Don’t let the name fool you.  This heavy metal band is one of the most versatile groups on the scene.  If you think rock and roll music has gone downhill in the face of hip-hop and mainstream be-bop, you haven’t been listening to Metallica.  They may have raised the incidental whiplash incidence rate for head bangers, rocking down to “The More I See” and, “Enter the Sandman”, but such numbers as, “Fade to Black” and “Justice for All” can only be defined as classical rock at its best.

Metallica has an understanding of the rock and roll scene that’s difficult to find among the Johnny-come-lately hopefuls to this get-down era of music pleasure.  It’s really no wonder as these sixties born musicians grew up in a time period when rock was sweeping through the air waves.  With Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, and Led Zeppelin as his guide, guitarist and singer, James Hatfield, shapes the spirit and creativity of the heavy metal group.

Have you ever wondered where those astonishing finger-picking sounds come from?  That would be Robert Trujillo, who more often than not, throws his pick away to finger pluck his way into one of the most exciting bass guitarists in rock and roll history, even playing for a while with the infamous or famous; however you wish to perceive him, Ozzy Osborne, in the mid-nineties.

Lars Ulrich has been listening to the sounds of Ritchie Moore and mind-blowing all-time great Deep Purple since he was ten, driving him into his love affair with percussion instruments.  After eighty million albums sold worldwide, Metallica has gone through a lot of collective and individual changes, but Ulrich remains the beat that leads the band.
Kirk Hammet, lead guitarist, joined Metallica in 1983, replacing Dave Mustaine and smoking down the crowds with his first “Kill ’em All” tour debut.  Never one to limit his instrumental knowledge, Hammet’s self-education has included Blues, jazz and classical styles.

The group is back on tour, burning up the International scene with box-office sell-outs in Mexico City and Canada, with a twentieth anniversary celebration of “The Black Album.”

Concert tickets are also available for the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, but if you’re ready to rock down with the hottest heavy metal group on the scene, you’d better buy your ticket early.  They’re going fast.

It’s time to rock and roll. The summer is never complete until you’ve put on your dancing shoes and kicked into the festive, free spirited celebration of a live concert. And what could be livelier than Motley Crue lining up a tour with get-down, hard-rock beat of KISS?

This heavy metal band, formed in Los Angeles in 1981 is still kicking out the big beat, hammering the heart strings with a style and sound that has captured an International fan club. The Motley Crue has been described over the years as the world’s most notorious Rock Band, which hasn’t bothered them in the least. Their notoriety has brought them eighty million album sales worldwide, with twenty-five million in the U.S.

Asked in July of 2011 during an interview with Examiner.com if the group would be putting out another album, Vince Neil, lead singer for the Crue said, “I’m sure we’re due for one. All of us have been writing individually, I write, Nikki’s been writing, and Mick as well, at some point here, we’ll pull all of our ideas together as we always do, and then we’ll start sorting through it at that point.”

The point is just around the corner. With the VIP packages for their tours going fast, and in some places, already sold out, it should be enough inspiration for the group to put out a brand new album. In fact, they’ve already put together a single, called, “Sex”, which is breaking out on the air waves in major cities.

Motley Crue has been featured on a quite a few VH1 countdown shows. For Greatest Air Guitar Song, they ranked number seven, with “Dr. Feelgood,” while “Live Wire” scorched the sound waves as the number 17 Greatest Metal Song of All Times. Mötley Crüe was ranked tenth on MTV’s list “Top 10 Heavy Metal Bands of All-Time” and ninth on “VH1’s All Time Top Ten Metal Bands”.

Packing hard their anarchistic message in an arena where life is gritty and dirty and rock and roll is king, Motley Crue remains today the spirit of rebellion. Don’t let your summer get you down in mundane waves of traffic jams and work routines. Shrug off your cares and your worries, forget about the staid affairs of your neighbor’s cat, and spend some time jamming down with the best–where music is a live wire that grabs you where it counts and heavy metal is king.

Get your Motley Crue tickets today and experience the fire in person!