Mötley Crüe reached the end

Mötley Crüe reached the end

An era has ended. December 31th was a sad day for the fans of Mötley Crüe as they played together for the very last time.  
But you can say, ”all bad things must come to an end” and quote the song that was the soundtrack for Mötley Crüe’s final tour when they sealed their fate as a band. 

A band that have been around since the 80’s, when the whole glam-metal-scene was a big thing and they stood thru the end of the glam era when most bands of the 80’s faded.

They also made it thru the obstacles that have been the members very own decadent way of life and even wrote a book about it. A book that will become a movie shortly. 

The last show I saw with Mötley was in Stockholm, Sweden November 2015, and I think they ended on the right note, so to speak. 

Everything I thought was lacking at their gig at Sweden Rock Festival 2015, they had now. I have never seen Mick Mars move around that much on stage. Vince Neil was smiling, Nikki Sixx gave the crowd his ”be the knife speech” and Tommy Lee slides over the crowd upside down in the sealing while drumming. 
People in the audience where crying as this was the last gig ever for Mötley in Sweden. The fact that Nikki Sixx will be back in Sweden by the summer of 2016 with his own Sixx:am, didn’t bring any comfort to heartbroken fans. And I must admit, it did sting a bit to see the four members that are Mötley Crüe take a final bow in Sweden, as a band, even for me. They really delivered on that gig, with all the pyro-effects, confetti rain, dancers, costume changes, Mick's guitar solo, Tommy's drum solo, Nikki's fire shooting bass and so on. 
They had Alice Cooper to play as a very special guest before Mötley went on stage. Alice and his band are a good live act as always and got the crowd going. 

As an opening act they also brought along the Canadian-American band Saint Asonia, that where formed in 2014. 

Thank you, Mötley Crüe, for all the good rock music!

 

Alice Cooper at Gröna Lund Stockholm, July 3

Alice Cooper

This live review might be a little bit different from my other reviews since I don’t want to spoil the show for someone that are going to see him for the first time. There for I won’t be going into exact detail about this show, you need to see it in order to believe it…

Alice Cooper doesn’t need a presentation, first time he stood at Gröna Lunds stage was 1975 and he’s in my meaning one of all modern rock music grandfathers. 

After three hours of waiting in front of the stage to get a good spot, Alice Cooper suddenly sneaks out quietly on to the stage without making a “grand entrance” and sang “Hello, Hooray” completed with some special effects and the show was on. 

He had a commanding presence and he really took control of the audience thru out the entire show. He made sure that everyone looked at him and he looked at everyone in the crowd and made us feel that he could see everything that we did and if you did anything stupid he would come down and bite your face off… 

Anything could happen at any time and I overheard somebody in the audience say:” I’ am scared to look away because I might miss something!” That was true, no matter where you looked on stage something was happening and it was sorted out evenly so everyone could see and take nice pictures.  

Every song that they played sounded good and the crowd knew each and every one of them. However, I wondered a bit why he had to mix up his songs with a few covers?

The covers sounded well, but it had been more interesting if he’d played some more of his own songs that so many people love. The band works well together and is making a nice job to back up Alice and the whole show. 

*****/ 5

Best moment of the show:

Some of his immortal hits like “He’s back”, “Poison” and “Schools Out”. 

Highly notable:

When the show had ended several people stayed around and a few more people made their way up to the stage for a chance to get a souvenir. The stage worker made sure that 2 picks and 2 set lists, one that he ripped into half, was given out evenly and pointed out who was getting what. This is often missed at shows and the same person can get several things and many goes home without anything. Come on people be fair to one and other!