly taking the place of ‘Kissology IV?’) and a four-foot high, three-foot wide book.
Artist Ken Kelly, who did both the rejected and the eventually used versions of the ‘Destroyer’ art, as well as the band’s ‘Love Gun’ cover, explains below why the record label didn’t want to use his original version of the art. Apparently, Casablanca felt the destruction in the background made things look too violent, as if the band was just escaping after destroying a city. (Yeah, so?) So Kelly started working on the version we all know and love, only to have to start over a third time when the band got new stage costumes. You can purchase prints of all three of Kelly’s Kiss covers at his official web store. There’s no word on what new songs will be included, but Simmons told Planet Rock that the band’s upcoming new album ‘Monster’ harkens back to the classic ‘Destroyer’ sound, and that the new record will be joined in record stores by a 10-hour DVD (possibly taking the place of ‘Kissology IV?’) and a four-foot high, three-foot wide book. No reason to say this idiot posting this wants this baby. Man this sounds so fucking awsome I for one can not wait to get the new KISS album early 2012. They just seem to continue to be that band that releases some over the top col shit from time to time.
-I am now also hoping for what is going to be a closed deal to my advantage on the stuff mentioned in last posting. Sixx Donna wedding stuff. Looks like it is gonna be all cool and ending up here in my private collection. I have a really good feeling onthis now. Finally. Received Sixx drivers licens and Donna cop hat she wore on stage to Sixx Bday concert with Motley Crue in 1998. Reminding myself to see if I actually do have that concert bootleg DVD. In there you see Donna D wearing it onstage. That cop hat. Love this little detial, and no matter who can understand it I find Donna to be the most awsome cool and interesting of the girls in the Crue history. Ahh never mind why bring it up it can course only this and that from all Sixx lovers. I am sure you have your own favorite too. And your reasons for it as I have mine.
Ohh well never mind just gotta check up on that DVD for sure. I am getting SIxx Sixx Sense studio bass and Mick Mars tour worn coat frm Cruefest II soon as well. There are so many great things in the wait. The UK tour is also only three weeks away. And finally we here can say this time it is the US individuals that needs to go far to see something cool. Wonder how many are coming in from over there? There are coming people from all over Europe for the UK tour I know that. And my my girl and my brother in crime Mr Irish is going to be there witnessing the whole fucking tour. Then going to head home to a wonderful time of year. Christmas. I love that time and winter time even more I am a sucker for that. I am really fond of the cold time and the white covering layer of a snow white lanscape.
I am right now on a bettering with my back and I could not help to think on all this above threw nightshift and I have to say my back was tested big time. Kept thinking after three a clock that I had to get through the night course calling in sick is lost money and this fucked up massive active times in the calender when it concerns Crue items is really not a thing I afford. But I tell you around three a clock it was bad. My back was fucked up and it stung like hell. So we slowed don me and my patner and then I tell you I felt for only one thing going home..... now tonight is day two of five in a row and then Monday I am off agin but NOT going home. I am staying here and I can nto fully claim to be sad about it. I will take that Monday to rest best possible for sure. Not many days left then till we are going over to Ireland for some days pre UK shows. As said Sunday will be next day of adding stings and then late November then not again till around maybe 18th of December and one time late this year that ends 2011 ***
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8th Of November 2011, Pushed To A Corner Acking For Coverage
12:43PM CET
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Nice to see the positive list. I need that from myself. That was a joke. I truely look for positivity on some issues but I feel pushed to a corner. I am in hee haaa land but over the top low on cash. I need to sadly kill the complete list of the re re-releases. The fucking CDs, the first 5 titles comes on vinyl and two diff CDs a 16 and a 10 page CD booklet. Those are ohhh my god its insaine to do that. But depending on the cost. I mor than likely will NOT be taking them all it seems impossible for me to do. thats a good 15 x 15 euros in CDs and maybe 6 x 22 Euros in vinyls. Plus the few merch things at shows I believe there to be less than 5 itmes maybe two shirts with the dates and then only other stuff from the merch catalogue that is date less so to speak so the band does not have to print much new really but bring over what is sold on their summer tour with poison instead. That suits me good VERY good indeed. But then food, papers etc etc etc ... and I am not done with the damn xmas presents either.
Further more I think I am gonna get some of Nikkis stuff from ex family personal closets. Nikkis wedding VHS to his marrage in 1990 with Brandi on Hawaii, his skydive licens with the 15 only photos ever shot of him doing the only jump he has ever done - by Donna. His drivers licens valid till 2001, his wedding licens to Donna and a few other things such as his personal laminate passes to other artists he attended ozzy, ratt, etc plus his personal pass to the historic moscow music fest and ticket.... All that stuff has been offered to me the last 5 days and it is a here and now with in 2 weeks closing deals or it is forever gone what the fuck to do?? I need to get the fucking re-releases too - out of my mind.... Wish I could be safe on them all does he do a package discount the guy behinfd the counter in stores selling the shit as it comes out I wonder lol lol lol?
I am going through a lot of things here right now and it feels like things were ohh so cool on the 1st 2nd and 3rd of November but now the month not to say the rest of the year could be a different story. Ohh my god. It is not easy with what is and what isnt. I gotta admit there are some nitty gritty sitting here and there that are so much in my way it is fucking anoying. Junkies!!! Ohh I know the feeling, the pain, the sickness, their twisted somethings to make it through the days at times collecting heaverly man I begin to wonder somtimes why I am willing to lower the quality on my daily life to what is any normal person`s obvious wish ...... namely to feel good, feel happy, feel non stressed and all that ... I am not lol lol in a state of mind where I am about to jump over a cliff or something more I am tied up in a decition making kind of situation where I go "okay let the good one off stuff pass me by never to be seen again and focus on the easy" or "I wanna kill and win over the one off items for sure and see how it goes on the other stuff that will come out for sure in a week and again in three and a half weeks time." Nothing really to be totally up nuts and crazy about. How ever ... that is exactly how I feel I see myself on all this inside of myself.
Latest news on the Sixx AM got released today too.... Sixx AM Fans: If you're in the Los Angeles area, we'd like to invite you to be in the music video for SKIN. We're looking for people who the song has affected personally because of their own scars - whether physical or under the surface. Send your story to Sixxamskin@gmail.com and we'll select people to take part in a video shoot later this month. Okay I have to say I am not that much of a hore (forgive me the used speaking term) but I am not that kind that would flip trip and die smiling widely over being in a band video. I leave that trippin to everyone else. I can only see one girl that would DIE to be in it to soooo feel high about herself from it. I will leave that one nameless pout of the respect I do have for her. Really do not care if any believes that I have that still for the person thought of or not. Who really cares. But I do. By the way a possible new promo drum cymbal poster from Tommy?
Now I have a hope for the trip to come I begin to feel it has a quiet intense thinking around it now a days mainly due to the worry and concern there is about the things getting released really. The stuff other wise is really all in place. the show tickets the hotels the .. yeah you know. So all I really need now is to find a way to stay fairly calm about the details that messes with me right now. This UK tour seems to have a lot of following from all over Europe and it wil lfor sure be a truely great 6 shows in total. I can not believe the cool it is to see the mwith Def Leppard. Truely a fucking greta band also. the Steel Panther is more like a sick evening at teh comedy hall nto really a concert. And I predict that going to see them six times too will be a little bit too much for a good thing. I am not too fond of them that way. They have build a huge follwing everywhere they play no fuckign doubt about it.
How ever I still say this is perhaps the really great part to see our own Crue boys in an unforseen round of six shows that in August was not really counted for. It took its toll to gather that mone y too but now it is doen and its in full so maybe I should continue THAT little happy going though instead what do you say? Good? yeah I guess - only it is too hard. I know what it is. When you have seen been through something for a long time and you have truely covered an ass load of what ever in your field of passion, you stop instantly looking at the gained ones it is so and you focus on the next on your list of "still dont have" things and doings. It is like that. not that you do not love and feel good and all abotu the just won over what ever no... it is more like okay this thing this doing is safe now. It will not leave me again untill I myself choose to let it slip away. Now on to the next fix. Man it really is a vicious circle I know that much. But trust me also on this I know ones I have moved and starting to get through of of my Motley shit I can easerly say "this collection is so overwhelmingly cool it burns me with pride"
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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6th Of November 2011, Wonder If.......
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I am sitting her wiith the ultimate back pain and still being alive ... that is what it feels like for sure. My back snapped the other day some thing I am fighting with every now and then. It hurts like a muther fucker then paralize you cpompletely for some days. You can not fucking move. Forget even trying. It is such a pain you burst into the silent teras course a deep breath for a scream is so painful that that is not even possible to get around to do. I am on my third day here o nthat shit now. Slowly beginning to walk what normally takes a good 15 minutes still today takes a godo 50 minutes. You do the math. It is amaziingly painful this stuff. I decided on something after calling in sick to work the other day I switched shifts with my brother today and tomorrow there is no way on earth I can bend down for that part in the job had I gone and checked in. Can not even bend to put on my socks or tie my shoes. That is right. So I decided today after letting my baby brother sleep in after his home coming this morning from a Hardcore Superstar show case in Malmoe Sweden last night. I packed my shit only light weighted this time and went country crossing and am now home for four days. SHould probably not had done this too early. It is a painful stinker really. My fucking god it burns and bites like nothing else.....
I am now here till Wedensday hopefully this is enough time for me to heal a bit more and return to work. Course this is really really bad. So on Sunday morning local time for me I am returning as promised to my let us call "new found someone" on a frinedly level - to check in and see if I can gian a little more form this someone of the one of a kind stuff. I am not even gonna try to explain myself on that one course I still stand by what I posted last - the last deal that went through for me was the last this time for some time this side of new years lol, lol, lol and as said I still stand by that note so the longer explanation to the sudden news here I will spare everyone incl myself for in this posting. I need to just get to the point here as my back is bitching me massively. I hope it is and or will be possible to gain but let us see. So fucking much constantly. Got some new stuff in the last few days but it is not going on here till round mid November. Ready for the re releases? November 14th and December 5th. Ohh dear.
This past summer, modern-rockers Sixx:A.M. unleashed their second studio album, 'This Is Gonna Hurt.' The 11-song collection delivered more of the dark and infectious songwriting of bassist Nikki Sixx, guitarist-vocalist James Michael and guitarist DJ Ashba. The album's first single, 'Lies of the Beautiful People,' scored Sixx:A.M. a number one slot on the Billboard Active Rock chart in July. Now the band has teamed up with Noisecreep to give our readers a chance to win one Epiphone Les Paul Studio guitar signed by Sixx, Michael and Ashba! Read on for simple context rules to win. Giveaway rules: Starting today, enter to win by following @Noisecreep and tweeting @Noisecreep to tell us why you should win the guitar. Important: Include #thisisgonnahurt hashtag at the end. We'll DM the winner next Tuesday, Nov. 8th. Don't forget to read the official rules. I have to say; welcome to the worlds longeast set of complicated reading of rules... its gonan be the 8th before you get to read everything .. c`mon....
NOISECREEP GIVEAWAY OFFICIAL RULES. NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN
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6. DRAWING: Immediately following the conclusion of the Entry Period, the Sponsor will select the names of one (1) potential winner in a random drawing of all eligible entries received. The odds of being selected depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Entry Period. The Sponsor will attempt to notify the potential winner in November 9. If a potential winner does not respond within the timeframe stated in the winner notification email, the Sponsor may select an alternate potential winner in his/her place at random from all remaining eligible entries received. If you are selected as a winner, you will be Direct Messaged via Twitter and asked to provide your name, complete address, telephone number, date of birth and e-mail address.
7. REQUIREMENTS OF THE POTENTIAL WINNERS: Except where prohibited, the potential winners may be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (the "Affidavit/Release") before receiving the prize. If a potential winner fails to sign and return the Affidavit/Release within the required time period, an alternate entrant may be selected in his/her place in a random drawing of all entries received. Acceptance of a prize constitutes consent to use winner's name and likeness for editorial, advertising and publicity purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.
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Pretty cool ey? Man if one only had this many points to get around for everything one did wonder if we all got more than a thousand feet down the road in a life time? Ohh well for everyone interested in this competition best of luck. Word has it Sixx A.M. is gonna be doing something soon.. could it be a tour? In that case I bet it is USA only. I will not be going then. No way on earth that is an option for me. The Crue is a far more important issue for me personally but al lthese side doings and single events are sadly not near possible for me to do as a personal visitor on any of these things. I am not too fund of the lose to be honest. It is hard to sit back and just go "ohh well there goes another activity not to be attended".
I never thought in all my days that I would ever get this hooked on a collecting side of things in my life. It is a drug that is often very hard to handle whn you look into the list of activities and seeing and hearing about others going. It is like watching people shooting up in front of you and all you do is sitting lost back lonesome shaking in your boots acking for a blow to come down for a short period of time ones more before the next damn downfall hits you and you fall back on your ass gasping for good gasping for your own inner understanding of satisfaction in the univers you have chosen to dedicate your filthy little excistence to. Man I remember back in time I always used to be exstremely good in my danish classes back in school. I always wrote long long stories often never got finished with it before time was up. I always scored a high caracter and it ended me and my Danish techer kept contact even after school. She was every now and then presented to work I had written and such.
One time she went through a written something and all her comments were was "have you looked for help?" I was stunned blown away and very confused. I never ever in my living days forget that moment. I myself thought I had grown as a well "writer" but all she saw was a screwed up mind. What was it she did not see in me? What was it she never fully understood? That I was way more than just a surface and a good little boy doing hiw homework when ever we were told to have these writings....? I remember since I was 13 or perhaps 14 I longed for finding this secret path to make a story great and a telling awsome. To go way beyond ground school homework. I have always fought to satisfy my own self now i see it in my collecting side to my awaken life.
I am an extremely passionate guy very very few people sees it very very few wanna see beyond what is my weird kind of living and then when they have a Crue interest at first they may be overwhelmed by the collection that is here but time and time again I also sadly see there pups up starnge reasons for acusing me for this and that and all of a sudden hate and what else is a suprime detail that rules and kills what was thought off as a friendship or at least an attempt to one. I think my deeper going passion and willingness to live an alternative living and drop out of a so called regulatr life for my passionate found something is a little beyond what most can cope with. There are so many sides and reasons for my choices to collecting. The one side of me constantly tries to dig one layer deeper to find a past and history to the today made moves by the (in this case) motley boys. Why that kind of music why that lyric this year and not in 85? Things to me are like a puzzle and I seem to always sit wit hwhat to me is a puzzle with missing pieces really. But the pieces are out there you just have to look and search for them. To complete the stories told on disc and presented to the masses as a so called release.
I like to do all this. Go behind what has been chosen to be and not to be told and shared with the world from and by the artist. You know what I am saying? I find the stuff quiet interesting and I am so loving to hunt the facts hunt a certain piece and I have so far not fully given in or given up on hope to find what ever it may be ..... some items I hold in my collection have taken me over a decade to get a hold of and now a days call myself a proud holder and owner of in 2011. It is like that. The hunting for the missed piece and more... so exciting. I guess I am sharing this with you on here today since I inspite of many years postings now still seem to be getting mails wit hthe questions like "how can you do al lthis", "How do you find these things", "What kind of job do you have since al lthis is ....", the list goes on. But The ultimate drive in me is I guess the whole hearted love to dig and sacrifivce for something that TRUELY is my passion. And I do not really mind to cut the bonds to the refered to "ordinary living".
Maybe this all comes from the fact that I find ordinary life living and doings does not in anyway cut it for me. Had there only been work, pay qheches, bills, cooking and cleaning along side rest, sleep and a family vacation every now and hen...I would go mad. I predict I would anyway.
I myself have also been asked if I then do not have a dream job to aim highly for to build a carreer. The answer is no. I have touched all my dream jobs for a period of time and again the further I dug into it I found pout that there was a lot of rotten sides to the stuff I thought was heaven. I am not one to kiss ass much I could have come far had I wanted to do this back then but no. So I ended up saying get a so caleld regular job and make your Crue life and some where down the line your love life your main priority and just take job as a link to build an income and then refine your living so you can get most out of it from what you like love and hold dearly. That is pretty much it. I have no deeper explanations to give out for covering how and why I do all this. But it is a hard one to live. It is a hard close to impossible road to travel and I have also myself gone down the speculations a few times the last year about if I should call it quits. It is a rough road and there is not much hope in covering all. And that is my deepest and worst enemy. I am not good at getting something covered 70%. I never rest till the remaning 30% is in hand as well. More soon... have an awsome Sunday ***
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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2nd Of November 2011, Money Makers Once Again On Re-Releases
6:20AM CET
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A 26-year-old charity album featuring heavy rock icons like Ronnie James Dio and members of Motley Crue and Iron Maiden is to be re-released as a CD and Dvd to raise cash for African famine relief. The Band Aid-style project, organised by Dio and dubbed Hear 'N Aid, featured 40 artists from the heavy metal community who recorded tracks at A&M Records Studios in Hollywood. Recorded in four months, the album was released at the beginning of 1986 on audio cassette and vinyl only, and now the late Dio's manager/wife Wendy is hoping to revamp the recordings for a CD release - and offer rock fans the chance to own the Dvd featuring the documentary about how the project came together. She tells Blabbermouth.net, "I'm going to re-release it, so it'll come out on Dvd and CD. I have loads of outtakes for the video." Personally I remember this as it got released the first time. I was amazed by all the rockers that participated in this one. Ronnie James Dio did a great job on an idea for serving others in a good course. The song is not that cool in my personal taste but what the heck. It got out and back then it was a big deal. It helt a good lot of the artists I loved so mcuh and also Mick Mars and Vince Neil from Crue. So there so... another reason to buy the damn thing as Wendy makes this the new improved and expanded version come to life - I am there for this one. the DVD and the CD. That is a good great memory officially only out on VHS from back then. There are a lot of DVD versions of it out but I am pretty sure they are all bootlegs.
Motley Crue singer Vince Neil will plead guilty to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge, pay a $1,000 fine and avoid trial on allegations that he poked his ex-girlfriend in a confrontation last March at a Las Vegas resort lounge, his lawyer said Monday. A more serious misdemeanor charge of battery constituting domestic violence will be dropped against Neil when the 50-year-old rocker enters his plea next Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court, defense attorney David Chesnoff. He said the allegation of physical contact would be dismissed. "Mr. Neil is sorry he raised his voice," Chesnoff said. The Las Vegas Review-Journal first reported Monday that Clark County District Attorney David Roger also confirmed the agreement. Roger did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press.
Neil, who lives in Las Vegas, could have faced up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted on each charge. He was accused of poking the chest of Las Vegas entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs in a casino comedy club March 24, and of cursing and pointing at Jacobs and two friends sitting with her. Jacobs told the AP she was glad Neil was taking responsibility for his actions. "I'm glad the story is over and the book is closed," she said. Jacobs had told police she received a bruise from the finger-poke, which she said came just weeks she and Neil ended a seven-month relationship. Jacobs has previously given her age to reporters and police as 39 and 45. She declined Monday to correct her age. The two other people named as victims in the confrontation, Wayne Newton's sister-in-law and publicist Patricia McCrone, 41, and Las Vegas Sun entertainment columnist John Katsilometes, 45, said they were glad the case was being resolved. Neil is the front man for a four-member heavy metal band known for bad behavior, hard partying, famous girlfriends and hard-driving hits from the late 1980s like "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "Dr. Feelgood." He also owns tattoo shops and two bars in Las Vegas, including one at the Las Vegas Hilton where the Shimmer Cabaret comedy club confrontation took place. Neil served 10 days in the Clark County jail in February for driving drunk in his black Lamborghini in June 2010 near the Las Vegas Strip. He also was fined $585 and ordered to serve 15 days on house arrest as part of a plea deal that avoided trial in that case.
MÖTLEY CRÜE will re-release a limited quantity of its catalog in the U.K. via Eleven Seven Music, having regained the rights to all its songs after a long absence in the marketplace. The following albums will be re-released on November 14 as vinyl-replica CDs with a 16-page booklet, a CD with a five-page booklet and on 180-gram vinyl in a four-color gatefold sleeve. Also on that date, the rest of their catalogue — "Mötley Crüe", "Generation Swine", "New Tattoo" and "Live: Entertainment Or Death" — will be re-released in standard CD format only. This will be followed by "Mötley Crüe's Greatest Hits" in CD, deluxe CD, 180-gram vinyl and DVD formats on December 5. MÖTLEY CRÜE's U.K. co-headlining tour withDEF LEPPARDkicks of at Birmingham LG Arena on December 6, winding up atLondon'sWembley Arena on December 14. * Too Fast For Love * Shout At The Devil * Theatre of Pain * Girls Girls Girls * Dr. Feelgood
Ohh my god I say. First off I was very dissapointed in this news that got oout yesterday. I thought danm it another bit of proff that our boys are all about the money these days. Shit. Hate that thought since they are so fucking real in many other ways. Then I got fustrated as fuck over the now huge xtra cost and amount of cash I have to find and come up with some how....It is actually not really possible to be honest. But I fucking have to have it now dont I? Ofcourse I do. Then the night at work passed by and I thought okay some how in its fucking own way it is kind of cool that the albums are gonna be released as gatefold covers. That will be the ultimate release to these old albums. Gotta have my sticky sweets on them for sure. But dude -money is a talking factor and this one is going to be a teeth pooling muther fucker of the larger to do. Damn it man that was so not included in the stored and planed for me in the time to come. More precis the rest of this year for sure. But right now lol, lol, lol and this is the latest thought to it - I have to get the vinyls covered and the nI will see as I go over there in December about the CDs. I mean hey, it could be that these re re re-releases would come out as a special tour price or something right? More round mid Novemeber... for sure""""
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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29th Of October 2011, Broke But Hopeful, Deal In The Can
12:06PM CET
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So there goes nothing. It is Saturday and I have a fucking great feeling about things here to be honest. I have been up for 30 some hours yesterday after yet aother country crossing and got a lot of things looked in on. Left work five AM yesterday morning in Copenhagen and crossed this hell of a country arrived took a shower while my brains went nuts with thoughts of what and how to do shit here. I this time had a really nice pleasure of bringing home my baby brother with me. He had promised me to help taking this huge bite of sorting and packing Crue stuff into new freshly bought moving boxes and all. Getting things placed in categories that would make sense with all thats here really. So we went and bought boxes 14 huge fuckers too. It is by far not even close to being enough but I have no time to manage more sorting in two days anyhow.
Which by the way is the time we have here. Yesterday Friday, today Saturday and a few hours tomorrow Sunday. And if you had been here in the flesh you would have understood what makes me say this. Course this is some really and litterally could be here you see things for yourself you would agree. But, it feels good as hell to start sorting for god knows what time. Lol, lol, lol. It is by far not even close to being a complaint but it is a really heavy load to take on. It is fucking everywhere. And now it is going into boxes to be away and out of sun light again plus no real oxygin either. I am really looking forward to be getting it all packed away and just say I know what is where. Untill I have moved and gone through what is supposed to be hung and displayed really. I am so pleased with this - it is at least a first step towards what I have talked so much about. Moving out moving over to near the capital city and all. So you vcan imagine the highly appreciation towardds my brother for this weekend of help. It truely is a marvelous thing no question.
So the much concern and worry on the stuff to get a settlement on the much hoped for deals holding a good few pieces of privately owned Sixx stuff seems to be a possibility. And I guess it starts today so there are nothing here that are gonna be a better and bigger reason for wide smiles even though it is gonna be setting me to a broken financial status for yet another god damn month. And then I have not started saving up anything what so ever for the December trip over to te UK and the tour. But hotels and shit are covered and booked. That is another huge something. Roofs up over our heads and crap. Now as that is all safe and sound so to speak I can rest a little more knowing that that is taken care of. Only a fair small saving is now required and that has to come from the December paycheque for sure. I have a handful here for November already to get in on so I am as mentioned completely down the remaning month. What am I saying it is not even November yet lol, lol, lol.
What a downer. Well it is worth the fight and struggle for me for sure. This move gives me the chance to get this highly wanted deal in the can. And trust me there are some really fucking neat peieces to add to the already excisting collecting that is here with me. I can only say I feel pretty proud to have it under my wings so to say. No question. Thanks to a certan Mr. A. in the United States of America. I am simply so proud to have been able to do this one. Sorry it sounds so damn mysterious but there are no way I can tell much as off now till I am actually sitting with the items in hand. It is way too sad to spread it all up on here should some shit go wrong. I do not see why it should now it is I guess mainly a postal service concern left on my part around this issue for me. Have not had too much belief in that crap for a long time now. Go figure. But as said it will fucking be happening now this deal so I am more than pleased with the situation. Money or no money. Thank you.
There then is the issue of the Sweden Rock festival 2012 too. Well there was not really anymore. That too seems to have been come around and been killed and covered. I am so amazed to say there are absolutely nothing shitty to be dealt with on several matters now about this whole Crue living ... besides there are no really chances to do dealing anymore anyway. Next pit stop for me would absolutely be christmas shoppings. I have started and they are well stacked here already. Still missing about let me see maybe 7 or 8 gifts I guess then that is that. And I will there after stand waiting with open arms for the 2012 to apear. I have one last little dream that I actually put to rest a good couple of weeks ago in my head but now I do not really know if I wanna leave it at that. Rather do my constant thing on it really. Just seeing if there is a chance to get it covered after all sometime in the new year as it kind of ... is time to look in on it. It would make me fairly proud for sure. But no teary blue eyes now. Only focus on the remaning two months of 2011 and then we stand tall attend work and cover what is needed and hopefully during winter season getting a moving done for sure. That is more than what I need to get round now.
The self sat promise to regain and reactivate activities with my man on the stunning 8x10s with the tons of exclusive prints have been started too. At the end of this week to come I guess there will be another good 175 prints coming. My old bought shout negatives lot from the infamous many photoshoots were back in early summer time made in to actual prints now the remaning of the other half is done and then comes also some new few cool ones from Nikki Sixx photo lecture in L.A. this past August plus a lod of the ones from the special event of honouring the band at the Sunset Strip Music festival 2011 at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, California. Yeah there will defenately be some great shots to go into the collection in that lot for sure. And hey.... more to come from him in December. Around another good 100 to 150 priints I would say.
Enough of good news here? Well okay then let me just end this posting today saying there are as I am posting this being added several new things in the sectiosn of; CDs, posters, articles, this n that, Vince, Tommy, Sixx solo sections and more. You should find a few good moments going through all this for sure. Enjoy. Much love to all out there. Especially to my girl that is so supportive on all fronts. My long missed Sixx Sense helper (only nameless couse she prefers it) you are such a great VERY appreciated friend. And my other Swedish little peach. A.L. you have so many times over shown more love to me than I can give you credit for. You constantly help me on my collection my life and suport and private life sharings that it would be an understatement to say you are really highly loved. I treasure your being so much. Thanks again baby brother - this weekend and your help have been more than you know appreciated and all. -A few others are in mind but this would be like a thank you speach like at the grammies more than a diary posting from and about a Crue point of you....
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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26th Of October 2011, Speculations, Chats & Setting Goals
4:58PM CET
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Okay so more light is being spread over my sad excuse of a life these days. Man I have been so out of it thelast couple of weeks there are so damn much goin on in the world of Crue well for this particualr collector anyways. I have been so drowing in offers recently and there are so many things I love to say would be mine as the next new owner of these items that I am refering to. I am not gonna be just that as also mentioend in the last posted diary just two days ago. My fucking god. I have been in need of some sort of feedback to get more light spread over my shitty confution to what it will all end with. I have been extremely fustrated over this course TWO individuals that I out of respect will leave completely nameless. I want so bad top get these items in hand when the dark clears.
Man it is such a heavy cool load of items my dear friends and especially because a lot of these items goes so fucking well with a lot of things I am already holding in the collection that is here. I can hardly belive it myself if I would get to be so lucky for one fan a regualr fucking fan to be a new and next owner of the stuff I am thinking of here is so way beyond the understanding I am sitting with myself. I am almost positive I would never ever had believed that this could be in the hands of not only fans but ONE FUCKING FAN. It is almost unheard of. I am in no way fully understanding this as I post it.
Now let me make it perfectly clear I am gonna do my fucking best to set these deals and to get this safe and secured and drop my worries that I am sitting with. I am so very cvoncerned. A tiny bit of communication has been going on about this to the right people today and further more I have been in touch with my Crue travelling buddy Mr. Irish he said more or less like the following - told short "Tommy I think we are to forget about Crue Fest III in the US this coming summer 2012. And then make the UK in December a good one and grab that bitch of a festival Sweden Rock 2012. Crue is as mentioend one of the headliners for next summers fest. We do this and then we see how things unfolds. And should the US go down the drain then we see 2013. I am not too cool with the skipping part but then again it is also a remarkable help and decition to do and set solidly focus on.
You see could I be sticking to this tiny little plan then there could actually be a fair small chance that this shit could get won over and come home. Way more will be talked about over the weekend for sure my own guess is that by Monday I will know a lot more if not for sure the final know how about if or if not the fucking items will come to me in the future or if it will be another load that I will be looking long after and see dissapearing in the horizont. I just feel it is so fucking close I can smell it. Do not even feel sure if the posting here about this shit is a smart move at all to do. Meaning should I really wait and not say a peep here in these pages here till the very end of the communication on these deals are coming to an end or....? You see that is what this diary is all about for me. The open pages to my brains on things that has in one way or another to do with the band and the collecting life of mine. man this is fucking hard. I tell youo it is like being an adict and there is not a single way out but fucking over the edge and down .. way dow!!!
Well I guess the next 72 hours are gonna be my downfall on these massive things. But christmas presents relationships and much more are gonna be the last thing I can do this year if some of these items are gonna be added a "aproved" stamp for an agreed deal. But surely that had been massively awsome and a huge part of me hopes for it no question. So right now my situation is, these new items need to settle that does it go down with me in it or not. The Swedn Rock ticket for next year and then the practical things of holiday season to come and the private life side to things. for sure. There goes that. 2011 hello goodbye. Damn it. Life slps through my fingers in a way that is so frightening to me now a days. 4 6 8 months are simply nothing in my world. And I grow older and older and still I sit with oceans of wishes in and outside the collecting fan fanatic side to life.
Did I ever say "collecting on a high level now a days is an almost hopeless thing to do if you are not a financially set individual?". Yeah that is right. And I say it again in these troubled world crises times of man it is a morgasboard (is that what you call it?) everything is up and for grabs too but you fucking need the cool cash to be even on the running lane. It has never been more easy to get heavy pieces course the holders sels everywhere and they are doing for one thing only they are all in the need of the money. If I could in one short sentence tell you how much I wish I had money and lots of it these last couple of years I would. but that side of my brians activity I can not even put into words. Shit.... well I have my ... birds of pray ... they are all flying in the night. And when I check myself out from night shifts a couple of times more I am in a more enlightend situation again. Till then you be awsome - take care.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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24th Of October, Crue Invades Summer 2012 Euro festivals
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Today, the 3- and 4-day tickets for Sweden Rock Festival 2012 are made available. We are also happy to announce the first 7 confirmed bands for next summer: Mötley Crüe, Blue Öyster Cult, Dimmu Borgir, Edguy, Gamma Ray, Danko Jones and Pentagram. This opens the next in line of the nightmares I am forcing myself to take a stand about. I need to get a few talks in order and I need to get a few things looked in on to be honest.
Everything this fall is coming out and hitting me hard it seems. I have just been sick over the weekend from what people around me says can be too much activity or thinking. I partly agree. I am a master of the thinking part. I can not stop it. Even when I long for rested throughts in my skull. I need it badly every now and then but it never fully goes that way for me. Constantly tense in the neck and more so thoughts about CRUE lif and collecting oh yeah they are absolutely unstopable. Any how before I go on wit that part here is a littel Sweden Rock 2012 info; Tickets : Sweden Rock Festival, located in Sölvesborg, Blekinge in southern Sweden, is the biggest rock festival of the Nordic countries and has been sold out every time the last few years, which means 33 000 visitors.
Today at 9 am CET the 3-day tickets (for the main festival days) and 4-day tickets (including the Wednesday opening) are made available through www.swedenrock.com. The first 5000 ticket buyers will receive a Sweden Rock T-shirt which will not be available anywhere else. The design has been made by British artist Sleba, known for his work with Led Zeppelin and Star Wars, among others. Also, we will be running competitions each week until new years where everyone who has bought a ticket has the chance to win electric guitars signed by bands and artists such as Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Zakk Wylde, Saxon and The Cult.
Bands : Around 70 bands will perform on our 5 stages next summer. Seven of them have been confirmed. First up is an act that year after year continues to be one of the most wanted by our visitors, namely MÖTLEY CRÜE who made a big impression with their SRF 2005 headlining show. Seven years later, it is time for Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars to deliver another powerful show filled with classic songs. Among our first batch of bands we also find legendary 70´s rockers BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, and the world’s biggest black metal band at the moment, Norwegian DIMMU BORGIR. Two of the power metal genres greatest, Kai Hansen’s GAMMA RAY and Tobias Sammet’s EDGUY are also coming to Sölvesborg, as well as Canadian rock’n’roll trio DANKO JONES. Last but not least, we are proud to present the Sweden Rock Festival debut of American cult doom band PENTAGRAM. Another 60+ bands are waiting to be confirmed, so keep watching our website for further announcements. More detailed info about the bands can be found at www.swedenrock.com. There, you can also find info about ticket prices, the festival’s history and more.
John Corabi, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, and current KISS drummer Eric Singer have scheduled a short European tour titled 'ESP Unplugged Winter Tour 2011'. The tour will begin on November 25th in Spain and wrap up on December 10th in Poland. John Corabi, best known for his work with The Scream, Union, Brides Of Destruction and as Vince Neil's replacement in Motley Crue, is putting the final touches on an acoustic album. In an August 28th posting at the Motleyshout.com forum Corabi said, "The acoustic record is finished and sounds soooo fucking great! I can't wait for you all to hear it. We are having it mastered this week, and finishing the artwork, so it'll be coming soon." Keep checking www.johncorabi.com for up to date information.
Confirmed ESP dates are as follows:
Nov. 25th - Madrid KISS Expo - Spain at Sala Ramdall (Bruce & John only)
Nov. 26th - Helsinki KISS Expo - Finland at Nosturi (Bruce, John & Bob Kulick only)
Dec. 1st - Veysonnaz, Switzerland at Bar Vague a l'Ame
Dec. 2nd - Telfs, Austria (Bruce and John only)
Dec. 3rd - Moutier, Switzerland at Aula Chantemerle
Dec. 4th - Nurenberg, Germany at Rockfabrik
Dec. 7th - Toscany, Italy - Venue TBA
Dec. 8th - Milano, Italy - Venue TBA
Dec. 9th - Oslo, Norway - Venue TBA
Dec. 10th - Wroclaw, Poland - Venue TBA
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Thanks for checking out the Monsters of Rock Cruise. I’ve been involved in some pretty incredible events over the years, but this is the coolest, without a doubt. Fans and Artists, interacting together in an unprecedented Rock & Roll experience…you don’t just listen to the music, you become a part of it! Plus, the backdrop of a luxury cruise ship, sailing on the emerald waters of the Bahamas…that actually doesn’t suck at all! By the way, this is far and away the best ”Monster” lineup I have ever seen on a cruise ship and includes many great friends of mine from the 80s. It’s a legendary reunion of an era that will be live in the hearts of rock & roll fans forever. I can’t wait to see you there, so please take this as my personal invitation to join the fun.
Please go to www.MonstersOfRockCruise.com now to get all the details about this epic cruise event, which will sail from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Port Everglades) to the Bahamas from February 25 - 28, 2012. The sooner you book, the better the cabin you’ll get. Better yet, with our Early Booking Discount, (see website), no cabin is more expensive than $999 per person (excluding VIP programs) and you will be able to reserve for only $150 per person deposit with the balance spread out over 3 additional payments. For those who don’t mind sharing a cabin, prices begin as low as $449 per person (4 to a cabin)! Finally, please accept our special gift to you, a $75 bar credit per cabin. We think that should help get the party started! To cash in on this bar credit, follow these simple steps:
-Go to www.MonstersOfRockCruise.com and go to the “Book Now” link, beginning Monday, June 13, 2011 at 12 Noon Pacific when online sales open. -Look for the “Promotional Code” box on the first page of the booking form and type JCMOR in the box. -Complete your booking and deposit by July 15, 2011. -The $75 bar credit will be applied to your onboard cruise account. Enjoy! -Don’t wait, book today! I look forward to partying with you on the inaugural Monsters of Rock Cruise next year! Peace John Corabi.
I myself am also in the middle of some dealings or offers if you will that I am having a quiet hard time to see how I can win over just some of them. It is a needed thing for me personally so the notice of everything above I have to say is NOT my best handed sort of news to be honest. I am not able to have that soft of finance or any where near it. That is not gonna happen. I am not saying that absolutely everything is im possible.... lol, lol but I am saying that there are so many things right here, right now, that to say the least, are the interest of highest caliber I think. No shit .
There are so many extremely great pieces on the plates in front of me these days it is so hopeless to count just some of these items and collectibles out. I am MORE THAN AWARE of not getting the lot but hey, if not to get any of it I would be quiet sad. So many of the activities out there right now are old family and frineds of the band and older collectors that seems to be laying things on the table for grabs. Including Nikki himself in the coming weeks. There are so many people right now that throws a good coupleo f tons of items on the map for everyone to bid in on. All one needs are to figure out where the shit is set up. You know it is a jungle out there and there are way more to come in the coming years. And the band itself .. just hold your horses.
I am still keen on doing my own already sat goals really that I mentioned in my postings on here the last couple of times but it is a hard fucking temptation let me tell you that. It is like having been a short time in rehab and then the frst person you meet outside the facility is a devil offering you the junk you have fought sweated and cried about not affecting your goals outside the darkend walls. FUCK!!!!!
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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20th Of October 2011, So Hell Awaits For The Diehard Fan
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Nikki Sixx is planning to sell off Motley Crue memorabilia for charity after finding boxes of "awards, plaques and cool stuff" in storage. The musician has amassed a huge collection of special items throughout his career, and now he is giving fans a chance to own a piece of rock history. In a post on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "Went through a bunch of boxes from storage and found years worth of awards, plaques and cool stuff. Gonna auction off for charity."
How is this for news? Fuck this has been awaited for a good three years on my part. I always was told he do this after they close the curtains but that he is gonna take the first step in this directions now is unexpected plus financially a pain for sure. Am I to let the Cruefest III go? Should I really let it be leave that summer 2012 trip slip through my hands and aim for other stuff? Man that was not the coolest alternative thinking really. Ohh my god. There are so many things out side Nikkis private decition on this matter that I myself have gotten offers too. I can not reveil any details just yet but there seems to be a one off chance here for me to get some things that are truely just other cool shit from the Sixx vaults really. I might be able to tell more about it in my late October posting here. But it looks really promising. Last Saturday of the month will be the next date in the calender that will see more items getting added to sections here. Looking forward to the remaning two months of this year. A few good things will come here and a few great experiences and more will too come. I am really hopeful and excited but things here are getting slightly more stressful really.
What else is up? Ohh man, I have as mentioned earlier decided to hook up again wih my press photo agent contact to expand my 8x10 photo collection at hand. I have tried to deliever another 110 shots that are extremely recent and shit I attended (Crue member(s) related events) and I really have an ocean of prints now that I so badly wanna take off of the hands of my buddy. You have no idea how willing I am to go overboard to get these. They are so cool. So exclusive and all. Top professional all the way too. So they are very much anted. I have sadly gotten to think these 8x10s are the coolest size photos for a rock n roll collection sadly they cost a shit load of money as well. But man I long for it really much.
Let me asure you if you had the offers on these prints like I do you would too. Ohh let me tell you if you have any artist or movie actor / actress you collect I can get photos from this dude too on them. Almost no matter who they are as long as its a world wide fame. Pretty sick really is it not? feel free to ask me if there should be anything?!!!! I am aiming for the above things I guess and then I just really wanna see the Def Leppard / Crue tour to come around I need the time off and all. I am so sick of my work again. My body is taing a beating like you will not believe. It is a really shitty feeling to constantly be sore like i am from this shit. I need desperately to get time off with absolutely no stress at all. Hell it is not even possible to stretch out or anything so it helps on the sore spots. It has become too massive sadly. Sorry to say. I hate that crap.
I did have a fairly cool experience that is realley Crue at all. But seeing them often gives me Crue thought though. Not that they sound or reminds me of Crue through their music. But I think of Crue course they mean so much. This act that I speak of is still to me the best really cool act on the Danish scene. Surfact is their name. And they mean a ton to me. Inked on me to prove it. they this month released their third full CD release too. And I went to one of their three release concerts. They are back and heavy. Great fucking impressive band I think. They mean so much to me for many reasons.
The evening at "The Rock" in Copenhagen was a night I had been looking forward to his coming Friday it is the musical / theater live experience in form of the Batman Live tour 2011. Then Saxon and Anvil late November and then for me off to the UK for the Crue tour in December. The days pre those six shows holds a couple of Crashdiet shows in Ireland, one Reckless Love show and a The Darkness show. Full on rock n roll. Then I think thats is all there will be time for not to say money and finance for for this dog this year. Christmas and presents and all that goes with that holiday is creeping up on me so fast it makes my head spin. I have thank god this coming first four of 7 people fully covered. And that to me is a really sweet feeling. Thank you very much....
I long for things in the collecting Crue world but right now I do not really dare to let things in my mind take over anything. It is all way too risky. The summer 2012 trip is already in a threat. I have a very much needed handful of things to get in place this winter and I can not really push it any further. And also I do not really WANNA push it any further. Also gonna try to get my KISS remains in order try to get it al ltogether to see if I can get my very much loved sadly rarely seen but highly loved frined of Sweden to grab it al lin one buy and I can again transfer that sale and money into someting I really would love to have on Motley instead.
I still have a handful good things including the very first KISS album originally signed on the day of its release. It is amongst the very first 25 items EVER signed by the full band AS KISS. So there 1974 original signatures are an almost holy grail for the diehard collectors. I have treasured it for many many years but I am willing ot let it go for the right price and all. I honestly do not wanna let it go for a small little something. KISS still means a lot to me in its own way. As always in this collecting business you see changes to and about most out there. so let me not write anything completely off yet. Also not take for granted that certain things are to be mine for sure. I have learned a long time ago. Never say that line untill you actually hold the shit in your hands. To many out there in the world that you are up against for things of certain rareness. But some things offered this past week are surely to be grabbed if we set a final in a way we both can agree to. As mentioned I will let you in on it soon if it goes well.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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13th Of October 2012, Missed It Missed It Missed It
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That is just really truely great. I was one of three yesterday and it cost me dearly looking from a collectors point of view. I had things deadlines and ended auction to deal with yesterday if I wanted some old Sixx belongings or some really rare stuff from old staff workers... But three could could go bad on me with that and I am ashamed and sad to say all three shitty possibilities happend to me. I was stuck in traffic. Other offers I fell asleep to so missed deadlines and it went to other interested individuals, and finally I had been given a time deadline wrongly told by the seller so I was one hour late there too.
In short all 6 items really wanted yesterday went away slipped through my fingers and nothing comes this way now. Man how shitty can one feel from only a time framing of 7 and a half hours? Sick man. I really feel sad about this crap. Man hope this will not be happening again. I sinserely hope I will only hav one focus a things like that comes up in the future. Do not go anywhere do not lay down even though you might have been up for over 30 hrs as it was the case yesterday. And finally take contact with the specified sellers a good hour or so before to make sure things are all good.
I have cleared some early christmas gifts already now and I am way happy about it. It begiins to cost me more and more tpo be honest. I really feel sad about that one. Its a burdon. But hey the people gets stuff wanted and they all seem to be really fine with it. So fuck it this year. I am gonna give all I can and then just get by it to move in on a new 2012. It will be a year that is gonna be solidly have focus the first three months or so on a new place to stay. A place where things will for sure be me nd my girls framings for some time to come for the future. No doubt about it. I will have to say I said this a year ago too but sadly things came in the way and this year to come I will set no CRUE tour item offers or anything above it. I need this to be and I need this to be sat as a main top priority.
A good handfull or two with new items are in the hands of the webmaster it looks like it will be thrown up on here tomorrow Friday as today has pushed her framings a bit also. I need to get around some things to have all on my to do list covered here myself before I do go country crossing ones again with nghtshifts six days in a row for me. I think a ton of things will be really nice ot get out of my ways. At the end of the month I hope to be starting my box packings with things here ready for a future move out. I have a gazillion things here that needs to be ready for that type of actions anyway. And with the little time that I feel I am here I will have to start taking that type of doing piece by piece. Not looking very much forward to that shit.
Sitting here right now just ended a nice talk over the phone to my girl. Man she is a fucking mindblowing cool thing to have entered my excistense period. Love the support she gives me and the love that this beast drags me through from time to time in very emotional way. She is a solid cool one to lean up against when the shit hits the fan. A few have asked me about the college that was on the 30th Anniversary trip to America this summer .. are things better? The answer to that is yes. We have found a way to not even feel the others excistence so it is better. No we do not talk share or nothing. I sadly have totally given in on hopes for anything positive to come from that sad sack of xxxx anymore.
Thank god there are way cooler and respectable people out there still. I will later in life surely be able to write a book holding a long list of people that totally went weird and people that I honestly had life long hopes of friendships with. I am so fucking thankful for VERY few people around me. I am extremely rapped up in what some could call " a bubble of the publics eye" meaning when you try to step in the public eye and share things and tell things like I do from my heart in these pages of my private mind of diaries I will be slaughtered from time to time. We all seem to have a need to trash other individuals when it is not really going our ways its a typical humna sign of showing failure. Failure is a state of mind that leads to agressive response. -Well nothing I can nor will do about it.
Welcome to the jungle assholes!!!
That should probably be a sub tittle to a book I would do on my CRUE life or "Public Enermy No 1."?? You take your pick it for sure would be a very interesting little something to put out. I would for sure be very interested in reading such a fans memories in shapes of a release. Now if I would ever decide to do such a book would be well remaning as a question I at this point could not really answer to right now. I have been asked buy two Danish journalists over time already if I would do one.
At times I think of my life as the title of David Lees "This Must Be Just Like Living IN Paradise" but jesus when the cameras are off and its all darkend alleys and grey conccret walls around you the world looks down on you and trust me the fingers are fucking pointing to you from all directions. You gotta be willing and able to take the heat when someone throws the shit around about your name and personality and get through it with your head high still and fairly unmarked you have to be strong as an oxe to survive the game out there brother. It sucks when you yourself truthfully knows you are ONLY doing a shared passion online and inviting everyone that should find an interest in it to enter your life through pages on the world wide web. But to be a target and to be putting yourself in a defensive corner for things being thrown at you are not ever really the meaning of what the site and my private passion for collectiing this band ever will be. Okay let me finish here before it gets to be some what too intense really and just bow out hit the sack and we will be adding stuff to sections in the morning here.
Much love and greatfulness to all of you out there that spreads the positive cool and attempted friendships. Thanks to you all. Crue for life.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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10th Of October 2011, New Collectibles, Wants & Thoughts
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On last Saturday KISS bassist Gene Simmons, 62, married his longtime girlfriend Shannon Tweed in an evening ceremony outside on the crystal lawn at the Beverly Hills hotel. Today you can be a part of Rock & Roll history by taking home exclusive Tweed-Simmons wedding merchandise by visiting PersonalizationMall.com. Among the wedding memorablia available for purchase are an acrylic wedding invitation keepsake, family sketch canvas art, a glass coaster set, an engraved crystal chiller and ice bucket, wedding guitar picks and much more for the KISS fan who has to have everything.
According to KISSOnline.com over 400 family and friends witnessed the couple exchange vows and say their "I do's" on Saturday night. Nick Simmons was the best man, and Sophie Simmons was the maid of honor. Paul Stanley and Doc McGhee were also in the wedding party. At the reception Sophie and Nick both toasted their parents, and Paul told a few humorous Gene stories before wishing Gene and Shannon the happiness that he has found in his own marriage. Sophie, Nick, Shannon and Gene all sang during the evening. At one point Paul's son, Evan, played lead guitar as Nick sang the Doors "Roadhouse Blues." Then KISS, in wedding attire, took the stage and performed "Lick It Up", "Shout It Out Loud," and "Rock and Roll All Nite."
This was just a really weird soemthing that touched my old passion and love for the band KISS. I used to be into these guys just as much as much as the Crue. Gene was and still is my rock n roll idol of kings and warlords. No one comes close. No not even the Crue members. I really tip my hat to the man that transforms stil lto this day into the demon we all know as bloodspitting flying bat winged bass killer in platform high heels and does it like only the master can do it. I am very happy for him that he now is married to the one and the only he could ever be married to and make it work. He always said I will never do this. But the 62 year old fell from his mountain top and stated "I gotta grow up some time the time is now" - fair enough I guess. He is stil lloyal to everyone that loves him or his band. How ever I did get shocked. Can not wait to get the next season (6) of the gene Simmons Family Jewels. It is so cool. Cheers Gene and congrats ones again.
Now here Sunday early on it is also a happy host to the site that shares the news with you that the Tommy Lee / MOM and used bass from the very same band has finally arrived now with my frined in Ireland I am for sure gonna pick it up in December. It looks to be a really gothic industrial killer piece hand sined by the drummer of our most beloved. Pretty cool right? Now also the next lot (not many but ass rare) guitar picks are saved. It is all in the mail as I post this o by next adding late October they too will be added for sure. There are even new ones coming from the and for the Aussie and japan and later December UK tour(s) thats the rumours any how so yeah look out for it. It looks to be hell on the guitar pick collector side for shit sure.
I have also gotten a load of new photos. More smaller stuff and all like CDs, magazines, and more are in the mail. The new merchandise thats out from the bands arcives will be covered just not now. It is not fully possible for me to do that as I have covered a great deal this las tcouple of weeks. I am not in financial cool balance but it will have to do for sure. I am looking really forward to the next handful of weeks as anothe r dude a family member to Donna DeÈrrico is selling out of a ton of things from Donnas house. She is getting rid of al lher Nikki things. sall and bigger things. There are a lot of money in that shit. Sadly it will be spread all over the god damn world I am sure. I am unable to grab all this crap but it is all auctioned off too as single items so there are the worlds eyes on everything and for eeyone to take a bite. The absolute worst framings you can have to work with to do this.
Some of the things right now are; Nikkis 1986 era pocket book with diary postings in it, COSTCO membership card belonged to and was used by Nikki Sixx when he and Donna D'Errico would shop at Costco during their marriage. The membership number, although no longer current, has been blurred out in the photo. Nikki used to keep this card in his wallet all the time until the card expired. A handwritten note from Nikki Sixx to Donna D'Errico written on a piece of paper from a hotel notepad. This note was written by Nikki while he and Donna were staying at the Rihga Royal Hotel in New York on June 24, 1997 when Motley Crue performed on the street for the David Letterman Show.
The note reads, "Donna, your [sic] dreaming now like a sweet baby. Your soul is so pure, your [sic] so wonderful. I wanna kiss you, but I'm loving watching you..... um I love you." The note is signed by Nikki with only a large "N" in cursive, with a drawn heart beside it. A ZERO Halliburton carry-on roller suitcase was used regularly by Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue from about 1997 through at least 2001. Nikki placed stickers on the outside of the suitcase, including stickers such as a Motley Crue World Tour sticker, Americoma Records (Nikki's short-lived record label) sticker, Generation Swine sticker, Outlaw Clothing (Nikki and Donna's short-lived clothing line) sticker, Krunk sticker, and Flash Bastard sticker. Nikki also memorialized several trips he used the suitcase for, by hand-writing notes in black permanent ink on the inside lining of the suitcase, as shown in the photos.
The handwritten notes written by Nikki on the inside of the suitcase read: "LONDON - April 21 - 97 Promo with Donna" "Leaving For Japan Promo Swine May 1 97" "Off to Mexico with Donna March 28 - 98" "On the way to Georgia - me, Deck - Storm to meet Donna - Rhyan and whole family April - 18 - 98" Suitcase is being sold exactly the way it was left the last time Nikki put it away in the garage. Everything he left in the suitcase is being sold with it. It contains everything shown in the photographs, and all contents belonged to Nikki and were used by him personally. Contents include an empty eyeglass case, a wooden bead necklace, a child-made necklace with beads spelling out the word "Dad", a Best Buy receipt dated 12/21/00 with Nikki's name printed on it as the customer, various keys (they no longer work for anything Nikki currently owns or uses), two guitar picks (one says "Creep F**k on one side, with a sketch of Nikki on the other side), various tiny polaroid photos including one of Nikki and two of James Michael (singer for Sixx:AM) taken at Donna & Nikki's house, a screwdriver, Nokia phone manual, and other items as shown in the photographs.
The suitcase is in excellent condition on the interior. The exterior has wear and scratches from use, but is in great condition with no dents. Both latches are in excellent condition as well as the combination lock. The wheels, extendable handle, etc. are all in great condition and work perfectly. Halliburton luggage is pretty indestructible. Considering all the use and abuse this suitcase has endured, it is in excellent condition. A great item for serious collectors, or can be bought to use only as a suitcase. Also his "Motley Records" t-shirt owned and worn by Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue prior to 2006. The front of the t-shirt reads "Motley Records", and underneath that it reads "They just don't give a f***". The back of the shirt reads "Crueheads are the best, f*** the rest". Profanity has been blurred out in the photographs. The t-shirt is a size large, and was worn by Nikki regularly prior to 2006. Just to mention but a few items really look below to see som of the cool for fans out there to grab.
Other than this I am gonna try to regain actions with my 8x10 photo guy. Tons and tons to be picking up there still. I am never ever gonan get a full coverage of al lthese photos it is simply not possible. It is a nightmare to do this and it takes a shit load of money to cover the lots that I get. they are all a minimum of 100 at a time. You have only little or no idea at all what this is doing to me. Shit. Things are really rough when you collect like this. God damn it. But I wanna start this up again mid of late October and just get to do the best possible thing that I can with it grab a 100 or two every month fro the next few.... I love them and there are so fucking many great ones to be gained.
By time I will for sure have one of the best greatest photo lot collection as a private person out there. You will just have to wait and see. Tons and tons of cool things that I personally have many great private experiences from too. I love to take these 8x10s and really do great with them. I am stunned how many great pictures there are in store for me. Most of them not even available to public but I will get them. And I look forward to the start of them now. I have done many alreayd but have had a good half a year break in the process. Since so many other thigs and the two USA trips have been eating up my money saved.
I am also in the middle of killing and clearing al lxmas gifts for family and all. I wanna get that part out of my ways so that I can focus on the Crue and my next huge move the moving to a new address. I have so many times over said I wanna do this but my girl and issues (not bad ones) have come up over summer so we pusposed it till this winter. But gifts are being shopped for and hopefully there will be this really neat coverage so I will be able to sy November 1st ok I am fully done now and I feel really pleased with my decitions. Other that this the site is gonna get more shit on it the coming Thursday. Not much more but more.
I am trying to gear up the best possible way under the framings I have for myself towards the coming UK tour and Ireland visit with my long missed friend there. It shall be a blast. Me, my girl and for the first time in 20 years I think my baby brother is coming wth us too. not to the Crue shows but to Ireland spending like a week there as we will all share a bit of his passion for the swedish act that he collects Crashdiet and witness two shows in Dublin and in Belfast Ireland. Should be great fun. No doubt. Gonna get myself some winter boots this week too. I need them and I need them bad. I have non. They are all really worn out of too small now a days. So that is of high priority before going anywhere really.
We are closing in on cold nights and very soon cold days here too so it will be now to do that coverage.. but hey the Crue shit is in an okay status. I have tons to throw my money on no question but this time I have covered quiet a few goodies and they are all gonna show up here with in the next couple of weeks I am sure. Till next time frineds have fun take care *** PS did you all see the new exclusive Vince Neil Schecter guitar for the 30th anniversary? Only two ever made.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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29th Of September 2011, Tough Times, New Merch
1:55PM CET
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Rockers Motley Crue have warned fans to "be wary" following bogus reports they're set to play a concert in Indonesia. Local reports announced that the Dr. Feelgood hitmakers would be performing in the capital city of Jakarta next month (Oct11), but the heavy metal stars have no immediate plans to visit the country. A statement on their website reads, "Legendary rock titans Motley Crue have no scheduled concerts anywhere in Indonesia... "The band distances itself from any such announcements, as no agreements for a show at Pantai Karnival in Jakarta or anywhere else in the country were ever made. Motley Crue advises its fans that any concert rumours are false, and to be wary of any vendors advertising ticket sales."
This is one of the places I would love to invest in to go see the band. In Asia or Indonesia. Another Japan tour or on Hawaii. I am nohere near to do that now this time. I have a shit load of things thats bad at work these days the company is set to have a third round of fyring and cut backs and untill Decemebr I have no idea if I am to stay or consider myself a goner. Plus all overtime is now killed. We are not in anywhere near the chances at work to make the good money any more. Sadly. So I am gonna be a little more aware of what is and what is not possible now than I will admit I have been for a while.
I sit here today wit ha really cool feeling. I think I am gonna be able to find something that will take my mind off of Crue for a period of time. I think there will be some time form November till way into 2012 that will for sure see me forced to backing out of things for some time. There are so many things I have to say I am very unstable with as off now. But to know I may have found a way and a thing to set my mind on to not be too down about the cutting back on my collecting for a while is for sure giving me something nice to look into. Thank god. New merchandise are also to be released this week. I am in hope it will be there at the time late this year. New tourbook the one thing that I love highest of all tour things available. I just think these tourbooks are the best as they represents the band in pictures at the given time that you see them. And I hope so fucking much that there will be a chance to hang on to the stuff that is new here. man your host on this site is going down hard if I am unable to do this. here shows the few new things up for grabs dear friends.
More added to the sections on Friday. More things are gonna come round my door step in October. No question about it. Tomorrow is gonna be another time and day for newly added things on here. I am gonna also clear the last few details about certain things to be coming my way in October too. There are no way things will be let off easy and ignored. In spite of the sad and rather tragic situaion with the job situation here for me I am foccused on getting the ongoing saved killed and in hand to be feeling good about things and to actually look forward to an October that for sure will be to my liking after all. My girl and I are to be having a few cool somethings from now till the year runs out anyhow so we are for sure planning a fairly cool ending of 2011.
Besides some of the held stuff in the calender includes the complete UK tour of another 6 shows in December for me and her with me on at least three. So yes it will be a cool time. I think some of these things will see us through the hard ending and uncertainty of the job situation. I will not have a final anyhow to wheater or not we are being let go till we make it into December unless they speed up the process and come out with a decition to us all pre end November. But one thing is for shit sure Denmark has finally gotten its own seriously kick in the ass in low spendings massive closing of companies etc etc etc. Very uncool time for the Danes for sure. Well talk more after tomorrow then I have more decided things and solutions to many detailed ongoings and then that will be a more realistic posting on here on the latest than me just rambling away here with only thoughts and ideas. Talk then. Have a great Thursday.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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16th Of September 2012, Ended Sixx Auction & Pvt Actions
11:51PM CET
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Did you see the Sixx eBay auction that has been running for quiet some time now? It ended as it had been up at since three dqays ago. Sky high priced. M;y god I never in my wildest dreams thought that would have happend. I would not have done it I do not think. Well I know I would not. I had prepared myself for a try to go after it on the last day but as I saw the 3000 dollars mark reachged several days ago I have to admit that I did not in any way or form wanted to hunt it!! I have so many other things that to me personally are so much more interesting that a regular shirt from him this year.
The description of it was as follows; You are bidding on one (1) custom made Junker Designs shirt worn by Nikki Sixx on the most recent Motley Crue tour. This is a one of a kind shirt made just for Nikki and the Motley tour. Plus Nikki hand signed the shirt as well! Auction also come with a 8X10 photo of Nikki wearing this shirt on stage.This is truly a wonderful piece of rock and roll history from Motley Crue! The shirt was made by Junker Designs and there is a lot of detail put on the shirt with a ton of studs, small mirrors and killer rhinestones. Please see the pictures for details. Everything that Tod Waters and Giuliana Mayo, founders of Junker Designs, creates is one of a kind and made with their own ‘grubby little paws’. They’re master mutilators and destroyers of clothing. They have made unique designs for Steven Tyler, Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, Tommy Lee, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and many other rock stars. Now is your chance to own a piece of Motley Crue history! This item comes with a letter of authenticity from Gram Parsons Foundation. Happy bidding and we thank you for your support.
Bidders:14Bids:42Time left:2 days 8 hours 35 minsDuration:10 days
Only actual bids (not automatic bids generated up to a bidder's maximum) are shown. Automatic bids may be placed days or hours before a listing ends.
Pamela Anderson is "not really interested" in having cosmetic surgery. The 44-year-old actress - who has sons Brandon, 15, and 13-year-old Dylan with ex-husband Tommy Lee - admits she has been advised to have muscle-freezing Botox injections but would prefer to see herself age naturally. She said: "It's personal choice. I think it was much more popular in the 80s. People are doing injections and Botox now, which I'm not really interested in. "Everyone is telling me I should but I don't care! I want to see what I look like when I get old."
Despite her stance on cosmetic surgery, Pamela admits she has moments of being concerned about her advancing years, but is trying not to worry too much. She said: "The other day, I started to really think, 'Oh my gosh, I'm 44, what happens now?' 50 is close. I think you just have to not worry." The blonde beauty also insisted she is not worrying about losing her looks as she has never felt pretty. She told new! magazine: "I've never really felt pretty, though. I always felt like a tomboy. A lot of it comes with insecurity when you try and be pretty, you're trying to get approval."
I do not really know what I think of this part from I have to say I felt quiet suprised as I saw this. I love that Pamela looks at this this way. That she is finally getting fine with the natural ageing. I hope it is going well for her. Funny a few asked me the other day if I like to see them back together the Lee and Pam couple. I think there are so many things up in the air for them both and it would more than likely not go too well. then again for the sake of the kids it had been nice and hopefully the two adults are to be considered a bit wiser than they were only a decade ago as they had all their fights and shit. But hey it is not my plate to dance on it the first place.
I am really hopeful about something to be cleared in a week and a half. All the stuff that I have been telling you about will finalæly gets in the mail after the first Sixx bass trap, setlists, backstage papers, Sixx Sense studio stuff, Mick Mars worn and owned stuff. I am really looking forward to the stuff coming and I need to be a little bit cvareful from now on too with things. There are more shit going down in this god for saken company that I am with and more people are to be cut off from the firm with a quiet uncertainty within us all these days.
I am very much in doubt on what sort of horses I am to be betting on so to speak. Should I look for something else? Should I just come check in say nothing and be invincible and do the best I possibly can or? What do you think? Well I am gonna have to lay low the remaning few months of the year as I have so many plans for the last few months of 2011. So many things to get done and more. It will for sure be something that takes the time and not to mention the money this fall for sure. Besides the UK tour is coming up in a couple of months too so....
More from this part of the world shortly - much love
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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15th Of September 2011, Watch Your Moves
3:06PM CET
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Okay we are here in the middle of adding things to the various sections on here. Today will see even more going up and on. Finally the long hard posted diaries are up as well. You have only little understanding of how much that took out of me to do for the site. Now there is a guy that seeems to be holding things he sells you should watch out for and a girl in the Boston area that used to try sell even stuff to Nikkis old days bass tech and more they are both hot air. Watch for things that you may get offered. There are so many things that should be carefully thought about. Sadly it is like that. I think many so called fans are sad and bad news but you get judged by the masses from often either jealoucy or ersonal failure that makes you go for the throat on others to pull them down. Non of it is okay. But hey what and whom am I to say anything else on that subject. Just sharing thoughts here. Nothing but.
Have heard stories from old band connections now and people that are close to the band and members I shall keep all this to myslf but I am not even near a point where I should and will feel bad about the shots that been fired towards myself on certian sites by certain people. Just really aweful that shit has to come to such crap between what was supposed to be a family fan and fans between. Hate it. Now here are some pictures of what seems to be or not to be authentic / fake. Have talked to three people plus owner of this now. Surely diferent stories and surely interesting details on both parts. You yourself can judge what is and what is not real.
Now from the newly vacation pictures missed to the diaries I have gotten a few mails asking why I this time haveno pictures up and thrown in between the texting. The answer is inthe postings actually. I am so in lack of time to even start the editing of the shots from them tours. I will get to it eventualy inthe coming few days I hope then it shall be put in there. I am sorry I have really had so many things to attend to here and the postings alone has taken me like forever to do. Remembering all and putting it up right and chonological and all. Y
You see there are so many cool things to do ones you start to mess around with a site of this magnitude. We are closing in too on our 100.000 picture. You can only guess how it feels to have control of that alone. Also the postings the constantly expanded site sections that needs to be split up in two or three parts couse they take too long to open or something. You get the picture. I am truely high on it all when it works but I am also truely feeling like a time bomb ones it goes all bad and nothing is functional or in its right meant to be place. yeah it is a load of hard work and m and my dearest webmaster have often our hands full on this baby. One that soon turns 6 or 7 years old I believe. Fuck me how time flies. I am stunned even thinking about it.
There are a few things more that I have ideas to for the site. I am really not in a posititon to do it single handedly so I have to see if I can at all find the gang to be of any help to fulfill my dreams and ideas for something that would and could be condsidered pretty outstanding. then Iagain I constantly fight with things like that course it is so fucking interesting. I have to give it to Jesse he has a passion had it for a long time and now for quiet a few years he has been airbrushing the Ovation guitars for Vince that he uses. Jesse more than likely loves that little part of Crue history going for him. I am sure. And I can completely understand it. He has his dreams back in the day he told me about when we used to be talking. I smile seeing him doing at least this now. Pretty cool really. No doubt. As have I certain things and dreams that I love to get going on but I need some bigger things complted on the drawing board to move to the next level. We will see.
At the very moment in time here and now I just need rest and a recharting of my body batteries really. Coming October I think that is exactly what I am aiming for. Relaxed tiems and seeing frinds and more. have made one plan September 30th that is so far from Crue life its scary but that is remnding me of the life outside Crue that too can be absolutely apprecited so I plan on sticking to that plan in my calender and then hey October is knocking on my doors the very next morning. I love the thought of that.
The UK tour is in the can as also mentioned in the past posting on here. And there are so many great times to come from that. Talkedto my main man Billy of Ireland yesterday. he and I and my girl are the ones to be going on this tour and you can only guess how stinky cool time we are going to have. And what a rush we have built up already just reminding ourselves that we actually will have this one too. Added to 2011 and the Crue doings of a year that has been pretty wirld to be honest. I am so greatful for the shit that has been possible and the things I have done that seemed totally undoable at first but that happend afterall.
Like the Sunset Festival. I do not even know what to tell you on that one. It was way more than just a concert and a festival to me. you may have read the diaries. It says a lot but the emotions within me the pleasure and the satisfaction abot the festival an d the other doings them four days are untold. Course letters on a screan and the human emotions are two very different things. I am assaid very grateful things have been turning out the way that it all has.
Also now up to the coming UK tour there have been planned somee non Crue things here for me to jus tdo other thigns. I will be attending the theater to see the arena tour of Batman in Nov LA Guns, my beloved Danish rockers Surfact and rockabilly 50s music The Baseballs eshow in October and finally Alter Bridge. Plus there are all the hopedfor thigns with friends and families before end of November as well. So the calender is fully booked still the remaning time of this year. I have so many times said I longed for a calender month not overbooked with things it is not really gonn happen. I get too restless and all. Sucks.
So al lthese thigns constantly in the calender for me are great. It does how ever take a lot of money to do. That is why all the working days are so important sadly. And that is why this dog is so tired too often. It is not an easy life to lead. But I am excited still... about it. So I do not see changes in sight right here and now. I look forward to be going into the new 2012 though. There are a lot of really over the top offers up for this new year for me already. I will hold them cards close to my body for now so I do not spread the words too much on what to do and what not to. Today also sees more stuff getting added to sections of shirts, flyers, cds, Lee, Sixx and Neil solo pages and more. So enjoy. Hope you have a great time scrolling through it all as I have expanding it ...
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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15th Of September 2011, Looks Whos Cooking
3:20AM CET
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Thursday mid September 2011, middle of the night. Three am fuck me. The old August trip posting has just been ended here. Sent and now awaited to pop up on here tomorrow at some time. It has been a really tough one to crack to be honest the August Hollywood fest diaries so fucking much to say and remember. If at all it should be near detailed story that matters. But it is done now and I have been happy to close it up and send it off. It has taken a great deal out of me to do these last couple of postings.
Not to be bitching but I honestly never thought that I this time would get through them. It has been a great something to actually have in the can on here for my own part so it can be remembered in its full figure. Now I only need to get through all the photos and have them laid on here as well. I am by far not even ten percent into that yet either. Been fucking tired and booked with work. I have now promised myself and the girl on my side I am not gonna grab if any possible more than two overtime working dates in October. I need the damn rest and recovery for my body and things around me. Just stepping back giving the job a stiff middle finger for a month and only do what is first hand required of me. That for October simply has to do. So there is a little hope for air next month. I have had five days off from work in September the complete month and that included fucking Saturdays and Sundays. You do the math.
This dog is no longer barking has more likely turned into dog meat. Hell I am so burned now. Glad tomorrow is an off day. But then again it is not really. I have tons of site work to do and all sorts of private life doings such as being round family and friends go vicit all these folks and head ot give me vote on this the election day in Denmark 2011. Yeah there are tons of thigns to do even if I am not going to work tomorrow. Fuck.
Now did you all hear about the coming tribute to Ozzy O? Members of Ozzy Osbourne's former group Black Sabbath, Motley Crue and Kiss are among the acts involved in a new album tribute to the Prince of Darkness No More Tears: A Millennium Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne will also feature covers by Slaughter, Night Ranger, Alice Cooper, The Cult, Warrant and Spinal TaReports suggest Ozzy himself will rework one of his classic tracks for his own tribute. I have not any details on it really but there are a CD to be watching for here - I am not in doubt blabbermouth or some page will be handing out more details in the coming future.
New shit will be added to sections too on here today. Articles new and old. Some shit for the shirts section, posters, flyers, solo pages, CDs, tickets, passes and more. Plenty to go through if you fancy a follow up on stuff that has been laying waiting for weeks now. As mentioned above way too busy and booked times to get around to do this. More personal stuff from Nikki, Mick in October in the "personal" section. But not this month. Some of the coming stuff in October I can share with you here and now. There are other stuff offered and there are other stuff coming but that will be later on and that will be down a future road as also that in October will be going to a storage address in America to be picked up later as it is simply sick and sad that shippings and import fees are to kill good deals course it would double the sales price in a heartbeat and shit like that is pretty much impossible to do in that scale of financial numbers when you try to do as much as I do. Yeah you have to be pretty aware all the time when dealing seriously and in high numbers. The systems and diffenret country laws of imports can so easerly do you serious damage. Sad as shit but it is going on everywhere.
There are also more Sixx Sense discs and stuff coming in October. The huge deal of over a 100 live DVDs that I spoke of a long time ago some have been asking me when they are arriving course there seemed to be an interest in getting some of them. Well I can only say this I have time and time again for months now after paying a fairly high amount for a starting point on this huge deal not heard nor gotten a single disc. That is partly why you do not see the new titles in the list. I feel to say the least just as dissapointed as you that holds the interest in them out there. Sorry bout that. There will be more of everything again shortly but for now enjoy the stuff that will get added Thursday and Friday. As mentioned I need to gather strength again and find the enregy to give this site the attention it deserves and bloody well needs. I have a lot I could and would love to share with you but the tiredness and everything that goes with it kills my focus and motivation at this point in time aso I would rather wait a little while and get with you again soon with full force. You see it soon enough.
Hope you allare good out there there are many down sides to life and darying what I do. To be a massive dead serious individual on a passionate field - going public with it all you point one finger at something or someone and you better expect 20 fingers pointing back at you. You can handle it fine. If not I strongly recommnd that you think again and reconsider if you truely want your passion layed out there in the open for the whole wide world to see. Heard from a friend that does the same on something else besides Crue and music she got totally trashed and went down from it. Remember life is too short for bullshit and noone should hand him or herself things and situations that brings one down with stress and missery on a daily scale. Then keep things to yourself and change style ******
Good night!!!!
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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Aug 31st 2011, More Shows, New Doings Expanding Collection
1:36PM CET
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Everything seems to be extremely hard to get to tie in. Bonding all together and get finance and time and strength all to go hand in hand is not easy these days not easy at all. It is hard difficult times I have to say so much is coming down on me these days now. I have to be honest here with you and with myself. I am not going to have a September that will totally rock. Rather rock the boat I am sitting in and in a dangerous way too. For sure. Now there are so many unfinished things for me that I simply have to be killed this September 1st and October 1st. Things are getting really nasty when it comes to these many lines of wants and doings. I have reached a point with this here that is alarming me highly alarming me. There are some stuff in the US of A that are to be delt with. And as that is looked in on I have also some things I need to get in place and have covered to be on top of that will afterwards not really be giving me too much space (so to speak) as in breathing space for the full month of September. Simply too much to do and to cover and this time with the smallest paycheque I have had in a long time actually three years from July`s vacation and other off time. It is simply not a very much loved position this one called September 2011. Lol, lol, lol. But hey I know I will be coming through it. I have no doubt there only a concern of how well I will be taking it really. Thats all.
Now the summer 2001 Crue Poison tour of America is well over with. So is the Sunset Strip Music Festival read further down about the trip over. It was a blast. I have to say. A trip that was uncounted for but in the end also making upfor the shitty July trip. A posted diary on that one is already up and I have been recieving a good few emails about it. People are stunned to how bad I took that trip. Now in only two days six more Crue show tickets are gonna go up for sale. The band is teaming up with Def Leppard and Steel Panther for a Wales, Scotland and England tour in December 2011. You better believe I will try to go and cover all six of them. I have absolutely no idea how or nothing but I will be trying as hard as I fucking can to do exactly that.
I am kind of not too cool about the thoughts of missing it. I know it can sound harch in the sense that I should be ashamed to even think that way course I have had so much this year already. Well it is not too much to disagree on I give you all that. No argueing to that subject. it is just this is their 30th and it is on my continent and it was not really seem coming. It is stil lthe original 30th year and all. 1981 - 2011. Thirty years. Next year is a continueation to this yeras tour but it is kind of also into their 31st year. And already now I am a little unaware of me even getting off from work to go over course my vacation time is for me in 2012 in May not as the Cruefest II goes down at all. You see it is so far from even being close to it. SO I do not really know how all that is turning out quiet yet. So I do wanna try to give myself this christmas gift and close 2011 in Crue style. What cna be argued about that thinking of how big a part this is in my life. Huh?
DEF LEPPARD, MÖTLEY CRÜE and STEEL PANTHER will join forces for a six-show U.K. tour Dec 2011.
The dates are as follows:
Dec. 06 - Birmingham, UK @ LG Arena
Dec. 08 - Nottingham, UK @ FM Arena
Dec. 09 - Glasgow, UK @ SECC Hall 4
Dec. 11 - Manchester, UK @ MEN Arena
Dec. 13 - Sheffield, UK @ Arena
Dec. 14 - London, UK @ Wembley Arena
Tickets go on sale on Friday, September 2 at 9:00 a.m. They cost £47.50 in London and £45 regionally. Buy them from www.livenation.co.uk.
DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott said: "I can't tell you enough how thrilled I am to announce this tour! We always strive to make our shows an event and to have MÖTLEY CRÜE and STEEL PANTHER along for the ride makes this an event that just can't be missed for rock fans across the U.K.!! Come join us on what will be the event of the year!" Added MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx: "MÖTLEY CRÜE is excited to do some destruction with longtime peers DEF LEPPARD on tour this holiday season. We have never toured together so there will be some de-virginizing of each-other's fans and in the end one fucking wild party together." Out now is DEF LEPPARD's CD/DVD set, "Mirror Ball: Live And More". The concert collection — which is the band's first — was recorded during DEF LEPPARD's 2009 tour. MÖTLEY CRÜE's summer trek landed the group on the Billboard "Hot Tours" chart six times, marking it as one of the legendary rock group's most successful tours to date. The 48-city trek tour — which launched on June 24 and wrapped last week — was one of the summer's highest grossing, packing amphitheaters and arenas all summer long, drawing half a million fans. STEEL PANTHER will release its new album, "Balls Out", on October 18. The CD's first U.K. single will be "If You Really, Really Love Me". (Note: The first single in the U.S. will be "17 Girls In A Row".)
Downtown. I've been coming here ever since I was a teenager. Sometimes I'd write poetry. I'd take the bus here and just take it all in. I also love shooting pictures of homeless people here. I try to be as inconspicuous as possible, and I talk to them first and give them some money. But most importantly, I try to give them some attention. I try to get a relationship going on before I take their picture.
Funny Farm. My studio, nicknamed "Funny Farm," is in a hidden location. It's very private. Not only do I create my photography there, but it is also where I write my books and create music. When I’m not on tour, I go there anywhere between two and six days a week. Like all artists, I go through creative spurts. All my lights, props, and camera equipment are there of course, but there is something else there that I can't find anywhere else: solitude to create. Chinese Foot Massages. I discovered a place about three years ago. When my friend first told me about it I thought it was shady, but now I love it. I go there all the time. I can't tell you the name of the place because then the wonderfully classy parasites we call paparazzi will await me and my family. I will say this: There are many locations. I highly recommend any of them. Sugarfish. Sugarfish is fantastic. I go with my girlfriend and she always orders—she knows the menu inside and out. As for dish names, I don't pay attention. Best sushi I've ever had in my life.
Museum of Tolerance. I take my friends here a lot. I've also been taking my kids here since they were young. It's an important part of history and it is always eye-opening and beautiful. Samy`s Camera Store. I get all my camera equipment for my photography here. It's my go-to place when I need stuff for a shoot. It's also a dangerous place to just hang out 'cause then I end up buying stuff and have to dodge bullets from my accountant. Let's just say I have expensive taste. Zuma Beach. I love coming here in the winter because it's great for photography. I get here at six in the morning when the clouds are black and rolling. These are some of Mr. Sixx if not daily then weekly places to go. Around his dail home grounds. All these places will be covered sometime I return to the streets of Los Angeles.
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The Sunset Strip Music Festival Diaries; Wednesday 17th of August the night last night was a night I truely hoped for would happen. And it did. I needed to spend the time with my girl before she went home to tug in herself. I needed to have them few hours of togerhness before she was away from me for a little under a week. I am the weak one in some ways no denying. I should have been the girl in this bonding twosome. I am the emotional weak sentimental bitch in this relationship. It was noce to have her around till a good eleven PM then she left and I too had to go to bed. It was to be an ass early getting up in the morning time for me for sure. I feel so close and so miss her much a little too much even maybe that I did not really feel for going over to the US this Wednesday the 17th. Hoped that it would change a little bit as I got closer to the final destination. Course obviously I know what awaits me and I know that there will be a mindblowing cool and full on for three days there before returning to daily doings again. When I think about it solidly I am only coming to one conclustion really. This is and will be a monsterous cool time. And a one of a kind one too.
The morning was set to start at 5:30AM for me. But a good fourty minutes before that I heard my baby brother coming in from work and woke up. I still decided to stay put in bed and wake up slow and easy. Not pushing my tired body in any way. In all honesty I have felt a lack of sleep now for over two weeks. As I got up Crue was already on my mind and with that I entered breakfast city which was a needed thing for me to even get started. My brother and I talked a little bit after and then soon it was time for me to plant my feets across the sidewalks towards the trainstation. I made a last minute change of plan. Checked up on things online and then took a buss to Roskilde station, train to Central station in Copenhangen switched trains on to the airport of Copenhagen and then through the hasle of check in check points and blah blah, blah.
Right now writing al lthis I am sitting in 33B in the middle of two females one to one left a middle aged big nosed someone that more than likely would have wiched she had grabbed 1st class not sitting here next to a rocking low life somebody. To my right a younger one but still very much not my kind of person (or so I thought). More on that one later. Al lI at this point had on my mind were three things. One my girl ohhh dear miss her much. Two the Crue selfwrittne right? Three trying not to think too much not to worry and just to have least possible activity in my brains so I would not be getting a headacke. This pretty much concuded all ongoings pre landing on American soil August 17th this year for me.
Wow sitting in Newark international airport right now and I have got to say it has been a both good and negative flight over. We took off from Copenhagen. We took off from Copenhagen on time and as described I got to sit between these two very different females. Now the window seated girl on my right started talking to me a good hour before landing. I am not gonna post monsterous postings here about the communication that went down but she used to be working in the so called green room on Jay Leno show. The room taking in the stars of the show. She had been given my stories to why I was going over and the Crue and all that. Saw the tattoos and she started telling me about when she worked there and the band was on the show. She was there. She remembered all of their names part from Mick. Told stories of the band there on that show that day about her boyfriend that was a drummer in time but now worked more like a stage manager on tours with people from how I understood her. And She was from Sweden but had lived in USA for some time back in time. Now she was looking forward to ones again move over here. Really great stories she shared. Thanks wauu.
The Crue was really in focus through that flight chat. More funny buisness was coming up. I wanted to go to the restroom before landing and as I got there the door opened and out stepped this other female figure. She stopped me and said "forgive me not to be rude but I could not help over hearing the conversations you had back there. I am right in front of you guys and I heard you are a Crue fan." Blah, blah, blah it turned out she used to be one of Vince old girlfriends. She had been in Scandinavia on holiday liked it there she said only a little too much rain. Go figure lol, lol, lol. We shared stories in the aile and it gave me a cool feeling to have a chance to do this. I guess in the heta of the moment I totally forgot her name and all. Sorry. But thanks for the great flashes down memory lane from all the stories given.
Now with only a good hour and a half to landing I felt an oncoming thing I had constantly been trying to avoid. Headacke. Yeah the neck pain from sitting down this long with a turned head to talk to the woman next to me had givin me a stareted headacke. After three movies and the chats. I tried to relax here thank god the pain did not go overboard that would have killed the trip period. Now Touchdown!! Then in line ofr imigraions and .... you know the drill. After only maybe 5 minutes an officer of law stepped up to me and asked one question "have you ever been arrested?" I replied no and he took me out of the line and said follow me. I did (ofcourse) then one officer after the other staretd asking all these questions. I never had tried this xtra intensive checking before at an airport landing in United States. I never got to be told what this was even all about.
The memories of the Florida trip a couple of years back started running through my skull like you have no idea. What the fuck was up? It was all guessing games here. But I was not the only one. More that sat here were taken out of the line from the arrival and asked in here. So I started thinking okay nothing to hide no illegal so and so with me. There is nothing this has simply got to be a check up of a sort of xtra care. what else could it be? I saw from looking around me several people crying and feeling really nervous about their situation. I guess we were all in the same boat but they maybe were a little more nervous from this situation than I was course we were not told what it was all about. Nothing was told to us untill I spoke to officer number six. He asked the questions given to me three times now all over again and now wanted to hear about wha tfestival I claimed to be going to over here. As I stared to tell about the Crue my love for the band and he went through my stuff in the suitcase and found several Crue postcards and other Crue small stuff.
He then started telling about the years of 1987 to 1990. He too used to be a huge Cruehead and was over the top cool wit hthe stories I told. he found it interested and had actually heard the talk of the band being active on the road again this summer but he was not going. funny several times have there now the last few years been this line of people that works up in the world they are all KISS or Motley Crue fans. I liked his stories. All seemed to okay with my suitcase mess how ever he was wondering seriously about three things though. A plastic bag of a few pills .What are they he kept asking. I kept saying its for headackes. Forgot the name of the damn things. It was non of the names he spat at me. never mind I thought go test one and see if you figure that out too. Again went well.
The second thing not fully too certain about were my crueloyalty cards. No dude they were to a selling thing. So what is www.mcrueloyalty.dk he asked? I explained it to him and now he said he liked to look in on it to verify the truth about me. All good again actually his reply was "pretty awsome site. Sick collection. He loved it. "You are for sure a serious fan man. Take my word for it he drulled from it. Lol, lol, lol. I was also asked about the plastic bubble rapping. Why bring that to the United States. I explained once more I wanted the new Jack D bottle to the Crue 2011. Afte this one he told me to clear his desk pack my shit lol, lol we were done there no bad things. Alouence to continue the travelling for me. So rapped it up and off I went. At this point through another check point - new security scans and more. Shit I was so happy thinking about the job of´today. Crue soon to be and pre it loads of cool in the waiting.
A good ten minutes after al lthsi hola hoop was dealt with I so badly wanted to just go and do some talking to my babes. So I called her ten minute talking nice to hear her. The miss you much and love yous were confirmed again in my soft little heart of romance and I moved on. Some shoppings got covered in Newark ariport for her too. Non for me. Well a soft drink and a bite to eat thats all there was for me. As sitting in the resting area eating i looked around and remembered just a good month ago I was here too with my travelling company of July. It made me both sad and smiling. Smiling course it was my first memories with my babe to be and shre this place with me. Sad course of the total outcome of how that trip went down.
Now sitting in the corner of gates 125 - 127 looking out I see the New York Skyline over Manhattan and the Empire State Building where again the party of three was went up to the top of and again I feel not unconditionally smiling but also greta sadness and irritations from that tip being so far out and away of what it was supose to have been like. Tragic. Only comfort really is yes I did get to see the tour of Poison Motley on their 30th anniversary. I do now how ever wanna take revenge so badly next summer if I can go. there are sadly no guarentees for me there. Meaning the Cruefest III is more than likely as it always is somewhere in June July and August. And we aim for the California state only rally. My vacation time for 2012 is not there but in May. So I am totally unaware of if I at all can go. I simply have to talk to my boss and all to get the knowhow on that one. But god forbid something negative will come from it. I need that tour it is closing in on age and illness and side projects to be honest for the boys in the band. How much more do we get a chance to see em?
Actually tonight they play the last show off of that tour in San Diego area and I am not there. It is cool. It is fine but I need this one now the Sunseet Festival to be a success. Had I had a chance to go earlier like yesterday I would have been in San Diego tonight. But that did not happen. I will have my treat tomorrow though for sure. And the next three short days I will be fine. I am so set on it it can not possibly go wrong. many thoughts here and now you know of wht to make top priority on what is; festival merchandise, the Jack Daniels bottle, a photo lot from a place in Hollywood have wanted the mfor a good 3 years now, the house of blues event and the big gig in three days from the boys in the steets of Hollywood.
Hell I am all keen on covering al lof the above but can it be done? Is the time good for it? Are the money? Do I feel fine enough myself to do all that? I know it was a lot of questions. But I am always like this. Questions, questions, questions. Thinking of every single detail there is and can be. It is not doing me much good. To be honest al lthe thinking equals concern on my part and that makes my head spin. Bang. Here is your headacke for the day. Uncool. Also I for sure wanna attend the Buckcherry show at Roxy and the Uriah Heep at Whiskey. Guess in short it is as of now anyways oout of my hands so I need to get the relaxing part into my system and just feel cool about everything. Right here and now in Newark Internation airport I need to take a break from the writing sit back and not do jack. So - later.
Dear diary just a kind of time killing note really. I am now at the new gate yes it got changed. Sitting by gate C97. Plane on time it says nice ot know. Still two hours to go before take off to LAX Los Angels. Almost out of battery on my cell so I shot it off completely. Course I have to have a chance to get a hold of my man GG as I plant my feet in L.A. to meet for the pick up and all that. Some more Crue thoughts. I do not after July and the summer tour trip over here have a big bag with me this time. Well I have the same suitcase but only one. But all gotta fit in that one for sure. I have also thought about what I wanna do and in what order to be honest.
Tomorrow I will kill the stores like Hustler, Amobea, etc etc. Get al ltaht out of my way and solidly focus on the evenet and its doings. I will cover the stuff thats Crue related tomorrow at the House Of Blues award and tribute sho to the band of what ever may be.The bottle is there the Jack D. And I know for a fact that 9 people have now requested me to get it. But I am so sorry this time around I am unable to do that. I am to get myself one andthen Billy the Irish one for sure then we will see how the table spins after that. So al lthat tomorrow holds the bands nameon it I am interested in grabbing. I do also have food and gas and shitto pay so it is very much a first priority that tomorrow opens the doors that leads off to the festival. Let us see how it all unfolds. Should any cash any US dollars be left in my pockets as this trip is long over with - I will for sure make it happen that they uncut goes to my heartline on helping me with most of the heavy collectibles. And god knows I havea list offered on the coolest of cool to as I get home and ready to pay up again.
Right now there are so many great offers solidly frorm this man so I need to see my September pay cheque before I can actually say much. And there are still a good half a month to that well almost right? The biggets priority of all there are at this point has to be the Mick Mars coat he used on Cruefest II couple of years ago. Man that is something else. It will happen no question. Yeah as you can see the Crue thoughts are many. Constantly there no matter where I am and what I have my hands in. I have an aass load to cover. To aim for and all. The last few years for sure as also said many times no longer such an easy task to just go do and cover in its full. The today collecting life is a mother fucker. We will see what the heck happens. Right? Stay cool brothers and sisters.
Thursday the 18th 2011 ohhh yeah. Feeling something good coming. Good morning world. 7:30AM local time Nothern Hollywood. Feels all weird and not quiet right. Course I remember going to bed at 1:10AM in the morning last night after more than 28 hours travelling. Do not know what caused it but I woke up looking at the time at 3Am, 4:15Am and at 5:55AM and then now before finally getting up. GG was still in bed sleeping. I was arriving last night at 10:30PM in LAX al leasy doing last night too. Got my suitcase just fine and fast too. Nice one I remember.
My man GG missed me the first time he drove up to the enterence of the spot I got to after baggage claim. So he drove by the block a second time and we had spoken on the phone then heyyy right there we catched up on one another. What a great feeling it ws meeting up again. I tell you guys out there thee is not a cooler sweeter dude around. He has blessed me too so many times over and I regret to say there is not many like this man out there. What a cool nice fello this one is. No bullshit. As we left LAX we started instantly sharing the latest gossip and what had gone down of excitement since we met a good five weeks back. Soon enough in that conversation the man wanted to hear about our July trip. So here was round 328 of telling about it.
We also started to talk about the show and festival that was starting this time namely tomorrow in Hollywood. We felt that in the morning hours to come shortly we would get up take a shower find some breakfast and start talking about the festival what when and how. It was all on me he kept saying. Youre the boss this time around. What we do and when we do it is totally up to you he said. Talk about feeling important and loved, thanks man you are simply awsome. I guess a long way I could consider myself getting some areas coveredthat I simply never had done, seen or gotten shown by anyone. It could only be a good three four days here. I have no idea truely how all will unfold but I am up now and as GG gets up we will talk about what will be the smartest for us to do and in what order.
It is no secret I would love to get back to Denmark with as much photos or something from this whole thing as possible. I so deeply needs that and to have the two events covered like big time will please me major. Think of it had been cool to get home with me. Video of the whole fucking thing. Again lets see what can be done. I sure have tons of Crue related thoughts also this early in the morning. I have only positive thoughts though even though it does feel a bit uptight and weird that I am only here today tomorrow and the day after before I return home again to daily doings and all. It is for sure a fas trip in and out. But my god this will be the coolest thing this summer. No question. Love it.
I have now also packed the remaning stuff that was still left behind here from July as I brought home the insaine huge pile. After this coming Sunday I have no more laying here for sure. I have no more stuff stored from old times it is such a great feeling to be honest. Again thank god. That has been a struggle for sure. But sending it home to Denmark is just almost unheard of from now on. It is the sickest shit ever shipping rates and import tax fees onthings now a days makes the bands loose more and more collectors like myself course it kills anyone trying to do it widely. I find it totally rediculous how expensive this shipping and importing shit it. Still I try as many of you know to still cover and kill most or rather al lof the released offical stuff all the time. '
I know I have said this sentence too a lot of times over the years but it is STILL today getting tougher and tougher to do just that. Things in America selling for 25 dollars costs me easerly 45 dollars before I have it in hand and can expect no more billings to that given item. You do the math. You are morethan forced not to be a party animal not to be covering the shit you so highly are in lack of from spending all your time and money on this right here. I myself am quiet suprised to how on earth I have covered what I have alone since 2009 and gone through the list of rotten situations on all fronts and then still be claiming to be a de hard collector covering things in tons every year. Yeah it truely is beyond me too.
All I know is that I have truely given it everything that I have had to stay positive and to cover the doings that have been done. Most of what is out as official products since 2005 are fully covered and obvously it is everyones own opinion to judge me if I have done good or not but has it cost a galaxcy of travelled miles and an ocean of money to do all these things for sure. Many fans friends collectors bands and more have already tipped their hat to me on things that I have here on the site thinking this is not a store this is my own personal private collection. That it at al lhas been possible to do this is so beyond me. But I think it has been well worth it all. Thanks.
3:45PM - just got back home we have been strolling round Hollywood doing all that needed to be covered that was not really Motley. Shoppings for my girl. Yeah she will for sure be happy getting all these cool items that are piled up in the bag here. Outdoor meal in Hollywood on the strip. Covered breakfast too. Nice place I have to say. Got news for my baby brother too about his Crashdiet boys that he collects. He will be hayppy with what it is. We are now soon heading out again. We are so gonna have a House Of Blues night to remember. I am litterally very excited hope it gets to be a really cool thing. We also drove by the rehearsal placethat is still their active spot on my local boys Buckcherry. No more comments o nothing to or about that one. Please do not ask for locations and more I am not too interested in handing all that sort of information out - sorry. But on a personal level I am really greatful of having had a chance to drive by it.
Speaking of Buckcherry. They are more than set to tear the place apart tomorrow for sure called The Roxy on the strip. I am without question going there. That sounds to be a great one off show for sure. It will be a too drunk to fuck experience for shit sure .man I will treasure that evening and event more than I can tell you here. As for picture taking I have not really taken too many up till now but the House Of Blues is what I hope for to cover through the lence plenty in a few hours time. Yeahhh baby. Also poster tube bought this afternoon to bring home the two instore book signing banners that GG had found for me. I have no words for his actions. Loved it. But it is now fixed and al llithographs and banners etc etc can fit in the tube and be a carry on item on Sunday back to Scandinavia. Nice. Feels really good. It has been a concern that is now long burried. Next in line on the list of hoped for cool outcomes well as mentioned House Of Blues.
Back!! In northern Hollywood aea and by GG´s place. A tiny bit drunk. Can not say we have had a lot to drink but a bit. The House of Blues served well you guessed it free Jack Daniels with differnet sort drinks in it. Also we got beers after that at Rainbow here is how it all went down review of the evening. As we left valley Village to enter the area that was to be the framing for tonight we headed out and got stuck in traffic. Should have picked the "backdoor" entrence to Hollywood and Sunset Blv. But we did not. We took though Universal and Studio City and drove by Hollywood Bowl that tonight had a huge Disney event. So traffic was like ...forget it. But we did not forget it we sat tight like good trained dogs chatting and listening to the new CD of mine by 18 Visions a band introduced to me I hd not heard of. I have alreasy fallen in love to this release. he said get only this one they have released more they are no longer arond butthis is the one you need from the type of music you love so.... 18 Visions went out the door with me from Amobea and money went out the pocket. Lol, lol, lol.
We had also gone through all of my questions from a list brought with me from back home and I gotta say absolutely non not one answer from the list of questions was giving me a bad feeling. GG has been so unbelievably cool. Forget it man there is not a stinkin comma to say about my man here. A matter a fact we have created a list of things to do tomorrow morning and daytime so already now there will be more than just a Buckcherry gig to look forward to for sure. Man this is endless this is fucking over the top nice to be a foreinger and coome here as the top class collector and get this shit covered.
Helloooo... this is really happening. Again superb GG thanks a gazillian. The list made will take us to some places that for sure will be of my personal interest and it is not even stuff I have been around to myself previously. We will go by some cool spots and now I can not fucking wait for it. Soon to be added too in on my "meet n greet cruecial sights" section for sure. But as said al lthat is for tomorrow. This is today and it is the life achievement award show at the House Of Blues.
So we left the house at 5PM and part from the heavy traffic jam at Hollywood Bowl we got there fine but we saw a huge line of people already. It was insaine. For a split second I had a concern to this course non of us knew where the heck to get my ticket / wristband / I was on a list for. VIP and stuff. I needed to get this or I was not getting in. We decided that the House Of Blues would be holding that stuff for me as it was an event that was included on this years edition of the Sunset Strip Music Festival. So car got parked and our asses in line with the rest. One person from the past that used to mean a lot to me as being my previous Crue partner on doings was there too. This individual has grown into something not even saying hello no more. But Suck it. I am all good on the matter now a days. So in other words there were no stepping up on my part either and no hellos or nothing. Totally ignorence there.
As I got closer tot the table with tickets and more I mentioned my infos and there it was no shit at all. No hassle or bad so n so. Easy cake. I had my shit now and I was really happy about it. The back side to the House OF Blues had its own red carped now rolled out and we went on it for a short while got a sniff of the media mess and a couple of pictures shot. All funny really. I will spare you the details as I predict a line of emails coming my way so ... no thanks.
Buckcherry boys Sixx Am and many more artists had come down tonight for this too. Pretty cool. Eventually we went inside and I made a fast overview of how all was sat up. Okay I got it. Over to the jack Daniels bottles sales of the very limited bottle of only 290 pieces of the bands very own whiskey now a days. Got it covered and the fucking cool thing about it was we did not have to walk around carrying this all night we got handed a chip for each bottle bought and then after the event outside on the back side we can go exchange that chip in for the paid bottle how cool that was. Smart thinking guys. Tipping my hat to you on that detail. The bottels were not something you could just grab a million of so I had to just grab the two one for myself and one for a handpicked person that had ased me in advange. Sorry to al lthat did not get it from me. I had 9 people asking me if I could get that bottle for them and bring on home. But it has not been that easy sorry friends.
Okay now that was done and delt with I felt the maybe absolutely most important thing had been covered today. Now I needed to find my man GG and get a spot pointed out to have a good view and all from this. It was a one of so I wanted it to be greatly covered. That very minute I decided fuck it let me film it all. The worst thing that could happen would be one coming over to tell me to shot it off. I saw also the actuall single barrel from Jack Daniels Tennessee that all bottles were made from. It was in the house signed by the band and it was now up for grabs at the end of the night. Shiiiittt... Well it was not for me to be bidding on actually I did not even stay for it. Had other plans. Shot a couple of pictures of the barrel though but then headed back to GG and to our picked spot in the back of the floor to get the whole stage inthe picture as I was going to video film it. A couple of stills were shot pretty much by mistake but the video shooting was prefered for sure.
On stage was folks talking to and about Crue. The singer of The New York Dolls, The keyboard player of the original the Doors, neil Strauss the author of the Crue book `the dirt`, Hollywood major and others. It was like a "the roast of Motley Crue". I was curious to see what would go down as the band was getting up on stage. Fuck eve just thinking about it. the band on the stage of House Of Blues in 2011. I know they are not playing a gig but still. Unheard of. Pretty cool. Maybe even a little more than just cool?!! So without further ado here is Motleyyy Cruuueee...... I was getting all weird and funny feeling inside. It was a killer feeling - but a killer feeling that sadly lasted as long as a fart would warm you in ones pants after slipping one.
What do you mean you may ask? Well, simple the band got on stage yes all four of them but then I expected a kind of all members speach not long but something you know. Only Vince talked a little bit for maybe 30 secs half drunk and looked out of it. Nothing more. then less than 180 seconds after they had stepped up on stage they were gone from it too. for all of you that missed it I can so easerly say I understand your fustration. but in al lhonesty I can also say to you al lthat it was not a cool thing.
I can somehow sit here now expecting emails from some sayng oohhh dear here you go again putting the band down. No that is not what I am doing here. I am only giving you my personal opinion on something. And I can also easerly tell you I would not have wanted to be missing this for anything but with that said it was a short lived something and it did not last long. I know it is later on quiet cool to be able to say "hey I was there." But these award and press shows are way too often blown up to this over excited exclusive huge deal. It rarely is. Exclusive ohh yes. Cool? Not a chance. I have been given it some thought an I guess the American culture is somewhat more like "wwaauuuuu" about it than many of us Europeans are. We are not too blown away by 3 minutes of anybody. In the heat of the moment it is always cool I agree there. Then that is it really. But again no question it was cool to have been there.
So after the filming was done the show was over we headed outside grabbed some collectible jack bottles for my chips and then we took a few pictures and headed on. Next stop The Rainbow. We got takn by suprise there. Fuck me this place was packed like you can not even believe. I had my tequila there. oops what am I saying? My corona beers and it was a fucking neat feeling. I was missing one back home a lot and I had hoped to eble to share this trip with my Irish brother but I ws here alone and sitting in the middle of it I had no plans absolutely no lans in letting my miss the folks back home much taking me down. No way. This was an unexpected possible trip to win over so I am stuck on the "this will be a trip that takes me all the way every day of the few that I am here". I found more papers and magazines wit the boys in it and at the bar GG and I sat and shared rock n roll and personal daily stories it felt good to have the chats we have had so far getting in under ones skin somewhat more. It is something I have always wanted to do with him anyways. We sat at the bar and slowly felt the sleepyness coming over us. One more beer and we were about to head home. landing we quickly just agreeed on óne thing. No more chatting today just going to bed and get ready for tomorrows sights. That has pretty much been it for me today here folks. Loved al lof it. Every single minute. Tomorrow is another day - good night!!
Friday 19th 2011, okay it is 8AM here in northern Hollywood. Have been awake for almost three hours now. Do not ask me why. Course I really do not know to be honest. Lol, lol, lol. It just seems to be the thing for me when I am over here. I do not sleep I am on a roll constantly. Sucking in as much as I possibly can. Grow on and expand sides to me from things that are so cool of what I constantly seems to be seeing. I know my expectations to things are on a constant high but why not? Why expect middle cool when there is an over the top cool out there. then again I at the same time also always seems to truely appreciate the adventures I get to take in about things I do and see over here especially related to my Crue life. There just does not seem to be the slightest chance for me to be taking things for granted doing these trips. It is too valueable for me. It is never really simply a time off from work and a vacation for relaxed times. Never. It is always dreams fulfilled. Thank god.
If you only knew how much I love to fill in the books with new adventures and discovered cool stories and offers and huntings. You will be amazed how obligated I am ones I get on to something concerning the band. How much I am willing to do and write off to get to do what ever it may be. Fuck even I myself am amazed on that fact at times. Do not really know how I can keep ip up to be honest. One ones said to me willingness can ove bigger mountains than any machinery ever can. I have learned to agree on that one. Most of my Crue life I have signed off what people call a normal lived life. If mine is abnormal well I guess you can say so but it only os course I have such enormous passion for doiing this Crue thing in a large scale. These decitions have taken more out of me than I can even find words for to describe to you in a proper way that would actually nail it my friends.
This collection and stuff has turned people into either getting jealous of me or decided to think I am an asshole or something what ever people have decided to think of me I have no problem with. I can only say I have always said what ever it is if you want it bad enoough and you are willing to make sacrifices then you will get on top sooner or later. Period. I am always here towards other people with maybe at times even a little too opend arms. I will never treat you shitty. I will never make solid promises to you on things I have a little doubt to that I can actually not keep. I constantly treasure every bonding to people with love and respect.
Sitting here in California now writing these lines I sense that nothing could be more true. While the morning silence here are al laround me to make the framings of my posting here this Friday. And with that said I also have to admit i have discovered that there are people out there that after a while in your company or friendship ones appreciated your bond friendship and what else all of a sudden turns their shit on you and you are fucking doomed to witness another lose. That is something I have sadly seen a lot of times. And it is by far not pleasant.
I have recently seen or been told to read something that was pretty harch on the shout board ones again. I am stunned to be honest. I think it is sad when people years after something has happend are still trying to put anyone down in the sense that they try to put shit to ones name and collection. I find it sad that others that do not even know me comments to it and gives the story tellers the thumbs up on trash like that. I have read it all. But you know what let me tell you only parts of things listed are real and the tuth. Way more than half of it are twisted details that makes a mouse turn into an elephant farm and there are not words for what can be said about that. So I will just sit back and not comment any of it.
However, there are so many lies and so many in the past happenings that detail wise have been twisted and not nearly been told as and how they originally went down. I guess this is what you can expect from going online with something massive as this collection of mine and the straight forward openminded diaries that I have been willing to share with the world. I am not gonna be judgemental to or an´bout anybody. That road has been walked it is not worth it and trust me when I say life is too short for any of that bull. I gotta admit it makes one think if you should do something more quietly but then again why let pranks and attention needed somebodies allow to force me to stop things that are cool?
Okay back to todays House Of Blues experience. I saw one specific individual there that has had a huge impact in my life earlier on and let it be said instantly I will out of respect leave this person nameless as there are no reason for bitching this person what so ever. What could possibly come of good from doing that? But let me tell you past experiences and ad ventures wentnthrough my brains noticing the person and at one time the individual was left alone by the friend that had joined the one for this event and this person did not really seem to be too comfy having seen me there which I think is sad really. Why ended somethings can not just be ended without acting shitty later on is so beyond me. I have never hurt this person ever. And I never would either so the few minutes of past remembering seemed like a grey zone to me that was like "ohh god it is so sad this is is even aloud to be happening". But okay I have tried to ask in tried to understand and never did. So for a long time now I have left it alone. It just blew my mind really how something cool could be publicly described as the worst shit ever. And letting lies rule the game from a personal missery and jealoucy - sorry folks but that is just tragic. I have nothing against these people and I am not gonna do any defensive comments to all the hype it would be gasoline to the fire. But how sad it is that the world seems to be filled with such individuals instead of just appreciating what was and if a split is coming around for what ever reason then so be it but leave it alone and move on.
Now I have this trip sharing it with GG at times wondering why we have it like this? I think the reason we tell it like it is dead on and honest a go is a go and a no is a no. No hard feelings no bullshit like I read on some other sites about people bitching others. It is just so god damn lame. I find it to be kind of a small person to be honest. That kind of straight forward ness and honesty and acceptance from both sides is the key I think to why egos, personality differences and more does not break the bond between us here. not too many seems to be able to handle it. I know for sure I am gonna continue to do and to have what is with this dude. It is simply too good and it is simply not to be argued about. There is respect both ways no matter what it all is coming down to. Period.
Right now though I am sitting here with my pen and paper putting these lines down to remember and enjoy later - and to type in later for the diary pages you sit with right now in front of you reading. Waiting for GG to get his ass out of bed. I sit here too going through what to do and in what order for the day. I have a line of things I am so lookng forward to to go by and to see. Looks like it is not really going to be a large expensive spending trip this one I am on here. Not much to buy well there always is if you wanna like just be buying. But I am not doing anything unless it is Crue related.
However I also already have some stuff lined up coming September first. It is going to be a killer deal. No doubt. All personal stuff from the boys. Nikki and Mick. But as I have known for ages now you can only do so much with a thousand dollars. But surely they will do the collection good the shit that are to come. I will ahve to see my paycheque before i know exactly what I can do and cover this time around. But I am comfy about what in the end wil lgo down. I will enjoy this for sure it will be a really cool something to get. So many things in the wait that can not fully be described my happiness for here and now as I have so much on mind just for the day today. You have no idea how I feel inside today doing al lI am doing. I feel awsome. Let the non loyal haters sit around out there and go all apeshit about the posted but this time I have reached what I simply can not call anything but "I do not care anymore". Alright GG get out of bed now.
2:43PM local Californian time. Just got back to the castle here. We started today with breakfast at a bagel and coffee cafe kind of place near by. Man that was cool. Sitting on the sidewalk letting the hi how are you doings and the hellos fly around as people passed us by sitting there in a nice morning fresh air and great temp. Not too hot and deffenately not too cold. It was perfect. I loved it. It was so coolthis place hope to get by here again some time some day.
Now, back from a trip that has taken me round to see some of the even more missed out places in the neighborhood that holds some Crue history and more. Most of the stuff obviously was gated as expected but still pretty cool to see and think back on the details an known data attacehd to the places and the band what ever went down there. Yeah it is pretty cool. Loved the ride. Loved the chance I as handed here thanks man. GG this means more than I cna tell you. It will go down on the pages of "meet n greet" Cruecial sighs later on. Thanks brother appreciated this one. I get why these doings are so complicated and time demanding and expensive in gas and more course nothing is just around the corner and nothing is really right next door to eachother. It for sure demands patience and money to do. But I love it loads never the less. For god sake.
We drove by some pretty cool places. Nikkis heroin house 85 - 87/ 88. One of the places that I had really hoped for to be aloud to see a little more of but it is so covered in plants and trees now a days. How ever I have had so many thoughts to this house and so much we all know about now from the book and more. For sure the darkest place in the mans living life for sure. Many thoughts to what I see as always. I do not go to places and locations and stare for thirty seconds and then split unmarked. I always have a lot to go through and sort out in my head as I go to places that holds any Crue history. It is like short movies playing in my head every time a new location is tracked down. Nothing less. Ever.
The old liquer store that also Tommy used to work at. You may go no, no, no youre wrong dude that was Nikki. Yes Sixx worked at one too but not this one here. Tbone was here asa really young kid and it was right in the middle of all the small town spots north of Hollywood. Cool to think about the area the boys ran around in puts a lot of things in perspective for sure. On to the Hustler mansion. the location that the phtos for the front cover issue back in the day was shot at and the location that used to have the Motley boys aroud a million times back in their heydays. You better believe you could be standing outside the gates to theis address and almost daily if you were aloud to stand there you could bump into a celeb all the time. Many came here including our boys.
We drove by Playboy and other places too Mr P. Stanley. All very much cool. But to be honest no need to say nor post a whole page on these thigns here really course it obviously only really makes sense if and when you yourself is actually standing there at the location. So why not just move on to the last place we went to and tell you a little more about this one. No it was not a Crue sight at all. It was on the other hand a very cool place that holds about everything. A small yet not as small as it looks form the outside store that is in the some what alternative buisness. Maybe that is why the name of it is "Wacko". This place was kind of wacko. Wanna hear a little about it? Alright.
Okay you go to the end of Hollywood Blv and you start seeing this is so far away from what you even thought was Hollywood Blv. You see this buildng and you may think like I did "what a weird alternative junk store with a hymn to the funny tobacco. Well that was what I saw it lik first hand. Did not at al lknow what I could actually expect inside of this place. But I got suprised. Walking in the door I first noticed stuff like it was a junk or swag shop. Anything your heart desire for stuff that is for sitting in the window hangin on the walss or put in your car or you know something .... but after a few minutes I noticed that this place had more than just weird junk and alternative swag shit. All of a sudden popped up a section of music books you would not believe and a section of other genres of books. Many cool different kind of culture stuff. Like from Africa, The middle East, And many other places on earth. There were tons of different funny things and if you really wanted to go through it al lyou could easerly spend an hour or more.
I think we were in there for a good 45 minutes. I found it very interesting and all and I desided to call home. Call my girl to hear if there was anything I should for her even though it was insainly hard in the way that she should more than likely have been here seen this shit with her own eyes. He would have bought a huge box of different stuff no question. So much different stuff here. I actually did hold in my hand several things I thought of buyoing but I never did. I tried to maintain focus on the things I had sat up as priorities really in my head for this one. But let me tell you you ever wanna witness a funny and very different kind of store for your Hollywood memories this is the one. "Wacko". It holds not much of the regular Hollywood gimic souvenier stuff for sure but then again that there really are more than enough of too on the Blv. right? You bet your ass there are.
So we left ones again empty handed and we drove by to get a bit to eat and then back to the castle of GG`s. Incase you are wondering why the heck did not I grab the stuff I so helt on to at the funny store? Well there was one reason only for that. This was not Crue related and I still had not gotten the Festival merchandise holding the bands name to what ever there would be up for sale. So I have to admit I left it there for some other time to vicit. I had my mind and plans and focuses worked out. I needed what ever there was on the Sunset Strip Fest. Period No matter if it would be three items or it would be ten items. I had to get it covered to bring back home. I also had to remember to pay food gas for the car and more such things for the practical side to the trip. And a matter a fact that was all I had paid money for today so far. Well now we went back as said. Stayed home for me to put these lines down on paper as detailed as possible for the future to rememebr the round drive around. Seen a lot of things and places I had yet never been to before. That was really cool. Cool as in hey this is what this shit is all about for me. Nothing bad to say about it at all.
Let me jump around a little in time for the day here. It actually is already Saturday. It is 12.45AM here now. We are back from yet another but also this Friday evening and doings. Been over the top cool. How fucking awsome a night this has been. As we earlier got back in the late afternoon we sat down on the couch to simply chill out and relax. Watched some TV and just were laying back so to speak. damn that too felt nice. The program we have for ourselves the few days here for me as said are packed to the max so this little time out sort of thing infront of the TV was actually very cool. Highly appreciated anyhow. This chilling was starting around a quarter to five in the afternoon. we had talked back and forth about maybe headinto hooters lol, lol, lol you got it.
Hooters to get tonights meal covered even though it can so easerly be considered junk food. The chilling was going on as we gained new strength for the evening to come. Holy shit were we excited about htis one. Buck mother fucking cherry the local boys the band I thnk is the coolest rock n roll band around these days was to play onthe festival. But no bg scenery here tonight it was gonan be a stinky hot overpacked show at the old skoolspot The Roxy. God damn I was excited you haveno idea. And my man GG was more than just ..... you figure that one out. We were really looking forward to the shit coming.
Headed off from the house round 7:30PM and drove to the infamous Kodak Theater and parked our car there only to go up straight away and on Hollywood Blv. we quickly found it. Hooters. Got welcome greetings from the light dressed youngsters that was ment to be this places sexy little servants for all costumers coming in. How can you not find that a cool something? C`mon any guy would say hey this is pretty neat. Some would perhaps even spend more money than they had plans for simply course they feel kind of silly and giving seeing these chicks walsh around in only a top and extremely small hotpants. That temptation by the way was not on GG`s or mine shoulders at all. we got the menu cards and desided that we wanted several small meals and just eat a little bit of everything actually. No other or further temptations even though this chick came by god knos how many times trying to sell us shit even pictures poseing with the girls or one favorite. No thanks not for us.
Tonight was all about what I was coming over here for this August. Roc N Roll not chicks in hotpants or stuff. So there covered that one to be cleared and safely sounding. Thank you. Ones again we had several cool talks over dinner. Shared a lot of stories. Questions and answers on cultures, different spoken languages, personal lives, daily stuff, girlfriends and more. Really nice guy chat over salad, chicken wings, french ffries and more .... loved what we had become so good with sharing al lthese things. Shit. Thanks again GG how cool a time we actually had on this trip. It is a really pleasure and nothing but. After Hooters we went stright down Sunset and to the location of magic for the night. The Roxy. Fuck man this was to be a story of its own too.
Ohh boy getting to the area of the location of The Roxy it was now around 8PM. The line outside the club was long a s hell already and after parking the car we quickly noticed that also the inside of the Roxy was pretty much stuffed to the max at the moment. The opisit side of the clubs where we parked there was this 6 feet tall banner 2 feet wide standing on the ground with all the festival bands listed on it and I was so fucking close to just bring it behind the building and take it. I have seen so many banners at this time that was for and about the festival and I never got any one. Did not do it though. On the side of the street people were leaving the club in a steady steam course so much else was going on in the clubs here as part of the Sunset Strip Music festival 2011.
Now, how this worked was; the ones that held the single event tickets were let in first and foremost then after that the media and press and exclusive VIPs and then the three day ticket holders. Now me and GG were kind of in a different boat at arrival time really. I was havng my friend here a HUGE Buckcherry fan he did not have any ticket at all. It was a sold out gig and it was a gig that seemed to have more interest from people than what the club could even hold. So I dare ay the ones being in the house as the band actually goes on should feel extremely lucky. Fuck man this gig was about to get a landmark of the bands carreer having in mind how bg they already are. This is no longer an up and coming artist. Way many years to their name and past a decade in excistence by far. Shit.
I am tempted to say obviously GG found a girl that was his saviour almost before we even got to the front door. So in he went. Damn it. I now was outside waited in line for quiet some time but guess what? I to be standing in line with a couple of pardon my expression mid aged girls they were extremely exciting to me. I have to say I especially had the attention to one of them. She was a lady that in 1981 was neighbour to ... can you guess? Are you ready for this? The motley apartment on Clark street. Fucking ey. We almost instantly hooked up and shared a lot of cool somethings. I gotta admit she seemed so calm and totally down to earth. The sweetest one you can possibly imagine today she is .. you know what I am gonna hold that to myself including her name. But my god the sweetest thing. And she was so open to sharing stories and listen in on me and my world. Very unlike the few someones that spread ongoing shit about people. We exchanged numbers and emails and I am gonna get in touch with her the minute I get time for all that. You have no idea how cool I felt and blessed sayonh hi and hello to one that lived there and had these over exciting stories to be shared. Man I can only imagine her so hectic and misserable nights at that place from the three youngsters in Vince, Tommy and Nikki and all their partying. Shit.
Found myself tinking a little too much of the sidewalk street festival banner in vinyl had been a cool thing to add to my collection back home but I was not gonan steal anything that was not an eay doing. I would not wanna be messing up the chance to get this festival under my wings in calmly behaviour so no. But fuck I wanted it. After much talking to these girls of the nextdoor neighbour ot the band back in the day and others in line from Canada we were finally told that we could be pretty sure that we would get in.
A little bit later the door man came out again and said okay I need 7 more people and thats it. No more. We are at this clubs limits . I was number eight to be honest. The girls and I said no no no wait a minute this gy came all from the other side of the planet to see this and he did not believe me. So he asked for ID I showed him my passport and he said no way. Okay man you are the last to enter. Enjoy the show. Guess what I felt?!! Relieved and very excited. And now I wanted to see the band killing me from an awsome performance and then look for a shirt I wanted a Buckcherry shirt. Still did not have one. As we entedred throughthe door the sound of the band got loud and they were just abotu to hit the stage.
Man oh man this was cool. Am I forgetting my Crue passion here you think? No way do not worry. I am all in balnce ontop af that for sure It is just that this is a highly beloved band in a fucking club. have seen them a few months back playing for 15000 now it is more like 600 or so. Fuck man, This was to be cool. The temp raised like a muther fucker in only one or two songs you were sweating like hell. Even just stabding there watching. I wanted to test my new camera too. So I snapped a load of cool live shots of the band. Great shots actually. Happy about that. Man they were on tonight. they roced and had a sick setlist. Loved this one. Buck... thanks for an excellent cool time at the Roxy this evening. I was overwhelmed. The show stopped and I went to see if they sold shirts here at this exclusive show. Yes they did got one for myself a simple cool hollywood buck shirt and one for my girl. She will love this one. What a night.
There are no other words to cover it than I would not have missed this for the world. The event here at the Roxy presented and delievered by local Hollywood attitude boys Buckcherry they fucking killed this night. Again this was my and is my absolute personal opinion. There should have been more bigger doubt to the matter if the band could pull it off so rock solid on my part as I saw this band as an arena band. Could they still do the clubs? And rock it out like it in the end leaving the place as a won over battlefield in steaming heat coursed couse the place rocked like it rarely had been rocked before. Well let me tell you - they did no less.
Enough of the cherries now right? This is after all a Motley Cre site loved, hated envied and more. It was no way near ment ot be taking this much space in my diaries this club gig but it was just overall awsome. From the Roxy to another steaming and overpacked place. We headed to the neighbour club. The Rainbow Bar & Grill. We needed a beer or two after this one. Holy shit. Another star packed Rainbow this evening. No question the Sunset Strip Music Festival was good for the clubs buisness and all. I bumped into a lot of people here the good hour long stay at the Rainbow before heading home. Hi and hello to Sebastian Bach, my god he looks old now. I do not really know why but I sensed for sure a shock that it was this easy to see. DJ Ashba, the Buckcherry members or a few of them an Ex-W.A.S.P. member and others in the distance. There are not many words mor to say about this evening. One covers it fine B i t c h i n. great rock n roll night with loads of cool morning and afternoon stuff too. I loved this. Tomorrow this main event for my going anyways the live in the street concert by my four rock n rollers. Motley is to be set up live in the street of Sunset Blv. I for one can not really wait for it. I just hope I will not be or get dissapointed. Crazy shit, Good night America where ever you are.
Saturday August 20th and 21st, Got up took my morning shower and started this diary at ..let me see... at 8:50AM. Wau, slept a little more this morning than any of the other days. Okay have to say it felt nice and also I guess I have needed it big time too. Every day the last three days have been long and busy. No complaints no, no, it is not that. Just been really full on but as mentioend here and there with a smile it has been busy long days. Loved it. Now the longed for big bang and more than likely last ever gig in the streets of Hollywood. Motley Crue live out side the clubs where everything started for them in 1981. As GG got up we for sure sat relaxed and talked a bit til lwe left the castle round noon. We were to pick up a guy a friend of GG`s that was to attend the show today too. One that I actually came to like a great deal as well as this other guy that I was in the evening introduced to. Yes this was a pleasure solidly for sure. Thanks GG for letting me met them and thanks to the guys for being so cool.
I feel so much has happend in a good way today. Let me see if I can nail it down so at least some of it makes most possible sense. After picking up the friend to GG we drove to a spot that had I think it was like Mexican food. At least it was quiet spicy. Great stuff to be honest. I said as we stood there in line just order for all three of us and let me know the total. It is all on me this one. Let us start this day greatly. I am very happy for what we are about to do and what I personally am about to add to the books of adventures in my Crue life. So a mid day meal to start off greatly hey I am only happy to do this. I think we sat there for a good maybe 30 minutes. Talked and all. Then we drove towards Sunset Strip. We got into Hollywood at the Key club end of the street. If that to some of you makes a little sense? Anyway as we got there things were blocked off and GG told me we would meet later they would set me off in the streets near by the entrence so I would not miss out the opening act. Black Veil Brides.
I stood in line at the entrence for maybe 15 to 20 minutes that was all. I was in pretty quickly. Past the many check points and security spots and in I went. I was only then at that very minute getting clear thoughts to the fact that I actually was here now. I obviously had had some weird uncertain understanding of it the past couple of days. Hey world I fucking made it. You have a faily good idea at this point what it means to me. You that have followed this site for a long time now you know what I feel what I think sometimes maybe even before I actually do think it... right?
I was hungry for checking out the stuff here but I decided that could wait till after Black vil Brides. I really wanted to see them on home ground. They are too from here and I wanted to see the hype and all. They have covered every single rock and metal magazine in the world 2011 and I was very curious to if they had the same hysteria created here in the US of A as they have in Europe. My fucking god. Over there they have every rock n roll goth interested teenager in their pockets. No kidding. Europe and B.V.B. goes hand in hand at home. So I picked my spot very close to the stage and decided to stay there for the show in case I also wanted to shoot a few photos of the band. I actually did end up taken a fairly loat of the band a lot no good but stil la few truely clear nice ones for sure. I need to look more into the different kind of programs in the new camera of mine here. And I long for getting to be more close to it for sure. No question this camera is fucking killer. And I am so happy I have gotten it.
The Black Veil did okay but not as hysterical as in Europe. This band has slowly gotten under my skin too. not in a massive way. They are for sure the goth and teenagers world. That is certain. They sell a shit load of tshirts but then again they have this shout at the devil / Kiss / Cooper look. The heavy make up and costumes that also can do no failure in the posing and photo shootings they do. It all creates itself there really are no need for xtra kind of xtraordinary game plan to do great shots. The costumes, the hair and makeup does it al lfor them. I guess to many it is what KIS used to be for the youngsters. More of a visual interest and success than fully understanding what it was all about? Yeah well that is not to be argued but stil lthey have not fully gotten the serious hook line and ... to my flesh. Cool entertainment and heavy rock n rol lthough. Yes sir.
Speaking of new bands or so n so new bands - GG introduced me to a band calling themselves 18 Visions. It took maybe three spinnings of the CD before it really got to me in a way where I said this band is killer. There are so many cool tracks on this one. It turns out there are a few more releases by the band 18 Visions but this one was the only one that I needed GG said. I love it. Thats a different kind of story. But the thirty minutes Black veil Brides played they rocked hard and in your face like they are famous for. Thumbs up. Cheers guys.
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30th Of December 2011, Vegas, What Do Ya Know??
06:20AM CET
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Fuck in hell the is almost over folks. What the heck happend? I find not time as in days or weeks no more to be passing by like in the speed of light. No, I see years flying off passing by faster than I care to admit really. It is a real rude awakening for me. Life is fucking passing by before I get to do all the stuff I like to do folks. Sadly time passes by and ages you like it or not. And then we are all sometimes looking in the mirror and then you sometimes wake up and feel really shocked and misserable. I think I am quiet happy with the goals I have sat for my own life so far. It has its ups and its downs but who hasnt no matter their goals? Right? Right!!! Well here goes nothing on that account then. 2011 is soon over another good 36 hours and we are at the new - 2012. That year with what concerns this site and my side of life that holds the same has knocked on my door and have now offered me a one off chance to go to see two shows in fucking Las Vegas in February. Man I am almost speachless .Do not really knwo as off yet if I can shall or will go. But hey I have a good 24 hours to think about it and give the individuals the needs a reply an answer. It is truely really cool. Really exciting and I have to say it is truely a think I can or should I say could not believe could actually be happening for me. Gotta give it some serious thought too before I write it off of my wall so to speak. But one day is my limit to reply my time glass to save a chance to go see this much talked about tour in Las Vegas. Speak of the devil what a fucking cool way to end this year with an offer like that. Hell yeahhh...
Now today should be the dayt and last day too for adding things to the site for this year. I ones again wanna take the chance here and now to thank all for looking in and following and sharing your thoughts and opinions in emails to me and postings in the kicksatrt section guestbook. It is such a thrill to me personally to share this with you all. I have always wanted to see such a website on my favorite band but noone has ever even tried to do it. Lol, lol, lol I understand wy not for a good few reasons some would be it takes a serious long fucking time and you oughta be willing to burn out a few scanners a camera to be well used a lot of editing hours and a shit load of time in general just to do things and set this shit up. Even just like this is set up. Plus another reason is you really gotta think about it to share such a treat withthe world an also bring shitty experiences. Bad mouthing, jealousy, ripping and robbing you, you name it it can all come around. But I did it to see what I have myself and to share it with the world course a lot of these things are not to be found no more and most of a lot of it is now a days rarely seen. Including articles shirts posters and shit. It still is a really cool fun thing for me to do. And I love stil lto be sharing this with you all. I also continue to hunt the wanted and still missed items and all that I know it is a hard fucking task to set for one self but it is so much more than a spare time passion ofr me now. You see things are never just so and so with me. If I set my mind to something major I do it ...major. Or not at all. Hopefully that will give a new sort of meaning in 2012 as we "meet" again.
I hope you all have gotten your download of the Sixx AM "7" CD? If not do so. Also find below the first pictures of some of the four stringers own personal tour passes he ownes for a short while longer that should becoming mine in a really near future. More of that same kind of things are for sure being worked on as also mentioned inthe last made and posted diary on here. So many things are really cool to have set up a few doings about. I love it. Loads of cash and we do not have too much of that but still the hard work and long hoours earning them are transformed into a long lasting satisfaction by gaining some of these things some of these items to add to the collection sometime soon. There are loads of cool stuff to get around also in the new year to come. Watch for the news about the band too not on here but in the news / headlines and hopefully we will not be loosing Vince neil any time soon but rather see the band going on till round the already shared news flash ... 2014 / 2015 and end on top with a huge BANG!!!! Much shit to still be coming out and lanidng in your face from both the band and the site here. Greetings from Denmark and hey... Much love - let me get back with you right after new years mid January maybe ..... and I will share with you too - if the Vegas adventure will be on my hands or not. Had been a fucked up cool thing to do for sure. Happy Crue year - make it a cool one but yet be careful fuckers. To be continued 2012.
Now today should be the dayt and last day too for adding things to the site for this year. I ones again wanna take the chance here and now to thank all for looking in and following and sharing your thoughts and opinions in emails to me and postings in the kicksatrt section guestbook. It is such a thrill to me personally to share this with you all. I have always wanted to see such a website on my favorite band but noone has ever even tried to do it. Lol, lol, lol I understand wy not for a good few reasons some would be it takes a serious long fucking time and you oughta be willing to burn out a few scanners a camera to be well used a lot of editing hours and a shit load of time in general just to do things and set this shit up. Even just like this is set up. Plus another reason is you really gotta think about it to share such a treat withthe world an also bring shitty experiences. Bad mouthing, jealousy, ripping and robbing you, you name it it can all come around. But I did it to see what I have myself and to share it with the world course a lot of these things are not to be found no more and most of a lot of it is now a days rarely seen. Including articles shirts posters and shit. It still is a really cool fun thing for me to do. And I love stil lto be sharing this with you all. I also continue to hunt the wanted and still missed items and all that I know it is a hard fucking task to set for one self but it is so much more than a spare time passion ofr me now. You see things are never just so and so with me. If I set my mind to something major I do it ...major. Or not at all. Hopefully that will give a new sort of meaning in 2012 as we "meet" again.
I hope you all have gotten your download of the Sixx AM "7" CD? If not do so. Also find below the first pictures of some of the four stringers own personal tour passes he ownes for a short while longer that should becoming mine in a really near future. More of that same kind of things are for sure being worked on as also mentioned inthe last made and posted diary on here. So many things are really cool to have set up a few doings about. I love it. Loads of cash and we do not have too much of that but still the hard work and long hoours earning them are transformed into a long lasting satisfaction by gaining some of these things some of these items to add to the collection sometime soon. There are loads of cool stuff to get around also in the new year to come. Watch for the news about the band too not on here but in the news / headlines and hopefully we will not be loosing Vince neil any time soon but rather see the band going on till round the already shared news flash ... 2014 / 2015 and end on top with a huge BANG!!!! Much shit to still be coming out and lanidng in your face from both the band and the site here. Greetings from Denmark and hey... Much love - let me get back with you right after new years mid January maybe ..... and I will share with you too - if the Vegas adventure will be on my hands or not. Had been a fucked up cool thing to do for sure. Happy Crue year - make it a cool one but yet be careful fuckers. To be continued 2012.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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26th Of December 2011, Follow Up Thoughts & Status
11:42AM CET
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Hello again been mind wandering last night after seeing the movie made of Georg Harison. The old one foouth of the Beatles. What a caracter. I never really sunk my attention into these four Liverpool lads from England. But they have some really interesting things and I have to say especially this man George. Ones again I opend my innerself from seeing this movie and was as I sometimes do putting life and all in it in perspective. I have to say a lot of my Crue life was torn apart and put together again about five times last night. There are so many sides to this Crue life of mine that can be hard to understand for any regular living person out there. And trust me when I say this I can fully understand that. I too would be really weird feeling if I too was looking in on a personthat had chosen to dedicate his or life to one major thing like this in his or her life. I am truely not gonna blame anyone that does not fully get it. I know that no one at my job understands it. Course they do not have that xtra depth to a sigle thing if we talk purely obsession and passion for what ever it may be. There simply is not that kind of person in my life. Some are fasionated by it others fids it as said before a wall of negative that is in the way for them to have anything great with me. This man had his own things in life too and he said in the end of the Beatles. This is too much hassle with this band for me to be feeling pleased I am leaving. There are so many great things in it but I must go my on ways. Thats how I see life and regular living ... many great sides ad points in it but the complete package is just not for me. But what about my Crue life then? What ticked it to be torn apart and build up again like a puzzle last night. I think it was more a sort of okay what do I aim for next here. I am not gonna be able to do Vegas for the much talked about 12 shows thats gonna be legendary and I am not gonna be able to do a load of summer things with the job and shit that I hold now. So what? Well I am still not all sure. More settled on the first two months here I think. I wanna getthe personal stuff that I have been offered and then we will see. I anna aim to try to find the few instruments that I have been wanting for a while too. I am not gonna be able to just grab the shit like that and then if our front man Neil is deciding to stay there is also a tour thing in the summer to be looking in on for sure. I have to say there are so many things I wanna put in the calender and the year long moving is now first priority ones again and it has to be happening no later than March really. I have to get it done. It feels kind of urgent now. Sadly. but ones that step is made I have also to say there are so many great things to be looking forward to from taking that step and no more country crossings just to get home to my stuff.
I have a lot to look forward to already I know. Things that are already sat deals things that are calender marked live dates for the 2012 to come. Got the Sweden Rock ticket already and I have to say there are so many things on that bill alone with Crue that are so cool next year. But I think I am gonna aim high and do only three or two of the four days there next year as the band plays in Helsinki Finland the 7th of June in the middle of the Sweden Rock Festival and I grabbed a very expensive ticket to that already just to be sure so I have at least entrence to the event should I decide to go. My brothers passion being the swedish Crashdiet is on the support slot so it will be a one of thing I think. But what a cool thing to have too. so many great things in June and then I am also in the middle of a few more deals by then plus all the stuff that comes from here to there and the chance of setting up a VERY short trip over should Cruefest III be happening .. then for a good two or three shows then home.. course that is not gonan be happening not a long regular time scedualled week or two this summer no can do. But a couple had still been cool. Funny these days I think ore merch tan actual live events. Theere has to come something up that is truely new and cool and a fairly large change in the setlist. But I truey doubt that that will ever happen again.... I can not see it to be honest. Sorry guess this is the rsk for seeing and doing too many things in their name you want changes and you change focus on things I guess. I have done so at least I am not gonna deny that. But the Swden ROck Festivla should be good and also tons of good things on the bill to see never the less as you know I have been preachen long now about it www.swedenrock.com if you are curious enough. Tickets go quite fast so dont think too long.
Some of the other cool shit that I am offered and have plans on seeing if I can find is the box set from Greece. Only a couple of handfuls were made of this. the same person have sold some really hard to find stuff on the band. I think some of them are fan made in maybe a couple of handful edition but they are quiet cool never the less. Well made and quiet cool. This one holds what you can see here below. There are so many things really also the newly released official japan only Too Fast 30th anniversary box it is fucking expensive but it is also in a good six months or so almost impossible to find i think and it is not gonna be around long. I remember the complete Japan only box CD set that was around a few months then gone and then pops up the empty cardboard box with the picture of the Too fast cover on the box for the same set EMPTY to an offered 100 dollars. It is a pretty hard to come by box set now a days. So I think this LP box for the Too Fast release in Japan is gonna be the same. But I truely need to get he box covered in no later than late January if I want it I think. Maybe I should write the seller and ask if he would hold it for me. Ahh hnot easy dude it is always the fucking money as for everyone else. I know it is really a scam. A tough cookie to look away from . It is quiet honestly impossible.
So many things can be told and shared here right now after the many thoughts from last night but I think it would actually be a bit boring never the less the thouhts were many really many and I have to say too a lot of the cool shit that is gonna go down and be gained next year will make the collection even cooler than what it already is. I am just really happy about what has been found so far. I know the costs of all that has been required to get things here and it has not been an easy task. Cost me many friendships jobs and more. That should never have been the price but it has been. Misunderstandings egos and selfishness are not cool to have if you are around this bull. It will never work, I tell it like it is straight out and there are only so many things people can have such a hard time with it is actually scary. And then you start loosing what you never thought possible actually. 2011 has been a really great yera in many ways if we talk my Motley Crue living. loads of trips loads of shows and loads of new addings to the collection. I can hardly believe it myself that all that has been covered has been covered. But make no mistakes I am glad as a dog about it. More things are as mentioned lined up for the first 2 3 4 months of the new year already till the 30th of December be good ... Much love
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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25th Of December 2011, There Are Questions....
5:22PM CET
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Mötley Crüe's much ballyhooed Vegas residency this coming February only lasts three weeks, but bassist Nikki Sixx tells Rolling Stone it's just the start of what will be a crazy schedule for the band. "This is the beginning of what will be the biggest probably four to five years of the band’s career," he says. "We’re negotiating with a couple of other extremely huge bands on doing a co-headline tour, something that’s never happened before. There's new music in the future." New music isn't the only project in the pipeline."The other thing to look at is the wheels are in motion for getting the Mötley Crüe movie made now," Sixx says. "We finally got everything in order the way it needs to be done, and that’s gonna happen." The movie has been discussed for some time, and while Sixx can't give specifics yet, he promises the film, based on the group's memoir The Dirt, will happen. "We have sort of an agreement with a production company, directors, etc, to right now just keep it amongst ourselves," he says. "So once we have everything really together, we’re gonna let everybody know. But trust me, when I say the wheels are in motion they’re definitely in motion." This could be a last hurrah for the iconic metal group. "The band sat down and had a powwow as brothers and friends and guys who’ve been doing this for over 30 years, and we said, 'When is it time?'" Sixx says. "We’ve always said since we were kids we didn’t want to hobble in to the sunset. So after the movie, at some point – whether it’s within a year or a few years – we’re probably gonna have that conversation about maybe it’s time, maybe it’s time to go out on top." Sixx has an idea of how he wants Crüe to call it a day "If I’m watching my favorite boxer and he’s just won the heavyweight championship of the world and he retires it kind of makes the guy a legend," he says. "I always respected Led Zeppelin, and I’d rather Mötley Crüe be thought of as that type of band rather than a band that’s just going through the motions." For the moment though Sixx says everybody in Crüe is very focused. "We’re a hundred percent engaged," he says. "We’re sounding better than we’ve ever sounded musically." If and when when the end does come, Sixx can look back on a very successful run. "We’re really proud of what we’ve done, whether critics like us or not, whether we’ve won Grammys or not, whether any of that stuff," he says. "We’re proud that we did it on our own terms."
The bass wielding baron of rock n rolla is sitting opposite Sleaze Roxx writer Eric Mackinnon and looking incredibly youthful, energetic and literally half his age. An intricately and expertly crafted cake on the dressing room table, shaped like Sixx's camera with edible Polaroid style snapshots of his band's history, reveals it is the Motley main man's 53rd birthday in two days but Sixx is burning with the excitement and passion of a rock rookie and not one of the genre's legendary four stringers and a mouthpiece for an entire generation. Motley Crue blew like a hurricane force, literally, into Glasgow on December 9th and left their indelible musical footprint on the eardrums of their ever-faithful Scottish fans. Sixx has plenty to say on the much anticipated movie adaption of must-read biopic 'The Dirt', their forthcoming Las Vegas residency, the pretenders to the Crue throne and even the end of the legendary band - which may not be as far off as people think. "I don't think this band was meant to last and we've lasted way longer than anyone ever expected us to," smiled Sixx, leaning back in his dressing room. "For us it's about trying to find the right time to end it (the band) correctly. We've had that talk as a band and even in the last year or so we've spoken that at some time we're going to want to wrap this up. I feel really proud of the band but we are taking steps to finish the movie and when we do we'll look at that time. When the movie comes out it'll be time to finish on a high note, on a positive, and not like we're breaking up. I think that's a good thing and will probably put us about 35-years which is a long time for a rock band which is cool. We're not sad, we're happy." It is ten years since 'The Dirt' hit stores as a blockbuster collective autobiography which immediately saw the Hollywood studios circle the wagons but the project is now picking up speed to hit the big screen says Sixx.
"Everything is moving forward really quickly," he insists cautiously. "The best thing I feel would be to find a young, hungry bunch of actors which want to go all the way out and they will own it. People always say how great it would be to have 'so and so' in the movie but I think the actors should be unknown names instead of seeing an actor who you recognise from playing several parts and then you could see them as one of us. It won't be easy to get everything from the book into the movie and that's where we're at right now. We've met with the director and the production company and we're very excited but it's nothing I can really talk about right now but when we get the green light to talk about it we'll talk about it all day long."
One of the underlying themes from 'The Dirt' is surviving, perilously at times, a decadent and destructive lifestyle, peppered with close calls with mortality, drug and alcohol abuse and more than a few run ins with the police. But fast forward to the modern rock scene and Sixx confesses the new media driven age and renewed awareness would make it difficult for modern bands to follow their trail of hell, fire and brimstone but he has hopes that one will separate from the herd and step up to the lofty benchmark set by the Crue. "No, I don't think bands now could do what we did and I don't think society is geared towards that anymore," he mused. "I remember saying to my girlfriend one day, we were at a pool around noon somewhere, I think we were on the road, that nobody would be sober and someone would be in the bathroom doing blow and fucking fighting and throwing up. Nobody at this party would be sane and not just the bands as society was also completely off the rails. Then came the onset of HIV, political correctness, alcoholism, death, destruction and people began to think what could happen to them. Society started to change and campaigns like don't drive and drive started as the new generation came up and then being drunk wasn't seen as fun it was seen as being stupid and it kinda changed in a healthy way and I don't think we could have gone on much longer. We have the scars and the wounds from our time and we can't take back what we did as it makes us what we are. It was a rough one (laughs)."
"There has to be another band like us sometime again," Sixx continued. "When we came up in the 80s it was all boring fucking bands and boring fucking record companies, boring radio and boring press so we had nothing to lose and thought we'd crash and burn but that worked. We're in another place right now but a lot of bands are still really fucking boring. I'm trying so hard to find new bands and bands that can play and out of all this someone is going to come up, throwing up, fighting and its going to be good for the music industry. Now we have Lady Gaga, and God bless her, as at least she is fucking different and says fuck you. It'd be great to have a rock version of her and we will." There is one band bubbling under the radar who could pick up the baton from Motley Crue but only if they can find their anthem. "There are a few sparkling out there," insisted Sixx. "I think BlackVeil Brides are cool but I've told them they are missing one thing and they need to write 'Schools Out' or 'Shout At The Devil.' They've got to write that anthem to unify everyone as everyone wants to like them but they just haven't proven themselves yet. BVB have good songs but they don't have THE song yet but that takes time. Some people have it but some don't." Motley Crue are heading for Sin City next year after making more history after penning a residency deal at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for a three-week series of four-night concerts a week at the off-Strip casino starting on February 3 and running through February 19. It is another milestone for a band who have conquered everything in the music world and Sixx admits to being excited to find out, and experiment, to see what they can do with a residency.
He continued, "We're going to do the Vegas residency next year which will be cool. We're building the show now and have so many ideas. Fans can come from all over the country and stay at the hotel and be interactive with the show. It's very exciting to see what we can do with a residency. Europe or UK was a near cancellation for the northern gig. I mean we barely got in here today (Glasgow) with the weather and distance. We have two big sets with Motley and Def Leppard so we finally make it but to be able to stay in one place we think 'well we don't have to tear down so what more can we do and bring in' which is where we're at just now which will be very fun."
Motley almost didn't make Glasgow after Scotland was battered by a hurricane, dubbed Hurricane Bawbag (ball bag) by the natives but it'll take more than that a blustery storm named after a hairy nut sack to deny the legendary rockers the chance to play in a country Sixx is keen to explore further - starting with the famous Necropolis graveyard in the city centre. "We were in Nottingham last night (Thursday, December 8) and Mick (Mars) drove to Leeds and stayed there and drove to Glasgow. We were all on call if the plane wasn't going to be able to make it in so we were ready to drive up if required but we lucked out and the weather got good and we flew in. I just got here but I'm planning to go around the city a little in the morning. We're pushing back heading to Manchester tomorrow as much as possible to do that. I start with graveyards and I've been told to check out the Necropolis here which is one with so much history and I'm really looking forward to that. I want to stay here as long as I can. I have been to the UK a lot but I haven't spent a lot of time in Scotland as we're in and out all the time." "As an artist 'Too Fast For Love' is so different to 'Shout At The Devil' and it's the same with my photography," concludes Sixx. "I've just done a fashion shoot with New York Post based on 70s British Glam Rock which was a different experience. Then taking bits of architecture too. Early in my photography I thought 'pfft, architecture' but now I find it really interesting. As an artist I like expressing myself in different ways and as a musician it's nice to have done different side projects. I was never going to do Twitter or Facebook or be as open on the radio but as I go I wanted to be as transparent as possible and let people see through me and start to realise that's what being an honest artist is really about to make people happy."
On other Sixx news Nikki Sixx has stepped behind the camera to shoot a fashion spread for a New York City publication. The rocker completed the sexy, rock-inspired feature for the New York Post's Alexa magazine and Sixx hopes his latest project will show fans he's more than just a musician. He says, "People are realising that I'm not really a one-trick pony. I don't just make music. I'm an author, I do philosophy, part of a clothing line, I have a radio show. I'm in two different bands with very different music. I'm a father, I'm a recovering drug addict, so all these things I like to expose... "It's really awesome for the audience to go, 'Wow, I didn't know he was a photographer,' and then they start looking into photography and the messages and they go, 'It actually makes sense with what he was saying on his earlier albums... It's a theme of recovery." There you have some of the later news. What is the latest story on my own Crue life? Well not much since last posting how eer christmas has passed us now and more stuff like Sixx Sense items and Crue items was under the tree for me so it feels good.
I am really looking forward to the new year and that is for many reasons but all the latest stuff items and sectons expandings will have a last touch of magic December 30th. That is the date in the calender we will touch this site for the last time in 2011. The new year coming 2012 will more than likely hold and open up with new addings round mid January. I hope a lot for some great stuff to come in hand. The offers I have right now for the really good and personal stuff owned by members of the band are not peanut cash we are talkeing about so there may be few ites for the first long period of 2012 but they are items that are not just regualr and easy gettings. And that is enough for me to know. Till we talk again the 30th have yourself a merry christmas out there and enjoy the loving time of year. At least that is what it is suposed to be. How most of you out there manage to have just that. Thanks again, much love to al lout there.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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21st Of December 2011, United Kingdom & Cruecial Thoughts
11:48AM CET
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Thursday 6th of Dcember leaving Dublin harbour for the Wales and UK land for a six pack of motley live shows. The past week has been all Irish viciting my brother Billy in the irish and have gone through some stuff that was kind of suprising but also away from the fucking job and all that reminds one of the homely surroundings. It has been a week with rock n roll shows of Wreckless Love and Crashdiet. It has been relaxing times and city shoppings. It has been a shirt trip to northerrn Ireland for the Second Crashdiet show and it has been all happening in the start ofthemonth of Christmas. I love it. All the christmas decorations in all the cities have been great. nothing for the travelling company but so be it. I have been enjoying it. And that to me on egominded settings have been the most important detail to al lof this. The original idea was to go see my Irish brother and we should have a week off from al lthe daily doings and the daily soemthings. But it did not really go down that way to be honest. All of a sudden as I sit here at sea going from Ireland to Wales England I have flashbacks about the official annoouncement that the band was to come over for six shows in December after we had already bpught the flights for this one week that has now ended. So there went another single flight ticket in the bag and los of money again. But fuck it. It is with huige importance that I do this or now as I post this did this lol, lol but to get the six shows in the bag for me was somewhat important. Financially everything diagreed with me. here is the sum up on that one.
Okay this is the fifth time I am trying to type this down the computer has a really non functional life today that sucks major. I am so sick and tired of things like that feeling like waisting time for sure. Any way here goes nothing.... we have been obligated for a good 6 to 7 weeks time now to go to Ireland me my girl my brother for a week to see my Irish friend. I seem to miss him a little more oten than I care to admit really. I think we longed for a trip out and away from work and daily doings for a short period of time. I know I did for sure. So that week booked was neded for me. Then all of a sudden as mentioned in here some good few weeks back the band yelled out that they would come to the UK and do a tour. A total of six shows and then all of a sudden we had to book an extra ticket home and loose money on the first return ticket as we had not booked it with cancelation coverage. We felt dead sure to be going back then the first time. Oops.
Now we booked a return single ticket me and my girl. My brother just wanted this one week to go see his Crashdiet the Swedish band that he collects and then home. So the first week in Ireland went okay nice calm and all that. But yet I sensed our Irish frined had some sort of irritations going within himself. As I always say cant do help or try to help on things untold. I am don with the guessing games in the adult life. No more. I hate it. Anyhow as we were to hit the last evening in Ireland pre the UK and England tour the6th we went to Belfast for the last night and thats course of the Crashdiet show. But what rocked the boat I felt ...was the fact that Belfast and Northern Ireland was not Irish it was the UK. So they had currency of UK pound sterling there and not Euros like in Dublin and the south of Ireland. Really werd. I did not know this so I had all my Uk money stalled in Dublin and went with only Euros in my pocket. No credit card no nothing. Butthen my brother thank god steppedup and said I have he went in to a cashier machine and draw out 100 pounds. That was to cover the gas and food for all three of us and the Crashdiet and other doings if we got tempted in any way.
I guess you can say that that kind of saved all of us there. It was such a sad build irritation it felt so thick you could smell it. I feel sad that it was like that. But never the less we went we did we saw and we got through that one evening in Belfast. Then we witnessed the show of Crashdiet and for Morten (my brother) I guess you can say this week was a pure dream. They did two gigs Dublin Aand Belfast that we saw and Dublin was the smallest stage I had ever seen but it got completly filmed more than likely the only excisting copy in the world of that evening. Then he got that he met the band he got things signed he got all the merchandise covered he got a signed drumhead and more.... in Belfast he met them he got lots of live photos and more. He got the posters a total of five different ones for the two gigs... getting that has got to be a completely satisfying cool coverage of such a trip? I can with my Crue stuff starting the 6th in Birmingham only pray for one third of that list to be covered. Even that is with a great doubt that I will be getting that much. Bt I do know there are the official new stuff as talked about here amongst ourselves in Denmark I said there might be two or three new UK shirts thats all. Everything else will more than likely be the old stuff they still had in storage in USA. Tomorrow I will know for sure. This evening here was all my brothers and all in the name of Crashdiet. I begin to see shirts of them everywhere now - they are surely making a buzz. Good for them and good for my brother. I think he is really happy with the outcome of this trip to Ireland. He is very happy with the stuff he got I know it. So Belfast now done a quick split from there and now to Dublin for a handful of hours sleep then up again and we are sailing cross waters to Wales and England. Birmingham and first show tomorrow.
December 9th, the long ride to Birmingham was okay. I have to admit there was a huge part of me looking forward to seeing this trip coming. Crue shows again and more to be gained for the collection and for brain storage of memories of good. Sadly some things were not as hoped and wished for. More about it later. The day today has been a mix of weirdness and good. here is the case... let me run around in and out of the time scedual here a little bit. We got back from the show at the Birmingham arena annd this show tonight I gotta admit was not anything else but an adding to the list of shows that did not cut it for me. It felt and was quiet short and expensive.
I do not after tonight really see myself doing much Motley for a long time now live wise it feels like I need a beak from it as it is a band on sale in the sense that it is a feeling of a continued best off tour for me an ongoing best off tour since 2005. Only shorter and shorter. The same set list as in USA this summer with Poison. Part from they play "Mutherfucker Of The Year" here too. but I am really happythat i get to cover the merchandise side of thigns. There were four official shirts for this one. They are all now in hand. they even sell two shirts that are back fromthe tours of 2009 and 10. It feels uncool but a buisness move all together for sure. the prices on the merchandise over here in the UK was just rediculous. 25 UK pounds sterling for a shirt. That is about 40 some dollars a piece. And some of these sold shirts are now on their offical store up for grabs at under 20 each. I feel it being a rip off. But okay I should not complain I have all of those from a long time ago. Sorry to say it was not the biggets of suprises. We got there late to the venue Billy and I. Sadly there had been a nightmare and a stressful emotional something for some people on this trip figureing out the ways to the hotel and more. I praise ....that i am not a guuy of bad temper that would have made the day in hell had I had it.
Long story short we got there late at the hotel. My girl was missing only this one event ticket to cover them all with us but I talked her into staying home she felt bad she had fie to see from the day after tomorrow and she was really short on cash. As were we all I guess. This was not a trip and tour that financially cut it for me. At all. Anyhow I gotta admit something I am gald she stayed back at the hotel we took off to the arena missed the Steel Panther opening course of time. Then we got there and took a bite to eat and then Crue was in the middle of the opening "Wild Side" of this show and we went in. Fast show then I built up the described thoughts of the show and we talked a little about it after wards and decided to skip Def Leppard and head back so all in all we were awaya from the hotel maybe a good two and a half hours. Weird. But okay we were tired too. Needed the rest and had something else in store for the morning after.
The 7th it was time for my brother to leave Dublin for Denmark and I chattet a lill on the phone with him to make sure it was all okay and it was. Then we grabbed something in the hotel the morning breakfast was purely awfull never had such bad morning meal in my life I do not think. man it was awfull. But then came what I looked forward to a great deal. A trip from Birmingham where we stayed for two nights and a trip a little north to Notthingham for the Status Quo live "Quofest" tour. Supported by 80s ppop queen Kim WIlde and the 70s glamstar Wizzard alias Roy Wood. I of the three in the travelling company was the only one enjoying him but I did for my own musical interest and reasons. Thats right it was cool for me. Loved it. The Status show was cool. I loved the boogie rock as always. The band was in great frm and they delievered really well. Hell yes. No regrets there loved to get to see them in the UK. Killer feeling. have t say they made my evening and made it up for the slappy event last night. Cool really cool. This was to be the same arena we were heading up to tomorrow again for the Crue Def show. There were these huge cool vinyl banners hanging a few places for that so I ofcourse started getting ideas. But to kill the long speach the outcome is - no I did not get the banner home with me. Sorry!!!
The show in Notthingham with Crue was another well not too cool feeling. I began to feel a little dissapointed. Nikki slipped on stage this evening and was not happy. Mick blew out his amps so his guitar sound was shitty but it corsed Mars to actually step up in hs solo to speak to the audience and ecused himself for a fucking shitty sound but also to let us know he was aware of it and he as said excused himself and promised to finish the set as planned and make up for it till the next day!! We also saw the Steel Panther show and in all fairness they do what they do royally. Really good and great fun. But I think I have had enough of the cock and pussy jokes by now sorry. And ones you have that the essence of the Steel Panther is worth nothing, course there is nothing more to it that those two words.
We also stayed to see Def Leppard again a band delievering a bullet proof set mainly hits and avoiding the first two albums except one song. So this did also not cut it for me. Plus Joe Elliot had a winter cold so all high notes in the songs disappeared. Sounded shit. Fairly sad and felt a little sorry for them but stil lit sounded shit and people did not get the cool Def Leppard I know they can or should I say have been back in the day? I am not truely, truely enjoying this tour much. That made me sad. My best memories of Def Leppard still lays in the late 1980s. What a performing band that was then. Sweet jesus they took it. Now - I guess they tried but to me no it was not like it reached "it" at all. Sorry lads.
The much talked about bootlegers that sells shit inthe streets after every show - I grabbed a hoodie and a scarf from them this night. Both items fairly cool. Good made I think. And heyy to a one third of the price on products from the inside. Cool stuff back to hotel and slept for five hours then now as I write this we are on the road in a car on our way to Glasgow Scotland. My guess is the band is already there course the last two days there have been weather warnings on TV massively from and about heavy winter storms or wind and snow. We started to worry minor about these things. Could Glasgow and Scotland be cancelled? Could we be missing out on one show? We still aimed high and went up there. We met partly wind and snow but not much guess it had left us during the night. And for that we should perhaps be really grateful.
From what is with the shows and the fairly solid excisting dissapointent I am mostly looking forward to be meeting up with my good contact and friend Paul whom will bring me over 100 new 8x10s pro shots of the band. He is solidly cool and can get me professional photos 8x10s in the 1000s of the band live and from all the bands historic special events. I have already taken a good 1000 off of his hands with these. Love them much much much more to come in the next few years. Its a stunning collection to be wait and see. i would also like to go by that AC/DC excibition in Glasgow. It is a well cool thing to see if you are into the metal genre. And this band is a huge fave of mines we will see how things unfolds and all. Should be good! by the way Def Leppards guitar player Phil Collen was cellebrating birthday on stage last night in Notthingham. In two days it is Nikki Sixx turn in Manchester.
December 10th - Glasgow, Scotland goodbye!! Two PM we are rolling out of Glasgow after (finally to me anyway) a really good show. Same setlist and all but this evening last night was just really good. The best so far. By far. Thank you Crue. That feels a lot better. Glad we went. Still down that there is no real Too Fast 30th anniversary suprises but the maybe I am hoping for a little too much to be honest. But last night show in the SECC Hall 4 was great. What a fucking killer band they were all four of them were on as in O N ..... loved it. Also my meet up with my 8x10 photo guy went well. It was awsome how cool these photos are. My girl got her twenty new WASP ones too. the Crue ones I got this time was a complete coverage of the 2006 Spike Lee Video Award show where the band played live in studio, Huge set up and all marvelous photos. Ohh man. We some time soon will arrange another order for sure. Cool stuff.
The rollercoaster had not been fully functional here in Glasgow but I have to admit too I have been wondering how long it would take before something would happen or not fully be functional with this thing course surely the complete tour and mecanics in all honesty it can not be fully expected that all simply goes smoothly though it should every fucking ight. Well Glasgow was the night I saw that it was not so. Lol, lol, but it got fixed quickly. It was a nice failiure that proved it to be live like. Small fuck ups makes these things in the world of Crue cool I think. Perfection is not their game I do not think. And nor should it be. Also in Glasgow the band made their sound with Elliot official on stage that he had this wintercold I do not truely think it is onlythat. Look at David Coverdale and Paul Stanley they too can not deliever that perfection in the notes no more. But it is okay at least on KISS part I think. It is a show band more than anything. Def is not. They are all about the music. If that fails in any form I am not one to clap my hands red of joy. In my book it is time to welcome another rock n roller and legend to the club of stars not doing it over the top no more ... people put your hands together for Mr. Joe Elliot.
Loads of great and perfect memories for shit sure for me in that man that voice that band. But not anymore. That visit to Glasgow was a shot sort of 24 hour one to Scotland wth most of the time driving hours and resting from the exausting drive and more so we sadly missed out on the AC/DC thing I would have loved so much. Sadly also the hunting for the band as me and the Irish had talked so much about for weeks my frineds everything part from the shows had been dropped it truely felt weird and sad for me anyway. It was a huge long lastng guessing game in many ways for me. I do not really get it why that had to be. I can only say cover your own shit every now and then and dont open the can of worms they only grow if you feed them. So I began to simply mind myself and not argue. The company here on this rip is the ONLY one that I would never ever have expected this to be given permission to even happen. Al lthe guessing games and shit ... why not just say things calmly and honestly and talk for 6 to 8 minutes and get it over with. My god!!
My doings are not good enough for all people all the time. Sorry then. I do a load to get things in shape every time I go with anyone and mistakes and unforseen shit can happen but then we fix it. No need to be blah, blah, blah...inthe end we solved a sleep over miss out and left Glasgow with another three nihgts booked. All in the same hotel through travelodge in Manchester. Cheers for that one. Another long drive but a fairly easy one on all parts and a little more shared talk and more. Few more new shirts grabbed in Glasgow too. Collection growing for sure. Should maybe not get these bootleggers but they are cool some of them and onthis tour a couple of them even cooler than the official indoors and to the less than half of the price. No wonder these people survives in this buisness. That was the north of the trip now it goes down the landof England with now three more shows to go.
December 11th Nikki, hey congrats man happy birthday. 53!!! Now ready for the show standing tickets and only four to five miles away from the arena. No reason to think bad about anything. art fr being on the floor in the back and having another neck stretching evening to see anything. That is so not cool .I have an ongoing hate for that shit. Much rather sit in a seat and enjoy everything to the max. But in the tour of this UK december 2011 thing I only had seats to one gig - Glasgow. and look at the outcome it was the best of the three so far. Was in the front for the others incl this tonight at MAN Arena in Manchester on Mick Mars side of the stage. That will happen. Alright people seems like a starving stomack here it is right now 2PM in Manchester so food is needed. Be back later tonight closing todays posting.
Back at the hotel now. Manchester and Crue show is well over we ones again left the arena before Leppard even took the stage. Hard for my sweet girl to understand. But I am often like that. I go see what I am there for to see and then could not care for much else after it. The only Def thing you got tonight was as Nikki took the stage at one point introducing the band. It was here Joe Elliot took the stage and said "wait a minute - you are not gettin of this easy my man. This is your birthday and I am here to make al lthese people sing happy birthday to you". In a sum up that was pretty much the attention this birthday date got in this show. So not much of a suprise there either. I can not say what really is good or bad on that. The girls and youngsters wanted a lot more I guess some fun and some Six tease but it did not happen. All sang Happy birthday to the four stringer but thats it. Ok show but not near Glasgow. Sorry.
Tomorrow it is a day off and we stay in Manchester and relax maybe go into the city by buss and enjoy some time there. Then head to Sheffield day after tomorrow and then we see how things unfolds. After this only Wembley Arena in London is left and then it is back to the traditional daily somethings in Denmark ones again. Got two more shirts today and am now tragic low on finance beyind what you can imagine really. Plus a note landed in our faces today from a phone text message from my brother. His own musical passion the Swedish band Crashdiet is to support Motley Crue in Helsinki Finland the day before they play Sweden Rock next summer. that will be a ne off gig I thinkI should go. Fuck it is not at all cool not at all easy to cover things. Ask me if I feel pushed to a corner sometimes. The answer to that is a ringing yes.
Monday December 12th. No plans really so we wanted to go into Manchester and do things.Me to an internet cafe and the two other guys went to manchester stadium for sights and pictures etc. So for a good two hours I was on my own there solving emails adn more. Man it was not the easiest thing to do there were over 340 and out of those 42 really important ones. Me away form home and a computer for more than 10 days is not easy I tell you that much. My Irish friend have split from us on many ocations dont know why if I did not know any better I would say he wantedto be alone not the picture I have of him and my love for him and appreciated friendship and more is huge. Fucking huge but why all these things and signs are here I can not say. I see him stressed out on something. He handles certain things in a fairly sad way but that is ofcourse his own choice. Dear friend not putting you down here at all... Just think you took in more than you seemed to be able to chew brother. Sad sight.
As the two returned to the city cought up with me they went for something to eat with me and then Billy split again do not know to where or nothing but Tine wanted to say hello to an old long lost girlfriend from south America so I said okay let us do so. It was a very interesting evening and a sweet experience. Still trying to grab all I can that is in her life I have not yet seen or been a part of. Love all of it. It makes me feel good for sure. By the way nice chick. Happy to have met her. We ended up being in Manchester all evening till almost 10:30PM then off andd home again. Nice evening. Really. Billy was at the hotel as we entered the room again from a long day. Here he laid out another bomb on us. "I am splitting heading home after the show tomorrow you guys are on your own for London".
Instantly I could not help thiinking a few things but I feel deep inside I am only reacting on the surface in a way thats wrong. I was like "wtf Billy I thought this was an all planned something from the heart for several months now and not much has ome to what we talked about doing with this tour. Now this. Whats up??" Yeah I was fustarated and sad from it. But it was as mentioned his choice we hada really weid night here Tine and I. Billy too in a way I think. But never he less we had to sleep on it and go to Sheffield in the morning and then he would see the show with us sleep inthe booked hotel and then head home and we would have a buss trip to London and then solve things from there. Good night!!
Last day as a team and as the gang I love travelling with so much. We drove off with an okay communication and all. The trip to Sheffield was not that long at all. Maybe a good 40 minutes or so. Easy smooth but cosey trip through the old roads and landscapes. I enjoyed the backseat alone very much. More than the company that I travelled with maybe even were aware of. So all good there....
As we checked in at the Sheffield hotel again a load of mess with finding our ways through the city as so many roads are one way streets there. We parked and Tine and I ran down to get info on how and where roads could take us to this place we had booked. City hall was a sort of tourist information spot so we went in had a totally cool nice chat to them there and they guided us fine. One of the ladies was really high on herself from hearing that we had come al lfrom Denmark to see this show tonight. She went out side on the streets to show us soemthing onlythis city has their own walk of fame plagues to the city sidewalk. One was actually for Def Leppard given to them I think it was 2006.there were a good 10 12 plagues inthe round so far I think. But only Def Leppard as a rock artist. Pretty cool really. went back to the car and said to Billy that we had to go all around the city and not through it as city center would never take us there... but rather take us in endless circles.
We later n finally arrived and it was so to speak door to door with the train and buss station so as he would split in the morning we could actually walk to here from the hotel. We had no breakfast booked no nothing .... but we managed. What else? We withnessed the night and time of heading to the arena the perhaps coldest day on this trip. I can easerly say we were al lfucked up cold. And we took public transport to the arena here. Easy doiing but as we got there tons and tons of people were there already standing in the fucking cold and nothing was even close to being cool. Very bad organized. They should have been okay with letting pople in as they arrived pre planned doors opening really under the weather conditions. Finally as we got in it was emidiately a better feeling. We decided to stand by the fenze on the side not front not center not anything like this for this last night.
There was not a thing I could think more of than "why this weird trip?" Why this weird "wanted to be on his own so much?" A lot of questions passed through my skull as I tried to focus and enjoy the show here. This was the last night the last evening together again for some time. We left the place with me going this was the second best show from Motley so far. It was again a tight convincing gang hitting most in the face. I was curious about the Def Leppard show this was them boys home ground. The band is from here and I thought I wanted to see them burn this place to the ground. In the UK this band is mainstream and very hard on ... monster selling act and al lthat goes with that.
I felt I received a smelly fart in a box for a few minutes they did not burn this arena down as hoped for. At least giving me one huge kick in the balls to go home with. But no. I am tempted to say they did even better in some of the other places we had been at. okay Sheffield over with as well. as you may have sensed I am not posting a shit load of details here from this trip. You may also be wondering why? Lol, lol, lol some of you that follows these Cruecial chapters of my life may go ohh dear finally a fairly short written coverage of the two weeks he was aware on this trip. Well I fell down ono my ass some times from the to me unclear reason why there should be so little togetherness and shared somethings compared to the loads of sperate doings and single handed somethings on this one. I had refused to believe it had someone told me this could even happen. Anyway Sheffield got over with back to hotel and us straight to bed.
14th, We got up in the morning T 6:30am And I had to go with the man to the car to bring out the remaning stuff I had in it before he left. It was a sad few minutes here I did not really know what to say or do. I did not want to have this goodbye. Tell me brother why had you not laid everything behind and not giving yourself any stress to things talk to the people around you so you were totally off hook with obligations and more for the two weeks that was..... I think you looked stressed from day one. I was very laid back course as told to you weeks and weeks pre going I wanted a first week with ntohing major nothing huge and shit to do course a resting time was all I needed to have its been too hard too long on my shoulders. Wish you had promised yourself the same brother. Sad to see the outcome of this trip like this. All we talked about doing on this trip did never happen.
I went back to the hotel room thinking tons of things after the goodbye was done to my man ...sad to see him go as said. We got to a shared hug at the hotel room before I took a shower it was with mixed emotioned and thoughts about this split that was so fucking not counted for. I felt sad but could not really say if I was dissapointed or just not fully understanding the actions taken. Mostly course I had to be guessing things on most of this trip. But he was gone we were now on a buss arriving to London after four and a half hours long drive and talk lots of talk and comfort. London was on tonight the last night of the tour. The main event almost. we arrived with the buss at Victoria Station and stated to look into what would end up giving us a shock like non other. Our finances could just not cover what this new framings for the last day had cost us. in both time and money actually. We had to go all the way out to the airport leaving our luggage there for the night to be okay for the evening show. It was 90 minutes each way and it cost us a load of cash.
First we thought we would meet up with some people from Sweden and we could leave the stuff there at their hotel close to Wembley Arena but in short stuff were in the way for us to do that also we thought we could do a baggage storage at Victoria station but again time framings and closing hours were making that thought impossible too. We had no other choice than what we did. Traffic and more delaid the busses to and from the airport too so we were really not happy it had been one stress full day from 6:30 till the show started and we would again loose Steel panther and headed to Crue after still long queing we did not get in till the first sing had begun. BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD organizing!!! Feeling sorry for the ones that came to see Steel Panther course that did not happen for the ones in line. The night was somewhat magic. AWSOME crowd, good pumped Crue and also Leppard really. Glasgow took the price then London and Sheffield the other three shows for Crue were nnaahhh not too cool I do not think. We had to split right before the last two songs from Def Leppard to manage the last trian to the city. Sadly. Did meet up with Annika and her new love of her life. Never really managed to meet others. There were things in the making but thise too never happend. We had not time or anything else eally on our side today. We had to get something to eat which was at Victoria after midnight some fast food that I really hated buying. I am no good with that crap. Then off to the busses at Victoria and grabbed the 1:30 buss to be at Gatwick airport at 3:00AM.
The 15th Of December, the full night and morning were not cool.We were tired no comfort no bed for the night no nothing no mone no cool....Arrived at Roskilde doorstep in the afternoon and again more hassle and shit to be faced. I grabbed a quick shower then off to the busses was to share things with my brother the next day really. Tine and I went to her place I helped her carry her stuff it was a lot and suitcase going back to her place too. You see there are so many things we wanted to clear up and clean out today even though we were fucking tired and all. Tine to the showers and she agreed with my reaction as i got out of the shower before we left. that as the best thing that could have happend. Doing laundry and more then we sat down and relaxed in comftable surroundings before bedtime. We were insainly tired an felt half bad. Everything was to be fixed shared scanend taken pictures of and more over the next two days so that happend (last weekend).
Since this posting was started another huge muther fucking downer has come to surface look at this shit; Vince Neil says he is seriously contemplating a split from Motley Crue after their run of concerts at the Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel from Feb. 3-19. “It’s not definite, but I am thinking seriously about it,” the Las Vegas resident said. The news that Vince might be calling it quits comes on the heels of his 50th birthday this year, obtaining final divorce papers from his ex-wife Lia this past weekend and a long year of international touring with both Motley Crue and his solo band. Vince and Motley Crue have just wrapped their most successful touring year yet of their careers coinciding with the band’s 30th anniversary, closing with a sold-out U.K. tour. Vince then jetted to his yacht in the Bahamas for a vacation, where he told me exclusively that he might not continue with the group after Las Vegas.
Vince had just returned from a fishing trip where he hauled in a 350-pound bull shark off Bimini and then let it go back into the Atlantic waters, saying, “I’m having a great time here -- I could stay a year! I’m sitting on my yacht, contemplating my future, and I'm not sure it will be with Motley Crue after Las Vegas. Great things are coming up and pushing me in another direction. “This is all about me thinking about the second half of my life, thinking about my future, and that future might not include Motley Crue after Vegas. There are so many opportunities that are in front of me that I’m really excited about. I just don’t want to look back later in life and regret that I didn’t pursue them. “I’m just not sure I can give these opportunities the time and effort I’ll need to and continue with the band. It’s been a great ride, and I've enjoyed every second of it, but being out here relaxing in this beautiful place has given me the chance to reflect on what direction I want the rest of my life to take. I'm really giving it a lot of thought.”
This wouldn't be the first time Vince has exited the Crue. In 1992, when the band was at its chart-topping heights, Vince left Motley Crue and was replaced, but the combination of a new singer and a changing musical climate proved disastrous for the band's next album. By 1997, the original band members were back together. There have been other personnel changes in the band, notably drummer Tommy Lee leaving in 1999 to pursue a solo career. However, with the band's return to the charts in 2005 with "Red, White & Crue," Motley Crue has again become one of the nation's most successful touring acts. Vince says he’s in a comfortable and contented place in life and that he’ll make a final decision about what’s next in his life after the Hard Rock concerts have ended. Vegas DeLuxe will follow this developing story and keep you posted first with his final plans. Brought to you by, Robin Leach who has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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17th Of December 2011, Home Sweet Home UK Burned
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As to be read about and to be told about about in the next started diary posting on here my friends I am back from the UK Crue tour 2011. A lot of new stuff from the late 20 11 is today added on here today and only one more item and category expanding is to come now before the new year knocks our doors down. You will like what comes I guarentee it. The 2011 will be closed with some heavy collectibles and they will be taken like with the same pride I have taken a lot of other things in the last few years. The complete rereleases for the UK European exclusive back catalogue is also in the mail and did not make it til ltodays adding and work on here. Sorry about this. They will ofcourse all come and get added on to the CD and vinyl sections on here. I have so many deals inthe mail right now and so much other stored small somethings but the mail at christmas time is not the fastest in the world so as for my self be patienced. Things will unfold eventually.
So how was the trip and the six shows in the UK then? Well as mentioned I am in the middle of writing that. But I can share this right now it has been really variated thoughts and feelings for sure. No question to it. Not the coolest of cool then again quiet col after all... makes no sense? Alright I tell you al labout it in the next to be posted diary on here tomorrow. I have so many things to say and share really with out it being as long as lthe summer 2011 tour diaries of America half a year ago. But there are to be a new posting as said tomorrow about al lthis and then there are so much news too. Already the band is lined up for several spots next summer in Europe and incl their own shows here and there. Like Helsinki Finland the day before the Sweden Rock festival gig they are to play in June. There are so many cool things and so many worrying somethigns that I do not even know where to start and where to lay off in the new year to come. Tragic but true. Right now I am in serious lack of rest sleep and just easy laying back from a VERY rough last three days so I gotta split. be with you again tomorrow and enjoy the new stuff thats on. Quiet cool...
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27th Of November 2011, Gearing Up
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Sunday noon. I am ready to leave for this years absolutely last adventure in the name of the Motleys. It has been a fight and a struggle to complete things the last long time to be honest. I feel I am in the middle of something that shapes my coming future at least my coming future for some time. I am not liking it too much. Things are rough. Not only financially and all that. At work they are really doing a massive job on forcing us all to work longer deliever more inthe same time in the same amount of hours. It is purely night shift and it has now begun to take a serious bite of my body. You can only guess how bad it feels unless you yourself has a job that truely makes your body sore on a daily basis and you feel most for getting the hell out of there but finally this country this year has given in and admitted we were not as good off inthe world economy crises as the fucking last goverment bragged about. We are actually way worse and the new installed goverment has now been forced to take the heat so to speak for the last fuckers to have taken this country down the drain. Mutherfuckers. It is fucking hard times here in this country and there is not much showing the opposite really.
I myself have weakly been thinken about the collecting life that I lead. Is this situation enough now to make me say okay I simply have to let go cut back retire and all that stuff as the situaton is as it is and it will continue to be like this for several years to come?!! I gotta admit I lay my ear up again a ringing bell going "hheeellll nnooooo". My willingness to sacrifice and just hurt more for my passion seems to still be there intact and well alive. Amazing. I am actually a little stunned about it myself. But as said right now it is the 2011 UK tour that is in my sight and I plan on making it a fucking killer one. I kind of have to really. I will have this one covered in its full and there is nothing that can make me back off of it. I am really very aware of what I can be in for. It can be the cheapest thing ever again ..... or there can be a good load of merchandise that will more or less ri my head off in costs. I lean towards the first. And I tell you why. It is my prediction that they will bring all that was made new in the summer not holding the dates on the back along with maybe two or three UK tour dated shirts. That is all I believe there to be.
by the way Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has revealed he is working on TWO new books and is planning to release them in 2012 and 2013. The co-author of the classic 2002 Crue autobiography 'The Dirt' and 2007's 'The Heroin Diaries' was answering questions to fans on Sunday when he spilled the beans in a Facebook post. "Neither book is like anything I have done before (I guess you can say the same thing about 'The Heroin Diaries' and 'This Is Gonna Hurt', too)" says the man himself. "I pride myself on not writing the same book over and over and also not using a ghost writer. Of course, it takes longer, but raw honesty through words is what I am driven to publish... After I get it all out on paper, I use a trusted editor to help me carve it into a palatable experience."
More recently, the Motley Crue legend released his photographic collection titled 'This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx'. The book is available to buy now, and a special Anniversary Edition of 'The Dirt' will be released on December 6th (just in time for Christmas) and is available for pre-order now via Amazon.com. Could be an interesting thing. This man is now almost a bass player secondary to his other business doings what ya all think? And now something is gonna be given away soon too about his Sixx AM project for a December happening. As usual we here in Europe is more than likely being cheated out of what ever it can and will be. Unless for oes it will hold a one off European news eve concert some place. Yeah, yeah, yeah nothing wrong with wishful thinking. Is there?!! No it will more than likely be something like a live apearence in some shape and form on American ground so .... we again over here Mr. Sixx can feel pretty sad about being excluded from the possible chances to get involved once again.
I think the days in between in the UK will be awsome too. My girl does not really read these diaries so I can safely say it is with intest and pleasure that I will surprise her on a Crue day off with a trip dwn south to the world famous Stonehenge. We all know about them. Long beofre the adventure of christ these huge fucking stones were planted somehow by man and it is a wonder of the world for sure. I myself have not the deepest admirering to it as a stone to me is but just a stone. But I am one that would do more or less anything for my girl. And this is one thing she wanted so we are heading down. On another day off we are heading to Notthing ham for the Status Quo QuoFest 2011. I am looking really forard to that one. It is for sure a cool thing to have in the book of plans as well. It will be great fun. I have not much worry. All I pray for is fairly okay weather and that we will not be having accidents and unforseen financial billings course I am not that rich this time around. I truely hope I will have all to my advantage. There are so much that I have to say are or can be a concern but as of now there is nothing. Thak god.
With all that has been going on recently I am all good now. I am still asked a good few questions weekly bout the trip to come and the one from the Summer in Unted States. Well the main difference here is now that the one person that turned out to return home and be a five year old acting like mama took his candy from him now is sacked and no longer an obtion for future doings together. So that is now not gonna be the case no more. We stil lwork together but there is not a smile a noding or a breath taken in the others name what so ever. He is dust to me now. So to any who cares that is your final comment to that issue ever again. There will be a revenge felt ... as it is my original partner in criem Billy of Ireland to be the traveller that burns the miles with us this time. He has had some pretty nice hard tiems as myself now for quiet some time and that is now to be exchanged for sooe great time together I really hope. You see he and I have shared so many hours on the net on the phoens and all about what we have dreamed of doing so much. And this is the new and GOT TO BE first attempt to go well since July disaster of America. My god.
I have cleared a lot of well it is actually not that many items counted 1 2 3 and so on but have cleared some of Sixx old private belongings again and they are to be added on the site pages mid December as we bring back up the work on this monster. I am so hoping to get things a lill more sharped to be honest. I have ideas and all but non of all that will get out to be honest. Not yet anyways. If at all it will be some time 2012. I am not to be saying or spreading anything to any about nothing on that .... there are so many things I like to get to do and win over next year. I love to go to the Vegas shows in March but that I feel is really not gonna be happening. I can not see it go down as hoped for. So then there is another summer tour the CrueFest III I Am not gonna do an ass load but I hope to be able to do two three maybe at least one. Why not more? My vacation time is not there in that period and there are not too many things concerning touring I know of that will be happening .... so its all merch for me more or less next year.
Ofcourse the Sweden Rock festival is in hand so that will go down too. And if the band is gonna be doing any more Euro shows round the Sweden Rock (June) I have not heard. But I know that there will come more merch and there is this possibility that Sixx AM after three years demands will maybe do something about some touring? Then Micks solo release what will that hold? I am thinking House Of Blues in Hollywood maybe. Who knows? Tommy and Vince stuff? Ahh I am not sure not gonan attend the DJ stuff no more that is a chick and alcohol thing dress codes and shit no way I go again. Not for me. Vince is famous now here in Europe for cancelling shows time after time. had been nice to see somethign though. But I doubt it. So Rght now with movement and more in the other part of the private living I am not seeing 2012 as much else than a few shows hopefully and then focus on older missed stuff and catching up on stuff not yet having. I would like to get some pieces framed and all too that is about as much as the pieces can or have cos me in itself as well. So money money money money ...... we are all limited in these things and there are no way we can do much with it.
Rocker Tommy Lee's upcoming reality show has been axed, according to a U.S. report.The Motley Crue drummer was set to star in Culture Shock with Tommy Lee, an investigative travel programme on U.S. network's SyFy Channel, however production talks have fallen through. According to the New York Post, sources overheard the musician-turned-Dj telling pals at a New Jersey gig "the show just didn't work out". The unscripted series would have been Lee's big return to Tv - he teamed up with rapper Ludacris in 2008 to shoot eco-friendly American show Planet Green.
Speaking about Tommy I am wondering if this man is ever gonna be touring with his releases again. I find it a little sad that he is doing the DJ stuff and CRUE only. I would have gone seen him live had there been a tour. I think a really interesting set from MOM and his Dull and Tommyland albums could make it a fairly interesting setlist. A lot of diversity really. But I guess his heart for the house and DJ jobs is so huge still today that that in itself is really what tickles him the most right now. I think some are really into it but it is NOT the Crue fans. Then again maybe he needs that a universal success away from what brings that audience in full? Who knows. We never really hear or see anything bout him speaking of al lthis stuff anywhere.
Now I guess this is about it for me till mid December I will return with a hopefully way more positive and awsome great and solidly awsome diary from the complete UK tour to come. Tomorrow it is airborne time and I head out with a smile. Fuck the job, fuck the geographical location here and everything that goes with it. I am so full of it. It has ruined my body my balnce my everything I need to get away fro some time. And this is it. Tomorrow Dublin Ireland and a good week there with small band rock n roll before the week after the major Def Leppard with Motley Crue six gigs tour. I am so wanting it and I am only short on the main thing for it to be a stunning fucking thing. Fnance. Have not enough but let us see if there is a chance to do anc be creating magic somehow.... talk then. Take care.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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20th Of November 2011, Star Passion & Lonesomeness
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How are we all doing out there in the world? Me? Myself ? well I have ones again had a day in and with different moods to be honest. I have thought so much and felt so many different deeper emotions about different things that I felt aftera long ride home, yes another country crossing and item scanning line of hours that I wanted to be good to myself about the situation on the day. So I decided to read a book end it and rest with music that i have longed for to listen in on for a long, long time. The whole year actually.
Let me explain. Last year I got a few CDs that i had really wanted like the Lennon box set. I got it and since December 2010 I have yet not till this day had time here at my apartment to fully just lay back and start listening in on it as I wanted to. You see when I hit the point of really wanted to LISTEN to music I do not want to have it as just something on the rack of mine no I want to give it its full attention and breath by breath I wanna suck in al lthat comes out of those speakers of mine. I am like that. I rarely put something on that is HIGHLY wanted to listen in on and then walsh around having my fingers in ten different buckets. Not happening.
So I read the last pages ion my "W.A.S.P." biography book and I heard some Lennon far far far from all in that much loved box released and then I turned myself onto my first time look at the new "Michael Jackson The Life Of An Icon" DVD. Al lthese things all together took me once again into the place in my life where I feel the some what lonesome inner feeling and the star passion strikes me down like a slaved and beaten dog. My feelings that to life to my friends to family and people around me tells me the generel human being is really not deep at all. Everywhere I see it. It is mostly about pleasing mostly about abusing taking advantage of one another and in the end kill envy and lust for money and greedy satisfaction to and for oneself.
The products refered to in the DVD, the book and the music box set all wakes that up in me solidly. I am so devestated by things like that when it hits me right. Constantly I wanna please myself and constantly I like to better myself and the nearest round me. But I feel lost mostly. I feel a fight not to be won. So I take care of myself I pride myself in being good to my girl my mother myself my family the best that I can. I feel people that brings their sadness and rough life stories to the plate like many of the mentioned have done I ca nnot fully come to believe that if you purely want to heal the bad, heal yoru broken parts, heal the past heal the world youre often fucked. Course it takes so much that it is more or less impossible.
That can scare me a bit but even more make me sad and teary eyed to try when all the respond yo uget from people around you more or less is "hey why you acting so weird? Hey why do you have to be such a freak? Hey why do you...." it is as if there is no higher level you are aloud to step up to being you. People really seems to be having just about enough in themselves and their daily doings. If you hop off the track of the good in life and get on bumby roads and trying like fuck to get back on track you reach out for odds things at times and trying to win your control your happiness your smoothness in life back. But there seems to be no room for that for too many since these moves are looked upon as if you have turned all weird and shit. As if the worlds living individuals are telling you that "hey I try to just get by here why dont you... why do you have to try to be better? Better than who? better than me? Who are you to tell me Im smaller than you? Why are you even in my life? blah blah blah.... people react in very HARD ways to the little things in life.
Why? I mean there are so many bigger things in life in the world on this planet that are far more worth fighting for than the nitty gritty between the ones you wlakl amongst. let it be friends, family, co workers at your job, anyone really and you get this a lot I bet. You stick your nose out and you get smacked. I have plenty of examples to that point in my life. Maybe especially after presenting Mcrueloyalty here. Ohh yeah I am for sure totally in my lonesome in many situations. I do not fully know how you the reader can nor will react to this reading but I guarentee you I wish I had a good few that at tiems were touched and awaken by these feelings and thought to things so I could share in proper ways.
I am often not to say almost alway exclusively passionate moved or emotionally moved from things that are from the music industry of my praised stars. That can easerly sound very plastic like and very sad to be honest I agree there I think the only thing that can actually touch me outside the music industry like this would be my girl, my mum and my absolute closest friends. I have learned to choose them with extra extreme care after all that I have gone through. You say your friends would do anything for you? Bull shit. The so called friends have limits and clocks and finance and willingness to set their limits to reaching hands for you. Trust me. That expanding explanation to you on that could be never ending from one like me so I will spare you. Put in it what you like. But that is the truth. Non around you would do anything and very often very little for you.... and you still lean towards saying "but he ( she is my friend or family" fuck that. That is not how the real world spins.....
How all is inside of me living the colletors life and passion is as said a million times an alternative lifestyle that can so easerly eat you up without you yourself even knowing. It is a sickend universe in that way should you loose control or bite over a little too much. I have tasted it myself. It is without saying something that can and will absolutely sneak up on you should you loose anything like control of it at all. The constant over view is so fucking important. Now my danish passion as well the band SURFACT is coming to touring in February 2012. I look forward to be seeing them too next year they foever will mean a great deal to me. love their shit. It is really high quality rock. You oughta check em. Other than all this the pasionate awaken sides of me from tonight listening and watching there are more news from the Motley side of the world on things thats been released a few times already.
The old 2001 book "The Dirt" is coming out in December as a anniversary edition in a box. yeah I feel the same ohh no more money on things already having ...... tragic. But it gotta be covered I know. Then there seems to be coming an ass load of things in the next good three to four months too. A lot of merch and band news and solo doings information so sit tight it is all gonna hit you so hard it is going to be a hard fucking thing to stay focused really trying to keep up. For most just forcing one self to pick and choose what one should do really. Unless the finance and sparetime top cover things plus living in the area of California then I guess you are pretty well covered for the ultimate chance to do things the best and most coverful way. Next time Ill be on here will be around next weekend I guess. Till then ***
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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13th Of November 2011, Sixx Personals & A Solid Home Run
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Sunday bloody Sunday is that not what Irish U2 used to say? Is that not more or less what all of us agrees to when all is said and done? Honestly? Well my own Saturday and Sunday actually has turned into more like a "no fucking way, holy shit, my god" good kind of thing really. I think I have gotten a solution to the coverage of the complete re-release catalogue to come this month. Not a smart one but a functional one. Plus some of the really fairly interesting owned Sixx stuff that I felt dead sure about going for ass load of money really have all turned out to come to my advantages and will eventually now come to be a part of the private owned collection of mine. So I can only say this, I am really, really, really suprised it did not go - after all - for a way, way higher price. But my god no. Iems below. Is it really that there were no people interested? I can not see that be a fact to these items. Or is it that there simply are no people right now with any money what so ever? Or is it something else? In the end I am only curious about the answer to that one not really in need of it but it is for sure interesting I think. just love it wil lgo to this part of the owrld I guess. Yes mama!!! Feels like a solid home run. -As of now I have a chance to get things straightend but it all requires me to lay low as fuck for January February March. Should be a fair possible something. Then the much talked about change of address will come too. Guess who loves the throught - damn right. By the way did al lhear about the rumors of Sixx shaving his head? Fucking funny.
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has revealed that producer Bob Ezrin is currently remixing the band’s legendary 1976 album ‘Destroyer’ for re-issue in “Deluxe Edition” form sometime in 2012, complete with unreleased tracks and re-instating the original label-rejected cover art as displayed above. There’s no word on what new songs will be included, but Simmons told Planet Rock that the band’s upcoming new album ‘Monster’ harkens back to the classic ‘Destroyer’ sound, and that the new record will be joined in record stores by a 10-hour DVD (possibly taking the place of ‘Kissology IV?’) and a four-foot high, three-foot wide book.
Artist Ken Kelly, who did both the rejected and the eventually used versions of the ‘Destroyer’ art, as well as the band’s ‘Love Gun’ cover, explains below why the record label didn’t want to use his original version of the art. Apparently, Casablanca felt the destruction in the background made things look too violent, as if the band was just escaping after destroying a city. (Yeah, so?) So Kelly started working on the version we all know and love, only to have to start over a third time when the band got new stage costumes. You can purchase prints of all three of Kelly’s Kiss covers at his official web store. There’s no word on what new songs will be included, but Simmons told Planet Rock that the band’s upcoming new album ‘Monster’ harkens back to the classic ‘Destroyer’ sound, and that the new record will be joined in record stores by a 10-hour DVD (possibly taking the place of ‘Kissology IV?’) and a four-foot high, three-foot wide book. No reason to say this idiot posting this wants this baby. Man this sounds so fucking awsome I for one can not wait to get the new KISS album early 2012. They just seem to continue to be that band that releases some over the top col shit from time to time.
That and the deluxe box set of the coming Rammstein best off in three weeks is another title of the shit I really wanna cover this year. What else? A couple more actually but right now the UK tour and all that is Crue 2011 is of highest priority. My time with good friend Billy is gonna be a hell of an apreciated time to be shared. Almost two weeks in December crossing Ireland and the UK with a light going into Scotland as well for the Glasgow show obviously. I am so high on this trip. I look so fucking much forward to it. Not really course of only the shows. Those will be great for sure but I am looking forward to the trip the sights and the light shopping to expand what ever I can cover for my collection to get a great and solid final move to end this year with in Crue collecting. the coming year 2012 is so close now and all I am truely hoping for is the coverage of Sweden Rock that one is pretty much in the can ticket gotten as well. Then hopefully just one fucking show at the Cruefest III next summer and yet just a little something of what ever comes. The time for new released merchandise 2012 is already in the stages of brainstorming and shit I am sue. Contracts are perhaps already in place for something we have not yet been told about. And further more there more than likely will be a massive coming on things from their solo doings too. I bet there are so much in store for us all. And that with the new started life to come for me with the moving and all morethan likely will cover my year just fine. For the here and the now well today in a couple of hours on this god forsaken Sunday mid November it is time yet again for adding new stuff. Enjoy ***
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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10th Of November 2011, More To Stur Up Your Inner Peace
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Hello again more has come to surface in the last 30 hours. Stuff has arrived here and other stuff are on its way to here. Sunday comng will see some more addings to the ste sections and then one last time in november round the 26th 27th I would think. After that I am a goner for two weeks. Going to Ireland and there will be nothing but hopes, hopes, hopes for a good trip and for the trip to be cheapest possible. I am expecting pricetags tonght on the re-release catalogue tonight. So I will know already then if my nightmare is active for a reason or not. This is not a cool time (lol, lol, lol, lol) if we look at the feeling and details of finance and doable things plus the feeling of beng behind again with thiings out. This re-release catalogue for one. I gotta say it is like described in last posting. It is pure downfall as a drug adict watching people round him doing all the drugs and you yourself is in spasm almost in need for a fix. yeah it is not an easy thing to be in. Anyhow here are some more things up for grabs and some things are wanted for myself not all of it but some. PLus there are new Sixx Sense shit out. Shirt and hoodie. It just kills me due to shipping and import taxes them items costs like 70- 80% more than the price tag says. Rough detail. The two new items are
This is a chance to own Nikki Sixx stage worn items from my collection. The collection was purchase back in the early 90;s from, I believe the TJ Martell foundation. Seller still have the pacage the items were purchased in. The company is "Top Rock Development Corporation 9229 Sunset Boulevard Suite 801 Los Angeles, CA 900069. The collection consist of a cut Dr Feelgood concert shirt autographed by Nikki on back in silver marker, 3 gloves that have been cut, studded collar and 3 different sizes wrist bands.
-This is a never before seen set of 3 proof photos for the Motley Crue album, Too Fast For Love, in 1981This set of proofs was part of Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue's personal collection. One of these proofs was for the back cover of the album, and is in perfect condition except for a single small dent in the photo paper as shown in the photograph. The other two are proof photos, one of Nikki Sixx and one of Tommy Lee, taken for the same album's artwork, also in perfect condition. Both are on high gloss photo paper. Nikki kept these filed away in his personal collection for many years.
-This is a hotel message given to Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue while he was staying at the Four Seasons Hotel in Tokyo May, 1, 1997. Although faded and difficult to see in the photograph, the message is addressed to "Lusfer, Frank Mr" (Nikki's rooming name at that time was "Frank Lusfer", as in "Lucifer"), room 0636, dated 97-03-01, from Mrs. Mary Park. The message reads: "Please call Mr. Larry Flynt. His phone number is 213-651-5400. Thank you." The number to the Flynt building in Beverly Hills today is 323-651-5400, so apparently it used to be a 213 area code. The note is faded, but holding it under a bright light everything is still clearly readable. Nikki Sixx kept this in his personal collection ever since the day he received it over 14 years ago.
-This is a DAT cassette tape recorded on and owned by Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue. The DAT cassette will not play on a regular cassette player. It will only be able to be played on a machine that can play DAT cassettes. Nikki personally labeled this tape "Whoreable" on the tape itself, and "Whoreable/Demo 1. With click 2. Inst." on the case. Nikki Sixx left this tape behind in the studio he had in the home he shared with Donna D'Errico when he moved out after she filed for divorce in 2006.
-I am now also hoping for what is going to be a closed deal to my advantage on the stuff mentioned in last posting. Sixx Donna wedding stuff. Looks like it is gonna be all cool and ending up here in my private collection. I have a really good feeling onthis now. Finally. Received Sixx drivers licens and Donna cop hat she wore on stage to Sixx Bday concert with Motley Crue in 1998. Reminding myself to see if I actually do have that concert bootleg DVD. In there you see Donna D wearing it onstage. That cop hat. Love this little detial, and no matter who can understand it I find Donna to be the most awsome cool and interesting of the girls in the Crue history. Ahh never mind why bring it up it can course only this and that from all Sixx lovers. I am sure you have your own favorite too. And your reasons for it as I have mine.
Ohh well never mind just gotta check up on that DVD for sure. I am getting SIxx Sixx Sense studio bass and Mick Mars tour worn coat frm Cruefest II soon as well. There are so many great things in the wait. The UK tour is also only three weeks away. And finally we here can say this time it is the US individuals that needs to go far to see something cool. Wonder how many are coming in from over there? There are coming people from all over Europe for the UK tour I know that. And my my girl and my brother in crime Mr Irish is going to be there witnessing the whole fucking tour. Then going to head home to a wonderful time of year. Christmas. I love that time and winter time even more I am a sucker for that. I am really fond of the cold time and the white covering layer of a snow white lanscape.
I am right now on a bettering with my back and I could not help to think on all this above threw nightshift and I have to say my back was tested big time. Kept thinking after three a clock that I had to get through the night course calling in sick is lost money and this fucked up massive active times in the calender when it concerns Crue items is really not a thing I afford. But I tell you around three a clock it was bad. My back was fucked up and it stung like hell. So we slowed don me and my patner and then I tell you I felt for only one thing going home..... now tonight is day two of five in a row and then Monday I am off agin but NOT going home. I am staying here and I can nto fully claim to be sad about it. I will take that Monday to rest best possible for sure. Not many days left then till we are going over to Ireland for some days pre UK shows. As said Sunday will be next day of adding stings and then late November then not again till around maybe 18th of December and one time late this year that ends 2011 ***
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8th Of November 2011, Pushed To A Corner Acking For Coverage
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Nice to see the positive list. I need that from myself. That was a joke. I truely look for positivity on some issues but I feel pushed to a corner. I am in hee haaa land but over the top low on cash. I need to sadly kill the complete list of the re re-releases. The fucking CDs, the first 5 titles comes on vinyl and two diff CDs a 16 and a 10 page CD booklet. Those are ohhh my god its insaine to do that. But depending on the cost. I mor than likely will NOT be taking them all it seems impossible for me to do. thats a good 15 x 15 euros in CDs and maybe 6 x 22 Euros in vinyls. Plus the few merch things at shows I believe there to be less than 5 itmes maybe two shirts with the dates and then only other stuff from the merch catalogue that is date less so to speak so the band does not have to print much new really but bring over what is sold on their summer tour with poison instead. That suits me good VERY good indeed. But then food, papers etc etc etc ... and I am not done with the damn xmas presents either.
Further more I think I am gonna get some of Nikkis stuff from ex family personal closets. Nikkis wedding VHS to his marrage in 1990 with Brandi on Hawaii, his skydive licens with the 15 only photos ever shot of him doing the only jump he has ever done - by Donna. His drivers licens valid till 2001, his wedding licens to Donna and a few other things such as his personal laminate passes to other artists he attended ozzy, ratt, etc plus his personal pass to the historic moscow music fest and ticket.... All that stuff has been offered to me the last 5 days and it is a here and now with in 2 weeks closing deals or it is forever gone what the fuck to do?? I need to get the fucking re-releases too - out of my mind.... Wish I could be safe on them all does he do a package discount the guy behinfd the counter in stores selling the shit as it comes out I wonder lol lol lol?
I am going through a lot of things here right now and it feels like things were ohh so cool on the 1st 2nd and 3rd of November but now the month not to say the rest of the year could be a different story. Ohh my god. It is not easy with what is and what isnt. I gotta admit there are some nitty gritty sitting here and there that are so much in my way it is fucking anoying. Junkies!!! Ohh I know the feeling, the pain, the sickness, their twisted somethings to make it through the days at times collecting heaverly man I begin to wonder somtimes why I am willing to lower the quality on my daily life to what is any normal person`s obvious wish ...... namely to feel good, feel happy, feel non stressed and all that ... I am not lol lol in a state of mind where I am about to jump over a cliff or something more I am tied up in a decition making kind of situation where I go "okay let the good one off stuff pass me by never to be seen again and focus on the easy" or "I wanna kill and win over the one off items for sure and see how it goes on the other stuff that will come out for sure in a week and again in three and a half weeks time." Nothing really to be totally up nuts and crazy about. How ever ... that is exactly how I feel I see myself on all this inside of myself.
Latest news on the Sixx AM got released today too.... Sixx AM Fans: If you're in the Los Angeles area, we'd like to invite you to be in the music video for SKIN. We're looking for people who the song has affected personally because of their own scars - whether physical or under the surface. Send your story to Sixxamskin@gmail.com and we'll select people to take part in a video shoot later this month. Okay I have to say I am not that much of a hore (forgive me the used speaking term) but I am not that kind that would flip trip and die smiling widely over being in a band video. I leave that trippin to everyone else. I can only see one girl that would DIE to be in it to soooo feel high about herself from it. I will leave that one nameless pout of the respect I do have for her. Really do not care if any believes that I have that still for the person thought of or not. Who really cares. But I do. By the way a possible new promo drum cymbal poster from Tommy?
Now I have a hope for the trip to come I begin to feel it has a quiet intense thinking around it now a days mainly due to the worry and concern there is about the things getting released really. The stuff other wise is really all in place. the show tickets the hotels the .. yeah you know. So all I really need now is to find a way to stay fairly calm about the details that messes with me right now. This UK tour seems to have a lot of following from all over Europe and it wil lfor sure be a truely great 6 shows in total. I can not believe the cool it is to see the mwith Def Leppard. Truely a fucking greta band also. the Steel Panther is more like a sick evening at teh comedy hall nto really a concert. And I predict that going to see them six times too will be a little bit too much for a good thing. I am not too fond of them that way. They have build a huge follwing everywhere they play no fuckign doubt about it.
How ever I still say this is perhaps the really great part to see our own Crue boys in an unforseen round of six shows that in August was not really counted for. It took its toll to gather that mone y too but now it is doen and its in full so maybe I should continue THAT little happy going though instead what do you say? Good? yeah I guess - only it is too hard. I know what it is. When you have seen been through something for a long time and you have truely covered an ass load of what ever in your field of passion, you stop instantly looking at the gained ones it is so and you focus on the next on your list of "still dont have" things and doings. It is like that. not that you do not love and feel good and all abotu the just won over what ever no... it is more like okay this thing this doing is safe now. It will not leave me again untill I myself choose to let it slip away. Now on to the next fix. Man it really is a vicious circle I know that much. But trust me also on this I know ones I have moved and starting to get through of of my Motley shit I can easerly say "this collection is so overwhelmingly cool it burns me with pride"
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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6th Of November 2011, Wonder If.......
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I am sitting her wiith the ultimate back pain and still being alive ... that is what it feels like for sure. My back snapped the other day some thing I am fighting with every now and then. It hurts like a muther fucker then paralize you cpompletely for some days. You can not fucking move. Forget even trying. It is such a pain you burst into the silent teras course a deep breath for a scream is so painful that that is not even possible to get around to do. I am on my third day here o nthat shit now. Slowly beginning to walk what normally takes a good 15 minutes still today takes a godo 50 minutes. You do the math. It is amaziingly painful this stuff. I decided on something after calling in sick to work the other day I switched shifts with my brother today and tomorrow there is no way on earth I can bend down for that part in the job had I gone and checked in. Can not even bend to put on my socks or tie my shoes. That is right. So I decided today after letting my baby brother sleep in after his home coming this morning from a Hardcore Superstar show case in Malmoe Sweden last night. I packed my shit only light weighted this time and went country crossing and am now home for four days. SHould probably not had done this too early. It is a painful stinker really. My fucking god it burns and bites like nothing else.....
I am now here till Wedensday hopefully this is enough time for me to heal a bit more and return to work. Course this is really really bad. So on Sunday morning local time for me I am returning as promised to my let us call "new found someone" on a frinedly level - to check in and see if I can gian a little more form this someone of the one of a kind stuff. I am not even gonna try to explain myself on that one course I still stand by what I posted last - the last deal that went through for me was the last this time for some time this side of new years lol, lol, lol and as said I still stand by that note so the longer explanation to the sudden news here I will spare everyone incl myself for in this posting. I need to just get to the point here as my back is bitching me massively. I hope it is and or will be possible to gain but let us see. So fucking much constantly. Got some new stuff in the last few days but it is not going on here till round mid November. Ready for the re releases? November 14th and December 5th. Ohh dear.
This past summer, modern-rockers Sixx:A.M. unleashed their second studio album, 'This Is Gonna Hurt.' The 11-song collection delivered more of the dark and infectious songwriting of bassist Nikki Sixx, guitarist-vocalist James Michael and guitarist DJ Ashba. The album's first single, 'Lies of the Beautiful People,' scored Sixx:A.M. a number one slot on the Billboard Active Rock chart in July. Now the band has teamed up with Noisecreep to give our readers a chance to win one Epiphone Les Paul Studio guitar signed by Sixx, Michael and Ashba! Read on for simple context rules to win. Giveaway rules: Starting today, enter to win by following @Noisecreep and tweeting @Noisecreep to tell us why you should win the guitar. Important: Include #thisisgonnahurt hashtag at the end. We'll DM the winner next Tuesday, Nov. 8th. Don't forget to read the official rules. I have to say; welcome to the worlds longeast set of complicated reading of rules... its gonan be the 8th before you get to read everything .. c`mon....
NOISECREEP GIVEAWAY OFFICIAL RULES. NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN
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6. DRAWING: Immediately following the conclusion of the Entry Period, the Sponsor will select the names of one (1) potential winner in a random drawing of all eligible entries received. The odds of being selected depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Entry Period. The Sponsor will attempt to notify the potential winner in November 9. If a potential winner does not respond within the timeframe stated in the winner notification email, the Sponsor may select an alternate potential winner in his/her place at random from all remaining eligible entries received. If you are selected as a winner, you will be Direct Messaged via Twitter and asked to provide your name, complete address, telephone number, date of birth and e-mail address.
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Pretty cool ey? Man if one only had this many points to get around for everything one did wonder if we all got more than a thousand feet down the road in a life time? Ohh well for everyone interested in this competition best of luck. Word has it Sixx A.M. is gonna be doing something soon.. could it be a tour? In that case I bet it is USA only. I will not be going then. No way on earth that is an option for me. The Crue is a far more important issue for me personally but al lthese side doings and single events are sadly not near possible for me to do as a personal visitor on any of these things. I am not too fund of the lose to be honest. It is hard to sit back and just go "ohh well there goes another activity not to be attended".
I never thought in all my days that I would ever get this hooked on a collecting side of things in my life. It is a drug that is often very hard to handle whn you look into the list of activities and seeing and hearing about others going. It is like watching people shooting up in front of you and all you do is sitting lost back lonesome shaking in your boots acking for a blow to come down for a short period of time ones more before the next damn downfall hits you and you fall back on your ass gasping for good gasping for your own inner understanding of satisfaction in the univers you have chosen to dedicate your filthy little excistence to. Man I remember back in time I always used to be exstremely good in my danish classes back in school. I always wrote long long stories often never got finished with it before time was up. I always scored a high caracter and it ended me and my Danish techer kept contact even after school. She was every now and then presented to work I had written and such.
One time she went through a written something and all her comments were was "have you looked for help?" I was stunned blown away and very confused. I never ever in my living days forget that moment. I myself thought I had grown as a well "writer" but all she saw was a screwed up mind. What was it she did not see in me? What was it she never fully understood? That I was way more than just a surface and a good little boy doing hiw homework when ever we were told to have these writings....? I remember since I was 13 or perhaps 14 I longed for finding this secret path to make a story great and a telling awsome. To go way beyond ground school homework. I have always fought to satisfy my own self now i see it in my collecting side to my awaken life.
I am an extremely passionate guy very very few people sees it very very few wanna see beyond what is my weird kind of living and then when they have a Crue interest at first they may be overwhelmed by the collection that is here but time and time again I also sadly see there pups up starnge reasons for acusing me for this and that and all of a sudden hate and what else is a suprime detail that rules and kills what was thought off as a friendship or at least an attempt to one. I think my deeper going passion and willingness to live an alternative living and drop out of a so called regulatr life for my passionate found something is a little beyond what most can cope with. There are so many sides and reasons for my choices to collecting. The one side of me constantly tries to dig one layer deeper to find a past and history to the today made moves by the (in this case) motley boys. Why that kind of music why that lyric this year and not in 85? Things to me are like a puzzle and I seem to always sit wit hwhat to me is a puzzle with missing pieces really. But the pieces are out there you just have to look and search for them. To complete the stories told on disc and presented to the masses as a so called release.
I like to do all this. Go behind what has been chosen to be and not to be told and shared with the world from and by the artist. You know what I am saying? I find the stuff quiet interesting and I am so loving to hunt the facts hunt a certain piece and I have so far not fully given in or given up on hope to find what ever it may be ..... some items I hold in my collection have taken me over a decade to get a hold of and now a days call myself a proud holder and owner of in 2011. It is like that. The hunting for the missed piece and more... so exciting. I guess I am sharing this with you on here today since I inspite of many years postings now still seem to be getting mails wit hthe questions like "how can you do al lthis", "How do you find these things", "What kind of job do you have since al lthis is ....", the list goes on. But The ultimate drive in me is I guess the whole hearted love to dig and sacrifivce for something that TRUELY is my passion. And I do not really mind to cut the bonds to the refered to "ordinary living".
Maybe this all comes from the fact that I find ordinary life living and doings does not in anyway cut it for me. Had there only been work, pay qheches, bills, cooking and cleaning along side rest, sleep and a family vacation every now and hen...I would go mad. I predict I would anyway.
I myself have also been asked if I then do not have a dream job to aim highly for to build a carreer. The answer is no. I have touched all my dream jobs for a period of time and again the further I dug into it I found pout that there was a lot of rotten sides to the stuff I thought was heaven. I am not one to kiss ass much I could have come far had I wanted to do this back then but no. So I ended up saying get a so caleld regular job and make your Crue life and some where down the line your love life your main priority and just take job as a link to build an income and then refine your living so you can get most out of it from what you like love and hold dearly. That is pretty much it. I have no deeper explanations to give out for covering how and why I do all this. But it is a hard one to live. It is a hard close to impossible road to travel and I have also myself gone down the speculations a few times the last year about if I should call it quits. It is a rough road and there is not much hope in covering all. And that is my deepest and worst enemy. I am not good at getting something covered 70%. I never rest till the remaning 30% is in hand as well. More soon... have an awsome Sunday ***
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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2nd Of November 2011, Money Makers Once Again On Re-Releases
6:20AM CET
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A 26-year-old charity album featuring heavy rock icons like Ronnie James Dio and members of Motley Crue and Iron Maiden is to be re-released as a CD and Dvd to raise cash for African famine relief. The Band Aid-style project, organised by Dio and dubbed Hear 'N Aid, featured 40 artists from the heavy metal community who recorded tracks at A&M Records Studios in Hollywood. Recorded in four months, the album was released at the beginning of 1986 on audio cassette and vinyl only, and now the late Dio's manager/wife Wendy is hoping to revamp the recordings for a CD release - and offer rock fans the chance to own the Dvd featuring the documentary about how the project came together. She tells Blabbermouth.net, "I'm going to re-release it, so it'll come out on Dvd and CD. I have loads of outtakes for the video." Personally I remember this as it got released the first time. I was amazed by all the rockers that participated in this one. Ronnie James Dio did a great job on an idea for serving others in a good course. The song is not that cool in my personal taste but what the heck. It got out and back then it was a big deal. It helt a good lot of the artists I loved so mcuh and also Mick Mars and Vince Neil from Crue. So there so... another reason to buy the damn thing as Wendy makes this the new improved and expanded version come to life - I am there for this one. the DVD and the CD. That is a good great memory officially only out on VHS from back then. There are a lot of DVD versions of it out but I am pretty sure they are all bootlegs.
Motley Crue singer Vince Neil will plead guilty to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge, pay a $1,000 fine and avoid trial on allegations that he poked his ex-girlfriend in a confrontation last March at a Las Vegas resort lounge, his lawyer said Monday. A more serious misdemeanor charge of battery constituting domestic violence will be dropped against Neil when the 50-year-old rocker enters his plea next Monday in Las Vegas Justice Court, defense attorney David Chesnoff. He said the allegation of physical contact would be dismissed. "Mr. Neil is sorry he raised his voice," Chesnoff said. The Las Vegas Review-Journal first reported Monday that Clark County District Attorney David Roger also confirmed the agreement. Roger did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press.
Neil, who lives in Las Vegas, could have faced up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted on each charge. He was accused of poking the chest of Las Vegas entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs in a casino comedy club March 24, and of cursing and pointing at Jacobs and two friends sitting with her. Jacobs told the AP she was glad Neil was taking responsibility for his actions. "I'm glad the story is over and the book is closed," she said. Jacobs had told police she received a bruise from the finger-poke, which she said came just weeks she and Neil ended a seven-month relationship. Jacobs has previously given her age to reporters and police as 39 and 45. She declined Monday to correct her age. The two other people named as victims in the confrontation, Wayne Newton's sister-in-law and publicist Patricia McCrone, 41, and Las Vegas Sun entertainment columnist John Katsilometes, 45, said they were glad the case was being resolved. Neil is the front man for a four-member heavy metal band known for bad behavior, hard partying, famous girlfriends and hard-driving hits from the late 1980s like "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "Dr. Feelgood." He also owns tattoo shops and two bars in Las Vegas, including one at the Las Vegas Hilton where the Shimmer Cabaret comedy club confrontation took place. Neil served 10 days in the Clark County jail in February for driving drunk in his black Lamborghini in June 2010 near the Las Vegas Strip. He also was fined $585 and ordered to serve 15 days on house arrest as part of a plea deal that avoided trial in that case.
MÖTLEY CRÜE will re-release a limited quantity of its catalog in the U.K. via Eleven Seven Music, having regained the rights to all its songs after a long absence in the marketplace. The following albums will be re-released on November 14 as vinyl-replica CDs with a 16-page booklet, a CD with a five-page booklet and on 180-gram vinyl in a four-color gatefold sleeve. Also on that date, the rest of their catalogue — "Mötley Crüe", "Generation Swine", "New Tattoo" and "Live: Entertainment Or Death" — will be re-released in standard CD format only. This will be followed by "Mötley Crüe's Greatest Hits" in CD, deluxe CD, 180-gram vinyl and DVD formats on December 5. MÖTLEY CRÜE's U.K. co-headlining tour withDEF LEPPARDkicks of at Birmingham LG Arena on December 6, winding up atLondon'sWembley Arena on December 14. * Too Fast For Love * Shout At The Devil * Theatre of Pain * Girls Girls Girls * Dr. Feelgood
Ohh my god I say. First off I was very dissapointed in this news that got oout yesterday. I thought danm it another bit of proff that our boys are all about the money these days. Shit. Hate that thought since they are so fucking real in many other ways. Then I got fustrated as fuck over the now huge xtra cost and amount of cash I have to find and come up with some how....It is actually not really possible to be honest. But I fucking have to have it now dont I? Ofcourse I do. Then the night at work passed by and I thought okay some how in its fucking own way it is kind of cool that the albums are gonna be released as gatefold covers. That will be the ultimate release to these old albums. Gotta have my sticky sweets on them for sure. But dude -money is a talking factor and this one is going to be a teeth pooling muther fucker of the larger to do. Damn it man that was so not included in the stored and planed for me in the time to come. More precis the rest of this year for sure. But right now lol, lol, lol and this is the latest thought to it - I have to get the vinyls covered and the nI will see as I go over there in December about the CDs. I mean hey, it could be that these re re re-releases would come out as a special tour price or something right? More round mid Novemeber... for sure""""
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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29th Of October 2011, Broke But Hopeful, Deal In The Can
12:06PM CET
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So there goes nothing. It is Saturday and I have a fucking great feeling about things here to be honest. I have been up for 30 some hours yesterday after yet aother country crossing and got a lot of things looked in on. Left work five AM yesterday morning in Copenhagen and crossed this hell of a country arrived took a shower while my brains went nuts with thoughts of what and how to do shit here. I this time had a really nice pleasure of bringing home my baby brother with me. He had promised me to help taking this huge bite of sorting and packing Crue stuff into new freshly bought moving boxes and all. Getting things placed in categories that would make sense with all thats here really. So we went and bought boxes 14 huge fuckers too. It is by far not even close to being enough but I have no time to manage more sorting in two days anyhow.
Which by the way is the time we have here. Yesterday Friday, today Saturday and a few hours tomorrow Sunday. And if you had been here in the flesh you would have understood what makes me say this. Course this is some really and litterally could be here you see things for yourself you would agree. But, it feels good as hell to start sorting for god knows what time. Lol, lol, lol. It is by far not even close to being a complaint but it is a really heavy load to take on. It is fucking everywhere. And now it is going into boxes to be away and out of sun light again plus no real oxygin either. I am really looking forward to be getting it all packed away and just say I know what is where. Untill I have moved and gone through what is supposed to be hung and displayed really. I am so pleased with this - it is at least a first step towards what I have talked so much about. Moving out moving over to near the capital city and all. So you vcan imagine the highly appreciation towardds my brother for this weekend of help. It truely is a marvelous thing no question.
So the much concern and worry on the stuff to get a settlement on the much hoped for deals holding a good few pieces of privately owned Sixx stuff seems to be a possibility. And I guess it starts today so there are nothing here that are gonna be a better and bigger reason for wide smiles even though it is gonna be setting me to a broken financial status for yet another god damn month. And then I have not started saving up anything what so ever for the December trip over to te UK and the tour. But hotels and shit are covered and booked. That is another huge something. Roofs up over our heads and crap. Now as that is all safe and sound so to speak I can rest a little more knowing that that is taken care of. Only a fair small saving is now required and that has to come from the December paycheque for sure. I have a handful here for November already to get in on so I am as mentioned completely down the remaning month. What am I saying it is not even November yet lol, lol, lol.
What a downer. Well it is worth the fight and struggle for me for sure. This move gives me the chance to get this highly wanted deal in the can. And trust me there are some really fucking neat peieces to add to the already excisting collecting that is here with me. I can only say I feel pretty proud to have it under my wings so to say. No question. Thanks to a certan Mr. A. in the United States of America. I am simply so proud to have been able to do this one. Sorry it sounds so damn mysterious but there are no way I can tell much as off now till I am actually sitting with the items in hand. It is way too sad to spread it all up on here should some shit go wrong. I do not see why it should now it is I guess mainly a postal service concern left on my part around this issue for me. Have not had too much belief in that crap for a long time now. Go figure. But as said it will fucking be happening now this deal so I am more than pleased with the situation. Money or no money. Thank you.
There then is the issue of the Sweden Rock festival 2012 too. Well there was not really anymore. That too seems to have been come around and been killed and covered. I am so amazed to say there are absolutely nothing shitty to be dealt with on several matters now about this whole Crue living ... besides there are no really chances to do dealing anymore anyway. Next pit stop for me would absolutely be christmas shoppings. I have started and they are well stacked here already. Still missing about let me see maybe 7 or 8 gifts I guess then that is that. And I will there after stand waiting with open arms for the 2012 to apear. I have one last little dream that I actually put to rest a good couple of weeks ago in my head but now I do not really know if I wanna leave it at that. Rather do my constant thing on it really. Just seeing if there is a chance to get it covered after all sometime in the new year as it kind of ... is time to look in on it. It would make me fairly proud for sure. But no teary blue eyes now. Only focus on the remaning two months of 2011 and then we stand tall attend work and cover what is needed and hopefully during winter season getting a moving done for sure. That is more than what I need to get round now.
The self sat promise to regain and reactivate activities with my man on the stunning 8x10s with the tons of exclusive prints have been started too. At the end of this week to come I guess there will be another good 175 prints coming. My old bought shout negatives lot from the infamous many photoshoots were back in early summer time made in to actual prints now the remaning of the other half is done and then comes also some new few cool ones from Nikki Sixx photo lecture in L.A. this past August plus a lod of the ones from the special event of honouring the band at the Sunset Strip Music festival 2011 at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, California. Yeah there will defenately be some great shots to go into the collection in that lot for sure. And hey.... more to come from him in December. Around another good 100 to 150 priints I would say.
Enough of good news here? Well okay then let me just end this posting today saying there are as I am posting this being added several new things in the sectiosn of; CDs, posters, articles, this n that, Vince, Tommy, Sixx solo sections and more. You should find a few good moments going through all this for sure. Enjoy. Much love to all out there. Especially to my girl that is so supportive on all fronts. My long missed Sixx Sense helper (only nameless couse she prefers it) you are such a great VERY appreciated friend. And my other Swedish little peach. A.L. you have so many times over shown more love to me than I can give you credit for. You constantly help me on my collection my life and suport and private life sharings that it would be an understatement to say you are really highly loved. I treasure your being so much. Thanks again baby brother - this weekend and your help have been more than you know appreciated and all. -A few others are in mind but this would be like a thank you speach like at the grammies more than a diary posting from and about a Crue point of you....
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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26th Of October 2011, Speculations, Chats & Setting Goals
4:58PM CET
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Okay so more light is being spread over my sad excuse of a life these days. Man I have been so out of it thelast couple of weeks there are so damn much goin on in the world of Crue well for this particualr collector anyways. I have been so drowing in offers recently and there are so many things I love to say would be mine as the next new owner of these items that I am refering to. I am not gonna be just that as also mentioend in the last posted diary just two days ago. My fucking god. I have been in need of some sort of feedback to get more light spread over my shitty confution to what it will all end with. I have been extremely fustrated over this course TWO individuals that I out of respect will leave completely nameless. I want so bad top get these items in hand when the dark clears.
Man it is such a heavy cool load of items my dear friends and especially because a lot of these items goes so fucking well with a lot of things I am already holding in the collection that is here. I can hardly belive it myself if I would get to be so lucky for one fan a regualr fucking fan to be a new and next owner of the stuff I am thinking of here is so way beyond the understanding I am sitting with myself. I am almost positive I would never ever had believed that this could be in the hands of not only fans but ONE FUCKING FAN. It is almost unheard of. I am in no way fully understanding this as I post it.
Now let me make it perfectly clear I am gonna do my fucking best to set these deals and to get this safe and secured and drop my worries that I am sitting with. I am so very cvoncerned. A tiny bit of communication has been going on about this to the right people today and further more I have been in touch with my Crue travelling buddy Mr. Irish he said more or less like the following - told short "Tommy I think we are to forget about Crue Fest III in the US this coming summer 2012. And then make the UK in December a good one and grab that bitch of a festival Sweden Rock 2012. Crue is as mentioend one of the headliners for next summers fest. We do this and then we see how things unfolds. And should the US go down the drain then we see 2013. I am not too cool with the skipping part but then again it is also a remarkable help and decition to do and set solidly focus on.
You see could I be sticking to this tiny little plan then there could actually be a fair small chance that this shit could get won over and come home. Way more will be talked about over the weekend for sure my own guess is that by Monday I will know a lot more if not for sure the final know how about if or if not the fucking items will come to me in the future or if it will be another load that I will be looking long after and see dissapearing in the horizont. I just feel it is so fucking close I can smell it. Do not even feel sure if the posting here about this shit is a smart move at all to do. Meaning should I really wait and not say a peep here in these pages here till the very end of the communication on these deals are coming to an end or....? You see that is what this diary is all about for me. The open pages to my brains on things that has in one way or another to do with the band and the collecting life of mine. man this is fucking hard. I tell youo it is like being an adict and there is not a single way out but fucking over the edge and down .. way dow!!!
Well I guess the next 72 hours are gonna be my downfall on these massive things. But christmas presents relationships and much more are gonna be the last thing I can do this year if some of these items are gonna be added a "aproved" stamp for an agreed deal. But surely that had been massively awsome and a huge part of me hopes for it no question. So right now my situation is, these new items need to settle that does it go down with me in it or not. The Swedn Rock ticket for next year and then the practical things of holiday season to come and the private life side to things. for sure. There goes that. 2011 hello goodbye. Damn it. Life slps through my fingers in a way that is so frightening to me now a days. 4 6 8 months are simply nothing in my world. And I grow older and older and still I sit with oceans of wishes in and outside the collecting fan fanatic side to life.
Did I ever say "collecting on a high level now a days is an almost hopeless thing to do if you are not a financially set individual?". Yeah that is right. And I say it again in these troubled world crises times of man it is a morgasboard (is that what you call it?) everything is up and for grabs too but you fucking need the cool cash to be even on the running lane. It has never been more easy to get heavy pieces course the holders sels everywhere and they are doing for one thing only they are all in the need of the money. If I could in one short sentence tell you how much I wish I had money and lots of it these last couple of years I would. but that side of my brians activity I can not even put into words. Shit.... well I have my ... birds of pray ... they are all flying in the night. And when I check myself out from night shifts a couple of times more I am in a more enlightend situation again. Till then you be awsome - take care.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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24th Of October, Crue Invades Summer 2012 Euro festivals
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Today, the 3- and 4-day tickets for Sweden Rock Festival 2012 are made available. We are also happy to announce the first 7 confirmed bands for next summer: Mötley Crüe, Blue Öyster Cult, Dimmu Borgir, Edguy, Gamma Ray, Danko Jones and Pentagram. This opens the next in line of the nightmares I am forcing myself to take a stand about. I need to get a few talks in order and I need to get a few things looked in on to be honest.
Everything this fall is coming out and hitting me hard it seems. I have just been sick over the weekend from what people around me says can be too much activity or thinking. I partly agree. I am a master of the thinking part. I can not stop it. Even when I long for rested throughts in my skull. I need it badly every now and then but it never fully goes that way for me. Constantly tense in the neck and more so thoughts about CRUE lif and collecting oh yeah they are absolutely unstopable. Any how before I go on wit that part here is a littel Sweden Rock 2012 info; Tickets : Sweden Rock Festival, located in Sölvesborg, Blekinge in southern Sweden, is the biggest rock festival of the Nordic countries and has been sold out every time the last few years, which means 33 000 visitors.
Today at 9 am CET the 3-day tickets (for the main festival days) and 4-day tickets (including the Wednesday opening) are made available through www.swedenrock.com. The first 5000 ticket buyers will receive a Sweden Rock T-shirt which will not be available anywhere else. The design has been made by British artist Sleba, known for his work with Led Zeppelin and Star Wars, among others. Also, we will be running competitions each week until new years where everyone who has bought a ticket has the chance to win electric guitars signed by bands and artists such as Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Zakk Wylde, Saxon and The Cult.
Bands : Around 70 bands will perform on our 5 stages next summer. Seven of them have been confirmed. First up is an act that year after year continues to be one of the most wanted by our visitors, namely MÖTLEY CRÜE who made a big impression with their SRF 2005 headlining show. Seven years later, it is time for Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars to deliver another powerful show filled with classic songs. Among our first batch of bands we also find legendary 70´s rockers BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, and the world’s biggest black metal band at the moment, Norwegian DIMMU BORGIR. Two of the power metal genres greatest, Kai Hansen’s GAMMA RAY and Tobias Sammet’s EDGUY are also coming to Sölvesborg, as well as Canadian rock’n’roll trio DANKO JONES. Last but not least, we are proud to present the Sweden Rock Festival debut of American cult doom band PENTAGRAM. Another 60+ bands are waiting to be confirmed, so keep watching our website for further announcements. More detailed info about the bands can be found at www.swedenrock.com. There, you can also find info about ticket prices, the festival’s history and more.
John Corabi, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, and current KISS drummer Eric Singer have scheduled a short European tour titled 'ESP Unplugged Winter Tour 2011'. The tour will begin on November 25th in Spain and wrap up on December 10th in Poland. John Corabi, best known for his work with The Scream, Union, Brides Of Destruction and as Vince Neil's replacement in Motley Crue, is putting the final touches on an acoustic album. In an August 28th posting at the Motleyshout.com forum Corabi said, "The acoustic record is finished and sounds soooo fucking great! I can't wait for you all to hear it. We are having it mastered this week, and finishing the artwork, so it'll be coming soon." Keep checking www.johncorabi.com for up to date information.
Confirmed ESP dates are as follows:
Nov. 25th - Madrid KISS Expo - Spain at Sala Ramdall (Bruce & John only)
Nov. 26th - Helsinki KISS Expo - Finland at Nosturi (Bruce, John & Bob Kulick only)
Dec. 1st - Veysonnaz, Switzerland at Bar Vague a l'Ame
Dec. 2nd - Telfs, Austria (Bruce and John only)
Dec. 3rd - Moutier, Switzerland at Aula Chantemerle
Dec. 4th - Nurenberg, Germany at Rockfabrik
Dec. 7th - Toscany, Italy - Venue TBA
Dec. 8th - Milano, Italy - Venue TBA
Dec. 9th - Oslo, Norway - Venue TBA
Dec. 10th - Wroclaw, Poland - Venue TBA
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Thanks for checking out the Monsters of Rock Cruise. I’ve been involved in some pretty incredible events over the years, but this is the coolest, without a doubt. Fans and Artists, interacting together in an unprecedented Rock & Roll experience…you don’t just listen to the music, you become a part of it! Plus, the backdrop of a luxury cruise ship, sailing on the emerald waters of the Bahamas…that actually doesn’t suck at all! By the way, this is far and away the best ”Monster” lineup I have ever seen on a cruise ship and includes many great friends of mine from the 80s. It’s a legendary reunion of an era that will be live in the hearts of rock & roll fans forever. I can’t wait to see you there, so please take this as my personal invitation to join the fun.
Please go to www.MonstersOfRockCruise.com now to get all the details about this epic cruise event, which will sail from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Port Everglades) to the Bahamas from February 25 - 28, 2012. The sooner you book, the better the cabin you’ll get. Better yet, with our Early Booking Discount, (see website), no cabin is more expensive than $999 per person (excluding VIP programs) and you will be able to reserve for only $150 per person deposit with the balance spread out over 3 additional payments. For those who don’t mind sharing a cabin, prices begin as low as $449 per person (4 to a cabin)! Finally, please accept our special gift to you, a $75 bar credit per cabin. We think that should help get the party started! To cash in on this bar credit, follow these simple steps:
-Go to www.MonstersOfRockCruise.com and go to the “Book Now” link, beginning Monday, June 13, 2011 at 12 Noon Pacific when online sales open. -Look for the “Promotional Code” box on the first page of the booking form and type JCMOR in the box. -Complete your booking and deposit by July 15, 2011. -The $75 bar credit will be applied to your onboard cruise account. Enjoy! -Don’t wait, book today! I look forward to partying with you on the inaugural Monsters of Rock Cruise next year! Peace John Corabi.
I myself am also in the middle of some dealings or offers if you will that I am having a quiet hard time to see how I can win over just some of them. It is a needed thing for me personally so the notice of everything above I have to say is NOT my best handed sort of news to be honest. I am not able to have that soft of finance or any where near it. That is not gonna happen. I am not saying that absolutely everything is im possible.... lol, lol but I am saying that there are so many things right here, right now, that to say the least, are the interest of highest caliber I think. No shit .
There are so many extremely great pieces on the plates in front of me these days it is so hopeless to count just some of these items and collectibles out. I am MORE THAN AWARE of not getting the lot but hey, if not to get any of it I would be quiet sad. So many of the activities out there right now are old family and frineds of the band and older collectors that seems to be laying things on the table for grabs. Including Nikki himself in the coming weeks. There are so many people right now that throws a good coupleo f tons of items on the map for everyone to bid in on. All one needs are to figure out where the shit is set up. You know it is a jungle out there and there are way more to come in the coming years. And the band itself .. just hold your horses.
I am still keen on doing my own already sat goals really that I mentioned in my postings on here the last couple of times but it is a hard fucking temptation let me tell you that. It is like having been a short time in rehab and then the frst person you meet outside the facility is a devil offering you the junk you have fought sweated and cried about not affecting your goals outside the darkend walls. FUCK!!!!!
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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20th Of October 2011, So Hell Awaits For The Diehard Fan
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Nikki Sixx is planning to sell off Motley Crue memorabilia for charity after finding boxes of "awards, plaques and cool stuff" in storage. The musician has amassed a huge collection of special items throughout his career, and now he is giving fans a chance to own a piece of rock history. In a post on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "Went through a bunch of boxes from storage and found years worth of awards, plaques and cool stuff. Gonna auction off for charity."
How is this for news? Fuck this has been awaited for a good three years on my part. I always was told he do this after they close the curtains but that he is gonna take the first step in this directions now is unexpected plus financially a pain for sure. Am I to let the Cruefest III go? Should I really let it be leave that summer 2012 trip slip through my hands and aim for other stuff? Man that was not the coolest alternative thinking really. Ohh my god. There are so many things out side Nikkis private decition on this matter that I myself have gotten offers too. I can not reveil any details just yet but there seems to be a one off chance here for me to get some things that are truely just other cool shit from the Sixx vaults really. I might be able to tell more about it in my late October posting here. But it looks really promising. Last Saturday of the month will be the next date in the calender that will see more items getting added to sections here. Looking forward to the remaning two months of this year. A few good things will come here and a few great experiences and more will too come. I am really hopeful and excited but things here are getting slightly more stressful really.
What else is up? Ohh man, I have as mentioned earlier decided to hook up again wih my press photo agent contact to expand my 8x10 photo collection at hand. I have tried to deliever another 110 shots that are extremely recent and shit I attended (Crue member(s) related events) and I really have an ocean of prints now that I so badly wanna take off of the hands of my buddy. You have no idea how willing I am to go overboard to get these. They are so cool. So exclusive and all. Top professional all the way too. So they are very much anted. I have sadly gotten to think these 8x10s are the coolest size photos for a rock n roll collection sadly they cost a shit load of money as well. But man I long for it really much.
Let me asure you if you had the offers on these prints like I do you would too. Ohh let me tell you if you have any artist or movie actor / actress you collect I can get photos from this dude too on them. Almost no matter who they are as long as its a world wide fame. Pretty sick really is it not? feel free to ask me if there should be anything?!!!! I am aiming for the above things I guess and then I just really wanna see the Def Leppard / Crue tour to come around I need the time off and all. I am so sick of my work again. My body is taing a beating like you will not believe. It is a really shitty feeling to constantly be sore like i am from this shit. I need desperately to get time off with absolutely no stress at all. Hell it is not even possible to stretch out or anything so it helps on the sore spots. It has become too massive sadly. Sorry to say. I hate that crap.
I did have a fairly cool experience that is realley Crue at all. But seeing them often gives me Crue thought though. Not that they sound or reminds me of Crue through their music. But I think of Crue course they mean so much. This act that I speak of is still to me the best really cool act on the Danish scene. Surfact is their name. And they mean a ton to me. Inked on me to prove it. they this month released their third full CD release too. And I went to one of their three release concerts. They are back and heavy. Great fucking impressive band I think. They mean so much to me for many reasons.
The evening at "The Rock" in Copenhagen was a night I had been looking forward to his coming Friday it is the musical / theater live experience in form of the Batman Live tour 2011. Then Saxon and Anvil late November and then for me off to the UK for the Crue tour in December. The days pre those six shows holds a couple of Crashdiet shows in Ireland, one Reckless Love show and a The Darkness show. Full on rock n roll. Then I think thats is all there will be time for not to say money and finance for for this dog this year. Christmas and presents and all that goes with that holiday is creeping up on me so fast it makes my head spin. I have thank god this coming first four of 7 people fully covered. And that to me is a really sweet feeling. Thank you very much....
I long for things in the collecting Crue world but right now I do not really dare to let things in my mind take over anything. It is all way too risky. The summer 2012 trip is already in a threat. I have a very much needed handful of things to get in place this winter and I can not really push it any further. And also I do not really WANNA push it any further. Also gonna try to get my KISS remains in order try to get it al ltogether to see if I can get my very much loved sadly rarely seen but highly loved frined of Sweden to grab it al lin one buy and I can again transfer that sale and money into someting I really would love to have on Motley instead.
I still have a handful good things including the very first KISS album originally signed on the day of its release. It is amongst the very first 25 items EVER signed by the full band AS KISS. So there 1974 original signatures are an almost holy grail for the diehard collectors. I have treasured it for many many years but I am willing ot let it go for the right price and all. I honestly do not wanna let it go for a small little something. KISS still means a lot to me in its own way. As always in this collecting business you see changes to and about most out there. so let me not write anything completely off yet. Also not take for granted that certain things are to be mine for sure. I have learned a long time ago. Never say that line untill you actually hold the shit in your hands. To many out there in the world that you are up against for things of certain rareness. But some things offered this past week are surely to be grabbed if we set a final in a way we both can agree to. As mentioned I will let you in on it soon if it goes well.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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13th Of October 2012, Missed It Missed It Missed It
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That is just really truely great. I was one of three yesterday and it cost me dearly looking from a collectors point of view. I had things deadlines and ended auction to deal with yesterday if I wanted some old Sixx belongings or some really rare stuff from old staff workers... But three could could go bad on me with that and I am ashamed and sad to say all three shitty possibilities happend to me. I was stuck in traffic. Other offers I fell asleep to so missed deadlines and it went to other interested individuals, and finally I had been given a time deadline wrongly told by the seller so I was one hour late there too.
In short all 6 items really wanted yesterday went away slipped through my fingers and nothing comes this way now. Man how shitty can one feel from only a time framing of 7 and a half hours? Sick man. I really feel sad about this crap. Man hope this will not be happening again. I sinserely hope I will only hav one focus a things like that comes up in the future. Do not go anywhere do not lay down even though you might have been up for over 30 hrs as it was the case yesterday. And finally take contact with the specified sellers a good hour or so before to make sure things are all good.
I have cleared some early christmas gifts already now and I am way happy about it. It begiins to cost me more and more tpo be honest. I really feel sad about that one. Its a burdon. But hey the people gets stuff wanted and they all seem to be really fine with it. So fuck it this year. I am gonna give all I can and then just get by it to move in on a new 2012. It will be a year that is gonna be solidly have focus the first three months or so on a new place to stay. A place where things will for sure be me nd my girls framings for some time to come for the future. No doubt about it. I will have to say I said this a year ago too but sadly things came in the way and this year to come I will set no CRUE tour item offers or anything above it. I need this to be and I need this to be sat as a main top priority.
A good handfull or two with new items are in the hands of the webmaster it looks like it will be thrown up on here tomorrow Friday as today has pushed her framings a bit also. I need to get around some things to have all on my to do list covered here myself before I do go country crossing ones again with nghtshifts six days in a row for me. I think a ton of things will be really nice ot get out of my ways. At the end of the month I hope to be starting my box packings with things here ready for a future move out. I have a gazillion things here that needs to be ready for that type of actions anyway. And with the little time that I feel I am here I will have to start taking that type of doing piece by piece. Not looking very much forward to that shit.
Sitting here right now just ended a nice talk over the phone to my girl. Man she is a fucking mindblowing cool thing to have entered my excistense period. Love the support she gives me and the love that this beast drags me through from time to time in very emotional way. She is a solid cool one to lean up against when the shit hits the fan. A few have asked me about the college that was on the 30th Anniversary trip to America this summer .. are things better? The answer to that is yes. We have found a way to not even feel the others excistence so it is better. No we do not talk share or nothing. I sadly have totally given in on hopes for anything positive to come from that sad sack of xxxx anymore.
Thank god there are way cooler and respectable people out there still. I will later in life surely be able to write a book holding a long list of people that totally went weird and people that I honestly had life long hopes of friendships with. I am so fucking thankful for VERY few people around me. I am extremely rapped up in what some could call " a bubble of the publics eye" meaning when you try to step in the public eye and share things and tell things like I do from my heart in these pages of my private mind of diaries I will be slaughtered from time to time. We all seem to have a need to trash other individuals when it is not really going our ways its a typical humna sign of showing failure. Failure is a state of mind that leads to agressive response. -Well nothing I can nor will do about it.
Welcome to the jungle assholes!!!
That should probably be a sub tittle to a book I would do on my CRUE life or "Public Enermy No 1."?? You take your pick it for sure would be a very interesting little something to put out. I would for sure be very interested in reading such a fans memories in shapes of a release. Now if I would ever decide to do such a book would be well remaning as a question I at this point could not really answer to right now. I have been asked buy two Danish journalists over time already if I would do one.
At times I think of my life as the title of David Lees "This Must Be Just Like Living IN Paradise" but jesus when the cameras are off and its all darkend alleys and grey conccret walls around you the world looks down on you and trust me the fingers are fucking pointing to you from all directions. You gotta be willing and able to take the heat when someone throws the shit around about your name and personality and get through it with your head high still and fairly unmarked you have to be strong as an oxe to survive the game out there brother. It sucks when you yourself truthfully knows you are ONLY doing a shared passion online and inviting everyone that should find an interest in it to enter your life through pages on the world wide web. But to be a target and to be putting yourself in a defensive corner for things being thrown at you are not ever really the meaning of what the site and my private passion for collectiing this band ever will be. Okay let me finish here before it gets to be some what too intense really and just bow out hit the sack and we will be adding stuff to sections in the morning here.
Much love and greatfulness to all of you out there that spreads the positive cool and attempted friendships. Thanks to you all. Crue for life.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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10th Of October 2011, New Collectibles, Wants & Thoughts
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On last Saturday KISS bassist Gene Simmons, 62, married his longtime girlfriend Shannon Tweed in an evening ceremony outside on the crystal lawn at the Beverly Hills hotel. Today you can be a part of Rock & Roll history by taking home exclusive Tweed-Simmons wedding merchandise by visiting PersonalizationMall.com. Among the wedding memorablia available for purchase are an acrylic wedding invitation keepsake, family sketch canvas art, a glass coaster set, an engraved crystal chiller and ice bucket, wedding guitar picks and much more for the KISS fan who has to have everything.
According to KISSOnline.com over 400 family and friends witnessed the couple exchange vows and say their "I do's" on Saturday night. Nick Simmons was the best man, and Sophie Simmons was the maid of honor. Paul Stanley and Doc McGhee were also in the wedding party. At the reception Sophie and Nick both toasted their parents, and Paul told a few humorous Gene stories before wishing Gene and Shannon the happiness that he has found in his own marriage. Sophie, Nick, Shannon and Gene all sang during the evening. At one point Paul's son, Evan, played lead guitar as Nick sang the Doors "Roadhouse Blues." Then KISS, in wedding attire, took the stage and performed "Lick It Up", "Shout It Out Loud," and "Rock and Roll All Nite."
This was just a really weird soemthing that touched my old passion and love for the band KISS. I used to be into these guys just as much as much as the Crue. Gene was and still is my rock n roll idol of kings and warlords. No one comes close. No not even the Crue members. I really tip my hat to the man that transforms stil lto this day into the demon we all know as bloodspitting flying bat winged bass killer in platform high heels and does it like only the master can do it. I am very happy for him that he now is married to the one and the only he could ever be married to and make it work. He always said I will never do this. But the 62 year old fell from his mountain top and stated "I gotta grow up some time the time is now" - fair enough I guess. He is stil lloyal to everyone that loves him or his band. How ever I did get shocked. Can not wait to get the next season (6) of the gene Simmons Family Jewels. It is so cool. Cheers Gene and congrats ones again.
Now here Sunday early on it is also a happy host to the site that shares the news with you that the Tommy Lee / MOM and used bass from the very same band has finally arrived now with my frined in Ireland I am for sure gonna pick it up in December. It looks to be a really gothic industrial killer piece hand sined by the drummer of our most beloved. Pretty cool right? Now also the next lot (not many but ass rare) guitar picks are saved. It is all in the mail as I post this o by next adding late October they too will be added for sure. There are even new ones coming from the and for the Aussie and japan and later December UK tour(s) thats the rumours any how so yeah look out for it. It looks to be hell on the guitar pick collector side for shit sure.
I have also gotten a load of new photos. More smaller stuff and all like CDs, magazines, and more are in the mail. The new merchandise thats out from the bands arcives will be covered just not now. It is not fully possible for me to do that as I have covered a great deal this las tcouple of weeks. I am not in financial cool balance but it will have to do for sure. I am looking really forward to the next handful of weeks as anothe r dude a family member to Donna DeÈrrico is selling out of a ton of things from Donnas house. She is getting rid of al lher Nikki things. sall and bigger things. There are a lot of money in that shit. Sadly it will be spread all over the god damn world I am sure. I am unable to grab all this crap but it is all auctioned off too as single items so there are the worlds eyes on everything and for eeyone to take a bite. The absolute worst framings you can have to work with to do this.
Some of the things right now are; Nikkis 1986 era pocket book with diary postings in it, COSTCO membership card belonged to and was used by Nikki Sixx when he and Donna D'Errico would shop at Costco during their marriage. The membership number, although no longer current, has been blurred out in the photo. Nikki used to keep this card in his wallet all the time until the card expired. A handwritten note from Nikki Sixx to Donna D'Errico written on a piece of paper from a hotel notepad. This note was written by Nikki while he and Donna were staying at the Rihga Royal Hotel in New York on June 24, 1997 when Motley Crue performed on the street for the David Letterman Show.
The note reads, "Donna, your [sic] dreaming now like a sweet baby. Your soul is so pure, your [sic] so wonderful. I wanna kiss you, but I'm loving watching you..... um I love you." The note is signed by Nikki with only a large "N" in cursive, with a drawn heart beside it. A ZERO Halliburton carry-on roller suitcase was used regularly by Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue from about 1997 through at least 2001. Nikki placed stickers on the outside of the suitcase, including stickers such as a Motley Crue World Tour sticker, Americoma Records (Nikki's short-lived record label) sticker, Generation Swine sticker, Outlaw Clothing (Nikki and Donna's short-lived clothing line) sticker, Krunk sticker, and Flash Bastard sticker. Nikki also memorialized several trips he used the suitcase for, by hand-writing notes in black permanent ink on the inside lining of the suitcase, as shown in the photos.
The handwritten notes written by Nikki on the inside of the suitcase read: "LONDON - April 21 - 97 Promo with Donna" "Leaving For Japan Promo Swine May 1 97" "Off to Mexico with Donna March 28 - 98" "On the way to Georgia - me, Deck - Storm to meet Donna - Rhyan and whole family April - 18 - 98" Suitcase is being sold exactly the way it was left the last time Nikki put it away in the garage. Everything he left in the suitcase is being sold with it. It contains everything shown in the photographs, and all contents belonged to Nikki and were used by him personally. Contents include an empty eyeglass case, a wooden bead necklace, a child-made necklace with beads spelling out the word "Dad", a Best Buy receipt dated 12/21/00 with Nikki's name printed on it as the customer, various keys (they no longer work for anything Nikki currently owns or uses), two guitar picks (one says "Creep F**k on one side, with a sketch of Nikki on the other side), various tiny polaroid photos including one of Nikki and two of James Michael (singer for Sixx:AM) taken at Donna & Nikki's house, a screwdriver, Nokia phone manual, and other items as shown in the photographs.
The suitcase is in excellent condition on the interior. The exterior has wear and scratches from use, but is in great condition with no dents. Both latches are in excellent condition as well as the combination lock. The wheels, extendable handle, etc. are all in great condition and work perfectly. Halliburton luggage is pretty indestructible. Considering all the use and abuse this suitcase has endured, it is in excellent condition. A great item for serious collectors, or can be bought to use only as a suitcase. Also his "Motley Records" t-shirt owned and worn by Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue prior to 2006. The front of the t-shirt reads "Motley Records", and underneath that it reads "They just don't give a f***". The back of the shirt reads "Crueheads are the best, f*** the rest". Profanity has been blurred out in the photographs. The t-shirt is a size large, and was worn by Nikki regularly prior to 2006. Just to mention but a few items really look below to see som of the cool for fans out there to grab.
Other than this I am gonna try to regain actions with my 8x10 photo guy. Tons and tons to be picking up there still. I am never ever gonan get a full coverage of al lthese photos it is simply not possible. It is a nightmare to do this and it takes a shit load of money to cover the lots that I get. they are all a minimum of 100 at a time. You have only little or no idea at all what this is doing to me. Shit. Things are really rough when you collect like this. God damn it. But I wanna start this up again mid of late October and just get to do the best possible thing that I can with it grab a 100 or two every month fro the next few.... I love them and there are so fucking many great ones to be gained.
By time I will for sure have one of the best greatest photo lot collection as a private person out there. You will just have to wait and see. Tons and tons of cool things that I personally have many great private experiences from too. I love to take these 8x10s and really do great with them. I am stunned how many great pictures there are in store for me. Most of them not even available to public but I will get them. And I look forward to the start of them now. I have done many alreayd but have had a good half a year break in the process. Since so many other thigs and the two USA trips have been eating up my money saved.
I am also in the middle of killing and clearing al lxmas gifts for family and all. I wanna get that part out of my ways so that I can focus on the Crue and my next huge move the moving to a new address. I have so many times over said I wanna do this but my girl and issues (not bad ones) have come up over summer so we pusposed it till this winter. But gifts are being shopped for and hopefully there will be this really neat coverage so I will be able to sy November 1st ok I am fully done now and I feel really pleased with my decitions. Other that this the site is gonna get more shit on it the coming Thursday. Not much more but more.
I am trying to gear up the best possible way under the framings I have for myself towards the coming UK tour and Ireland visit with my long missed friend there. It shall be a blast. Me, my girl and for the first time in 20 years I think my baby brother is coming wth us too. not to the Crue shows but to Ireland spending like a week there as we will all share a bit of his passion for the swedish act that he collects Crashdiet and witness two shows in Dublin and in Belfast Ireland. Should be great fun. No doubt. Gonna get myself some winter boots this week too. I need them and I need them bad. I have non. They are all really worn out of too small now a days. So that is of high priority before going anywhere really.
We are closing in on cold nights and very soon cold days here too so it will be now to do that coverage.. but hey the Crue shit is in an okay status. I have tons to throw my money on no question but this time I have covered quiet a few goodies and they are all gonna show up here with in the next couple of weeks I am sure. Till next time frineds have fun take care *** PS did you all see the new exclusive Vince Neil Schecter guitar for the 30th anniversary? Only two ever made.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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29th Of September 2011, Tough Times, New Merch
1:55PM CET
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Rockers Motley Crue have warned fans to "be wary" following bogus reports they're set to play a concert in Indonesia. Local reports announced that the Dr. Feelgood hitmakers would be performing in the capital city of Jakarta next month (Oct11), but the heavy metal stars have no immediate plans to visit the country. A statement on their website reads, "Legendary rock titans Motley Crue have no scheduled concerts anywhere in Indonesia... "The band distances itself from any such announcements, as no agreements for a show at Pantai Karnival in Jakarta or anywhere else in the country were ever made. Motley Crue advises its fans that any concert rumours are false, and to be wary of any vendors advertising ticket sales."
This is one of the places I would love to invest in to go see the band. In Asia or Indonesia. Another Japan tour or on Hawaii. I am nohere near to do that now this time. I have a shit load of things thats bad at work these days the company is set to have a third round of fyring and cut backs and untill Decemebr I have no idea if I am to stay or consider myself a goner. Plus all overtime is now killed. We are not in anywhere near the chances at work to make the good money any more. Sadly. So I am gonna be a little more aware of what is and what is not possible now than I will admit I have been for a while.
I sit here today wit ha really cool feeling. I think I am gonna be able to find something that will take my mind off of Crue for a period of time. I think there will be some time form November till way into 2012 that will for sure see me forced to backing out of things for some time. There are so many things I have to say I am very unstable with as off now. But to know I may have found a way and a thing to set my mind on to not be too down about the cutting back on my collecting for a while is for sure giving me something nice to look into. Thank god. New merchandise are also to be released this week. I am in hope it will be there at the time late this year. New tourbook the one thing that I love highest of all tour things available. I just think these tourbooks are the best as they represents the band in pictures at the given time that you see them. And I hope so fucking much that there will be a chance to hang on to the stuff that is new here. man your host on this site is going down hard if I am unable to do this. here shows the few new things up for grabs dear friends.
More added to the sections on Friday. More things are gonna come round my door step in October. No question about it. Tomorrow is gonna be another time and day for newly added things on here. I am gonna also clear the last few details about certain things to be coming my way in October too. There are no way things will be let off easy and ignored. In spite of the sad and rather tragic situaion with the job situation here for me I am foccused on getting the ongoing saved killed and in hand to be feeling good about things and to actually look forward to an October that for sure will be to my liking after all. My girl and I are to be having a few cool somethings from now till the year runs out anyhow so we are for sure planning a fairly cool ending of 2011.
Besides some of the held stuff in the calender includes the complete UK tour of another 6 shows in December for me and her with me on at least three. So yes it will be a cool time. I think some of these things will see us through the hard ending and uncertainty of the job situation. I will not have a final anyhow to wheater or not we are being let go till we make it into December unless they speed up the process and come out with a decition to us all pre end November. But one thing is for shit sure Denmark has finally gotten its own seriously kick in the ass in low spendings massive closing of companies etc etc etc. Very uncool time for the Danes for sure. Well talk more after tomorrow then I have more decided things and solutions to many detailed ongoings and then that will be a more realistic posting on here on the latest than me just rambling away here with only thoughts and ideas. Talk then. Have a great Thursday.
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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16th Of September 2012, Ended Sixx Auction & Pvt Actions
11:51PM CET
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Did you see the Sixx eBay auction that has been running for quiet some time now? It ended as it had been up at since three dqays ago. Sky high priced. M;y god I never in my wildest dreams thought that would have happend. I would not have done it I do not think. Well I know I would not. I had prepared myself for a try to go after it on the last day but as I saw the 3000 dollars mark reachged several days ago I have to admit that I did not in any way or form wanted to hunt it!! I have so many other things that to me personally are so much more interesting that a regular shirt from him this year.
The description of it was as follows; You are bidding on one (1) custom made Junker Designs shirt worn by Nikki Sixx on the most recent Motley Crue tour. This is a one of a kind shirt made just for Nikki and the Motley tour. Plus Nikki hand signed the shirt as well! Auction also come with a 8X10 photo of Nikki wearing this shirt on stage.This is truly a wonderful piece of rock and roll history from Motley Crue! The shirt was made by Junker Designs and there is a lot of detail put on the shirt with a ton of studs, small mirrors and killer rhinestones. Please see the pictures for details. Everything that Tod Waters and Giuliana Mayo, founders of Junker Designs, creates is one of a kind and made with their own ‘grubby little paws’. They’re master mutilators and destroyers of clothing. They have made unique designs for Steven Tyler, Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, Tommy Lee, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and many other rock stars. Now is your chance to own a piece of Motley Crue history! This item comes with a letter of authenticity from Gram Parsons Foundation. Happy bidding and we thank you for your support.
Bidders:14Bids:42Time left:2 days 8 hours 35 minsDuration:10 days
Only actual bids (not automatic bids generated up to a bidder's maximum) are shown. Automatic bids may be placed days or hours before a listing ends.
Pamela Anderson is "not really interested" in having cosmetic surgery. The 44-year-old actress - who has sons Brandon, 15, and 13-year-old Dylan with ex-husband Tommy Lee - admits she has been advised to have muscle-freezing Botox injections but would prefer to see herself age naturally. She said: "It's personal choice. I think it was much more popular in the 80s. People are doing injections and Botox now, which I'm not really interested in. "Everyone is telling me I should but I don't care! I want to see what I look like when I get old."
Despite her stance on cosmetic surgery, Pamela admits she has moments of being concerned about her advancing years, but is trying not to worry too much. She said: "The other day, I started to really think, 'Oh my gosh, I'm 44, what happens now?' 50 is close. I think you just have to not worry." The blonde beauty also insisted she is not worrying about losing her looks as she has never felt pretty. She told new! magazine: "I've never really felt pretty, though. I always felt like a tomboy. A lot of it comes with insecurity when you try and be pretty, you're trying to get approval."
I do not really know what I think of this part from I have to say I felt quiet suprised as I saw this. I love that Pamela looks at this this way. That she is finally getting fine with the natural ageing. I hope it is going well for her. Funny a few asked me the other day if I like to see them back together the Lee and Pam couple. I think there are so many things up in the air for them both and it would more than likely not go too well. then again for the sake of the kids it had been nice and hopefully the two adults are to be considered a bit wiser than they were only a decade ago as they had all their fights and shit. But hey it is not my plate to dance on it the first place.
I am really hopeful about something to be cleared in a week and a half. All the stuff that I have been telling you about will finalæly gets in the mail after the first Sixx bass trap, setlists, backstage papers, Sixx Sense studio stuff, Mick Mars worn and owned stuff. I am really looking forward to the stuff coming and I need to be a little bit cvareful from now on too with things. There are more shit going down in this god for saken company that I am with and more people are to be cut off from the firm with a quiet uncertainty within us all these days.
I am very much in doubt on what sort of horses I am to be betting on so to speak. Should I look for something else? Should I just come check in say nothing and be invincible and do the best I possibly can or? What do you think? Well I am gonna have to lay low the remaning few months of the year as I have so many plans for the last few months of 2011. So many things to get done and more. It will for sure be something that takes the time and not to mention the money this fall for sure. Besides the UK tour is coming up in a couple of months too so....
More from this part of the world shortly - much love
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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15th Of September 2011, Watch Your Moves
3:06PM CET
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Okay we are here in the middle of adding things to the various sections on here. Today will see even more going up and on. Finally the long hard posted diaries are up as well. You have only little understanding of how much that took out of me to do for the site. Now there is a guy that seeems to be holding things he sells you should watch out for and a girl in the Boston area that used to try sell even stuff to Nikkis old days bass tech and more they are both hot air. Watch for things that you may get offered. There are so many things that should be carefully thought about. Sadly it is like that. I think many so called fans are sad and bad news but you get judged by the masses from often either jealoucy or ersonal failure that makes you go for the throat on others to pull them down. Non of it is okay. But hey what and whom am I to say anything else on that subject. Just sharing thoughts here. Nothing but.
Have heard stories from old band connections now and people that are close to the band and members I shall keep all this to myslf but I am not even near a point where I should and will feel bad about the shots that been fired towards myself on certian sites by certain people. Just really aweful that shit has to come to such crap between what was supposed to be a family fan and fans between. Hate it. Now here are some pictures of what seems to be or not to be authentic / fake. Have talked to three people plus owner of this now. Surely diferent stories and surely interesting details on both parts. You yourself can judge what is and what is not real.
Now from the newly vacation pictures missed to the diaries I have gotten a few mails asking why I this time haveno pictures up and thrown in between the texting. The answer is inthe postings actually. I am so in lack of time to even start the editing of the shots from them tours. I will get to it eventualy inthe coming few days I hope then it shall be put in there. I am sorry I have really had so many things to attend to here and the postings alone has taken me like forever to do. Remembering all and putting it up right and chonological and all. Y
You see there are so many cool things to do ones you start to mess around with a site of this magnitude. We are closing in too on our 100.000 picture. You can only guess how it feels to have control of that alone. Also the postings the constantly expanded site sections that needs to be split up in two or three parts couse they take too long to open or something. You get the picture. I am truely high on it all when it works but I am also truely feeling like a time bomb ones it goes all bad and nothing is functional or in its right meant to be place. yeah it is a load of hard work and m and my dearest webmaster have often our hands full on this baby. One that soon turns 6 or 7 years old I believe. Fuck me how time flies. I am stunned even thinking about it.
There are a few things more that I have ideas to for the site. I am really not in a posititon to do it single handedly so I have to see if I can at all find the gang to be of any help to fulfill my dreams and ideas for something that would and could be condsidered pretty outstanding. then Iagain I constantly fight with things like that course it is so fucking interesting. I have to give it to Jesse he has a passion had it for a long time and now for quiet a few years he has been airbrushing the Ovation guitars for Vince that he uses. Jesse more than likely loves that little part of Crue history going for him. I am sure. And I can completely understand it. He has his dreams back in the day he told me about when we used to be talking. I smile seeing him doing at least this now. Pretty cool really. No doubt. As have I certain things and dreams that I love to get going on but I need some bigger things complted on the drawing board to move to the next level. We will see.
At the very moment in time here and now I just need rest and a recharting of my body batteries really. Coming October I think that is exactly what I am aiming for. Relaxed tiems and seeing frinds and more. have made one plan September 30th that is so far from Crue life its scary but that is remnding me of the life outside Crue that too can be absolutely apprecited so I plan on sticking to that plan in my calender and then hey October is knocking on my doors the very next morning. I love the thought of that.
The UK tour is in the can as also mentioned in the past posting on here. And there are so many great times to come from that. Talkedto my main man Billy of Ireland yesterday. he and I and my girl are the ones to be going on this tour and you can only guess how stinky cool time we are going to have. And what a rush we have built up already just reminding ourselves that we actually will have this one too. Added to 2011 and the Crue doings of a year that has been pretty wirld to be honest. I am so greatful for the shit that has been possible and the things I have done that seemed totally undoable at first but that happend afterall.
Like the Sunset Festival. I do not even know what to tell you on that one. It was way more than just a concert and a festival to me. you may have read the diaries. It says a lot but the emotions within me the pleasure and the satisfaction abot the festival an d the other doings them four days are untold. Course letters on a screan and the human emotions are two very different things. I am assaid very grateful things have been turning out the way that it all has.
Also now up to the coming UK tour there have been planned somee non Crue things here for me to jus tdo other thigns. I will be attending the theater to see the arena tour of Batman in Nov LA Guns, my beloved Danish rockers Surfact and rockabilly 50s music The Baseballs eshow in October and finally Alter Bridge. Plus there are all the hopedfor thigns with friends and families before end of November as well. So the calender is fully booked still the remaning time of this year. I have so many times said I longed for a calender month not overbooked with things it is not really gonn happen. I get too restless and all. Sucks.
So al lthese thigns constantly in the calender for me are great. It does how ever take a lot of money to do. That is why all the working days are so important sadly. And that is why this dog is so tired too often. It is not an easy life to lead. But I am excited still... about it. So I do not see changes in sight right here and now. I look forward to be going into the new 2012 though. There are a lot of really over the top offers up for this new year for me already. I will hold them cards close to my body for now so I do not spread the words too much on what to do and what not to. Today also sees more stuff getting added to sections of shirts, flyers, cds, Lee, Sixx and Neil solo pages and more. So enjoy. Hope you have a great time scrolling through it all as I have expanding it ...
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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15th Of September 2011, Looks Whos Cooking
3:20AM CET
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Thursday mid September 2011, middle of the night. Three am fuck me. The old August trip posting has just been ended here. Sent and now awaited to pop up on here tomorrow at some time. It has been a really tough one to crack to be honest the August Hollywood fest diaries so fucking much to say and remember. If at all it should be near detailed story that matters. But it is done now and I have been happy to close it up and send it off. It has taken a great deal out of me to do these last couple of postings.
Not to be bitching but I honestly never thought that I this time would get through them. It has been a great something to actually have in the can on here for my own part so it can be remembered in its full figure. Now I only need to get through all the photos and have them laid on here as well. I am by far not even ten percent into that yet either. Been fucking tired and booked with work. I have now promised myself and the girl on my side I am not gonna grab if any possible more than two overtime working dates in October. I need the damn rest and recovery for my body and things around me. Just stepping back giving the job a stiff middle finger for a month and only do what is first hand required of me. That for October simply has to do. So there is a little hope for air next month. I have had five days off from work in September the complete month and that included fucking Saturdays and Sundays. You do the math.
This dog is no longer barking has more likely turned into dog meat. Hell I am so burned now. Glad tomorrow is an off day. But then again it is not really. I have tons of site work to do and all sorts of private life doings such as being round family and friends go vicit all these folks and head ot give me vote on this the election day in Denmark 2011. Yeah there are tons of thigns to do even if I am not going to work tomorrow. Fuck.
Now did you all hear about the coming tribute to Ozzy O? Members of Ozzy Osbourne's former group Black Sabbath, Motley Crue and Kiss are among the acts involved in a new album tribute to the Prince of Darkness No More Tears: A Millennium Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne will also feature covers by Slaughter, Night Ranger, Alice Cooper, The Cult, Warrant and Spinal TaReports suggest Ozzy himself will rework one of his classic tracks for his own tribute. I have not any details on it really but there are a CD to be watching for here - I am not in doubt blabbermouth or some page will be handing out more details in the coming future.
New shit will be added to sections too on here today. Articles new and old. Some shit for the shirts section, posters, flyers, solo pages, CDs, tickets, passes and more. Plenty to go through if you fancy a follow up on stuff that has been laying waiting for weeks now. As mentioned above way too busy and booked times to get around to do this. More personal stuff from Nikki, Mick in October in the "personal" section. But not this month. Some of the coming stuff in October I can share with you here and now. There are other stuff offered and there are other stuff coming but that will be later on and that will be down a future road as also that in October will be going to a storage address in America to be picked up later as it is simply sick and sad that shippings and import fees are to kill good deals course it would double the sales price in a heartbeat and shit like that is pretty much impossible to do in that scale of financial numbers when you try to do as much as I do. Yeah you have to be pretty aware all the time when dealing seriously and in high numbers. The systems and diffenret country laws of imports can so easerly do you serious damage. Sad as shit but it is going on everywhere.
There are also more Sixx Sense discs and stuff coming in October. The huge deal of over a 100 live DVDs that I spoke of a long time ago some have been asking me when they are arriving course there seemed to be an interest in getting some of them. Well I can only say this I have time and time again for months now after paying a fairly high amount for a starting point on this huge deal not heard nor gotten a single disc. That is partly why you do not see the new titles in the list. I feel to say the least just as dissapointed as you that holds the interest in them out there. Sorry bout that. There will be more of everything again shortly but for now enjoy the stuff that will get added Thursday and Friday. As mentioned I need to gather strength again and find the enregy to give this site the attention it deserves and bloody well needs. I have a lot I could and would love to share with you but the tiredness and everything that goes with it kills my focus and motivation at this point in time aso I would rather wait a little while and get with you again soon with full force. You see it soon enough.
Hope you allare good out there there are many down sides to life and darying what I do. To be a massive dead serious individual on a passionate field - going public with it all you point one finger at something or someone and you better expect 20 fingers pointing back at you. You can handle it fine. If not I strongly recommnd that you think again and reconsider if you truely want your passion layed out there in the open for the whole wide world to see. Heard from a friend that does the same on something else besides Crue and music she got totally trashed and went down from it. Remember life is too short for bullshit and noone should hand him or herself things and situations that brings one down with stress and missery on a daily scale. Then keep things to yourself and change style ******
Good night!!!!
Mcrueloyalty.dk
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Aug 31st 2011, More Shows, New Doings Expanding Collection
1:36PM CET
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Everything seems to be extremely hard to get to tie in. Bonding all together and get finance and time and strength all to go hand in hand is not easy these days not easy at all. It is hard difficult times I have to say so much is coming down on me these days now. I have to be honest here with you and with myself. I am not going to have a September that will totally rock. Rather rock the boat I am sitting in and in a dangerous way too. For sure. Now there are so many unfinished things for me that I simply have to be killed this September 1st and October 1st. Things are getting really nasty when it comes to these many lines of wants and doings. I have reached a point with this here that is alarming me highly alarming me. There are some stuff in the US of A that are to be delt with. And as that is looked in on I have also some things I need to get in place and have covered to be on top of that will afterwards not really be giving me too much space (so to speak) as in breathing space for the full month of September. Simply too much to do and to cover and this time with the smallest paycheque I have had in a long time actually three years from July`s vacation and other off time. It is simply not a very much loved position this one called September 2011. Lol, lol, lol. But hey I know I will be coming through it. I have no doubt there only a concern of how well I will be taking it really. Thats all.
Now the summer 2001 Crue Poison tour of America is well over with. So is the Sunset Strip Music Festival read further down about the trip over. It was a blast. I have to say. A trip that was uncounted for but in the end also making upfor the shitty July trip. A posted diary on that one is already up and I have been recieving a good few emails about it. People are stunned to how bad I took that trip. Now in only two days six more Crue show tickets are gonna go up for sale. The band is teaming up with Def Leppard and Steel Panther for a Wales, Scotland and England tour in December 2011. You better believe I will try to go and cover all six of them. I have absolutely no idea how or nothing but I will be trying as hard as I fucking can to do exactly that.
I am kind of not too cool about the thoughts of missing it. I know it can sound harch in the sense that I should be ashamed to even think that way course I have had so much this year already. Well it is not too much to disagree on I give you all that. No argueing to that subject. it is just this is their 30th and it is on my continent and it was not really seem coming. It is stil lthe original 30th year and all. 1981 - 2011. Thirty years. Next year is a continueation to this yeras tour but it is kind of also into their 31st year. And already now I am a little unaware of me even getting off from work to go over course my vacation time is for me in 2012 in May not as the Cruefest II goes down at all. You see it is so far from even being close to it. SO I do not really know how all that is turning out quiet yet. So I do wanna try to give myself this christmas gift and close 2011 in Crue style. What cna be argued about that thinking of how big a part this is in my life. Huh?
DEF LEPPARD, MÖTLEY CRÜE and STEEL PANTHER will join forces for a six-show U.K. tour Dec 2011.
The dates are as follows:
Dec. 06 - Birmingham, UK @ LG Arena
Dec. 08 - Nottingham, UK @ FM Arena
Dec. 09 - Glasgow, UK @ SECC Hall 4
Dec. 11 - Manchester, UK @ MEN Arena
Dec. 13 - Sheffield, UK @ Arena
Dec. 14 - London, UK @ Wembley Arena
Tickets go on sale on Friday, September 2 at 9:00 a.m. They cost £47.50 in London and £45 regionally. Buy them from www.livenation.co.uk.
DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott said: "I can't tell you enough how thrilled I am to announce this tour! We always strive to make our shows an event and to have MÖTLEY CRÜE and STEEL PANTHER along for the ride makes this an event that just can't be missed for rock fans across the U.K.!! Come join us on what will be the event of the year!" Added MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx: "MÖTLEY CRÜE is excited to do some destruction with longtime peers DEF LEPPARD on tour this holiday season. We have never toured together so there will be some de-virginizing of each-other's fans and in the end one fucking wild party together." Out now is DEF LEPPARD's CD/DVD set, "Mirror Ball: Live And More". The concert collection — which is the band's first — was recorded during DEF LEPPARD's 2009 tour. MÖTLEY CRÜE's summer trek landed the group on the Billboard "Hot Tours" chart six times, marking it as one of the legendary rock group's most successful tours to date. The 48-city trek tour — which launched on June 24 and wrapped last week — was one of the summer's highest grossing, packing amphitheaters and arenas all summer long, drawing half a million fans. STEEL PANTHER will release its new album, "Balls Out", on October 18. The CD's first U.K. single will be "If You Really, Really Love Me". (Note: The first single in the U.S. will be "17 Girls In A Row".)
Downtown. I've been coming here ever since I was a teenager. Sometimes I'd write poetry. I'd take the bus here and just take it all in. I also love shooting pictures of homeless people here. I try to be as inconspicuous as possible, and I talk to them first and give them some money. But most importantly, I try to give them some attention. I try to get a relationship going on before I take their picture.
Funny Farm. My studio, nicknamed "Funny Farm," is in a hidden location. It's very private. Not only do I create my photography there, but it is also where I write my books and create music. When I’m not on tour, I go there anywhere between two and six days a week. Like all artists, I go through creative spurts. All my lights, props, and camera equipment are there of course, but there is something else there that I can't find anywhere else: solitude to create. Chinese Foot Massages. I discovered a place about three years ago. When my friend first told me about it I thought it was shady, but now I love it. I go there all the time. I can't tell you the name of the place because then the wonderfully classy parasites we call paparazzi will await me and my family. I will say this: There are many locations. I highly recommend any of them. Sugarfish. Sugarfish is fantastic. I go with my girlfriend and she always orders—she knows the menu inside and out. As for dish names, I don't pay attention. Best sushi I've ever had in my life.
Museum of Tolerance. I take my friends here a lot. I've also been taking my kids here since they were young. It's an important part of history and it is always eye-opening and beautiful. Samy`s Camera Store. I get all my camera equipment for my photography here. It's my go-to place when I need stuff for a shoot. It's also a dangerous place to just hang out 'cause then I end up buying stuff and have to dodge bullets from my accountant. Let's just say I have expensive taste. Zuma Beach. I love coming here in the winter because it's great for photography. I get here at six in the morning when the clouds are black and rolling. These are some of Mr. Sixx if not daily then weekly places to go. Around his dail home grounds. All these places will be covered sometime I return to the streets of Los Angeles.
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The Sunset Strip Music Festival Diaries; Wednesday 17th of August the night last night was a night I truely hoped for would happen. And it did. I needed to spend the time with my girl before she went home to tug in herself. I needed to have them few hours of togerhness before she was away from me for a little under a week. I am the weak one in some ways no denying. I should have been the girl in this bonding twosome. I am the emotional weak sentimental bitch in this relationship. It was noce to have her around till a good eleven PM then she left and I too had to go to bed. It was to be an ass early getting up in the morning time for me for sure. I feel so close and so miss her much a little too much even maybe that I did not really feel for going over to the US this Wednesday the 17th. Hoped that it would change a little bit as I got closer to the final destination. Course obviously I know what awaits me and I know that there will be a mindblowing cool and full on for three days there before returning to daily doings again. When I think about it solidly I am only coming to one conclustion really. This is and will be a monsterous cool time. And a one of a kind one too.
The morning was set to start at 5:30AM for me. But a good fourty minutes before that I heard my baby brother coming in from work and woke up. I still decided to stay put in bed and wake up slow and easy. Not pushing my tired body in any way. In all honesty I have felt a lack of sleep now for over two weeks. As I got up Crue was already on my mind and with that I entered breakfast city which was a needed thing for me to even get started. My brother and I talked a little bit after and then soon it was time for me to plant my feets across the sidewalks towards the trainstation. I made a last minute change of plan. Checked up on things online and then took a buss to Roskilde station, train to Central station in Copenhangen switched trains on to the airport of Copenhagen and then through the hasle of check in check points and blah blah, blah.
Right now writing al lthis I am sitting in 33B in the middle of two females one to one left a middle aged big nosed someone that more than likely would have wiched she had grabbed 1st class not sitting here next to a rocking low life somebody. To my right a younger one but still very much not my kind of person (or so I thought). More on that one later. Al lI at this point had on my mind were three things. One my girl ohhh dear miss her much. Two the Crue selfwrittne right? Three trying not to think too much not to worry and just to have least possible activity in my brains so I would not be getting a headacke. This pretty much concuded all ongoings pre landing on American soil August 17th this year for me.
Wow sitting in Newark international airport right now and I have got to say it has been a both good and negative flight over. We took off from Copenhagen. We took off from Copenhagen on time and as described I got to sit between these two very different females. Now the window seated girl on my right started talking to me a good hour before landing. I am not gonna post monsterous postings here about the communication that went down but she used to be working in the so called green room on Jay Leno show. The room taking in the stars of the show. She had been given my stories to why I was going over and the Crue and all that. Saw the tattoos and she started telling me about when she worked there and the band was on the show. She was there. She remembered all of their names part from Mick. Told stories of the band there on that show that day about her boyfriend that was a drummer in time but now worked more like a stage manager on tours with people from how I understood her. And She was from Sweden but had lived in USA for some time back in time. Now she was looking forward to ones again move over here. Really great stories she shared. Thanks wauu.
The Crue was really in focus through that flight chat. More funny buisness was coming up. I wanted to go to the restroom before landing and as I got there the door opened and out stepped this other female figure. She stopped me and said "forgive me not to be rude but I could not help over hearing the conversations you had back there. I am right in front of you guys and I heard you are a Crue fan." Blah, blah, blah it turned out she used to be one of Vince old girlfriends. She had been in Scandinavia on holiday liked it there she said only a little too much rain. Go figure lol, lol, lol. We shared stories in the aile and it gave me a cool feeling to have a chance to do this. I guess in the heta of the moment I totally forgot her name and all. Sorry. But thanks for the great flashes down memory lane from all the stories given.
Now with only a good hour and a half to landing I felt an oncoming thing I had constantly been trying to avoid. Headacke. Yeah the neck pain from sitting down this long with a turned head to talk to the woman next to me had givin me a stareted headacke. After three movies and the chats. I tried to relax here thank god the pain did not go overboard that would have killed the trip period. Now Touchdown!! Then in line ofr imigraions and .... you know the drill. After only maybe 5 minutes an officer of law stepped up to me and asked one question "have you ever been arrested?" I replied no and he took me out of the line and said follow me. I did (ofcourse) then one officer after the other staretd asking all these questions. I never had tried this xtra intensive checking before at an airport landing in United States. I never got to be told what this was even all about.
The memories of the Florida trip a couple of years back started running through my skull like you have no idea. What the fuck was up? It was all guessing games here. But I was not the only one. More that sat here were taken out of the line from the arrival and asked in here. So I started thinking okay nothing to hide no illegal so and so with me. There is nothing this has simply got to be a check up of a sort of xtra care. what else could it be? I saw from looking around me several people crying and feeling really nervous about their situation. I guess we were all in the same boat but they maybe were a little more nervous from this situation than I was course we were not told what it was all about. Nothing was told to us untill I spoke to officer number six. He asked the questions given to me three times now all over again and now wanted to hear about wha tfestival I claimed to be going to over here. As I stared to tell about the Crue my love for the band and he went through my stuff in the suitcase and found several Crue postcards and other Crue small stuff.
He then started telling about the years of 1987 to 1990. He too used to be a huge Cruehead and was over the top cool wit hthe stories I told. he found it interested and had actually heard the talk of the band being active on the road again this summer but he was not going. funny several times have there now the last few years been this line of people that works up in the world they are all KISS or Motley Crue fans. I liked his stories. All seemed to okay with my suitcase mess how ever he was wondering seriously about three things though. A plastic bag of a few pills .What are they he kept asking. I kept saying its for headackes. Forgot the name of the damn things. It was non of the names he spat at me. never mind I thought go test one and see if you figure that out too. Again went well.
The second thing not fully too certain about were my crueloyalty cards. No dude they were to a selling thing. So what is www.mcrueloyalty.dk he asked? I explained it to him and now he said he liked to look in on it to verify the truth about me. All good again actually his reply was "pretty awsome site. Sick collection. He loved it. "You are for sure a serious fan man. Take my word for it he drulled from it. Lol, lol, lol. I was also asked about the plastic bubble rapping. Why bring that to the United States. I explained once more I wanted the new Jack D bottle to the Crue 2011. Afte this one he told me to clear his desk pack my shit lol, lol we were done there no bad things. Alouence to continue the travelling for me. So rapped it up and off I went. At this point through another check point - new security scans and more. Shit I was so happy thinking about the job of´today. Crue soon to be and pre it loads of cool in the waiting.
A good ten minutes after al lthsi hola hoop was dealt with I so badly wanted to just go and do some talking to my babes. So I called her ten minute talking nice to hear her. The miss you much and love yous were confirmed again in my soft little heart of romance and I moved on. Some shoppings got covered in Newark ariport for her too. Non for me. Well a soft drink and a bite to eat thats all there was for me. As sitting in the resting area eating i looked around and remembered just a good month ago I was here too with my travelling company of July. It made me both sad and smiling. Smiling course it was my first memories with my babe to be and shre this place with me. Sad course of the total outcome of how that trip went down.
Now sitting in the corner of gates 125 - 127 looking out I see the New York Skyline over Manhattan and the Empire State Building where again the party of three was went up to the top of and again I feel not unconditionally smiling but also greta sadness and irritations from that tip being so far out and away of what it was supose to have been like. Tragic. Only comfort really is yes I did get to see the tour of Poison Motley on their 30th anniversary. I do now how ever wanna take revenge so badly next summer if I can go. there are sadly no guarentees for me there. Meaning the Cruefest III is more than likely as it always is somewhere in June July and August. And we aim for the California state only rally. My vacation time for 2012 is not there but in May. So I am totally unaware of if I at all can go. I simply have to talk to my boss and all to get the knowhow on that one. But god forbid something negative will come from it. I need that tour it is closing in on age and illness and side projects to be honest for the boys in the band. How much more do we get a chance to see em?
Actually tonight they play the last show off of that tour in San Diego area and I am not there. It is cool. It is fine but I need this one now the Sunseet Festival to be a success. Had I had a chance to go earlier like yesterday I would have been in San Diego tonight. But that did not happen. I will have my treat tomorrow though for sure. And the next three short days I will be fine. I am so set on it it can not possibly go wrong. many thoughts here and now you know of wht to make top priority on what is; festival merchandise, the Jack Daniels bottle, a photo lot from a place in Hollywood have wanted the mfor a good 3 years now, the house of blues event and the big gig in three days from the boys in the steets of Hollywood.
Hell I am all keen on covering al lof the above but can it be done? Is the time good for it? Are the money? Do I feel fine enough myself to do all that? I know it was a lot of questions. But I am always like this. Questions, questions, questions. Thinking of every single detail there is and can be. It is not doing me much good. To be honest al lthe thinking equals concern on my part and that makes my head spin. Bang. Here is your headacke for the day. Uncool. Also I for sure wanna attend the Buckcherry show at Roxy and the Uriah Heep at Whiskey. Guess in short it is as of now anyways oout of my hands so I need to get the relaxing part into my system and just feel cool about everything. Right here and now in Newark Internation airport I need to take a break from the writing sit back and not do jack. So - later.
Dear diary just a kind of time killing note really. I am now at the new gate yes it got changed. Sitting by gate C97. Plane on time it says nice ot know. Still two hours to go before take off to LAX Los Angels. Almost out of battery on my cell so I shot it off completely. Course I have to have a chance to get a hold of my man GG as I plant my feet in L.A. to meet for the pick up and all that. Some more Crue thoughts. I do not after July and the summer tour trip over here have a big bag with me this time. Well I have the same suitcase but only one. But all gotta fit in that one for sure. I have also thought about what I wanna do and in what order to be honest.
Tomorrow I will kill the stores like Hustler, Amobea, etc etc. Get al ltaht out of my way and solidly focus on the evenet and its doings. I will cover the stuff thats Crue related tomorrow at the House Of Blues award and tribute sho to the band of what ever may be.The bottle is there the Jack D. And I know for a fact that 9 people have now requested me to get it. But I am so sorry this time around I am unable to do that. I am to get myself one andthen Billy the Irish one for sure then we will see how the table spins after that. So al lthat tomorrow holds the bands nameon it I am interested in grabbing. I do also have food and gas and shitto pay so it is very much a first priority that tomorrow opens the doors that leads off to the festival. Let us see how it all unfolds. Should any cash any US dollars be left in my pockets as this trip is long over with - I will for sure make it happen that they uncut goes to my heartline on helping me with most of the heavy collectibles. And god knows I havea list offered on the coolest of cool to as I get home and ready to pay up again.
Right now there are so many great offers solidly frorm this man so I need to see my September pay cheque before I can actually say much. And there are still a good half a month to that well almost right? The biggets priority of all there are at this point has to be the Mick Mars coat he used on Cruefest II couple of years ago. Man that is something else. It will happen no question. Yeah as you can see the Crue thoughts are many. Constantly there no matter where I am and what I have my hands in. I have an aass load to cover. To aim for and all. The last few years for sure as also said many times no longer such an easy task to just go do and cover in its full. The today collecting life is a mother fucker. We will see what the heck happens. Right? Stay cool brothers and sisters.
Thursday the 18th 2011 ohhh yeah. Feeling something good coming. Good morning world. 7:30AM local time Nothern Hollywood. Feels all weird and not quiet right. Course I remember going to bed at 1:10AM in the morning last night after more than 28 hours travelling. Do not know what caused it but I woke up looking at the time at 3Am, 4:15Am and at 5:55AM and then now before finally getting up. GG was still in bed sleeping. I was arriving last night at 10:30PM in LAX al leasy doing last night too. Got my suitcase just fine and fast too. Nice one I remember.
My man GG missed me the first time he drove up to the enterence of the spot I got to after baggage claim. So he drove by the block a second time and we had spoken on the phone then heyyy right there we catched up on one another. What a great feeling it ws meeting up again. I tell you guys out there thee is not a cooler sweeter dude around. He has blessed me too so many times over and I regret to say there is not many like this man out there. What a cool nice fello this one is. No bullshit. As we left LAX we started instantly sharing the latest gossip and what had gone down of excitement since we met a good five weeks back. Soon enough in that conversation the man wanted to hear about our July trip. So here was round 328 of telling about it.
We also started to talk about the show and festival that was starting this time namely tomorrow in Hollywood. We felt that in the morning hours to come shortly we would get up take a shower find some breakfast and start talking about the festival what when and how. It was all on me he kept saying. Youre the boss this time around. What we do and when we do it is totally up to you he said. Talk about feeling important and loved, thanks man you are simply awsome. I guess a long way I could consider myself getting some areas coveredthat I simply never had done, seen or gotten shown by anyone. It could only be a good three four days here. I have no idea truely how all will unfold but I am up now and as GG gets up we will talk about what will be the smartest for us to do and in what order.
It is no secret I would love to get back to Denmark with as much photos or something from this whole thing as possible. I so deeply needs that and to have the two events covered like big time will please me major. Think of it had been cool to get home with me. Video of the whole fucking thing. Again lets see what can be done. I sure have tons of Crue related thoughts also this early in the morning. I have only positive thoughts though even though it does feel a bit uptight and weird that I am only here today tomorrow and the day after before I return home again to daily doings and all. It is for sure a fas trip in and out. But my god this will be the coolest thing this summer. No question. Love it.
I have now also packed the remaning stuff that was still left behind here from July as I brought home the insaine huge pile. After this coming Sunday I have no more laying here for sure. I have no more stuff stored from old times it is such a great feeling to be honest. Again thank god. That has been a struggle for sure. But sending it home to Denmark is just almost unheard of from now on. It is the sickest shit ever shipping rates and import tax fees onthings now a days makes the bands loose more and more collectors like myself course it kills anyone trying to do it widely. I find it totally rediculous how expensive this shipping and importing shit it. Still I try as many of you know to still cover and kill most or rather al lof the released offical stuff all the time. '
I know I have said this sentence too a lot of times over the years but it is STILL today getting tougher and tougher to do just that. Things in America selling for 25 dollars costs me easerly 45 dollars before I have it in hand and can expect no more billings to that given item. You do the math. You are morethan forced not to be a party animal not to be covering the shit you so highly are in lack of from spending all your time and money on this right here. I myself am quiet suprised to how on earth I have covered what I have alone since 2009 and gone through the list of rotten situations on all fronts and then still be claiming to be a de hard collector covering things in tons every year. Yeah it truely is beyond me too.
All I know is that I have truely given it everything that I have had to stay positive and to cover the doings that have been done. Most of what is out as official products since 2005 are fully covered and obvously it is everyones own opinion to judge me if I have done good or not but has it cost a galaxcy of travelled miles and an ocean of money to do all these things for sure. Many fans friends collectors bands and more have already tipped their hat to me on things that I have here on the site thinking this is not a store this is my own personal private collection. That it at al lhas been possible to do this is so beyond me. But I think it has been well worth it all. Thanks.
3:45PM - just got back home we have been strolling round Hollywood doing all that needed to be covered that was not really Motley. Shoppings for my girl. Yeah she will for sure be happy getting all these cool items that are piled up in the bag here. Outdoor meal in Hollywood on the strip. Covered breakfast too. Nice place I have to say. Got news for my baby brother too about his Crashdiet boys that he collects. He will be hayppy with what it is. We are now soon heading out again. We are so gonna have a House Of Blues night to remember. I am litterally very excited hope it gets to be a really cool thing. We also drove by the rehearsal placethat is still their active spot on my local boys Buckcherry. No more comments o nothing to or about that one. Please do not ask for locations and more I am not too interested in handing all that sort of information out - sorry. But on a personal level I am really greatful of having had a chance to drive by it.
Speaking of Buckcherry. They are more than set to tear the place apart tomorrow for sure called The Roxy on the strip. I am without question going there. That sounds to be a great one off show for sure. It will be a too drunk to fuck experience for shit sure .man I will treasure that evening and event more than I can tell you here. As for picture taking I have not really taken too many up till now but the House Of Blues is what I hope for to cover through the lence plenty in a few hours time. Yeahhh baby. Also poster tube bought this afternoon to bring home the two instore book signing banners that GG had found for me. I have no words for his actions. Loved it. But it is now fixed and al llithographs and banners etc etc can fit in the tube and be a carry on item on Sunday back to Scandinavia. Nice. Feels really good. It has been a concern that is now long burried. Next in line on the list of hoped for cool outcomes well as mentioned House Of Blues.
Back!! In northern Hollywood aea and by GG´s place. A tiny bit drunk. Can not say we have had a lot to drink but a bit. The House of Blues served well you guessed it free Jack Daniels with differnet sort drinks in it. Also we got beers after that at Rainbow here is how it all went down review of the evening. As we left valley Village to enter the area that was to be the framing for tonight we headed out and got stuck in traffic. Should have picked the "backdoor" entrence to Hollywood and Sunset Blv. But we did not. We took though Universal and Studio City and drove by Hollywood Bowl that tonight had a huge Disney event. So traffic was like ...forget it. But we did not forget it we sat tight like good trained dogs chatting and listening to the new CD of mine by 18 Visions a band introduced to me I hd not heard of. I have alreasy fallen in love to this release. he said get only this one they have released more they are no longer arond butthis is the one you need from the type of music you love so.... 18 Visions went out the door with me from Amobea and money went out the pocket. Lol, lol, lol.
We had also gone through all of my questions from a list brought with me from back home and I gotta say absolutely non not one answer from the list of questions was giving me a bad feeling. GG has been so unbelievably cool. Forget it man there is not a stinkin comma to say about my man here. A matter a fact we have created a list of things to do tomorrow morning and daytime so already now there will be more than just a Buckcherry gig to look forward to for sure. Man this is endless this is fucking over the top nice to be a foreinger and coome here as the top class collector and get this shit covered.
Helloooo... this is really happening. Again superb GG thanks a gazillian. The list made will take us to some places that for sure will be of my personal interest and it is not even stuff I have been around to myself previously. We will go by some cool spots and now I can not fucking wait for it. Soon to be added too in on my "meet n greet cruecial sights" section for sure. But as said al lthat is for tomorrow. This is today and it is the life achievement award show at the House Of Blues.
So we left the house at 5PM and part from the heavy traffic jam at Hollywood Bowl we got there fine but we saw a huge line of people already. It was insaine. For a split second I had a concern to this course non of us knew where the heck to get my ticket / wristband / I was on a list for. VIP and stuff. I needed to get this or I was not getting in. We decided that the House Of Blues would be holding that stuff for me as it was an event that was included on this years edition of the Sunset Strip Music Festival. So car got parked and our asses in line with the rest. One person from the past that used to mean a lot to me as being my previous Crue partner on doings was there too. This individual has grown into something not even saying hello no more. But Suck it. I am all good on the matter now a days. So in other words there were no stepping up on my part either and no hellos or nothing. Totally ignorence there.
As I got closer tot the table with tickets and more I mentioned my infos and there it was no shit at all. No hassle or bad so n so. Easy cake. I had my shit now and I was really happy about it. The back side to the House OF Blues had its own red carped now rolled out and we went on it for a short while got a sniff of the media mess and a couple of pictures shot. All funny really. I will spare you the details as I predict a line of emails coming my way so ... no thanks.
Buckcherry boys Sixx Am and many more artists had come down tonight for this too. Pretty cool. Eventually we went inside and I made a fast overview of how all was sat up. Okay I got it. Over to the jack Daniels bottles sales of the very limited bottle of only 290 pieces of the bands very own whiskey now a days. Got it covered and the fucking cool thing about it was we did not have to walk around carrying this all night we got handed a chip for each bottle bought and then after the event outside on the back side we can go exchange that chip in for the paid bottle how cool that was. Smart thinking guys. Tipping my hat to you on that detail. The bottels were not something you could just grab a million of so I had to just grab the two one for myself and one for a handpicked person that had ased me in advange. Sorry to al lthat did not get it from me. I had 9 people asking me if I could get that bottle for them and bring on home. But it has not been that easy sorry friends.
Okay now that was done and delt with I felt the maybe absolutely most important thing had been covered today. Now I needed to find my man GG and get a spot pointed out to have a good view and all from this. It was a one of so I wanted it to be greatly covered. That very minute I decided fuck it let me film it all. The worst thing that could happen would be one coming over to tell me to shot it off. I saw also the actuall single barrel from Jack Daniels Tennessee that all bottles were made from. It was in the house signed by the band and it was now up for grabs at the end of the night. Shiiiittt... Well it was not for me to be bidding on actually I did not even stay for it. Had other plans. Shot a couple of pictures of the barrel though but then headed back to GG and to our picked spot in the back of the floor to get the whole stage inthe picture as I was going to video film it. A couple of stills were shot pretty much by mistake but the video shooting was prefered for sure.
On stage was folks talking to and about Crue. The singer of The New York Dolls, The keyboard player of the original the Doors, neil Strauss the author of the Crue book `the dirt`, Hollywood major and others. It was like a "the roast of Motley Crue". I was curious to see what would go down as the band was getting up on stage. Fuck eve just thinking about it. the band on the stage of House Of Blues in 2011. I know they are not playing a gig but still. Unheard of. Pretty cool. Maybe even a little more than just cool?!! So without further ado here is Motleyyy Cruuueee...... I was getting all weird and funny feeling inside. It was a killer feeling - but a killer feeling that sadly lasted as long as a fart would warm you in ones pants after slipping one.
What do you mean you may ask? Well, simple the band got on stage yes all four of them but then I expected a kind of all members speach not long but something you know. Only Vince talked a little bit for maybe 30 secs half drunk and looked out of it. Nothing more. then less than 180 seconds after they had stepped up on stage they were gone from it too. for all of you that missed it I can so easerly say I understand your fustration. but in al lhonesty I can also say to you al lthat it was not a cool thing.
I can somehow sit here now expecting emails from some sayng oohhh dear here you go again putting the band down. No that is not what I am doing here. I am only giving you my personal opinion on something. And I can also easerly tell you I would not have wanted to be missing this for anything but with that said it was a short lived something and it did not last long. I know it is later on quiet cool to be able to say "hey I was there." But these award and press shows are way too often blown up to this over excited exclusive huge deal. It rarely is. Exclusive ohh yes. Cool? Not a chance. I have been given it some thought an I guess the American culture is somewhat more like "wwaauuuuu" about it than many of us Europeans are. We are not too blown away by 3 minutes of anybody. In the heat of the moment it is always cool I agree there. Then that is it really. But again no question it was cool to have been there.
So after the filming was done the show was over we headed outside grabbed some collectible jack bottles for my chips and then we took a few pictures and headed on. Next stop The Rainbow. We got takn by suprise there. Fuck me this place was packed like you can not even believe. I had my tequila there. oops what am I saying? My corona beers and it was a fucking neat feeling. I was missing one back home a lot and I had hoped to eble to share this trip with my Irish brother but I ws here alone and sitting in the middle of it I had no plans absolutely no lans in letting my miss the folks back home much taking me down. No way. This was an unexpected possible trip to win over so I am stuck on the "this will be a trip that takes me all the way every day of the few that I am here". I found more papers and magazines wit the boys in it and at the bar GG and I sat and shared rock n roll and personal daily stories it felt good to have the chats we have had so far getting in under ones skin somewhat more. It is something I have always wanted to do with him anyways. We sat at the bar and slowly felt the sleepyness coming over us. One more beer and we were about to head home. landing we quickly just agreeed on óne thing. No more chatting today just going to bed and get ready for tomorrows sights. That has pretty much been it for me today here folks. Loved al lof it. Every single minute. Tomorrow is another day - good night!!
Friday 19th 2011, okay it is 8AM here in northern Hollywood. Have been awake for almost three hours now. Do not ask me why. Course I really do not know to be honest. Lol, lol, lol. It just seems to be the thing for me when I am over here. I do not sleep I am on a roll constantly. Sucking in as much as I possibly can. Grow on and expand sides to me from things that are so cool of what I constantly seems to be seeing. I know my expectations to things are on a constant high but why not? Why expect middle cool when there is an over the top cool out there. then again I at the same time also always seems to truely appreciate the adventures I get to take in about things I do and see over here especially related to my Crue life. There just does not seem to be the slightest chance for me to be taking things for granted doing these trips. It is too valueable for me. It is never really simply a time off from work and a vacation for relaxed times. Never. It is always dreams fulfilled. Thank god.
If you only knew how much I love to fill in the books with new adventures and discovered cool stories and offers and huntings. You will be amazed how obligated I am ones I get on to something concerning the band. How much I am willing to do and write off to get to do what ever it may be. Fuck even I myself am amazed on that fact at times. Do not really know how I can keep ip up to be honest. One ones said to me willingness can ove bigger mountains than any machinery ever can. I have learned to agree on that one. Most of my Crue life I have signed off what people call a normal lived life. If mine is abnormal well I guess you can say so but it only os course I have such enormous passion for doiing this Crue thing in a large scale. These decitions have taken more out of me than I can even find words for to describe to you in a proper way that would actually nail it my friends.
This collection and stuff has turned people into either getting jealous of me or decided to think I am an asshole or something what ever people have decided to think of me I have no problem with. I can only say I have always said what ever it is if you want it bad enoough and you are willing to make sacrifices then you will get on top sooner or later. Period. I am always here towards other people with maybe at times even a little too opend arms. I will never treat you shitty. I will never make solid promises to you on things I have a little doubt to that I can actually not keep. I constantly treasure every bonding to people with love and respect.
Sitting here in California now writing these lines I sense that nothing could be more true. While the morning silence here are al laround me to make the framings of my posting here this Friday. And with that said I also have to admit i have discovered that there are people out there that after a while in your company or friendship ones appreciated your bond friendship and what else all of a sudden turns their shit on you and you are fucking doomed to witness another lose. That is something I have sadly seen a lot of times. And it is by far not pleasant.
I have recently seen or been told to read something that was pretty harch on the shout board ones again. I am stunned to be honest. I think it is sad when people years after something has happend are still trying to put anyone down in the sense that they try to put shit to ones name and collection. I find it sad that others that do not even know me comments to it and gives the story tellers the thumbs up on trash like that. I have read it all. But you know what let me tell you only parts of things listed are real and the tuth. Way more than half of it are twisted details that makes a mouse turn into an elephant farm and there are not words for what can be said about that. So I will just sit back and not comment any of it.
However, there are so many lies and so many in the past happenings that detail wise have been twisted and not nearly been told as and how they originally went down. I guess this is what you can expect from going online with something massive as this collection of mine and the straight forward openminded diaries that I have been willing to share with the world. I am not gonna be judgemental to or an´bout anybody. That road has been walked it is not worth it and trust me when I say life is too short for any of that bull. I gotta admit it makes one think if you should do something more quietly but then again why let pranks and attention needed somebodies allow to force me to stop things that are cool?
Okay back to todays House Of Blues experience. I saw one specific individual there that has had a huge impact in my life earlier on and let it be said instantly I will out of respect leave this person nameless as there are no reason for bitching this person what so ever. What could possibly come of good from doing that? But let me tell you past experiences and ad ventures wentnthrough my brains noticing the person and at one time the individual was left alone by the friend that had joined the one for this event and this person did not really seem to be too comfy having seen me there which I think is sad really. Why ended somethings can not just be ended without acting shitty later on is so beyond me. I have never hurt this person ever. And I never would either so the few minutes of past remembering seemed like a grey zone to me that was like "ohh god it is so sad this is is even aloud to be happening". But okay I have tried to ask in tried to understand and never did. So for a long time now I have left it alone. It just blew my mind really how something cool could be publicly described as the worst shit ever. And letting lies rule the game from a personal missery and jealoucy - sorry folks but that is just tragic. I have nothing against these people and I am not gonna do any defensive comments to all the hype it would be gasoline to the fire. But how sad it is that the world seems to be filled with such individuals instead of just appreciating what was and if a split is coming around for what ever reason then so be it but leave it alone and move on.
Now I have this trip sharing it with GG at times wondering why we have it like this? I think the reason we tell it like it is dead on and honest a go is a go and a no is a no. No hard feelings no bullshit like I read on some other sites about people bitching others. It is just so god damn lame. I find it to be kind of a small person to be honest. That kind of straight forward ness and honesty and acceptance from both sides is the key I think to why egos, personality differences and more does not break the bond between us here. not too many seems to be able to handle it. I know for sure I am gonna continue to do and to have what is with this dude. It is simply too good and it is simply not to be argued about. There is respect both ways no matter what it all is coming down to. Period.
Right now though I am sitting here with my pen and paper putting these lines down to remember and enjoy later - and to type in later for the diary pages you sit with right now in front of you reading. Waiting for GG to get his ass out of bed. I sit here too going through what to do and in what order for the day. I have a line of things I am so lookng forward to to go by and to see. Looks like it is not really going to be a large expensive spending trip this one I am on here. Not much to buy well there always is if you wanna like just be buying. But I am not doing anything unless it is Crue related.
However I also already have some stuff lined up coming September first. It is going to be a killer deal. No doubt. All personal stuff from the boys. Nikki and Mick. But as I have known for ages now you can only do so much with a thousand dollars. But surely they will do the collection good the shit that are to come. I will ahve to see my paycheque before i know exactly what I can do and cover this time around. But I am comfy about what in the end wil lgo down. I will enjoy this for sure it will be a really cool something to get. So many things in the wait that can not fully be described my happiness for here and now as I have so much on mind just for the day today. You have no idea how I feel inside today doing al lI am doing. I feel awsome. Let the non loyal haters sit around out there and go all apeshit about the posted but this time I have reached what I simply can not call anything but "I do not care anymore". Alright GG get out of bed now.
2:43PM local Californian time. Just got back to the castle here. We started today with breakfast at a bagel and coffee cafe kind of place near by. Man that was cool. Sitting on the sidewalk letting the hi how are you doings and the hellos fly around as people passed us by sitting there in a nice morning fresh air and great temp. Not too hot and deffenately not too cold. It was perfect. I loved it. It was so coolthis place hope to get by here again some time some day.
Now, back from a trip that has taken me round to see some of the even more missed out places in the neighborhood that holds some Crue history and more. Most of the stuff obviously was gated as expected but still pretty cool to see and think back on the details an known data attacehd to the places and the band what ever went down there. Yeah it is pretty cool. Loved the ride. Loved the chance I as handed here thanks man. GG this means more than I cna tell you. It will go down on the pages of "meet n greet" Cruecial sighs later on. Thanks brother appreciated this one. I get why these doings are so complicated and time demanding and expensive in gas and more course nothing is just around the corner and nothing is really right next door to eachother. It for sure demands patience and money to do. But I love it loads never the less. For god sake.
We drove by some pretty cool places. Nikkis heroin house 85 - 87/ 88. One of the places that I had really hoped for to be aloud to see a little more of but it is so covered in plants and trees now a days. How ever I have had so many thoughts to this house and so much we all know about now from the book and more. For sure the darkest place in the mans living life for sure. Many thoughts to what I see as always. I do not go to places and locations and stare for thirty seconds and then split unmarked. I always have a lot to go through and sort out in my head as I go to places that holds any Crue history. It is like short movies playing in my head every time a new location is tracked down. Nothing less. Ever.
The old liquer store that also Tommy used to work at. You may go no, no, no youre wrong dude that was Nikki. Yes Sixx worked at one too but not this one here. Tbone was here asa really young kid and it was right in the middle of all the small town spots north of Hollywood. Cool to think about the area the boys ran around in puts a lot of things in perspective for sure. On to the Hustler mansion. the location that the phtos for the front cover issue back in the day was shot at and the location that used to have the Motley boys aroud a million times back in their heydays. You better believe you could be standing outside the gates to theis address and almost daily if you were aloud to stand there you could bump into a celeb all the time. Many came here including our boys.
We drove by Playboy and other places too Mr P. Stanley. All very much cool. But to be honest no need to say nor post a whole page on these thigns here really course it obviously only really makes sense if and when you yourself is actually standing there at the location. So why not just move on to the last place we went to and tell you a little more about this one. No it was not a Crue sight at all. It was on the other hand a very cool place that holds about everything. A small yet not as small as it looks form the outside store that is in the some what alternative buisness. Maybe that is why the name of it is "Wacko". This place was kind of wacko. Wanna hear a little about it? Alright.
Okay you go to the end of Hollywood Blv and you start seeing this is so far away from what you even thought was Hollywood Blv. You see this buildng and you may think like I did "what a weird alternative junk store with a hymn to the funny tobacco. Well that was what I saw it lik first hand. Did not at al lknow what I could actually expect inside of this place. But I got suprised. Walking in the door I first noticed stuff like it was a junk or swag shop. Anything your heart desire for stuff that is for sitting in the window hangin on the walss or put in your car or you know something .... but after a few minutes I noticed that this place had more than just weird junk and alternative swag shit. All of a sudden popped up a section of music books you would not believe and a section of other genres of books. Many cool different kind of culture stuff. Like from Africa, The middle East, And many other places on earth. There were tons of different funny things and if you really wanted to go through it al lyou could easerly spend an hour or more.
I think we were in there for a good 45 minutes. I found it very interesting and all and I desided to call home. Call my girl to hear if there was anything I should for her even though it was insainly hard in the way that she should more than likely have been here seen this shit with her own eyes. He would have bought a huge box of different stuff no question. So much different stuff here. I actually did hold in my hand several things I thought of buyoing but I never did. I tried to maintain focus on the things I had sat up as priorities really in my head for this one. But let me tell you you ever wanna witness a funny and very different kind of store for your Hollywood memories this is the one. "Wacko". It holds not much of the regular Hollywood gimic souvenier stuff for sure but then again that there really are more than enough of too on the Blv. right? You bet your ass there are.
So we left ones again empty handed and we drove by to get a bit to eat and then back to the castle of GG`s. Incase you are wondering why the heck did not I grab the stuff I so helt on to at the funny store? Well there was one reason only for that. This was not Crue related and I still had not gotten the Festival merchandise holding the bands name to what ever there would be up for sale. So I have to admit I left it there for some other time to vicit. I had my mind and plans and focuses worked out. I needed what ever there was on the Sunset Strip Fest. Period No matter if it would be three items or it would be ten items. I had to get it covered to bring back home. I also had to remember to pay food gas for the car and more such things for the practical side to the trip. And a matter a fact that was all I had paid money for today so far. Well now we went back as said. Stayed home for me to put these lines down on paper as detailed as possible for the future to rememebr the round drive around. Seen a lot of things and places I had yet never been to before. That was really cool. Cool as in hey this is what this shit is all about for me. Nothing bad to say about it at all.
Let me jump around a little in time for the day here. It actually is already Saturday. It is 12.45AM here now. We are back from yet another but also this Friday evening and doings. Been over the top cool. How fucking awsome a night this has been. As we earlier got back in the late afternoon we sat down on the couch to simply chill out and relax. Watched some TV and just were laying back so to speak. damn that too felt nice. The program we have for ourselves the few days here for me as said are packed to the max so this little time out sort of thing infront of the TV was actually very cool. Highly appreciated anyhow. This chilling was starting around a quarter to five in the afternoon. we had talked back and forth about maybe headinto hooters lol, lol, lol you got it.
Hooters to get tonights meal covered even though it can so easerly be considered junk food. The chilling was going on as we gained new strength for the evening to come. Holy shit were we excited about htis one. Buck mother fucking cherry the local boys the band I thnk is the coolest rock n roll band around these days was to play onthe festival. But no bg scenery here tonight it was gonan be a stinky hot overpacked show at the old skoolspot The Roxy. God damn I was excited you haveno idea. And my man GG was more than just ..... you figure that one out. We were really looking forward to the shit coming.
Headed off from the house round 7:30PM and drove to the infamous Kodak Theater and parked our car there only to go up straight away and on Hollywood Blv. we quickly found it. Hooters. Got welcome greetings from the light dressed youngsters that was ment to be this places sexy little servants for all costumers coming in. How can you not find that a cool something? C`mon any guy would say hey this is pretty neat. Some would perhaps even spend more money than they had plans for simply course they feel kind of silly and giving seeing these chicks walsh around in only a top and extremely small hotpants. That temptation by the way was not on GG`s or mine shoulders at all. we got the menu cards and desided that we wanted several small meals and just eat a little bit of everything actually. No other or further temptations even though this chick came by god knos how many times trying to sell us shit even pictures poseing with the girls or one favorite. No thanks not for us.
Tonight was all about what I was coming over here for this August. Roc N Roll not chicks in hotpants or stuff. So there covered that one to be cleared and safely sounding. Thank you. Ones again we had several cool talks over dinner. Shared a lot of stories. Questions and answers on cultures, different spoken languages, personal lives, daily stuff, girlfriends and more. Really nice guy chat over salad, chicken wings, french ffries and more .... loved what we had become so good with sharing al lthese things. Shit. Thanks again GG how cool a time we actually had on this trip. It is a really pleasure and nothing but. After Hooters we went stright down Sunset and to the location of magic for the night. The Roxy. Fuck man this was to be a story of its own too.
Ohh boy getting to the area of the location of The Roxy it was now around 8PM. The line outside the club was long a s hell already and after parking the car we quickly noticed that also the inside of the Roxy was pretty much stuffed to the max at the moment. The opisit side of the clubs where we parked there was this 6 feet tall banner 2 feet wide standing on the ground with all the festival bands listed on it and I was so fucking close to just bring it behind the building and take it. I have seen so many banners at this time that was for and about the festival and I never got any one. Did not do it though. On the side of the street people were leaving the club in a steady steam course so much else was going on in the clubs here as part of the Sunset Strip Music festival 2011.
Now, how this worked was; the ones that held the single event tickets were let in first and foremost then after that the media and press and exclusive VIPs and then the three day ticket holders. Now me and GG were kind of in a different boat at arrival time really. I was havng my friend here a HUGE Buckcherry fan he did not have any ticket at all. It was a sold out gig and it was a gig that seemed to have more interest from people than what the club could even hold. So I dare ay the ones being in the house as the band actually goes on should feel extremely lucky. Fuck man this gig was about to get a landmark of the bands carreer having in mind how bg they already are. This is no longer an up and coming artist. Way many years to their name and past a decade in excistence by far. Shit.
I am tempted to say obviously GG found a girl that was his saviour almost before we even got to the front door. So in he went. Damn it. I now was outside waited in line for quiet some time but guess what? I to be standing in line with a couple of pardon my expression mid aged girls they were extremely exciting to me. I have to say I especially had the attention to one of them. She was a lady that in 1981 was neighbour to ... can you guess? Are you ready for this? The motley apartment on Clark street. Fucking ey. We almost instantly hooked up and shared a lot of cool somethings. I gotta admit she seemed so calm and totally down to earth. The sweetest one you can possibly imagine today she is .. you know what I am gonna hold that to myself including her name. But my god the sweetest thing. And she was so open to sharing stories and listen in on me and my world. Very unlike the few someones that spread ongoing shit about people. We exchanged numbers and emails and I am gonna get in touch with her the minute I get time for all that. You have no idea how cool I felt and blessed sayonh hi and hello to one that lived there and had these over exciting stories to be shared. Man I can only imagine her so hectic and misserable nights at that place from the three youngsters in Vince, Tommy and Nikki and all their partying. Shit.
Found myself tinking a little too much of the sidewalk street festival banner in vinyl had been a cool thing to add to my collection back home but I was not gonan steal anything that was not an eay doing. I would not wanna be messing up the chance to get this festival under my wings in calmly behaviour so no. But fuck I wanted it. After much talking to these girls of the nextdoor neighbour ot the band back in the day and others in line from Canada we were finally told that we could be pretty sure that we would get in.
A little bit later the door man came out again and said okay I need 7 more people and thats it. No more. We are at this clubs limits . I was number eight to be honest. The girls and I said no no no wait a minute this gy came all from the other side of the planet to see this and he did not believe me. So he asked for ID I showed him my passport and he said no way. Okay man you are the last to enter. Enjoy the show. Guess what I felt?!! Relieved and very excited. And now I wanted to see the band killing me from an awsome performance and then look for a shirt I wanted a Buckcherry shirt. Still did not have one. As we entedred throughthe door the sound of the band got loud and they were just abotu to hit the stage.
Man oh man this was cool. Am I forgetting my Crue passion here you think? No way do not worry. I am all in balnce ontop af that for sure It is just that this is a highly beloved band in a fucking club. have seen them a few months back playing for 15000 now it is more like 600 or so. Fuck man, This was to be cool. The temp raised like a muther fucker in only one or two songs you were sweating like hell. Even just stabding there watching. I wanted to test my new camera too. So I snapped a load of cool live shots of the band. Great shots actually. Happy about that. Man they were on tonight. they roced and had a sick setlist. Loved this one. Buck... thanks for an excellent cool time at the Roxy this evening. I was overwhelmed. The show stopped and I went to see if they sold shirts here at this exclusive show. Yes they did got one for myself a simple cool hollywood buck shirt and one for my girl. She will love this one. What a night.
There are no other words to cover it than I would not have missed this for the world. The event here at the Roxy presented and delievered by local Hollywood attitude boys Buckcherry they fucking killed this night. Again this was my and is my absolute personal opinion. There should have been more bigger doubt to the matter if the band could pull it off so rock solid on my part as I saw this band as an arena band. Could they still do the clubs? And rock it out like it in the end leaving the place as a won over battlefield in steaming heat coursed couse the place rocked like it rarely had been rocked before. Well let me tell you - they did no less.
Enough of the cherries now right? This is after all a Motley Cre site loved, hated envied and more. It was no way near ment ot be taking this much space in my diaries this club gig but it was just overall awsome. From the Roxy to another steaming and overpacked place. We headed to the neighbour club. The Rainbow Bar & Grill. We needed a beer or two after this one. Holy shit. Another star packed Rainbow this evening. No question the Sunset Strip Music Festival was good for the clubs buisness and all. I bumped into a lot of people here the good hour long stay at the Rainbow before heading home. Hi and hello to Sebastian Bach, my god he looks old now. I do not really know why but I sensed for sure a shock that it was this easy to see. DJ Ashba, the Buckcherry members or a few of them an Ex-W.A.S.P. member and others in the distance. There are not many words mor to say about this evening. One covers it fine B i t c h i n. great rock n roll night with loads of cool morning and afternoon stuff too. I loved this. Tomorrow this main event for my going anyways the live in the street concert by my four rock n rollers. Motley is to be set up live in the street of Sunset Blv. I for one can not really wait for it. I just hope I will not be or get dissapointed. Crazy shit, Good night America where ever you are.
Saturday August 20th and 21st, Got up took my morning shower and started this diary at ..let me see... at 8:50AM. Wau, slept a little more this morning than any of the other days. Okay have to say it felt nice and also I guess I have needed it big time too. Every day the last three days have been long and busy. No complaints no, no, it is not that. Just been really full on but as mentioend here and there with a smile it has been busy long days. Loved it. Now the longed for big bang and more than likely last ever gig in the streets of Hollywood. Motley Crue live out side the clubs where everything started for them in 1981. As GG got up we for sure sat relaxed and talked a bit til lwe left the castle round noon. We were to pick up a guy a friend of GG`s that was to attend the show today too. One that I actually came to like a great deal as well as this other guy that I was in the evening introduced to. Yes this was a pleasure solidly for sure. Thanks GG for letting me met them and thanks to the guys for being so cool.
I feel so much has happend in a good way today. Let me see if I can nail it down so at least some of it makes most possible sense. After picking up the friend to GG we drove to a spot that had I think it was like Mexican food. At least it was quiet spicy. Great stuff to be honest. I said as we stood there in line just order for all three of us and let me know the total. It is all on me this one. Let us start this day greatly. I am very happy for what we are about to do and what I personally am about to add to the books of adventures in my Crue life. So a mid day meal to start off greatly hey I am only happy to do this. I think we sat there for a good maybe 30 minutes. Talked and all. Then we drove towards Sunset Strip. We got into Hollywood at the Key club end of the street. If that to some of you makes a little sense? Anyway as we got there things were blocked off and GG told me we would meet later they would set me off in the streets near by the entrence so I would not miss out the opening act. Black Veil Brides.
I stood in line at the entrence for maybe 15 to 20 minutes that was all. I was in pretty quickly. Past the many check points and security spots and in I went. I was only then at that very minute getting clear thoughts to the fact that I actually was here now. I obviously had had some weird uncertain understanding of it the past couple of days. Hey world I fucking made it. You have a faily good idea at this point what it means to me. You that have followed this site for a long time now you know what I feel what I think sometimes maybe even before I actually do think it... right?
I was hungry for checking out the stuff here but I decided that could wait till after Black vil Brides. I really wanted to see them on home ground. They are too from here and I wanted to see the hype and all. They have covered every single rock and metal magazine in the world 2011 and I was very curious to if they had the same hysteria created here in the US of A as they have in Europe. My fucking god. Over there they have every rock n roll goth interested teenager in their pockets. No kidding. Europe and B.V.B. goes hand in hand at home. So I picked my spot very close to the stage and decided to stay there for the show in case I also wanted to shoot a few photos of the band. I actually did end up taken a fairly loat of the band a lot no good but stil la few truely clear nice ones for sure. I need to look more into the different kind of programs in the new camera of mine here. And I long for getting to be more close to it for sure. No question this camera is fucking killer. And I am so happy I have gotten it.
The Black Veil did okay but not as hysterical as in Europe. This band has slowly gotten under my skin too. not in a massive way. They are for sure the goth and teenagers world. That is certain. They sell a shit load of tshirts but then again they have this shout at the devil / Kiss / Cooper look. The heavy make up and costumes that also can do no failure in the posing and photo shootings they do. It all creates itself there really are no need for xtra kind of xtraordinary game plan to do great shots. The costumes, the hair and makeup does it al lfor them. I guess to many it is what KIS used to be for the youngsters. More of a visual interest and success than fully understanding what it was all about? Yeah well that is not to be argued but stil lthey have not fully gotten the serious hook line and ... to my flesh. Cool entertainment and heavy rock n rol lthough. Yes sir.
Speaking of new bands or so n so new bands - GG introduced me to a band calling themselves 18 Visions. It took maybe three spinnings of the CD before it really got to me in a way where I said this band is killer. There are so many cool tracks on this one. It turns out there are a few more releases by the band 18 Visions but this one was the only one that I needed GG said. I love it. Thats a different kind of story. But the thirty minutes Black veil Brides played they rocked hard and in your face like they are famous for. Thumbs up. Cheers guys.