Motley Crue Cashes In

Add Motley Crue to the growing list of artists cashing in by selling their catalogs. BMG has acquired the rights to the entire catalog netting the Crue around $150 million bucks. Honestly, I would have pegged the catalog to be worth more, at least around $200 million. The article linked via the Tweet says the deal may be worth "significantly" less than $150 million.

Assuming the $150 million is correct, that is a lot of dough and like most artists, I suppose Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars decided the time was right to cash in (again) on their life's work. I wonder how much Vince Neil and Tommy Lee will get from the deal?

BMG has acquired the recorded catalog of Motley Crue, spanning their entire 40-year career, in a deal valued at approximately $150 million. It is the largest single catalog acquisition since BMG was founded in 2008. https://t.co/edigcGlEZW

— Variety (@Variety) November 30, 2021

Comments

[Kixchix]

Good for them! Takes a lot of decisions and lawyers off the table. Wonder if we shall hear even more Mötley in T Mobile and Geico commercials. Shout! Shout! Shout at the Discounts!!! Barnes n Noble: She’s Got The Books That Kill!!!!

[Him]

Given that Lee and Neil get wages these days, I would guess their cut is handled by their lawyer, Jack Squat.

You had me laughing, Kixchix! Well done. And I can also see all kinds of products and services, real or imagined, that just beg for the Crue treatment:

Primal (S)cream (a testosterone replacement ointment).

Live Wire (varied electricians in your local metro area).

Home Sweet Home (Zillow).

Come On and Dance, Dance, Dance Revolution (hey, retro is cool!).

Rattlesnake Shake (at Sonics in Arizona and Wyoming only).

Theatre of Pain Relief (various licensed chiropractors in the Boca Raton area).

Smoking in the Boys Room (a franchise of gay-themed BBQ restaurants).

Saints of Los Angeles (theme song once the team decamps from New Orleans).

And now that Sixx doesn't have to put his pristine fingers on the muck that was the '94 album:

Hooligan's Holiday Inn (down-market motels catering to those with limited budgets but endless imaginations).

Welcome to the Numb (lidocaine-based topical ointment).

Hammered or Poison Apples (hard seltzers for those who like to act like they aren't drinking and are, in fact, barely drinking).

Uncle Jack Daniels (the creepy joke sorta' writes itself).

[Gogmagog]

Don't forget the Curls! Curls! Curls! family of products, including curling irons for you and matching curlers for your grandmother.

[Him]

Absolute brilliance, Gogmagog!!! At first I thought of curly fries, but you pivoted to hair care. You, Sir, are to be applauded!!!

[Bkallday]

How long until Sixx is selling his own mom?

[Him]

Bkallday, nice to see you posting! Missed our sparring matches!

That said, I think he spells it 'Möm'. More brutal that way. And you aren't wrong. I think Sixx misunderstood 'flogging a dead horse' to be a positive. Sixx sells . . . but who's buying?