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Smashing Pumpkins
: Monuments to an Elegy
9
/12/14:
Tommy Lee plays drums on all nine
tracks on the ninth studio album from American alternative rockers the
Smashing Pumpkins
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Season 4: Music From the
Showtime Series Californication
11/1/11: The final track of this
soundtrack is
an acoustic
performance of Tommy Lee covering Home Sweet Home.
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Dilana: InsideOut
17
/11/09:
Dilana Robichaux releases her album InsideOut
via Kablunk! Records, which features a solo by Mick Mars
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Freeland: Cope
8/6/09:
Tommy drums on the album Cope by Freeland, the
electronica band of DJ Adam Freeland, which is released today.
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The Last Vegas: Whatever Gets
You Off
1
4/4/09:
Co-produced by Nikki, the third studio album from The Last Vegas titled
Whatever Gets You Off is released. Nikki also co-writes the single I'm
Bad and the ballad Apologize.
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Papa Roach: Metamorphisis
24/3/09: This
Papa Roach album titled Metamorphosis features
a guest appearance by Mick Mars on the track Into The Light.
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Hinder: Take It to the Limit
4
/11/08:
Hinder's second album
Take It to the Limit is released and features a lead guitar solo from
Mick Mars on the title track. Drummer Cody Hanson says, "He actually
called us up and wanted to do some writing and we were like, 'Yeah, of
course, I mean, would you be interested in playing some guitar on the
album? And he was like, 'Absolutely,' you know. So we sent him the
track and he loved it, and we ended up going up to his house. And, you
know, he laid down a few different passes of the solo on Take It to the
Limit. So it was an amazing experience, you know, getting to meet one
of your idols, I guess."
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CrashDiet: Unattractive
Revolution
3/10/07:
CrashDiet's album titled
The Unattractive Revolution released in Europe on Universal Records,
featuring a guest appearance on two tracks (I Don't Care, Alone) by
Mick Mars, who flew into Stockholm, Sweden in June to help CrashDiet
write some of the new material.
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Drowning Pool
: Full Circle
7/8/07:
A song called Reason I'm Alive
that was
written and produced by
Nikki Sixx and DJ Ashba is released on the new Drowning Pool album
titled Full Circle. Another track
titled Light Another
Candle and co-written by the pair doesn't make the final cut of songs.
This unreleased track also features Nikki's son Gunnar playing
didgeridoo
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Marion Raven
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Set Me Free
1/5/07:
The title track that kicks off
Marion's album was written by
her with Nikki and DJ Ashba.
The album also includes the song Heads Will Roll
that was co-written by Marion with Nikki and James Michael.
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Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell
III - The Monster is Loose
31/10/06:
Mercury Records released of Meat Loaf's album Bat Out of Hell III: The
Monster is Loose, the long-awaited third installment to rock music’s
most successful series of all time. The title track was co-written by
Nikki Sixx with John 5 (guitarist for Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie)
and Bat Out of Hell III producer, Desmond Child.
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Rob Zombie
: Educated Horses
28/3/06: Rob
Zombie's new album Educated Horses is released on Geffen Records,
featuring the drumming of Tommy Lee
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Jack's Mannequin
: Everything in Transit
23/8/05: Jack's
Mannequin, the angst-flavoured, SoCal-vibed side project of Something
Corporate's singer-song-writer Andrew McMahon, releases their debut
album Everything in Transit. Produced by Jim Wirt (Incubus, Alien Ant
Farm), the album also features Tommy Lee on drums.
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Brides of Destruction
: Runaway Brides
27/9/05:
Whilst the Brides of Destruction sophomore album does not feature the
playing of Nikki Sixx, as he left to return to Mötley Crüe, it does
feature three tracks with Sixx credits for co-writing - Blown Away,
This Time Around, and Criminal - written with the band before he left
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Marion Raven
: Here I Am
29/6/05:
Former M2M member Marion Raven released her first solo album. This
young artist plays piano and both electric and acoustic guitar on the
album, and has collaborated with great producers, singers and
songwriters like Max Martin and Rami, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida,
and Art Alexakis of Everclear. Nikki Sixx and James Michael co-wrote a
few songs for her, including the tracks Heads Will Roll and Surfing The
Sun that feature on the album
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Lil Jon & The East Side
Boyz
: Crunk Juice
16/11/04:
Tommy Lee provides the grit for the 'crunk rock' mix of the Lil Jon
& The East Side Boyz track Roll Call on their album Crunk Juice
released via TVT. Other artists to guest on the album include Bad
Brains, Lil Scrappy, R. Kelly, Ludacris, Nas, T.I., Jadakiss, Ice Cube,
Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Sugar Free, Trillville and Jazze Pha. Their
previous album Kings of Crunk peaked at No. 14 on The Billboard 200 in
2002 and has sold 2.1 million copies in the United States
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Bruce Kulick
: Transformer
3/8/04: Former
Mötley Crüe front man John Corabi sings the track It's Just My Life on
the new album Transformer
from his former union and Kiss band member Bruce Kulick, released
through Perris Records
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PBR Allstars: Buck & Roll
1
2/3/04:
Nikki Sixx co-wrote the third song, Stop Til I Drop, on this album of
various artists performing rock'n'roll songs with country lyrics. The
album serves as the official soundtrack of the Professional Bull Riders
as a tribute to the riders and the sport itself, capturing the spirit
of bull riding. Professional bull riding is a fierce, rough and
grueling sport with roots deep in American culture, often referred to
as the original extreme sport. Sixx co-wrote the track with Kenny
"Borgeois" Alphin, James Otto and John Rich.
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Professional Murder Music: Looking Through
21/10/03: Professional
Murder Music release Looking Through on their label Wormhole Records
via distribution through Underground Inc./ Caroline. The album features
a guest appearance by Tommy Lee, drumming on track 4, Disconnect. more >> |
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Meat Loaf: Couldn't
Have Said It Better
23/9/03:
Meat
Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said it Better is released in the USA on
Sanctuary Records, and features the title track, Love You Out Loud and
Man Of Steel written by Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx with James Michael.
The latter is likely to be a single and is a duet with his daughter,
Mötley back-up singer, Pearl Aday. It's Meat Loaf's first all-new
studio album since 1995 and his eighth studio album overall.
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Saliva: Back Into
Your System
12/11/02:
Saliva's second album Back Into Your System is released. Produced by
Bob Marlette who produced the last Union album, the album includes the
track Rest In Pieces written by Nikki Sixx. more >> |
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Butch Walker: Left
Of Self-Centered
9/7/02:
Former Marvelous 3 front man Butch Walker released his first solo album
titled Left Of Self-Centered on Arista Records which features Nikki
Sixx playing bass on the track Into The Black. Butch also adopted
umlauts on the album cover logo as a tip of the hat to Mötley. more >> |
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Rob Zombie: The
Sinister Urge
13/11/01:
Rob Zombie's sophomore solo album The Sinister Urge is the follow-up to
his 1998 Hellbilly Deluxe album. The new Geffen Records album includes
guest appearances from Tommy Lee, Beastie Boy's Mix Master Mike, and
Ozzy Osbourne on track five titled Iron Head. Slayer's Kerry King and
Limp Bizkit's DJ Lethal also guest on the album. more >> |
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Spiders &
Snakes: London Daze
27/6/00:
Nikki Sixx's pre-Mötley Crüe London demo tape is released as bonus
tracks on Lizzie Grey's group Spiders & Snakes album London Daze.
This songs feature Nikki, Lizzie and Nigel Benjamin (ex-Mott The
Hoople) doing three tracks: Nobody Loves You Like I Do, Straight From
The Heart and Dream Girl. Lizzie Grey was also the co-writer of the
track Public Enemy #1 from the debut Mötley album. more >> |
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Laidlaw: First Big
Picnic
26/10/99:
The first album on Sixx's Americoma Records is Laidlaw's First Big
Picnic, also produced by Nikki Sixx. The album cover depicts a
50's style family picnic scene and features Nikki Sixx's daughter Storm
and his step-son Rhyan. The band formed in 1990 in Orange County, CA by
slide guitarist Buzzy James and guitarist Craig DeFalco, who supported
himself during leaner years of the band as a guitar tech for Tesla,
Kiss and Van Halen. His last tech job was for Nikki Sixx. When DeFalco
gave Nikki a demo of Laidlaw, he subsequently listened to it then saw
the band at a showcase before signing them as the first artist on his
new label. more >> |
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Rob Zombie:
Hellbilly Deluxe
25/8/98: Rob
Zombie's first solo album Hellbilly Deluxe is produced by Rob with
Scott Humphrey (Co-Producer of Generation Swine) and features Mötley
Crüe's Tommy Lee on drums on two tracks Resurrection Joe and Meet The
Creeper. more >>
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Nine Inch Nails:
Downward Spiral
29/5/94: The new
Nine Inch Nails album The Downward Spiral is released. As a good friend
of front man Trent Reznor, Tommy plays drums on the song Big Man With A
Gun. He also drums on two mixes of Closer, even though he’s not
mentioned for credit. T-Bone is a fan of the underground
techno/industrial scene, an influence that shows through on his track Planet Boom from Mötley Crüe's Quaternary. more >> |
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Alice Cooper: Hey
Stoopid
7/91: Nikki and Mick
co-wrote the awesome song Die For You on this album. Mick plays guitar
on the track while Nikki plays bass on the track Feed My Frankenstein.
Nikki was really chuffed to work with one of his heroes. He even phoned
Alice and asked if he was thinking of doing a video for Feed My
Frankenstein. Alice said he was thinking about it and if he did Sixx
would be the bass player in it. Other guests on the album are Slash,
Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani. more >> |
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Stuart Hamm: Urge
4/6/91: Tommy drums
on the title track The Urge on this Stu Hamm’s third solo album. He
also contributes backing vocals to the track If You're Scared, Stay
Home. The liner notes of the album read, "Tommy Lee appears courtesy of
Elektra Records and Heather Locklear". more >> |
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Frank Zappa: Joe's
Garage Act 1
14/10/89:
When Mötley's Dr. Feelgood tour started in Germany, the Frank Zappa
track Crew Slut from his Joe's Garage Volume 1 album was played to the
audience before Mötley enters the stage. The Crüe also play it on the
Maximum Rock 2000 tour before they hit the stage every night. more >>
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Steve Jones: Fire And Gasoline
mid 89: Former Sex
Pistol guitarist Steve Jones releases his new album titled Fire And
Gasoline. The second track called We're Not Saints is written by Nikki
Sixx with Steve Jones, along with his bass player Terry Nails. more >> |
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Fabulous
Thunderbirds: Hot Stuff-Greatest Hits
10/88: Mötley records a song called Powerful Stuff for the soundtrack of the Tom Cruise film Cocktail. Production with Tom Werman didn’t work out so they canned the
project which is picked up by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Their version is included on the soundtrack. Ity is also released by The Fabulous
Thunderbirds (featuring the lead-guitar work of Jimmie Vaughan - Stevie
Ray's brother) a year later and reaches #65 on the charts. That song is
included on this album. more >> |
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Poison: Open Up & Say Ahh
4/88: Vince married
Sharise Ruddell after they met at The Tropicana Club when she was mud
wrestling. You can see pictures of Sharise posing in the pool with Bret
Michaels on the inside sleeve of this Poison album. more >> |
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Lita Ford: Lita
late 87: Nikki
co-wrote Falling In and Out Of Love with ex-girlfriend Lita Ford on
this her self titled album. Working in the studio next to her, Lita
came in and they sat at a piano together and started playing and
humming the tune. more >> |
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Aerosmith:
Permanent Vacation
8/87: Aerosmith
released their ninth studio album Permanent Vacation which included a
track called Dude (Looks Like A Lady) which was written about Vince
Neil. Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler saw Vince in a bar from a
distance and thought he was a woman until he noticed a lot of girls
coming on to him. Intrigued at how he picked up chicks while looking
like one, the two met and chatted. The Crüe's repeated use of the
Californian word 'Dude' was noted and taken as inspiration for the hit
song. more >> |
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Lita Ford: Dancin'
On The Edge
84: Randy
Castillo plays drums on, then tours behind this second solo album
Dancin' On The Edge by Nikki Sixx's girlfriend at the time Lita Ford.
He was introduced to Nikki and Tommy at Lita's Los Angeles concert and
they quickly became friends. more >> |
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W.A.S.P.: Last Command
1985: The first
track on this album is called Wild Child. Blackie Lawless approached
the Crüe mid 1983 with the song but Nikki felt the vocals were out of
Vince's range, so Blackie retained it as a song for WASP. It was
included on this album. more >> |
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Dokken: Breaking The
Chains
12/82:
Mötley included the title track of this CD on an old vinyl LP produced
for Fan Club members, which was widely bootlegged. There has been
conjecture for many years whether it's actually the Dokken version or
Vince Neil singing the song from the Shout At The Devil recording
sessions. This is certainly the original version here. more >> |
