Aerosmith, Motley Crue tear up Cricket Pavilion
East Valley Tribune, AZ
November 14, 2006
Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler gets up close with the sold-out crowd during the band's tour stop Monday night at Cricket Pavilion in Phoenix.
(Ralph Freso Tribune)
Over the past six days, the Valley has played host to The Rolling Stones, the self-proclaimed "Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World", and their American kissing cousins Aerosmith, who sold out Cricket Pavilion on Monday night.
Both bands have dynamic lead singers (the Stones have Mick Jagger, and Aerosmith boast Jagger lookalike Steven Tyler) and lead guitarists (the Stones being driven by the guitar hooks of Keith Richards, while Aerosmith possessing one of rock's greatest riff-masters in Joe Perry), and both groups deliver a consummate rock experience as live acts.
Add rockers Motley Crue, who opened Monday's show for Aerosmith, to the mix, and what you have is three generations of the best bad boy rock 'n' roll in history playing the the Valley in less than a week.
Motley Crue took the stage at 7:30 p.m. Monday, catching late-arriving concert-goers by surprise. The band tore into "Dr. Feelgood" while fans scrambled for their seats
The Crue kicked in with plenty of pyro — flames shot up from points all over the stage — and the band was surrounded by fog machines as it tore into such crowd-pleasing favorites as "Shout at the Devil," "Looks That Kill" and "Same Old Situation."
Almost as entertaining as Motley Crue's music was the band's often ribald, profanity-laced stage banter between songs, with bassist Nikki Sixx at one point saying of himself and his notoriously hard-partying comrades, "I think I went to rehab in this city -- I can't remember -- I know one of us did."
Drummer Tommy Lee, who, due to a notorious sex tape he made with former wife Pamela Anderson, is probably the most infamous member of Motley Crue, often engaged the crowd, at one point taking a massive swig from a bottle of Jagermeister and handing it out to the first row of the audience and telling them to "pass it back."
The band finished with a rush of its most famous hits, including the ballad "Home Sweet Home," "Louder Than Hell" and the encore, the strip club classic "Girls, Girls Girls."
"I came to see the Crue," said Pilar Quintana, 25, of Scottsdale, who was decked out in a new Motley Crue shirt.
"I grew up on them and, you know, I am actually Nikki Sixx's girlfriend," she laughed. "He gets me hot and bothered."
After a 30-minute break, Aerosmith took the stage and tore into the classic "Toys in the Attic" from the 1975 album of the same name, with Tyler, covered in a leopard skin coat and purple sweat pants, prowling the stage while his partner in crime, guitarist Perry, cranked out the blues-based riffs that has made the Boston band famous.
The group delved into some deep cuts from their extensive catalogue, such as "Walkin' the Dog" from their self-titled 1973 debut album, "Seasons of Wither," "Draw the Line" and a cover of the blues/rock classic "Baby Please Don't Go" before hammering the SRO crowd of all ages with what they came to hear, hits such as "Eat the Rich," "Rag Doll," "Sweet Emotion" and the inevitable encore number, the band's biggest hit, "Walk This Way."
"I've seen their last five shows here," said Shanna Barker, 21, of Peoria. "I love that they're still reaching out to the younger people."
View Photo Gallery: (here).
November 14, 2006
Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler gets up close with the sold-out crowd during the band's tour stop Monday night at Cricket Pavilion in Phoenix.
(Ralph Freso Tribune)
Over the past six days, the Valley has played host to The Rolling Stones, the self-proclaimed "Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World", and their American kissing cousins Aerosmith, who sold out Cricket Pavilion on Monday night.
Both bands have dynamic lead singers (the Stones have Mick Jagger, and Aerosmith boast Jagger lookalike Steven Tyler) and lead guitarists (the Stones being driven by the guitar hooks of Keith Richards, while Aerosmith possessing one of rock's greatest riff-masters in Joe Perry), and both groups deliver a consummate rock experience as live acts.
Add rockers Motley Crue, who opened Monday's show for Aerosmith, to the mix, and what you have is three generations of the best bad boy rock 'n' roll in history playing the the Valley in less than a week.
Motley Crue took the stage at 7:30 p.m. Monday, catching late-arriving concert-goers by surprise. The band tore into "Dr. Feelgood" while fans scrambled for their seats
The Crue kicked in with plenty of pyro — flames shot up from points all over the stage — and the band was surrounded by fog machines as it tore into such crowd-pleasing favorites as "Shout at the Devil," "Looks That Kill" and "Same Old Situation."
Almost as entertaining as Motley Crue's music was the band's often ribald, profanity-laced stage banter between songs, with bassist Nikki Sixx at one point saying of himself and his notoriously hard-partying comrades, "I think I went to rehab in this city -- I can't remember -- I know one of us did."
Drummer Tommy Lee, who, due to a notorious sex tape he made with former wife Pamela Anderson, is probably the most infamous member of Motley Crue, often engaged the crowd, at one point taking a massive swig from a bottle of Jagermeister and handing it out to the first row of the audience and telling them to "pass it back."
The band finished with a rush of its most famous hits, including the ballad "Home Sweet Home," "Louder Than Hell" and the encore, the strip club classic "Girls, Girls Girls."
"I came to see the Crue," said Pilar Quintana, 25, of Scottsdale, who was decked out in a new Motley Crue shirt.
"I grew up on them and, you know, I am actually Nikki Sixx's girlfriend," she laughed. "He gets me hot and bothered."
After a 30-minute break, Aerosmith took the stage and tore into the classic "Toys in the Attic" from the 1975 album of the same name, with Tyler, covered in a leopard skin coat and purple sweat pants, prowling the stage while his partner in crime, guitarist Perry, cranked out the blues-based riffs that has made the Boston band famous.
The group delved into some deep cuts from their extensive catalogue, such as "Walkin' the Dog" from their self-titled 1973 debut album, "Seasons of Wither," "Draw the Line" and a cover of the blues/rock classic "Baby Please Don't Go" before hammering the SRO crowd of all ages with what they came to hear, hits such as "Eat the Rich," "Rag Doll," "Sweet Emotion" and the inevitable encore number, the band's biggest hit, "Walk This Way."
"I've seen their last five shows here," said Shanna Barker, 21, of Peoria. "I love that they're still reaching out to the younger people."
View Photo Gallery: (here).
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