“Tattoos And Tequila”, the title track of MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil’s forthcoming solo album, and the accompanying video are available for free download at www.vinceneil.net You can alsouse the widget below.

“Tattoos And Tequila” is expected to be released in early May. The CD was recorded with bassist Dana Strum and Jeff Blando (both of SLAUGHTER) and drummer Zoltan Chaney. At least two cover tracks were reportedly laid down during the sessions — CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL’s “Who’ll Stop The Rain?”SEX PISTOLS’ “No Feelings”.

In a recent interview with The News Tribune, Vince stated about the upcoming CD’s title, “It’s rock ‘n’ roll. That’s it. It has nothing to do with MÖTLEY CRÜE. Tattoos and tequila is basically my life.”

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AN EDUCATION IN REBELLION: The Biography of Nikki Sixx
by Jake Brown
(Rock ‘N’ Roll Books; October 2009)

Rock ‘N’ Roll Books/SCB Distribution will reissue “An Education in Rebellion: The Biography of Nikki Sixx” with a brand new cover.

Packed with star-studded exclusive interview material with MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee, SIXX: A.M. frontman/songwriting partner James Michael, legendary producer Bob Rock, female rock icon Lita Ford, late QUIET RIOT frontman Kevin DuBrow , ‘80s CRÜE producer Tom Werman, ’90s producer Scott Humphrey, former MÖTLEY CRÜE/BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION guitarist/vocalist John Corabi, side-project 58 co-producer Dave Darling, former LONDON bandmate Lizzy Grey, legendary rock photographer Neil Zlozower, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, recovery counselor Bob Timmons, and a host of others contributing commentary on the life and times of MÖTLEY CRÜE founder/lead songwriter/bassist Nikki Sixx.

Originally released in 2002, the 320-plus-page book has been entirely re-edited, updated through 2009, and features a two-disc bonus sampler featuring original bands influenced by the music of Sixx/MÖTLEY CRÜE.

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Vince Neil Ink is the CRÜE frontman’s second tattoo studio, a spacious 2800 sq. ft. shop with four large stations and a private booth. The atmosphere is dominated by motorcycles built by Counts Kustoms, along with leather couches and granite counters.

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I got the chance to check out an advance copy of this book and it is AMAZING! A must for any Crue fan – the ‘Shout At The Devil’ era photos are reminiscent of the Circus magazine glory days.

MOTLEY CRUE: A Visual History 1983-1990 by Neil Zlozower
(Chronicle Books; August 2009; $35.00)

Motley Crue’s gleeful glam debauchery and unstoppable anthems have made them metal gods selling over 72 million album copies worldwide and landing their band biography The Dirt on bestseller lists around the country. Motley Crue is amazingly the first photographic history of the band. Legendary rock photographer Neil Zlozower’s images capture the band’s rise from their breakthrough album Shout at the Devil through rock ‘n’ roll excesses to follow with the unprecedented all-access candor of a friend to the band. In hundreds of photographs and stories from the band and those close to them Motley Crue reveals them onstage backstage on tour hanging out and in studio a must-have album of photos and testimony on one of the most powerful and controversial bands in rock history.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
NEIL ZLOZOWER has been photographing bands for more than 30 years over a long and storied career and is the author of Van Halen: A Visual History and Fuck You: Rock and Roll Portraits. He lives in Los Angeles.

Nikki Sixx is a founding member of Motley Crue and the author of the best-selling The Heroin Diaries. He lives in Los Angeles.

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