New tattoo
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July 11, 2000 |
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| Label (s) | Elektra Records | |||
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12 |
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47:48 |
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New Tattoo is the eighth studio album by the US band Mötley Crüe , released in 2000 . It is the only album by the band that founding member Tommy Lee was not involved in recording . He was replaced by the drummer Randy Castillo after his departure in 1998 .
background
Mötley Crüe had replaced the singer Vince Neil in 1992 by John Corabi , with whom the band recorded the album Mötley Crüe . After the album failed to meet the commercial expectations of the record company Elektra Records , they put pressure on the band to bring Neil back into the band and to fire Corabi. The recordings and songwriting for Generation Swine , which had already begun with Corabi, continued with Neil . Tommy Lee in particular did not agree with this development, as he perceived a musical backward orientation, but recorded the two new tracks for the best of album Greatest Hits ( Bitter Pill and Enslaved ) with the group in 1998 . He also played on the subsequent tour with the band, but then announced his exit from the band. After being released from four months' imprisonment in 1998 for an attack on his wife, Pamela Anderson , he founded Methods of Mayhem .
His former band decided to continue their career without Lee and hired Randy Castillo, Ozzy Osbourne's longtime drummer , to record their next album. As a producer Mike Clink was obtained which with Guns N 'Roses their debut album and the two Use Your Illusion- had taken -albums. Nikki Sixx expected the new album to be at least as successful as Dr. Feel good . The album, released on July 11, 2000, contained a cover version of the song White Punks on Dope , which The Tubes had recorded in 1975. The song Hell on High Heels was released as a single and reached number 13 on the mainstream rock charts in the United States.
Immediately before the start of the New Tattoo tour in the US, Castillo fell ill with cancer; he was replaced by the drummer of the band Hole , Samantha Maloney. Castillo died on March 26, 2002.
Others
- One of the backing singers on the tour was Pearl Aday .
- The live DVD Lewd, Crewd, and Tattoed was recorded on the New Tattoo tour.
reception
New Tattoo reached number 41 on the album charts in the USA .
According to the Nielsen SoundScan company , New Tattoo has sold 203,000 in the US to date.
Track list
- 4:15 - Hell on High Heels (Mars, Neil, Sixx)
- 3:40 - Treat me Like the Dog I am (Sixx)
- 4:18 - New Tattoo (Mars, James Michael , Sixx)
- 4:22 - Dragstrip Superstar (Michael, Sixx)
- 4:25 - 1st Band on the Moon (Sixx)
- 3:59 - She Needs Rock n Roll (Michael, Sixx)
- 3:32 - Punched in the Teeth by Love (Castillo, Mars, Neil, Sixx)
- 3:34 - Hollywood Ending (Michael, Sixx)
- 3:44 - Fake (Michael, Sixx)
- 3:45 - Porn Star (Sixx)
- 3:45 - White Punks on Dope (Evans, Spooner, Steen)
The European edition of the album contained a bonus track:
- 4:25 - Timebomb (Sixx, Mars, Neil, Castillo)
In Japan, New Tattoo was released with the bonus track American Zero .
- 3:45 am - American Zero
Web links
- New Tattoo at Allmusic (English). Retrieved July 19, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Neil Strauss: The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band , Regan Books, 2002. ISBN 0-06-039288-6 .
- ↑ Mitchell Peters, April 15, 2008: Motley Crue Roars Back With New Album, Tour . Billboard .com , accessed April 17, 2008.