This’ll get the trolls out! Nothing gets the Motley fans in a tizzy more than critiquing a favourite album, or praising a later one with the wrong lead singer. Our rock heroes are not infallible, and Theater of Pain might be the best example of this. After two screamin’ and bangin’ hard rock/heavy metal albums, Motley made a slight change of image & sound, and left us in a Theater of Pain….
Peter Kerr of Rock Daydream Nation assembled a killer crew for this topic. With Joe B., John Clauser, Steve Deluxe, Melissa Nee and myself, we talk memories, impressions then and now, and most importantly, the songs. We discuss every elephant in the room, from the tragic car crash that ended a life, addictions, and direction (or lack thereof). This tumultuous period of Motley history is full of drama, superstardom, great music videos, and tragedy.
I’m excited to watch this show that I was proud to be a small part of. Theater of Pain is one of my favourite musical topics, and I think we fairly covered all the bases here, and them some. How do you feel about Theater of Pain?
Debuts at 8:00 AM E.S.T. on May 22 2024.
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The first two Motley albums and the one with Corabi are infinitely better than anything else in their discography.
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That’s my position. We’ll see what the Motley trolls think. They love telling me I have a dead cat in my ears.
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I don’t get the Dr. Feelgood hoopla. It’s a few good singles, filler, and some garbage.
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I haven’t even reviewed Feelgood. A few good ones, one or two great ones (Don’t Go Away Mad, Time for Change) and a lot of filler. Very well produced Bob Rock sounding filler.
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Dr. Fuckingshit.
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Shit Sandwich.
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Theatre of Shit.
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Shit at the Devil.
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Shit, Shit, Shit.
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I do not like this album at all. Those first two are classic and then we get this…ugh. Now, I did find a Motley bootleg this weekend from a tour for this album and it is awesome as they play so many songs from all three albums and all the good ones too!! I like it better than Theatre of Pain.
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Can’t wait to watch this show!!
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I will let you in on a secret. Peter edited the original show down – he felt that one of the cast members referring to Vince as a “murderer” was treading a fine line, legally speaking. I can’t wait to see what DID make it into the show.
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Wow! Very interesting…and yes, probably a good idea to change that part.
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I’m just amazed they were able to play a good show at this point of the game. They can’t even do that now, with a “ringer” on guitar! I guess back then, Vince was actually singing.
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For the most part, Vince was singing. For me, it was just the song selection was so good. Plus I didn’t have a show from that early so a nice to have kind of thing.
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When did he go from singing, to half-assing? Around the time of Dr Feeling?
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Good question. I am going to listen to it again and see if he might have slightly started here because there were some moments he was not fully singing. But they were still good overall around this time.
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I know he definitely was not singing every line anymore by New Tattoo, but I suspect it started far sooner.
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Interesting topic, Mike. I started watching yesterday and plan to finish today. Henry.
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Thanks Henry! I wish Peter released an unedited version because we went hard after Vince Neil on that one. You can see where he cut that stuff out!
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