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Motley Crue is an American glam metal band from Los Angeles, California. Motley Crue is made up of Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, and Vince Neil. Motley Crue is considered one of the most successful American heavy metal bands, having sold over 45 million albums worldwide and 25 million records in the US alone.

Motley Crue were also known as much for their backstage groupie antics, outrageous clothing, extreme high-heeled boots, heavy make-up, and seemingly endless abuse of alcohol and drugs as for their music. Motley Crue's mixture of heavy metal and glam rock stylings produced several massive-selling albums during the 1980s, including Shout at the Devil (September 26, 1983),Theatre of Pain (June 21, 1985), and Girls, Girls, Girls (May 15, 1987).

Motley Crue are cited by some contemporary artists as an inspiration. Artists such as Marilyn Manson, Towers of London, Moby, Murderdolls, Backyard Babies, Private Line, The Living End, Mana, Papa Roach and Green Day have cited them as an influence in recent years, most notably for Too Fast for Love and Shout at the Devil. They've also been parodied for their early look in music videos by a variety of artists such as Bowling for Soup, Beck, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Backstreet Boys.

Besides music, Motley Crue also set the scale for decadent rock and roll behavior. Since the release of "The Dirt", Motley Crue has been known as one of the most decadent and self-destructive groups in rock music history.

Motley Crue has also been featured on a number of VH1 countdown shows, 'Dr. Feelgood' was ranked the #10 Greatest Air Guitar Song, 'Live Wire' was ranked the #17 Greatest Metal Song Of All Time on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs, and 'Home Sweet Home' was ranked the #12 greatest power ballad of all time. Motley Crue were featured several times on VH1's 100 most metal moments, their highest spot being #3. VH1 included the Tommy Lee sex tapes, The Dirt, The Ozzy and Nikki pee and ant incident and the Moscow Music Peace Festival; all featured in the countdown. Motley Crue has also been one of the many bands featured on VH1: Behind the Music. Motley Crue was also ranked #29 on vh1's list of the greatest artists of hard rock.