Motley Crue At Sweden Rock: Video

Motley Crue played the Sweden Rock Festival at the beginning of the month. I read some reviews online... and they weren't good. Still, I kept an open mind. The guys are not 21 anymore, so they're allowed a few mistakes here and there. Well, I watched a video clip of the set... and it was pretty rough. Vince really struggled during "Primal Scream." You can tell the tour is wearing his voice down for sure. He's been skipping the words for years now, but the clip below is way worse than when I saw them back in November. Yikes.

Comments

[Ace Steele]

I've seen 'em do worse. They clearly know it's time to hang it up.

They don't even remotely resemble the band that played the Starwood & the Whiskey... there's no life left in it... This is purely going thru the motions , for the paycheck. Sheesh, tuning 4 steps down just so Vince can come close to being in key? New Years Eve can't come soon enough....

[Rokkett]

Naah I was there and I can testify that they sounded fantastic. Yes Vince isn't what he used to be but compared to some videos I've seen and heard in the past 10 years Vince has really shaped up and is singing better. This video sucks ad you can hear it for yourself by checking out other videos of the same song on Youtube where the camera/phone has actually caught a decent sound of the whole performance and not just singled out Vince and made Tommy's drum sound so awfully dry. They sounded Awesome. And yes I know about the lip synced backing vocals.

[Brian C.]

Is he even saying words or is he just making sounds?!?

[Dj]

I'm still going to defend Vince. He was never fantastic live but only a few can pull it off. The music live has always been great. The only one going through the motions is Tommy. As much as I love Tommy, he's just not interested in rock n roll anymore. No band is going to be the same for thirty years...not even the mighty Judas Priest...Halford sounded like ass on the Download clips. Still I'm seeing Motley one last time next month, and I'm gonna go bat shit crazy when they play this song...greatest song of all time in my book. Dirty, dark, sleazy, and the best lyrics Nikki ever wrote. I'm happy but very sad it's coming to an end. Cruehead till the day I'm six feet under.

[Dj]

Also....even though Vince wasn't fantastic on this clip, I still get the chills when he sings this song..

[Rita]

"Halford sounded like ass"? Really DJ? I haven't heard any recent clips but last time I saw Priest in October, Rob was firing on all cylinders. He sounded unbelievable and you could tell he himself was quite pleased with his vocals.

The day Rob sounds bad, I will be totally surprised. I'm in awe of his vocals every time I hear him. Maybe it was just an off day?

[Dj]

The videos I saw of their last tour he sounded great like always. But I watched a clip from the Download festival which happened about a week ago and he sounded pretty bad. I'm pretty sure maybe it was an off day though. Don't get me wrong, his voice is amazing and I'm a die-hard Priest fan.

[Rita]

Thanks DJ. I will check out some new videos.

[Jakki Steal]

This isn't shocking to me at all.
All of the extra dates they've added to this tour is just going to make that final show they play just a complete horrendous mess.
If Vince sounds like this now imagine him 6 months from now...Yikes!

I always wanted them to record the final show & release it on DVD but lately...
I don't know if it would be really cool to have or really sad to see.

I still love Vince but the Crue should have never toured every single year since they got back together in 2005.
Vince was pretty decent back then compared to now but even then I would have never thought they should keep touring for pretty much a decade straight.

All of this excessive touring has really destroyed Vince's voice at a extremely alarming rate.
This final tour could have been pretty sweet, had Nikki not kept booking all of these tours over the years (w/no new CD to promote in the past 7 years).
Vince would have sounded a lot better.

For The Record:
Vince Neil from 1981 to 1998 is/was hands down my favorite glam metal vocalist, live & in the studio.
He was always on fire to me.
It wasn't until the Maximum Rock tour in 1999 that Vince's vocals for me started to become lackluster.

[Jakki Steal]

Oh yeah, I forgot...
Vince Neil is going to be on the TV show Wife Swap tonight on ABC!

***Check Your Local Listings***

[Jakki Steal]

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

18 Years ago today Motley Crue released the 'Generation Swine' CD!
For me...the last truly great Motley Crue CD.

I still remember vividly as a teenager counting down the days til this CD was released & buying it as soon as the store opened the morning of it's release.
(Also seeing them preform "Shout 97" at the American Music Awards that year)
Most of my friends at the time were not Motley fans but 'Generation Swine' converted several of them into becoming Motley fans.

I still love (& play) 'Generation Swine' just as much today if not more.

Truth be told:
It's extremely hard for me to pick a #1 favorite Crue album.
The first 7 studio albums released by them on any given day could easily be my #1 favorite album by them (it all just depends on my mood at the moment I guess?)
To me Motley Crue was perfection from 'Too Fast For Love' up to 'Generation Swine'!

[Neal]

That was pretty sad ... I have tapes of the whisky and Starwood days and they sound intense but the last 7 or 8 years they have sounded really bad. They are ALL going through the motions not just Tommy ... Been a fan since receiving my first bootleg tape of them back in 1981 from a friend that used to go see them at the clubs in LA

[Shawn]

Celebrity Wife Swap was painful to watch. Vince appeared intoxicated for the bulk of the show that I watched. I finally got sick and turned it off. Hard to watch your heroes of yesteryear go down in flames.

[Bob]

It's not just the incessant touring that has killed vince's voice, although that's a big part of it. As many of us on this board can attest, once you roll past about age 40, you simply can't pound on your body the way you used to and still be able to function at a high level. You need to exercise regularly, eat healthier foods and cut way back on the alcohol consumption. As a contrast to Vince, about a month ago, we went to see Bryan Adams in concert, (don't judge.) He's about the same age as Vince, but he takes great care of himself. He performed every song in its original key, and sang every word of every song with full power and pitch. I bet if Vince took care of himself, and stopped trying to pretend he's still in his 20s, his once powerful voice would come back to him.

[Rita]

Bob - Bryan Adams is very talented and I listen to a lot of his material. Waking Up the Neighbors is one of my favorite CD's. Excellent music on that one.

And you're right about Vince. There are a lot of guys in music his age who have taken care of themselves. Look at the guys in Steel Panther for example. Satchel is in awesome shape and he's only a few years younger than Vince. Yes, we all get older but it doesn't mean you should stop looking after yourself.

[Blaine]

This performance of "Primal Scream" is in the same key as the original studio recording. Just sayin'.

[Jason]

I was there as well, and as the video proves, the show was absolutely awful. Just search for "Dr. Feelgood" from Sweden Rock 2015 for further proof. All I can say for this Motley performance is that the pyro was cool, as was Tommy's pentagram-adorned drum riser.

My friend translated the Stockholm newspaper's review of the show for me, and the author basically said that if Motley Crue were his dog, he'd take them to the vet and have them put down.

Anyone else notice in the beginning, there's an audible bass line being played, but when they show Nikki, both hands are in the air clapping?!

I heard from a lot of locals that they were pissed since SRF was advertised as Motley's final Scandinavian performance, yet during the show, Vince announced they'd be back to Stockhom in November. What a load of crap! The continual adding of dates, especially in cities they've already played on this tour is really taking the sparkle out of the concept of a "final" tour.

I had seriously considered going to LA for the New Year's Eve show, but after seeing them at SRF, I may just put that idea to bed.

[Gary]

What in the blue hell exactly was that first line or 2 that he warbled?????? I literally started laughing and turned it off. 😳😳😳

[Gary]

Ok. I just let it play through. Band sounds tighter than Oprah in a pair of spandex. ( as usual) I'm sorry but Vince,you are the weakest link. His scream at the end was the only thing he warbled in tune through the entire song. (which did kick ass,as usual) I love these guys,always will. But,as Ace so correctly stated right off the bat, they know it's time to hit the showers.I may get excoriated for saying this, but I'll always continue to wonder how it would be today if Corabi was still with them,actually singing in tune,instead of throwing in more than every third or fourth word,and hoping to hell that the audience will fill in the rest,like Vince does.Vince was always a good front man,but man,he just sounds like a cat with its tail stuck under a rocking chair now.

[Velonese]

Of course the band is going to sound good as it is mostly pre-recorded. I just don't get if your show is mostly on tape why not can the lead vocals as well. Motley was great back in the day but this farewell tour was a mess from the beginning.