🎵 Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood REACTION

[@donnievazquez3319]

Let me clue you guys in on something that will help you in the future. You will be told all the time by younger listeners that "so and so isn't metal". At the time (this song 1989 but really 70's through late 80's) it was considered metal by the vast majority of people other than the relatively small minority of hardcore metal fanatics at the time. All the other nicknames and subgenre pigeonholing came later. I'm 56 years old, I was there for it all. At the time, if it was loud, fast (relative to the music of the day), and heavy, with distorted guitars, it was considered metal. So take all this labeling with a grain of salt.

[@Rabant777]

I'm the same age, and was there too.... I accepted the catch all term Heavy Metal encompassing bands across the hard rock spectrum but when I think of metal the first examples I think of have less groove, less pop, less melody, and dress differently. I can remember having the conversation in the mid 80s about the only real metal bands on the Sunset Strip scene were Armored Saint, maybe early Keel, early WASP. You'd get elements of Priest in early Crue, elements of Tygers of Pan Tang in early Black n Blue but the fact that both bands also loved Sweet gave their metal an anthemic glam pop edge.

[@generoberts9151]

Agree, they were heavy for the day and shows were rated , let’s say for adults only. They were lumped into the hair metal but were relevant before the hair band label started.

[@longbeach7623]

I agree with the OP, and the tribalizing/over-categorization is beyond excessive. It would have been considered metal in ‘89 - as everything was. At the end of the day in hindsight, this is simply classic hard rock.

[@StuartGray]

53 Here. There was definitely the, "Hair" and "Glam" labels on many bands at the time. Those labels did not come later. Those labels for certain were relevant at the time. All still metal though.

[@johndonovan758]

The genre labels I remember people using were "rock," "hard rock," and "heavy metal" ("metal" for short). My informal litmus test for metal was that it was harder, faster, and didn't get much radio play. Most other genre descriptions were just people coining terms and offering two-bit opinions. You'd never walk into a record store in the 80s and look for a section labeled "hair metal." They weren't bothering to differentiate between Dio and Dokken. They were differentiating between Dio and Depeche Mode.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Mick Mars is underrated. He fills up a lot of sonic space. Big guitar sound for a one player.

[@mztweety1374]

Mick Mars is my chronic pain spirit animal.😂 Damn arthritis.

[@harrypothead42024]

well, he is overdubbed to the point where they functionally had 3 guitars. but all the parts are him and his musical instinct cannot be denied

[@Gothmog8ap]

And he never learned how to read sheet music. Amazing talent

[@harrypothead42024]

@@Gothmog8ap that's no big deal, I can't read sheet music. Course I can't really play guitar at all either🤣🤣

[@jamescarletta802]

Seen him live several times he makes this band great

[@davidstephens6462]

Crue wrote strip club music. No matter what genre you put them in.

[@generoberts9151]

Grade A Prime strip club song for sure

[@da_blade5040]

Hellz Yeah!! 🤘👍❤️🔥💯😁

[@bulldawg0069]

That has to be the most true statement I've read today.😂😂

[@briank5877]

Other than nin closer I expect to hear a crue song too 😂.

[@martinsv9183]

"Looks That Kill" next. But video is always part of the fun as its 80's.

[@bLANchy8]

I think they did that one! Great riff

[@brettkenschaft4239]

They did. Great song though, yes!

[@frankrizzo4460]

Also too young to fall in love is a good one too...

[@tonycampbell4982]

1989 and yes huge album! Glam rock

[@aussierob3860]

Great song, great band from the great decade.Thanks for doing this one guys.

[@RockDocNeal]

Brad, I hope you tell Lex how amazing she is and how much you love her every single day because you hit the jackpot with her! She's the "total package"...beauty, intelligence and humor! 😁

[@mikeconti4360]

Crue is a bad ass Hard Rock band with punk, glam, and metal influences. This song is from the only album they recorded with everyone sober.

[@smftv]

I've never done drugs, or even smoked a day in my life, and this is my jam. This came out in '89, (September) so really it was an early 90's jam for most people, and still is!

[@JamesHoffa1]

wimp

[@markgregory983]

@@JamesHoffa1 how does that make him a wimp? Because he doesnt like or want to do drugs? Wtf lol.

[@longbeach7623]

Indeed this album was huge well into ‘91.

[@paultiki9968]

Saw them on the Dr. Feelgood tour. They put a hell of a lot of energy into these shows. worth watching a live performance from that time.

[@sharonholsapple]

Me too and it was incredible!!

[@s.mcpherson6354]

This has always felt to me like Motley Crue's shot at a song structured like Aerosmith's Walk This Way. And they did pretty good. Those were big shoes to try and fill.

[@dougman23]

The answer to what they are is...it's not worth defining. They changed a lot from album to album. They were a glam rock band that went metal for Shout At the Devil, then settled in as just a good rock band. They got lumped in with hair metal because they were a Sunset Strip band, but they were predecessors to that "hair" band explosion.

[@carifrancisco3542]

"Went Metal" for Shout At The Devil? Lmfao!!! That was their 2nd album! Too Fast For Love was their first. Both metal as f! They got a bit glam after that for a minute, but STILL metal as f!

[@jmm1817]

Just Another Van Halen wanna be band

[@kdm71291]

@@carifrancisco3542 I worked with someone in 1991 who labeled them as "Bubblegum Metal", haha! I didn't necessarily agree with him....this was when Primal Scream was new on the radio....and only on their "Decade Of Decadence" album which was a best of type of compilation....which I later bought.

[@dougman23]

@JM M everyone band had heroes. It's not a contest

[@jmm1817]

@@dougman23 Did you word that right? I don't understand what you said.

[@Likethisjob]

Motley crue breakdown! 1st album was a fusion of 70's galm rock mixed with some punk and a splash if heavy metal. 2nd album was heavy metal. 3rd album (the hair band album) was more hard rock with some metal infulance. 4th album they were established legends and lost the heavy make up kept the hair. 5th album was heavy/hard rock. they can't be placed in one catagory because they switched it up just enough from album to album in both sound and look. my top 80's band along with g'n'r!🤘🍻🥃

[@Bluexhox]

Great breakdown

[@carlmarks8170]

"punk" lmaoooo yeah okay mate...

[@s3xDrugSandRockNroll]

@@carlmarks8170 brah first album had a loooot of punk edge on it..listen to too fast for love, puplic enemy #1 and even take me to the top and u will see.. Nikki sixx, the leader of the band, back then was a huge punk rock fan and he hated heavy metal despite the fact that their next album came up metal as f !

[@randycomerford2038]

My favorite band since I first time I heard them in 1983. Lucky enough to have seen them 13 times in concert and they always rocked your ass off.

[@mariamenegalli2321]

This song came out in 1989, right before grunge took over. I stopped trying to fit them into a genre a long time ago, you're either a Crue fan or you're not. I don't think they ever once in their career tried to fit in.. and for the most part had the "bad boys of Rock" reputation. They are not for everyone as their lyrics can be edgy, but they have always stayed true to themselves in my opinion and just rocked out whenever on stage. I love Crue, always have and always will

[@dancarter482]

Hot Tub Time Machine

[@Alexj_movieguy]

@@dancarter482 first time I heard them! Home sweet Home 🔥

[@dancarter482]

@@Alexj_movieguy Exactly! Was aware of their strip bar noise and reputation - Tommy Lee and all the drama but the way HTTM used the music and shows was EPIC. Love that song now!

[@jodyrolandconstruction6577]

Motley Crue “Primal Scream “ should be next. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@melod7670]

I always saw Motley Crew as the bridge between hair metal bands like Poison and Winger and real metal bands like Metallica and Megadeath.

[@Snazzy_NextNeroZz]

Fun fact about Dr Feelgood. The song (and album) was produced by Bob Rock, who then was contacted by Metallica to produce the black album. They wanted to have the same rich and powerful sound on their new album, but spent most of their early days collaborating with giving Bob a hard time 😅 the result was excellent in the end though.

[@Valorius]

Black is Metallica's last great album.

[@Sixbillion1]

Black album is the greatest production in metal to this day imo

[@Hailme75]

@Libby Libtard about number 5 on my list of their best albums

[@Snazzy_NextNeroZz]

@@Sixbillion1 I sort of agree, the production is close to perfection. It’s a classic, but not my personal favourite. Master of Puppets will always be my nr 1

[@Sixbillion1]

@Libby Libtard for me AJFA is their best work, but it’s all subjective anyways. Production wise there’s no argument against this being the best production

[@jasoncurry207]

Lemmy said you can call it whatever genre you want. But to me it's all rock and roll

[@MortuusNoctis]

I kinda forgot how big these late 80’s “hair-band” songs were when they came out …single played non-stop on the radio …video premiere followed by major MTV play …an explosion of sound and color✨

[@jonathanmartin3767]

I was in high school when this came out. It was huge. This song came out and just rocked the radio.

[@MikeB12800]

This album release was so exciting. Waited the while summer for it, it it was definitely worth the wait!!

[@KennethStCyr-dv6cm]

LOL...Did you both grow up in like a cloistered monastery? Its kind of mind blowing we both live in the same country some times. I've heard most every song you react to a million times. I guess its just the generation gap..either that or I had a radio with me 24/7..lol Great job on the reaction.

[@neillenet291]

You have to consider Brad and Lex's ages and how and where they grew up. From what I gathered Brad has only listened to rap his entire life.

[@metalmark1214]

@@neillenet291 Maybe they lived in a cave with lattice fence, lol.

[@tidentrue]

Because it’s bullshit

[@volbeatrules6528]

Most black people, of their age group, have only been exposed to pop, rap, and hip hop. And I said “most” to all the overly sensitive people out there. I’m blown away that Lex was exposed to classical music. Because hardly anyone I know of, in that age bracket, regardless of color, has much exposure to classical music. Just listen to what nearly every car is playing, driven by a young person, next time you’re driving around, and you’ll know. In my day it was rock and roll, pop, or country stations. Now (unfortunately) it’s pop, hip hop, and rap mostly, with a little rock, country and metal mixed in. At least where I live. But I’m always blasting my Metallica, Iron Maiden, Volbeat etc to try and drown them out

[@KennethStCyr-dv6cm]

@@volbeatrules6528 No I get it. When you think about it, its the beauty of living in the USA. In fact, they are the most perfect people to be doing what they do with the genre of music they select. And I straight up love their reaction style. Get into the music right off..talk later.

[@ericsmith6615]

Wife here..Seeing these guys soon in Atlanta GA..(Hopefully)..!!..Live Wire.., Looks That kill..I think you two would love their earlier sound...More raw.., some even say punk..All great!!..As always thank you for your awesome insight and rocking out!!

[@jo2extreme874]

METAL!!!! They were the look of hair glam metal , but they were on another level … these boys were crazy wildin out Ozzy level fiends of their day and tore the stages up at night .. I am surprised they all survived it … long live rock n roll !!

[@metalmark1214]

Motley Crue bass player Nikki Sixx wrote this about a drug dealer who gave him his "fix" every now and again in Los Angeles.

[@tammyt1971]

Also 1 or 2 yrs ago Nikki reported that Jimmy had just died.

[@metalmark1214]

@@tammyt1971 Hmm, guess that lifestyle lends itself to that.

[@comawhite39]

And then "kick-start my heart" when he died.

[@jc5144]

This was 1989. It was huge! This was their most commercially successful album. Glam and Hair Metal are very similar.

[@Ozzy_2014]

Well Dave Mustaine did in the early 90s opine that GLAM stood for Gay L.A. Music. Between the hair spray mascara and spandex one can see where he was coming from. Culture always adopts elements from sub groups.

[@nathans3241]

For those of you who were too young to remember or not born yet, the Dr. Feelgood video was popular for a while back in the day when MTV was watchable. Around 1990 MTV was purchased by a company where the new owners turned MTV into crap!

[@slimsantilli4476]

I'm sure it is total coincidence. But around that time was when MTV started to tell kids who to vote for.

[@nathans3241]

I forgot about that. That's pretty messed up. It's bad enough they had Club MTV and all the other BS programming that didn't include music videos.

[@theidajawho]

The "M" in MTV is the BIGGEST mis nomenclature in the HISTORY of TV! Ain't A DAMN thing music about it anymore. Who else misses the good old '80s MTV, when Video killed the radio star.

[@nathans3241]

MTV was fun in the 80's. It was cool to see music artists on screen as opposed to just a few pictures on the back side of a record album cover.

[@longbeach7623]

MTV was still decent in the early ‘90s, but definitely by ‘95-‘96 it had gone to shit.

[@Bluexhox]

One of the greatest albums from one of LA’s OG’s of rock/metal royalty....

[@ericsmith6615]

Wife here...I followed the evolution of these guys too..(Not saying one was BETTER than the other,..just different) in my opinion..Excited about these seeing these guys with Def Leppard and Poison.and Joan Jett in Atlanta GA...(Hopefully)!

[@sebastienlavoie9334]

Motley Crue is Hard Rock plain and simple

[@jacobg8707]

Motley Crue and hair metal is like Snoop Dogg and gangsta rap. Both were there at the beginnings of their respected genre, both had a lot of other bands and artists who would copy them and their style, but they both kept evolving and became something else with every album they made.

[@jeffreekoch9298]

This is good post and true about Motley Crue and Snoop. I was young back then and remember this too.

[@theidajawho]

Motley Crue is a hard band to classify as they took parts, ideas, style from many DIFFERENT genres. They really do not fit the Glam scene, while yes they wear makeup, it is not done to look like a chic. It looks more like a Halloween meets Football player makeup. A little more edgy than a straight up classic rock sound, A little slower and more sing-alongable than Punk, kinda like a pop song, but holding a switchblade. I go with a hybrid Glam/Rock/Skater Punk/Pop Metal band.

[@chellj8175]

❤️❤️🔥🔥Glam Rock, Hair band !! 80’s !!!! This is one of my fav CRUE songs. On my workout playlist always !!

[@TheTheratfarmer]

Mic Mars? one of the great rock and roll guitar musicians. he is ten years older than the rest of the band.

[@south2bosshog]

Album Dr Feelgood Released : 1989 Motley Crue is considered a Hair Band . Rock/Hard rock Thx for all the great reactions..😝🤟

[@barryd2868]

It was a hit at mid to late eighties for the Crue. The subject matter was almost autobiographical and honestly straight to the point. Everybody knew that the band indulged in substances from time to time, and as such the song was somewhat of a cautionary tale.

[@ShreddFly]

Hey guys what's up! Greetings from South Florida! These guys blew up with the song Live Wire when I was in 11th grade. Everybody love this song even the cheerleaders. You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!

[@vernhoke7730]

Well Brad, the seventies & eighties weren't the only eras that substances were used and/or abused by bands and others. It does go back further and even clean cut groups, the Beatles and others, put out rather interesting material while experimenting with illicit substances. 😎

[@weedthepeople2795]

Ya and without LSD there would be no Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds......and its funny how the band tried to deny that by making up some other reason for it, I forget what Lennon said exactly but I knew i laughed, and I also had a friend that was a regular tripper, and he said "Man, that song is all about acid, trust me" plus i dabbled once or twice so my doubts were gone.....if you have doubts just drop some acid and listen to the song....

[@bluetopguitar1104]

True enough but there was marching powder Everywhere in those days.

[@PaladinZeke]

Motley was a glammetal band, hair metal is "puddlerockers" as Europe, Bon Jovi and so on... *Poodle even 🤘🤣🤘

[@mztweety1374]

If Dr Feel good, Mr Brownstone, Master of puppets and Gold Dust Woman got together, that would be the party to end all parties !

[@johnhilton9023]

I would say they are hard rock. The did have makeup in the early to mid eighties, but by this album (1989) they were not doing that at all anymore. This was also their first number 1 album

[@martinanaya6145]

I love Lex.."AHA"!! Girl! The lyrics are ON THE SCREEN! lol...

[@weebles1695]

I‘be always loved the riff at 0:24 and 4:10. I dunno how to describe it lmfao. It’s just wavy

[@CoffeeAndPaul]

Mick Mars will never be called The Best Who Ever Did It but, to me, he's always my favourite guitar player and one of my favourite humans ever because not only can he craft and pull off any sick riff in existence, but you know that when you hire him on he rolls with your band come hell or high water. To do what he did, with the people he had to do it with, with the conditions he had to do it in... he's a Guitar God.

[@pugshorty9852]

The irony of this is that no drugs or alcohol were used in the making of this album. All four members of the band had cleaned up their act.

[@ericsmith6615]

Right..Well Said..!

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

And you believe that? Shoot, I got a bridge in Brooklyn that I'm looking to sell, you interested?

[@yeahboiii6640]

Motley Crue is somewhere in the middle of Glam and Hair. This album was a later album by the way. They did a good job adapting to new sounds to get into the early 90s....Then grunge came along.

[@drjackson1830]

Brad's moving side to side!

[@maluorno]

This record defined the summer of 89

[@eirikrdberg1161]

I got their albums as they came out, but I wasn’t driving to some dealer while listening, neither were most people.

[@scottvanhille5688]

One of my favorites from this band. Very catchy vibe!

[@POWER-LINKS]

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[@loristone9242]

My sister and I saw them twice on the Dr. Feelgood tour!!! It was amazing and I won't ever forget it. This is such a great song! 🤘 CRUE FAN 4 LIFE

[@samuelperkin]

You’r all i need tremenda canción de Motley crue .... saludos desde chile !!! 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@robertslemons6996]

this album came after the Bass player O.D.ed was rushed to a hospital, revived, checked himself out went home and did another shot of heroin. He said he woke up the next day with the needle still in his arm and decided right then to go to rehab. He got the rest of the band to get clean too.

[@Andyonplanetearth]

That album and especially that song blew my socks off when it was released! Back then in Germany it wasn't all easy to hear the newest rumors from Sunset Strip, so yes, we kind of heard about Nikki Sixx overdosing and that Dr. Feelgood would be the Crüe's first sober and drug free album, so I kind of expected something less raw than usual. But wow, Tommy Lee's drum beat kicked in and the percussive guitar and bass beat still gives me goosebumps. On the album there was an image of them in restraining jackets on the inner sleeve or somewhere which gave a "Crüe unlike" expression of intellectuality and sarcastic reflexion on their sober production which worked perfectly with their incredibly mixed sound compared to earlier albums. The whole thing just felt like State of the Art and I remember a few of my mates tattooing the album cover onto their arms :) 49 now and still don't want to miss one second of my 80's/90's metal life 😄

[@skydog6376]

Motley Crue.. Ten Seconds To Love 🔥✌️

[@jzero4813]

This came out in 1989. It's funny how in the 80s and 90s these crisp, hi-fi, modern recordings always sounded like garbage because you were listening to a tape you copied off a buddy who taped it off his buddy who taped it on some POS radio deck... off a sketchy FM radio broadcast. But now in 2021 it's a compressed audio stream from a video playing a compressed audio stream from a video that's playing a second generation 128-bit MP3 that someone downloaded from a Hotline server in 1998... love the reactions, though, guys! :D

[@bethjohnson4191]

I just wanna say that I absolutely love you guys. A big part of my love of your videos is Lex’s energy. Girl you totally get it! How many of the songs do you add to your playlist after hearing them?

[@joedonlewis9820]

That must be the Doctor that The Eagles called in Life In The Fast Lane.

[@chefg_murder1191]

Been in the restaurant business for more than 28 years, this is a great reaction. And what it was like in the late 80's and early 90's. Hell, I could have found a hitman back then, nvm the substances.

[@seandobson6221]

I was a fan of the Crue from Girls Girls Girls but this album made me a super fan of the Crue.

[@BockwinkleB]

Dr Feelgoid and Kickstart will get you speeding tickets real quick.

[@lttlejordan23]

Motely Crue is one of those bands that you can't really define in one sub-genre or the other. They were a little bit heavy metal, a little glam/hair metal, a whole lot of rock. A melting pot of that era. Either way you want to classify them though, they were one hell of a good time and they came at you hard & fast! I've seen them live about 10ish times over the decades. My first concert was a Crue concert. I was 12. 🤣 That was back in the 90s. My favorite performance of theirs, however, was the Sunset Strip Music Festival back in 2011. They headlined. The festival itself blocks off an iconic section of the strip where the Rainbow Bar & Grill, The Roxy, Whiskey A Go Go and the Viper Room are, as well as where the old Key Club used to be. I remember them coming on stage just as the sun was setting right after Bush performed (excellent performance as well), with the neon lights of these iconic venues shining all around. It was surreal to see them performing on the very strip that they made a name for themselves. Tommy gave an awesome, emotional speech about "coming home" right before they performed Home Sweet Home. Definitely a night to remember! There were many great live performances I saw of theirs, but that one sticks with me. Great reaction btw!

[@dannyharris5310]

Saw this live in 89.. unreal times!

[@RandomFandomDragon]

I don't know all the crazy sub-genres and labels; I always thought they were rock or hard rock. Whatever you want to call them, this song rocks 💜

[@tonysimmons5729]

Such a chunky, chuga-lug groove. The Crue at their best. Love how you guys are analyzing the band and genres from the old dayz. The messaging in the song is definitely about meetin your connection.

[@joelramsey9639]

Not their best. Shout at the devil their best

[@tonysimmons5729]

@@joelramsey9639 eeh.. could be.. 🤷‍♂️

[@-Garviel_Loken-]

Another song from my youth. My mom and dad would play all sorts of rock music when I was a kid. I had no idea back then that this was about drug dealing 😂

[@danielglenn915]

I can never hear that outro fade without anticipation of the opening licks of Slice of Pie lol. Such a good cd.

[@benbrooks4415]

That's why I want that Genre Fluid shirt. Lol

[@GildedShame]

I'm 41 and this was the first time I've read this song's lyrics

[@juliansuarez8809]

Brad and Lex, you both need to check out the music video. It’s really cool.

[@RobertSmith-xg5md]

Motley Crue's genre? It could fit into several categories. To me its 80's hard rock pure & simple. Never cared for the term "hair metal" just sounds derogatory because there were some very talented bands that got lumped into that catch all genre.

[@1776SOL]

Dr. Feelgood & Kickstart My Heart are apart of my open road pedal to the floor soundtrack

[@sharonholsapple]

In the 80's we all had a Dr Feelgood in our lives!! JS!

[@Claythargic]

Hard Rock is what you are looking for.

[@captainfjs2977]

I’m seeing them in concert this August. I literally can’t wait!!! 🤘🎸🥁

[@svensvensson627]

MAN, I ALMOIST FEEL YOUNG AGAIN, DRINKING FIGHTING AND HAVING FUN!!!!

[@leppardpotg5773]

my fav album by them. saw them when they went on tour for this album.

[@nodaysback1]

This record made up for Theater Of Pain and Girls Girls Girls. Almost.. lolll

[@WyattsWildNature]

I was in middle school when this album came out. loved this album, it was on Repeat, just like GnR,,, you guys mean its BUTT ROCK or HAIR METAL, GLAM Whatever, rock, butt Rock. Lol

[@dalebarkwell1807]

80s hair band pop medal , but they were one of the first . Everything was L.A. back then . I was teen then and if your parents hated it, you liked it. :)

[@toltekrecords]

"Good-feeling substance." LOL

[@Rhino-hn3jd]

My favorite Mötley Crüe song

[@davidotto3731]

A friend of mine calls Motley Crue a heavy rock and roll band.

[@buddybangs9445]

Glam Rock was the 70's like New York Dolls, Sweet, even some David Bowie. Hair metal was the 80's with Motley Crue, Ratt, Cinderella, Whitesnake, Enuff Znuff, pretty boys dressed up with makeup and spandex...

[@jeremydyck1213]

My 6 month old cries at 530 every day until I tum y’all on. Wish I could send video. Love from Canada. More tool lmfao and Peppa pig please

[@sketchtherapy1218]

They are the Epitome of hair metal.

[@samuelgirard1407]

Another EPIC official video worth watching! Ya'll should definitely check it out! Others have reacted to it and I don't think it got blocked.

[@richard_n]

Hair metal was the scene in 80s hard rock. All the big bands had outrageous hair. The genre kind of died off when everyone started doing ballads instead of actually rocking. So bands like Guns n Roses and Metallica took center stage until grunge came along.

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

That's what happened according to Dee Snider, but it's not really all that accurate. The fact of the matter is that while Metallica and GnR became hugely popular bands most of the popular "Metal" bands were still Hair bands like Motley Crue and Bob Jovi right up until Grunge came along in the 90's. While the thrash and extreme stuff got more popular in the late 80's it still wasn't the dominant form of Metal in the pop world, it was only dominant in the Metal scene itself.

[@danwhite9644]

In the 80s they were kind of classified as glam metal. Hair metal is not what you wanted to say people back in the day it could start a fight. As the decades come and gone the goal post got moved. Now people say they're just a rock band.

[@antoniocarlin5026]

This guys NEED some of the Motley Crue era 1994....with John Corabi on vocals!!

[@steveyoung2317]

Great album. Tons of hits. Lex likes this try Primal Scream.

[@titleloanman]

Detective Lex on the case 😂

[@pycellesbeard9728]

Motley is kind of on their own and all over the place, they started as a glam/punk hybrid with too fast for love then went just straight up "Heavy Metal" with Shout at the devil, to straight up glam with Theatre of pain, then tried to escape that look with a more raw and sleazier sound and look with Girls, Girls, Girls, then got sober and covered with tattoos with elements of all of em' with Dr. Feelgood.... and they changed their logo with each album and managed to pulled it off. They broke up just as grunge was taking hold But they were big enough to have probably survived if they didn't change vocalists, They still debuted in the top 10 and actually put out their best album musically at the time.

[@SG-js2qn]

My guess is that when the present generation thinks of classic rock, they are thinking of Motley Crew (though not knowing who Motley Crew is or any of their songs). "Dr. Feelgood" was a term in use since the Kennedy presidency (the original Dr. Feelgood, apparently, served the president). The reference of "Jimmy" in popular song as a drug dealer goes back at least as far as the Rolling Stones "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (1969). Jimmy (as in the song " Doctor Jimmy") is the protagonist in the story upon which the Who's album "Quadrophenia" (1973) is based. For instance, Jimmy is high and riding the train in the song "5:15."

[@jeffa4133]

This is one of those songs you shouldn't get too caught up in the lyrics, just enjoy the sound.

[@flogg8635]

Definitely should have done the official music video on this one

[@teeoh9192]

I like the version with them just playing it in that junkyard!

[@scottgeorgeff2896]

I do recall, reading in a book somewhere or something, that yes this was the era of that substance. 😜

[@deandee8082]

hey man how about like say oh; Warrant, Cherry Pie? or Uncle Toms Cabin? Winger, Seventeen? Ratt, Lay it down? Tesla, Gypsy Road? Slaughter, Up all Night? White Lion, Wiat? Poison, Unskinny Bop? you just opened a can of 80's hair metal may as well finish it off right? that Lay it Down riff is EPIC and everyone learns to play it right away.. EPIC