Posts Tagged ‘Motley Crue’

Brutal Legend Track List Released

Monday, August 10th, 2009

The track listing for Brutal Legend has been released. You can read the entire list at Metal News.

It appears to be an interesting mix of music, including a decent selection of Ozzy’s work, both with and without the rest of Black Sabbath. There’s also a fair amount of Judas Priest included in the list. The number of Priest and Sabbath songs is pretty much what I expected, when you consider the sizable roles that both Ozzy and Rob Halford play in the game. It’s not surprising that they would both allow their music to be used in the game, since they’re already so involved.

Lita Ford got a song included as well. However, like Ozzy and Halford, she was already involved with providing voice talent for the game. So including Lita’s work isn’t a surprise either.

What’s more surprising is the number of hair metal songs on the list. There’s a fairly large number of Motley Crue songs, as well as songs by Whitesnake, Quiet Riot, Ratt and Skid Row, all of which could be considered hair metal. (Skid Row and Motley Crue probably get a pass on being hair metal for this game, since most of their work tends to be quite heavy by regular hair metal standards.)

And of course, Tenacious D’s The Metal is included. I would have been highly disappointed if this song had been excluded. Not only is it Jack Black’s group, it was pretty much a readily made theme song for the game.

Behind the Scenes Videos with Motley Crue from Bones

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Blabbermouth.net has new behind-the-scenes videos from the season finale of Bones. Looks like this is part of the hype for the 20th anniversary of Dr. Feelgood.

They’re all promotional videos, so don’t expect to hear anything earth-shattering about the show. There’s some information about their touring schedules, but nothing that probably wasn’t already published elsewhere. They’re also kind of repetitive–keep watching them all if you want to hear why they picked Dr. Feelgood five separate times.

Oh, and somebody needs to break it to Borenaz that the Crue and the Eagles are not the same thing. Not at all. (But then again, we are talking about the guy who thought that Angel was a good idea.)

Motley Crue on Bones

Friday, May 1st, 2009

According to Entertainment Weekly, Motley Crue will be on the Bones season finale this year. Honestly, I pretty much never watch Bones. Lately I watch NCIS if I want to watch that kind of thing. Those giant labs that look like lairs for Bond villains just stretch my credulity a little too far and Bones tends to be one of the worst for that. (Okay, maybe not the worst. CSI Miami is ahead of them on that.)

Personally, I’d say it’s a a ratings stunt. After all, lately it seems that the world has finally realized that there was a reason that we all liked hair metal once upon a time. It would be the ideal time for a struggling TV show to cash in on that. It certainly seems to be the consensus around the Net that the Crue will actually make Bones cooler than it was before this.

Look around. Hair metal is suddenly everywhere again–and suddenly, it’s becoming cool again to want your music to make you feel good.

It’s almost bizarre to me; I spent all of high school hating the music of the 90′s with a fierce passion. I didn’t see any reason to listen to stuff that made you feel like dirt; I was more than capable of doing that on my own. Evidently people have finally figured that same thing out.

So, what do you think–does Motley Crue make Bones cooler, or does Bones make Motley Crue look lame?