Mick Mars

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Motley Crue posing for a photograph in 1981
“We were one of the first bands to take punk and mix it with glam and metal. We started a whole new trend”: How Motley Crue created the album that invented 80s hair metal with help from an ex-construction worker and Queen’s producer

By Dave Ling Published

Motley Crue’s Vince Neil on the debut album shaped an entire decade

Bands & Artists
Motley Crue at a press conference in 2019
Mötley Crüe claim comprehensive victory in legal battle with Mick Mars

By Fraser Lewry Published

Mick Mars must pay Mötley Crüe a portion of the advance he received for shows in which he did not subsequently perform

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Bands & Artists
Lead singer Vince Neil, bassist Nikki Sixx, lead guitarist Mick Mars and drummer Tommy Lee of the American hard rock band Motley Crue pose for a studio portrait at the Joe Louis Arena during the Theater of Pain tour, on September 15, 1985, in Detroit, Michigan.
Nikki Sixx says Mick Mars' claims that Motley Crue don't play live are a "betrayal to the band who saved his life"

By Stef Lach Published

Mick Mars' bitter feud with Motley Crue rumbles on as bassist Nikki Sixx dismisses backing track accusations

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Bands & Artists
Marcus King, Lenny Kravitz, Battlesnake, Bobbie Dazzle, Rob Halford, The Sheepdogs
Classic Rock's Ultimate 2024 Playlist

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

Icons and a-listers, retro bangers and psychedelic party-starters, firebrands, punks and alt.rockers - they’re all here

Music
Motley Crue standing at a photo call during a press conference in 2005
A strange and occasionally antagonistic interview with Mötley Crüe

By Joe Bosso Published

In 2004 everyone thought Mötley Crüe hated each other. But they reformed, and we asked them about it

Interviews
Mick Mars studio portrait. He's wearing a cap and smiling
Mick Mars put together the most hedonistic band of their era and has the scars to prove it: Now out of Mötley Crüe, he's starting a solo career. Lived a life? You bet

By Dave Everley Published

Mick Mars looks back on his career, from his early days on Sunset Strip to his years as an unlikely metal superstar

Interviews
Motley Crue group shot
Mick Mars: If Motley Crue wanted me to write songs with them again, of course I would

By Stef Lach Published

Ex Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars appears to have softened his stance and says he's open to working with the band again

Bands & Artists
A studio portrait of Mick Mars with insets of King Crimson and Gentle Giant
“Stumbling on King Crimson and Gentle Giant was eye-opening for me. I went, ‘How can you do that so fast?’”: ex-Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars reveals his secret love of 70s prog

By Classic Rock Published

Forget Shout At The Devil – Mick Mars is all about 21st Century Schizoid Man

Bands & Artists
Mick Mars - The Other Side Of Mars cover art
"A full-scale solo stormer: a 90s grunge record made by a marauding horde of evil mutants": Mick Mars has made a would-be classic with The Other Side Of Mars

By Geoff Barton Published

Former Mötley Crüe man Mick Mars' debut solo album The Other Side Of Mars is as dangerous as a black mamba in your pants

Albums
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"I'm really trying to be what I am, which is a little off": Watch the creepy video for ex-Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars' dark, grungy new single Right Side of Wrong

By Paul Brannigan Published

Ex-Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars shares second solo single, Right Side of Wrong

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