Dorkiest stage moves

[Darrien]

Warrant down on their knees in unison, rocking back and forth—that kind of thing. I always thought spinning the guitar/bass around one's neck a la Cinderella was lame.

I agree about Warrant. The choreography was dumb, in addition to Jani always doing the licking pussy thing where he would put his tongue between two fingers.


I used to think guitar swinging was cool as fuck, until I tried to do it, and nailed myself in the face lol.

[Gibsonite]

Two words. Attack! Attack! You're welcome

[Ozzy Stradlin]

Gary Cherone when he was in Van Halen.

Yep, especially when he started fingering his ass on stage in the Australia video.....

Was he less dorky in Extreme?

No.

[Engine13]

Winger's ballet moves is the reason Stewart wore that Tshirt.

[Tommy2Tone84]

There's an interesting question here. Was Motley's career one that never would've worked in the 70s and only worked in 80s where radio/MTV became more important than live shows?

Believe it or not but Mötley were a great live band from 83 to 86 or maybe even 87. Far from perfect but high energy and entertaining. That would work even better in the 90s IMO. But by then they had become old and boring.

You're right. That was a dumb question.

I guess you had to be there. I’ve seen Motley three or four times and they were never good. I have several live recordings from the 80s both audio and video and they are embarrassing. Their performance in Russia 1989 is pathetic.

[Tommy2Tone84]

Winger's ballet moves is the reason Stewart wore that Tshirt.

I’ll take Winger’s ballet moves over Roth’s Magic Mike antics any day. Roth’s lite loafers made Mike Tramp look like Tom Araya

[Love_Industry]

I guess you had to be there. I’ve seen Motley three or four times and they were never good. I have several live recordings from the 80s both audio and video and they are embarrassing. Their performance in Russia 1989 is pathetic.

You're right. I have good audio of a 1986 show I saw and loved back then (Mick's solo and Smokin' notwithstanding) and it is a mess. But still high energy and I guess that's the difference between drugged Mötley and clean Mötley.

[Love_Industry]

Winger's ballet moves is the reason Stewart wore that Tshirt.

I’ll take Winger’s ballet moves over Roth’s Magic Mike antics any day. Roth’s lite loafers made Mike Tramp look like Tom Araya

... and he's still the most heterosexual man to front Van Halen. Not a huge achievement though when the competition is Sammy Gaygar and Gay Cherone.

[Tommy2Tone84]

Winger's ballet moves is the reason Stewart wore that Tshirt.

I’ll take Winger’s ballet moves over Roth’s Magic Mike antics any day. Roth’s lite loafers made Mike Tramp look like Tom Araya

... and he's still the most heterosexual man to front Van Halen. Not a huge achievement though when the competition is Sammy Gaygar and Gay Cherone.

We are all entitled to our opinions. I’ll take Gaygar and Chery over Davita Leela Ruth any day.

[Neil Diamond Dave]

The King Diamond air guitar and Steve Harris air singer bullshit is annoying as all get out. It's like someone in the passenger seat is pretending to drive the car.

[killdrum]

The King Diamond air guitar and Steve Harris air singer bullshit is annoying as all get out. It's like someone in the passenger seat is pretending to drive the car.

Agree on the King air guitar. Chuck Billy from Testament has always done it too. Look like children in front of the mirror wanting to be on stage......but yet they are.

[killdrum]

I saw Extreme on the Pornograffitti tour in Houston(w/Alice in Chains). Nuno was such a badass I was able to ignore Cherone prancing around(barefoot) acting like a complete dork. I was hoping he would fall off the stage and they continue without him. Never been so irritated w a singer.

[Velvis]

Haha, in the span of 30 mins.... you went from this:



to this:

The Runaways came after Loverboy?

Motley sounded like absolute shiite and piss at the US Festival. They made Van Halen look and sound like total pros instead of the amateur hour VH turned in that night, It’s amazing Motley ever made it. That gig should’ve killed their career before it ever started. Doc and Doug really were miracle workers with those Ronald McDonald, rodeo clowns.

How the Scorpions never had Crue’s kind of sales in the 80s, especially with albums like Lovedrive, Blackout, LAFS, Savage Amusement and Crazy World is mind blowing. A much, much better band than Motley and many of the hair metal clown show brethren. Motley Crue are like Poison by comparison.

Klaus Meine wasn't exactly dropping panties and it's not like Motley didn't have 2 great records (TFFL, SATD) and then a string of great huge hit singles (HSH,GGG,DF)

Scorpions had one huge rock hit and then a crossover ballad.

Motley had the look (shit they defined it) while Scorpions did not and in the 1980s video Hollywood glam music era is it really surprising that a bunch of cool looking to the guys and attractive to the women California dudes with songs about the devil, girls, drugs, and fucking would completely bury a bunch of ugly dudes from Germany with just one song about rockin like a hurricane and a soft as shit ballad written about Perestroika?

[Tommy2Tone84]

The Runaways came after Loverboy?

Motley sounded like absolute shiite and piss at the US Festival. They made Van Halen look and sound like total pros instead of the amateur hour VH turned in that night, It’s amazing Motley ever made it. That gig should’ve killed their career before it ever started. Doc and Doug really were miracle workers with those Ronald McDonald, rodeo clowns.

How the Scorpions never had Crue’s kind of sales in the 80s, especially with albums like Lovedrive, Blackout, LAFS, Savage Amusement and Crazy World is mind blowing. A much, much better band than Motley and many of the hair metal clown show brethren. Motley Crue are like Poison by comparison.

Klaus Meine wasn't exactly dropping panties and it's not like Motley didn't have 2 great records (TFFL, SATD) and then a string of great huge hit singles (HSH,GGG,DF)

Scorpions had one huge rock hit and then a crossover ballad.

Motley had the look (shit they defined it) while Scorpions did not and in the 1980s video Hollywood glam music era is it really surprising that a bunch of cool looking to the guys and attractive to the women California dudes with songs about the devil, girls, drugs, and fucking would completely bury a bunch of ugly dudes from Germany with just one song about rockin like a hurricane and a soft as shit ballad written about Perestroika?

The Scorpions were “ugly.” Wtf, did you want to date them?

By “the look” you mean looking like a bunch of trannies? You are correct. Motley looked like a bunch of chicks with dicks while the Scorpions looked like a bunch of badasses who sounded just like the records instead of amateur hour at the high school auditorium.

For being so “ugly” chicks loved the Scorpions in the 80s.

You really are a style over substance guy and your ignorance is mind numbing. Scorpions had a break through with 1982’s Blackout. It had the killer title track, Can’t Live Without You, You Give Me All I Need, and No One Like You. All concert staples with NOLY being their breakout single, and that album cover. Better and way cooler than any Crue album cover.

On LAFS, you had Big City Nights, I’m Leaving You, Bad Boys Running Wild, and Coming Home.

That’s leaving out classic albums like Lovedrive, Animal Magnetism, Savage Amusement and Crazy World. The band was electric and total pros.

I was a fan of Motley but they really were amateur hour.

[kreamygoodness]

https://x.com/Tazerface16/status/1801686499051901237

[aznsquirt]

Gary Cherone when he was in Van Halen.

Yep, especially when he started fingering his ass on stage in the Australia video.....

Was he less dorky in Extreme?

No. He was just fortunate to be on stage with literally the coolest guitar player in the history of rock and roll not named Izzy.

[BernieTaupson]

[HueyRamone]

Yep, especially when he started fingering his ass on stage in the Australia video.....

Was he less dorky in Extreme?

No. He was just fortunate to be on stage with literally the coolest guitar player in the history of rock and roll not named Izzy.

A Keef acolyte can not be cooler than the actual Keef

[aznsquirt]

*izzy or keef

[greengoblinrulz]

I dont know if any of em bother me that much .......BUT......Pete Evick of Bert's solo band runs around with his mouth open all show in a pose, that is what annoys me the most.

[REO Cokewagon]

.......BUT......Pete Evick of Bert's solo band runs around with his mouth open all show in a pose, that is what annoys me the most.

[Press Pass]

When I saw Kamelot, the keyboardist, a tall buff Fabio-looking guy, was flipping back his long blonde hair every 5 seconds without missing a beat, the entire show. It was annoying as hell.

[Tommy2Tone84]

Was he less dorky in Extreme?

No. He was just fortunate to be on stage with literally the coolest guitar player in the history of rock and roll not named Izzy.

A Keef acolyte can not be cooler than the actual Keef

Aerosmith and Hanoi Rocks fans seem to think they can be.

[BernieTaupson]

Randy Castillo totally ripping off Tommy Aldridge’s drum solo without the sticks was pretty fucking lame. Especially when they released a VHS of the Bark At The Moon and Ultimate Sin tours so it was pretty obvious where he stole it from.