Mick Mars
Mick Mars (real name Bob Alan Deal ) (born May 4, 1951 in Huntington , Indiana ) is an American guitarist who became known as a member of the glam rock and glam metal band Mötley Crüe .
Life
Since the age of 19 he has suffered from ankylosing spondylitis , a disease which stiffens or hardens bones and joints. Due to this chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease, he cannot take part in the physical dynamics of his bandmates at concerts, which they display in the context of Mötley Crüe's stage shows. Compared to his three extroverted bandmates, Mars has always been regarded as a calm pole within Mötley Crüe, not least because of the age difference, as Mick Mars is about ten years older than singer Vince Neil and drummer Tommy Lee . It had been the idea of Mick Mars, the rock band called Mötley Crüeto give. His favorite films include Crossroads - Pact with the Devil with actor Ralph Macchio and a guest appearance by guitarist Steve Vai from 1986. The film is about a white youth who wants to become an aspiring guitarist and become an authentic blues musician across the United States hitchhiked in search of a lost song by Robert Johnson , who according to legend had sold his soul to the devil, in exchange for extraordinary skills as a blues guitarist.
On September 19, 1990, he married Emi Canyn, a backing singer for the band. Since the remaining band members of Mötley Crüe did not agree with the relationship between Emi Canyn and Mick Mars , strong tensions arose within the band structure during the tour for the album Girls, Girls, Girls , which is why Mars almost left the glam metal band . In 1997, during the conflict-ridden recordings of Generation Swine , Mick Mars was on the verge of throwing in the towel because of differences of opinion between him and producer Scott Humphrey.
He is played by Iwan Rheon in the film biography The Dirt - You Wanted Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll (2019) about Mötley Crüe .
Guitar playing
Mick Mars found music at the age of five when he and his aunt Thelma and his two brothers Frank and Tim attended a fair in his hometown of Huntington, Indiana, and attended a concert by country singer Skeeter Bond, who was with his backing band Playing cowboy songs and wearing a white hat. Deeply impressed by the costume and music of Skeeter Bond, this experience awakened Mick Mars' lasting desire to pursue a professional career as a musician himself. In the following years Mick Mars was given different guitars for Christmas. A guitar teacher taught him to play on it and studied his first pieces with him, for example My dog has fleas or Hang down your head Tom Dooley . Mick Mars soon decided to play the lead guitar , as he appreciates the playing of melodies , he was less interested in the rhythm guitar , which is in the background.
In terms of style, Mick Mars says he is more in the blues (pronounced slide guitar play, e.g. with Primal Scream ), his solos are rather slow and melodic, but peppered with plenty of pinch harmonics (artificial overtones). Jeff Beck is one of his favorite guitarists . He plays different guitars, from Gibson Les Paul to Ibanez models to the Stratocaster . As a young adult who practiced surf music of Dick Dale and the Beatles musical influence on him. More recently, he plays an old American Fender Stratocaster, which he shares with two humbuckers has modified (neck and bridge position), and also with a Floyd Rose - tremolo system is fitted, which he often used; the best example is the Mötley-Crüe title Dr. Feel good .
A stylistic peculiarity is his fluid and rhythmic power chord playing including quick transitions into guitar solos and back again, which made a rhythm guitarist at Mötley Crüe - not least at his own request - always superfluous.
Web links
- Mick Mars in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Internet presence of Mick Mars (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. pp. 203–206
- ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. p. 219
- ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. p. 352
- ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. p. 212
- ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe written with co-author Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. P. 213 f.
- ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. pp. 351 ff.
- ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. p. 193
- ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. p. 194
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mars, Mick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deal, Bob Alan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4th 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huntington , Indiana |