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gear California. Located in between San Diego and Los Angeles. Not
really a place where the public goes or can go. But I have great
awesome friends there that has been kind enough to take me in under
their wings in many ways and I am forever grateful for that. Basson
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In 19981 while still a club band in the Coffmann Coffmann Stall
Nikki was getting close and personal friends with Alan Coffmann
right hand business man when it came to Crue. Michael. One night
as Nikki had started doing drugs he said to Michael that he met
these two or three girls that wanted to have sex with him in return
they would give him all the drugs he wanted. Nikki wanted to go
and arranged and agreed with Michael to outlive it. Michael himself
was on drugs back then. IN the afternoon Michael called it off and
never went with Sixx. Today it is so covered in greens it is very
hard to see anything from the street. Sorry bout the poor pictures.
But it ones belonged to the world famous magician Houdini. He died
in this very same house too.
Starting
a filmed interview and a chat out doors he shows me what is unbelievable.
The original first ever on planet earth drum spinner piece now placed
outdoors rusting the original metal framing pieces and the drum
seat with the seat strapping. God damn that is a highly valued thing
right there is he sold it. Shit. Jack opened up with a lot and had
o limits to what I could ask about he never said I can not tell
you this and not tell you that. I loved it.
Again
a business contact and office to a member of the band, Nikki Sixx
still has active businesses here as of 2007. After having lost about
50% of his belongings from a divorce the second time in his life
he has changed some of his business ways that these days seems a
little more “protected”. Beverly Hills in many ways holds Sixx name
these days . A place he used to want to be away from.
While
Tommy lived with Pamela in the infamous house with birth of their
first son the spousal abuse that led Tommy to jail and the drowning
of the neighbour’s son this is where the family Lee did their daily
grocery shopping a lot. At “Ralph’s” in Malibu only a good 10 minutes
from the infamous house.
The
infamous house of Tommy and Pamela. The sex video, birth of first
born child, Methods Of Mayhem recordings and more. Today a rehab
center house not allowing any in from the public. Located Malibu.
After
some time together Tommy was locked up after Pam turned Tommy in
for spousal abuse. He was in jail for a longer period of time in
down town L.A. (look else where for that in this section). The trial
between Tommy and Pam was carried out in Malibu Courts.
At
the mid tour of Girls Girls Tommy moved into his first closed area
of the rich and famous. He lived and had this house sadly not pictured
in the area where this gate was the entrance for all that lived
or visited the ones living there. It was not possible for no one
to get in and still is not. You have to show a card or have an agreement
with somebody and they will be called to before you are let in.
Tommy
has as most Crue or Tommy fans knows this summer bought a huge multi
million dollars home behind the hills of Malibu This is the latest
and new gated area also holding a lot of famous people His house
is in the back of the area but still can not really be seen from
any highway. Extremely nice area and kind of a city in a city.
This
is Tommy`s bank where everything financially part from with his
record company and management takes place. This is a place where
you can actually see Tommy come and go from time to time. Sorry
cannot give away the bank location as with most other things on
here.
In
1997 as the world saw the return of Vince Neil on vocals of the
band he with the three others held press conference at an
extremely none typical location. You pass this place a seafood restaurant
on your way to Malibu from Los Angeles. It has kind of an outdoor
sitting place and a lot of the pictures you may have seen in magazines
from back then was taken here. It looks like a dump but has not
changed since the days. Really smart move. No one would ever have
thought the Crue would do anything here. No way. But the “Reel Inn”
was the place that year to introduce the world through the press
to the returning of Motley Crue.
The
yearly Vince Neil Golf tournament in Malibu is located a short car
ride outside Malibu. In the valleys. It is a great located place
and it is a place that kind of holds NOTHING but the golf house
and courts, I think you could enjoy swinging by here but really
not much to see. Still it deserves a spot on here fro its yearly
activity one that Vince holds close to his heart.
Another
business location holding Sixx activities like the Dragonfly clothing
line and Americoma Records. This was a place Nikki started doing
businesses with in 1997 and it ended in 2003. What ever he chose
to do at these times wanted to be more personally involved with.
Location – and exact address sorry!!
In
the 1980s Nikki lived various places and this one in Encino housed
him for an unknown period of time. The house itself is placed away
from the road. It is a very quiet road these days. Can not say how
it used to be. Sorry about only having this one to add right now.
The house number by the entrance to the driveway.
The
probably most talked about home of the members of Crue. Also he
biggest mystery to its location. But finally we found it. It has
been a fairly tough one to track down. Everybody have heard about
it and it is in the first official video release “Uncensored”. It
is were Mick is interviewed also with his red corvette. And a that
time living with one of the Nasty Habbits. A female duo backup singers
of the Girls Girls and Dr. Feelgood tour. Emi Cannin. She later
divorced Mick and he quickly there after moved out of this house.
It is a house that used to be the single only castle on the mountain
hill. Or rather mountain top. Really tough to find of have never
heard about it. It is now one gated home surrounded by plenty of
house owners but even today you can actually drive all the way up
to the gate and be fairly close. Still holds its original colours
too. Amazing place.
There
area couple of things or homes that does not really have a history
or fact to them that I know about. One of them is this beach house.
Venice Beach 1988. Did he actually live here himself? Did he rent
to for a friend or rent it for himself as a hiding place or renting
it for a family member? No matter the facts Mick was the name of
the renting lease that covered the monthly expenses. Today it is
a locked front door place I guess for the wealthy and there for
we could not get in and go to the door.
Here
is the other in extreme close distance to the first beach place
he had.
Drunk a lot of times here even trying to kill himself. Who does
not know about the story of him drunk as a cat going all dressed
up into the sea and feeling convinced that as he returned to shaw
he was already dead. Manytimes have Vince and Nikki laughed about
this one. But; Did he actually live here himself? Did he rent to
for a friend or rent it for himself as a hiding place or renting
it for a family member? No matter the facts Mick was the name of
the renting lease that covered the monthly expenses.
Mick
Mars first home as the guitar player of Motley Crue. Seeing where
this is located and yes it is still the same unchanged since then.
If you know where to find this you could be wondering why h lived
there when they so often had so many Hollywood gigs and gigs in
the Valley. Mick had a long way to go to get to the gigs set up.
This was his first after he joined Crue and had gotten out of what
was supposed to be his big break as a musician in the pre Crue band
Whitehorse.
Another
home owned and lived in for a period of time by Mick Mars. Again
uncertain if this house of his in 1990 was the one he moved into
alone after the divorce from Emi? It is located in an area where
there is no fancy stuff around yet more than likely highly expensive
houses though. He has not talked about this place a whole lot. Not
any where near as much as he has of “Mars Mountain”
There
have been a ton of places holding Mick´s name over time. This is
the latest one. This is where he lives now This is where he spends
his time. Driving up there you can not really get a full input of
what this place is like, three quarter of the house is kind of hanging
on the side of the mountain side. So only the top level of god knows
how many floors can be seen and the roof top is kind of in the heights
of your own eyes. Man that gotta be an awesome place though.
The
1970s when Mick was a guitar player owning nothing and trying to
make it he was with Whitehorse a band that played a ton of gigs
and holding some rather harsh road stories he borrowed all or was
giving all stage gear by his band mates at the time. This is his
most known platform shoes from the gigs also holding the worlds
first upside down drumming in concert. My now good friend and original
drummer of Whitehorse Mr. Jack Valentine.
While
Mick was almost homeless and the present and new guitar player of
Whitehorse he lived with some of the members incl my friend Jack
in a house where Mick had his “room” on the first floor of this
house. Back then this house was the one closest to the beach sand
and ocean. Going here today the house on the outside looks the same
but there are build a ton of houses and more in front or next to
it so many, many more are now closer to the beach than this particular
house will ever be. Funny note; the band sometimes tried to skip
paying taxes off of their pay checks from gigs so they invented
a fictive band name to tour with sometimes. Guess what it was? Motley
Crue only not spelled the same. SO Jack has ones driven by the house
here and talked to the ones living there and said “do you know that
you actually live in the first and original Motley Crue house?”
And of cause the person kind of freaked or thats how the story goes
anyway. The balcony on top right was the one Mick often stood out
on getting fresh air while living here owning nothing. And was a
nobody..
The
place that made Mick even getting involved in Whitehorse was this
one. A place a highly talked about and active live gig night club
in the 70s called “Pier 11”. This was the place where Mars often
as often as he could came to see the band and looking so intensely
at the bands guitar player then that Jack for one was sure Mick
was guy. Funny. Thiswas also the only place on
earth that has had Motley Crue (Whitehorse) and Van Halen names
up on the same bill only playing each their level section. A basement
band and a groundfloor band. How cool is that?? Van Halen back then
was also just a band wanting to make it. Cool.
Today this is not a live club no more. They turned into a shoe store
but today selling carpets.
There
are plenty of reasons to why I want to ad Jack Valentine in on here.
He was a huge probably the biggest reason and close friend in Whitehorse
as they were around, he also earlier on this year released
a book about the Whitehorse days with Mick. You ought to get it.
I am pressuring the man to do a follow up lol. Here he shows us
the golden box of all the old original paper clippings and photos.
I am hopeful for getting a good amount of it from him later. This
was a thrill and a treat like you can not even believe. Thanks jack
for showing it.
¨The
single most unique thing and center of attraction itme in the bok
written by Valentine if the Whitehorse / Motley van. Jack still
has it. In its original form Nothing has changed inside really.
It is a seriously amazing piece of automobile. IT should have been
buried goes ago. But it still runs. My god this is the one that
took Mick on his ways to becoming a well known guitar player. Cause
trust me people were talking back then about the awesome guitar
player of Whitehorse. One night in this very van Mick was sleeping
on the tiles floor in the back of the van. At a place where it was
extremely cold outside. As he woke up he could not get off of the
floor. He had literally frozen himself to the floor. He was often
laying on top of the gear while the band drove cause he was the
smallest of all the guys in the band and there was so little space.
A ton of Mars stories is in this van. You can only be guessing.