The Crue still shits all over new bands ...

[lurch70]

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51311

this is really sad ... and great at the same time

 

[unhinged]

look closer they don't have the highest attendance
but they have some serious fucking ticket prices

Artist/Event: A Taste of Chaos Tour: DEFTONES, THRICE, ATREYU, STORY OF THE YEAR, AS I LAY DYING & others
Venue: Stade Uniprix
City/State: Montreal, Quebec
Date: April 15, 2006
Gross Sales: $165,162
Attendance: 5,819
Capacity: 6,200

Artist/Event: MÖTLEY CRÜE
Venue: Sioux Falls Arena
City/State: Sioux Falls, S.D.
Date: April 1, 2006
Gross Sales: $245,383
Attendance: 4,652
Capacity: 6,296

 

[cthulufhtagn]

motley crue are one of the worst bands i've ever had the misfortune of hearing and i wish them all a slow and painful death, which is more than they deserve

 

[lurch70]

look closer they don't have the highest attendance
but they have some serious fucking ticket prices

it is true that the prices are higher ... but looking at that other bill you compared it to and beign that all those bands are current day MTV favorites ... they still fail at bringing in the cash.

 

[lizard]

I still think Crue is classless for naming that one collection "music to crash your car to"

Plus Mick Mars is ugly, gay and boring to listen to

 

[NAD]

I always thought they were a joke band who missed their own punchline.

 

[lizard]

They had a handful of great tracks.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

I always thought they were a joke band who missed their own punchline.

hahah fuckin' a, they're a parody of themselves

 

[General Zod]

They're a great band, with a ton of classic songs, who put on an awesome live show, and completely piss over 95% of all the bands discussed here. You don't sell 40 million records, stick around for 25 years, and define a decade by accident.

Zod

 

[General Zod]

hahah fuckin' a, they're a parody of themselves

Playing in front of 5,000 people a night and making a quarter of a million dollars in 90 minutes. Where do I sign up to become a parody?

Zod

 

[General Zod]

look closer....

Artist/Event: A Taste of Chaos Tour: DEFTONES, THRICE, ATREYU, STORY OF THE YEAR, AS I LAY DYING & others
City/State: Montreal, Quebec

Artist/Event: MÖTLEY CRÜE
City/State: Sioux Falls, S.D.

You missed the more important factor, when comparing these two events. Crue played Sioux Falls, population 125,000. A Taste of Chaos Tour played Montreal, population 1,600,000.

Zod

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Playing in front of 5,000 people a night and making a quarter of a million dollars in 90 minutes. Where do I sign up to become a parody?

Zod

how much money did aerosmith make playing the super bowl, still doesn't make em a good band

and you're right, you don't sell 40 million records, stick around 25 (isn't it like 35 at this point?) years, and define a decade by accident. they're very astute businessmen.

 

[lurch70]

they're very astute businessmen.

bravo for them ... but the band ALWAYS was walkin' like they talkin' ... that's more tr00 than a lot of shit here.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

meh, good bands that talk the talk >> bad bands that walk the walk

 

[General Zod]

and you're right, you don't sell 40 million records, stick around 25 (isn't it like 35 at this point?) years, and define a decade by accident. they're very astute businessmen.

Then I guess I'll e-mail the CEO, CFO and CIO of my company, and see if they want to start a Metal band.

Zod

 

[JayKeeley]

Motley Crue are not Metal.

-- Erik

 

[JayKeeley]

meh, good bands that talk the talk >> bad bands that walk the walk

Or you could just say:

good bands >> bad bands

 

[jimbobhickville]

Motley Crue defined a generation? When did that happen?

I'll lump them in with KISS, Aersomith, and AC/DC in the WTF?!!! category (i.e. untalented bands that somehow got hugely popular and stayed that way for a long time).

Do you have a source for the 40 million records quote? Seems a bit steep to me, but I could be wrong.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

i think motley crue outsold nirvana in the 90s

 

[NAD]

Guns n' Roses are about the only band of the whole buttrock genre that I would classify as BAD FUCKING ASS.

The rest can all be Bon Jovi for all I care.

PS: Bon Jovi sux