The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Mötley Crüe and Neil Strauss

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The rock autobiography is nothing new with many musicians of a certain age realising it’s a great cash cow to keep them in people’s minds between usually increasingly infrequent albums – Mötley Crüe’s 2001 take on the idea, The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band (written...

Playlist – September 2019

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard A real mix of stuff added to the playlist this month from several, possibly unlikely sources. From the Channel Islands there are tracks from Guernsey’s WaterColour Matchbox who put out their new album Pathways and from Jersey there are new singles from Hot Plastic (Time Bomb) and Hot Juice...

Mötley Crüe – Dr. Feelgood

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Thirty years ago the band who defined the 80’s Los Angeles glam metal sound, often derisively dubbed hair metal, Mötley Crüe, released arguably their magnum opus, Dr Feelgood. Released following arguably the most tumultuous period of their career where they hit commercial highs and personal lows aplenty, highlighted by...