Top 50 Motley Crue Songs<\/a><\/p>\nHe added: “I don’t know if they were serious or not. Because I’m never late \u2014 except for this interview.”<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, he soon made up for any negativity for a good reason: “I feel like I’ve been playing these songs as long as they have, because when the records came out I learned them all.”<\/p>\n
He continued: “They said, ‘Okay, what do you want to do?’ I said, \u2018’ guess start at the top.’ And so we just ran the whole set, and they were like, ‘Oh my God!’<\/p>\n
“Any gig I get into, I will study everything. I usually watch the [most recent] show a band does, so I know what their endings are, I know what their transitions are. And so that’s what I did… and they were pretty impressed with that.”<\/p>\n
Kiss Stars Drove Two Hours to Watch John 5’s Motley Debut<\/h3>\n
Flash forward to the show in Atlantic City, and 5 knew who he wanted to be there. “My first and favorite band is Kiss; I’ve been very close with those guys for probably 30-something years,” he said.<\/p>\n
“And Ace and Peter came to the first Motley show. I invited them, and they drove, you know, two hours each. And I remember they were right over there watching, and I was playing the show, and it’s exciting!”<\/p>\n
Then came the surprise: “I got off the stage and everyone was like, ‘That was awesome’ \u2013 and I burst into tears for some reason. Like, uncontrollably. I was like, ‘What\u2019s going on?’<\/p>\n
“It was just so much emotion. It was so weird. I had my heroes there, and I’m playing with Motley Crue, and all my friends there. It was very odd; it was so weird.”<\/p>\n
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Motley Crue Lineup Changes: A Complete Guide<\/h2>\n\n
The complete story of Motley Crue’s lineup changes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Gallery Credit: Matthew Wilkening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n