Nikki Sixx & Tommy Lee interview w/ Much More Music (1985)

Theatre of Pain era.

[@sweetbabynrs1]

nikki is one smart, educated dude. he is made for speaking. tommy just sits there and lets him do his thing... bless his little heart..

[@jaxstonevans8116]

They were like brothers tommy looked to him as an older bro

[@starrsmith3810]

My boys 😍😍😍

[@TheLoribear79]

Nikki ran that band.

[@stephanie3848]

He is so sweet and shy with him

[@raidernation9790]

He said in an interview if he didnt do music he would be an author

[@beingbridgit]

They both were so beautiful

[@theSpiritofTamzin]

AGREED!!...

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

They still are 🖤

[@Danceisawayoflife100]

I could just listen to Nikki talk for hours.

[@RRfan1]

Omg! Nikki is drop dead gorgeous!!

[@gayanag547]

I fell in love. Nikki is gorgeous

[@Metalcomedienne]

So, am I. ❤️

[@stephanie3848]

He was so handsome I agree

[@MsJoeyschannel]

he tends to do that

[@giannatr06]

He’s so good looking !! 🥰

[@Yo-fx1fl]

Same lol

[@tdodge29]

i wish i would have been born in the 60's like my parents so that i could go to 80's rock concerts as a young adult

[@Anabellelynnmusic]

Tyler Smith same

[@danhershberger9237]

Yeah you really missed a lot of incredible awesome times, I feel very lucky

[@mturner2584]

I was born in 72’ and went to all of the metal concerts in the 80’s . Good times!

[@JuddSixx]

Nikki's smile

[@denisecopeland737]

of course Nikki is gorgeous! always has been,seems he ALWAYS will be

[@dreamr127]

Wow. I wasn't even born yet when this interview happened. True Rock'n'Roll era. I have to say, they were easy on the eyes.

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

T- Bone has such a cute smile and I luv his hat!!... I wonder what he thinks looking back at this footage.

[@sjablonoski71]

He has the ability to think? See, I knew they were doing shitty drugs"..

[@nancyniles4637]

Nikki still looks amazing to this day💗💗💗

[@lexie23ful]

Nikki is so gorgous!!!!!!

[@ChiaraTheOriginalme]

Nikki is incredible

[@starrsmith3810]

Tommy can be so cute lol

[@amaiathompson6671]

1:04 3:57 4:34 5:14 and 6:00 omg nikki's laugh

[@Funz2022]

YES!! I've wanted to see a more complete version of this interview for a looong time. You rule CC, MORE OF THIS VINTAGE STUFF!!!

[@rockercater]

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[@CARETAKER89able]

Love you Nikki. When Rock Ruled!!!

[@CARETAKER89able]

Those were the Days, take me back to 85 Theatre of Pain Any Day.The Loudest Tour!!

[@AvengedSevenX1999]

why the fuck did i have to be born in '94?! 80's rock all the way!!!!

[@reggyboy1196]

This is right in the middle of Nikki‘s addiction

[@seagullpoet]

Functional addict.

[@bennytheman2320]

Living the life....man i want to be in a rock band joking around!

[@marliesmessing7215]

Thanks for sharing!

[@sexy27bunnyht]

Love it and thanks for sharing

[@rockercater]

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[@I_am_not_funny]

@ 10:46 (in the background) I can't stop laughing and I don't know why 😂🤣

[@r0tten.4pple]

That guys eyes tho 😂

[@I_am_not_funny]

@@r0tten.4pple I forgot about this lol thanks for bringing me back to it 😂

[@LADYJUSTICE50]

Cracks me up to hear Tommy say they all pulled together for Vince after his tragic accident (Hanoi Rocks Drummer who died in Vinces car) & how they all became closer after that! Now, 36 years later, & after reading each one’s autobiography & Nikki’s other 2 books, (& countless interviews, etc) we know how completely bogus those remarks were! Nikki admitted he never called Vince. They said before it changed the dynamics of the band. Vince stayed bitter until he finally quit in 94’ - 95’, & said they shunned him! And throwing the drugs in his face like that! Nikki did say he popped pills, but don’t fake heroin for coke! That was wrong. What should have brought them together, tore them up in ways. Interestingly enough was how Nikki admitted they had been in car wrecks while drunk! In 83’ or 84’ Nikki’s accident resulted in his bad shoulder which resulted in prescribed pain pills which resulted in his addiction which resulted in his eventual Heroin use, which led to his death Teice! On Valentines Day in London, in 1986, (think “Dancin’ on Glass”) & his 2 minute recorded death 12/23/86 after partying with Slash & getting that lethal dose! No one deserted him…. 💋❤️‍🔥🤘🏼🕯

[@user-ux1vj9vx7s]

You know all of that and somehow you didn’t Vince was fired in ‘92?

[@lumilumikki]

I like their music but I've never really thought they were/are hot and never bothered looking at pictures or watching interviews. Now that I've stumbled upon this one... well, Nikki has a really cute smile.

[@kev1090]

Great Post. There's not many Theatre of Pain era videos around.

[@toriyea]

Tommy Lee is so cute

[@shyannamariano859]

God tommy.. just ugh😍🤤

[@sonyxxmunions]

That diary was based in 1986-1987 I believe. I could be wrong though. he looks much healthier here.

[@SantaBaby401]

hell, Nikki is gorgeous

[@Anabellelynnmusic]

DyingLight so is Tommy tho

[@karlathefox]

"They don't exactly have Groupies" xD

[@carliebeau5329]

I was 15. Great time to be a teen.

[@nayhelidone1817]

I hate you, just so you know.

[@molliecross3435]

“Yeah? Super! Thanks a lot!!” 😫❤️

[@rockercater]

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[@lev0n3241968]

I grew up in a strict Christian home-a teenager during the Satanic Panic. Bob Larson (prior to becoming the Christian "LaVey") gave metal bands free promos while Geraldo Rivera exposed Satan's underground and churches piled heavy metal and rock albums for destruction via steam roller. It all made me more inquisitive about the genre. It was difficult being a Christian teenager in a public school. Ironically, music became my rebellion and progressively, over time, it is how I would relate to my new found friends. Twenty some years later, we can look at our folks and say everything turned out okay... Thank Jesus! I wonder if the crue is ever going to release their backmasking greatest hits. God gave rock n roll to everyone! oh yeah!

[@tobymcgroby8967]

Good interviewer, can't be easy

[@catgato5803]

Yeah, that guy was awesome!

[@112nizo]

awsome

[@scrueyoucom]

Cool!!!!!

[@elodienevez2161]

Nikki sixx est vraiment très beau purée

[@MichaelSmith-xb5cp]

THIS is true what Nikki was saying here, the Crue were accessible by the public in that early era. Especially when they were scouting venues or setting up and not real hurried, They drank half a jug of wine with us in the Keystone parking lot one night, and it was an off night , they weren't due to play till the next evening. The entire band, all 4, stopped to shoot the shit with us just because they had nothing better to do. I think that was 1984, but my memory is not good with dates.

[@jeffdemarcus7230]

They mentioned Y&T. Cool band

[@seagullpoet]

Tommy and Nikki = new toxic twins of 80s.

[@darylsandlin5871]

You all realize that they were both drugged out of their minds right?? But still somewhat together...lol

[@seandeltano3037]

"The Terror Twins" 🤣

[@Roosh72]

Damn I was always too young.. swoon 😜😎🤘🥰

[@ikeserizawa5398]

that's why people say they are 'terror twins"

[@alimyersdean]

That was the guitar players from Def Leppard, I thought?

[@ikeserizawa5398]

no, they are Nikki and Tommy from Motley crue @@alimyersdean

[@Kelsey1309]

@@ikeserizawa5398I'm pretty sure it was Nikki who came up with that name :) he talks about it in The Heroin Diaries a lot. He loved Tommy like a little brother, think he still does.

[@username69x73]

Tommy is so hot I could cry lmao

[@SweetNightmareASMR]

Nikki is so cute and smart, what he said about the pentagram not a lot of people know that 😍

[@susanbuss7275]

Where was Paula Yates when you were on the tube.?

[@nikolayhristov7064]

Motley crue misogynistic and sexist? They love women more than everyone

[@thatvillaingirl]

Tommy at 6:16 =

[@deborahwaiter4770]

If you have never done coke, heroin, drank, etc..Do not comment!. Of course I mean an extensive use of either or all three substances..

[@mackenziephipps1671]

eww

[@nickyounger1368]

Love heroin..... Until the consequences

[@22dreams36]

Two hot beings

[@deadsetmassascared]

I liked how they left out a lot of things on their daily agenda. Nikki should have just busted out with his diary right there.

[@joshburns4611]

Why is HSH always considered Motley's first ballad? What about Danger?

[@Drummer_Jeff83]

Some could also argue that Merry Go Round could be considered a ballad as well

[@Curt15x]

"can I give you a loan" said the muchmusic intern to the rockband....smh

[@RollOverBeethoven63]

Rocky Mountain High xD

[@stevee231]

They have always come off as being a "produced image" band...many of the 80's Strip bands did. They were one of the better bands from a musical standpoint, they at least wrote "real" music when most bands were garbage. Gn'R were the best but, came along much later in the decade.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

As far as that era/scene, there was Motley and Guns, and then there was everyone else. They were easily the two best bands in my opinion.

[@stevee231]

Trulysarcastic44 I agree 110% although to those 2, in my opinion, had 3rd party company with Quiet Riot. But after those 3, there were a handful of other bands that were great players and proved to be good songwriters as well on certain songs but were just destroyed by either wholly relying on popular recording techniques of the 80's there by dating their music or they had really over the top hair/clothing/stage show or gave into record companies wishes for musical direction or allowed said label to bring in "professional song-smiths" to help write material which brought the bubblegum aspect to capacity....and sometimes these bands that were guilty of all of those reasons. These were bands like Ratt, Cinderella, E'nuff Z'nuff, Queensryche, LA Guns, all of whom I think could have been great bands if not for what I said above.....but then, the Britney Fox's, the White Lion's, the Bullet Boys...ya' know, all of the ridiculous crap that was fake and put together like The Monkees, were just terrible man...just terrible. No integrity at all. I think the biggest problem with Ratt, E'nuff Z'nuff and all of those other bands I mentioned is that they embraced production techniques that were the new "in thing" of the time. It's when the shift away from analog started and digital started being the norm. And the problem with this though is digital was still a new format and was far from being perfected and sound VERY 80's. I am a *BIG TIME* believer that bands should never use the hot new techniques because it will always, ALWAYS.... *ALWAYS*...(and did I mention always)...date your music. And lets face it, that BIG GIANT digital reverb that was used in the 80's, sounds cheesy as all cheddar in current day. The bands like Motley and Gn'R didn't do this (I'm lying...Theater of Pain and Girls, Girls, Girls both employed the 80's method and even though they were 2 of the 3 biggest selling Crue records, I think most would agree that they are the 2 worst Motley albums)..but other than those 2, they and Gn'R stuck to the tried and true Eddie Kramer/Glynn Johns techniques on how to produce Rock n' Roll. They didn't dress it up all fancy and single track everything because they understood what Rock n' Roll was...simple, raw and to the point, stick the band in a big room that produces it's own reverb so that digital never was used, they recorded the band live in studio, they didn't use volume gates to make the chorus and hook of a song extra loud in the mix and (what I consider the most important part of producing a bad ass rock n' roll record)...ambient mic's instead of direct mic's. And which bands from the Hollywood of the 80's scene still pack in arenas? Motley, Gn'r and thats because their music always *SOUNDS* relevant. Where are the cheesy bands like Ratt and Cinderella playing these day? Clubs and theaters that have a fire code off 500 maximum capacity....or worse yet, aren't playing anywhere.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Steve E I mostly agree. I think a lot of these bands took the easy route and decided to copy the fashion and production techniques of the day. Very short-sited. The two things I would disagree: your ranking of Quiet Riot is so high. I like a few songs, but never thought they were anything special-although their impact is very important overlooked, they certainly help start the L.A. scene/sound. I think Queensryche was a brilliant band, I would never lump in those other bands. They were a prog band. Granted, they did adopt the L.A. look on the first few albums, but Tate wrote some amazing lyrics. As far as Guns and Motley, they were the two heaviest bands in terms of their sound and their lyrics, which is another reason why they hold up today. The rest of those bands didn't take any risks.

[@lrn_news9171]

What the fuck? How about Dokken? They were like one of the pioneers that always wrote "real" music with lyrics that were not about drinking and pussy. You guys should be ashamed to have forgotten that band.

[@lrn_news9171]

+Trulysarcastic44 guns and Crüe heaviest? Bullshit, you don't know shit.

[@456heavymetal1]

Do you have this full show on DVD-R?

[@TheLoribear79]

🎵Why you always lying 🎵

[@user-vc7bq7ds4w]

何言ってるかわからないけど、カッコいいなぁ😊

[@TheChadTI]

Low effort Nikki on the pentagram explanation 🤣🤙

[@rockercater]

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[@creepshowcrate]

Tommy is gakked, as usual.

[@AnaRodriguez-it4on]

I want that hat

[@rockercater]

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[@user-xb5jp5wl9m]

California

[@GlobalTubeTruth]

DLR talks a lot. lol

[@01blaval]

Are Nikki Sixx and Simon Gallup the same person..??😮

[@Triangulove]

Observe Tommy's foot, starting at 9:19

[@pradamama84]

ClayMation lol he's a ball of energy and the coke prob didn't help lol

[@haileyblythe8991]

@tdodge29 I think the same thing all the time!! I was born in the wrong year -_-

[@rockercater]

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[@ysabelle4751]

I always listen to Mötley Crüe's interviews several times and currently I listen to that of Nikki & Tommy who talks about Vince when he had the accident that killed Razzle if Razzle would have been smart he just had to say you have too drunk i'm not going or just not going but it was Razzle's choice and he got into the car it's not Vince's fault maybe if Razzle didn't want to go Vince would probably have decided not to go there because they are normal when they take their Harley and they have drunk and used all the drugs but as I noticed everything that happens badly to the group it is always fault Vince Nikki talks about shows but he never talks about Vince always just Tommy and Mick it's like Vince is the only one to make mistakes

[@blahblah606]

Regardless Hanoi Rocks was ten times the band Motley could ever be. R.I.P Razzle

[@stevestevenson289]

Rikki rachtman??

[@joefisher3153]

Mick has always been the odd ball out

[@EdStaniszewski]

wonder what Tommy thinks of that silly hat today?

[@getmypastamasta8670]

Tommy is the one in the striped shirt

[@AnaRodriguez-it4on]

I want that hat

[@r0tten.4pple]

He looks great in that hat! What are you talking about?

[@seagullpoet]

Hindsight is B.S. You did what you did in the 80s.

[@blahblah606]

Dudes looking fly af. What are you talking about? Haven't you ever been up for days and lived your best life in a striped shirt and silly hat? If not DO IT!

[@michellezorzi5862]

Nikki got the same hair as Russell Brand

[@Marcusx1980]

Not really...

[@salookie8000]

3:00 - Nikki Sixx is wrong. There's no Bible verse stating that the pentagram is a good luck symbol. It's a well-known pagan cultic symbol.

[@michjagermeister6393]

Is that a young Ricky Rachtman

[@derhampaul1117]

I'm 51years old now

[@DeanMartinson-ci3lk]

They we’re never heavy metal they were glam rock

[@redvelvet9215]

Is slipknot heavy metal

[@DeanMartinson-ci3lk]

@@redvelvet9215 I guess 🤷🏻

[@brunonicolas1871]

you can see the cocaine from here

[@user-qu6fs1ge9j]

Nikki’s 100% on heroin rn

[@wyalusingwrestler]

Wrong

[@RickRickRick1231]

Nikki has aged the most by far!

[@pradamama84]

SophieRix lol I don't think so at all. Tommy looks the worst. Nikki looks pretty damn good still!

[@michaelfrazia4569]

Nikki aged the best

[@justycecarey3166]

Tommy and Vince look pretty rough now. Nikki looks the best out of them all now!

[@nataszasuarez6243]

@@justycecarey3166 Yeah, but he changed the most.

[@amaiathompson6671]

5:13 omg nikki's laugh

[@Langdell1989]

i'd just like to point out that the heroin diaries sucked. he talks about doing heroin for 2 months, then he starts cutting back... 2 MONTHS how about heroin every day for two decades talk about that

[@aimeeweston3430]

u know what I know what nikki went through my brother is a heroin addict so he is telling the truth

[@pradamama84]

Charles Higgens maybe you should write a book then?

[@libbyanne5261]

It's irrelevant how long he did it for, addiction is addiction. I don't see how that makes the book suck. I've not read it but I'm guessing he wrote it to spread awareness and help people. That's the main point and it's brave to share a story like that.

[@abigailstamey9025]

in my case its an amazing book. So what if he cut back for 2 months atleast he tried his best to stop for a bit. Ik what hes been through cuz i have a older brother who is currently an addict to meth but he was an addict to heroin at one point. ik this cuz ive had his needles in my front yard ive seen the track marks on my brothers arms. its not very pleasant to see. my brother was addicted to heroin for a short time and he managed to get out of it but got into something else. All that matters is Nikki is sober and happy

[@r0tten.4pple]

@@abigailstamey9025 how is your brother doing now?