Bill of Motley Crue , Aerosmith a match
San Antonio Express, TX
November 16, 2006
Given their decades of decadence, the pairing of Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe sounds like an obituary waiting to happen.
Like bulls in a liquor store, both bands have walked on glass and been exceedingly numb to the pain. When breakfast is a hair-of-the-dog buffet and dinner is an orgiastic feast of lethal drugs and lingerie, the snacks alone could earn prison time or worse.
Older and presumably wiser, Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe are embarking on the "Route of All Evil Tour," which today is not half as felonious as it would have been 20 years ago.
"It would have been business as usual," says Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry. "They weren't doing anything different than most tours were doing 25 years ago. It would have been touch-and-go, but that's how it was back then. Twenty five years ago, (debauchery) was what you would find if you went backstage at most rock shows."
...For Sixx, touring with his heroes is the biggest high.
"Who would've thought when I was a kid in Seattle listening to (Aerosmith's) 'Get Your Wings' that Mötley Crüe and Aerosmith would (do) a co-headline tour," Sixx says on his Web site. "Life is full of gifts and this is like Christmas morning to me."
November 16, 2006
Given their decades of decadence, the pairing of Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe sounds like an obituary waiting to happen.
Like bulls in a liquor store, both bands have walked on glass and been exceedingly numb to the pain. When breakfast is a hair-of-the-dog buffet and dinner is an orgiastic feast of lethal drugs and lingerie, the snacks alone could earn prison time or worse.
Older and presumably wiser, Aerosmith and Mötley Crüe are embarking on the "Route of All Evil Tour," which today is not half as felonious as it would have been 20 years ago.
"It would have been business as usual," says Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry. "They weren't doing anything different than most tours were doing 25 years ago. It would have been touch-and-go, but that's how it was back then. Twenty five years ago, (debauchery) was what you would find if you went backstage at most rock shows."
...For Sixx, touring with his heroes is the biggest high.
"Who would've thought when I was a kid in Seattle listening to (Aerosmith's) 'Get Your Wings' that Mötley Crüe and Aerosmith would (do) a co-headline tour," Sixx says on his Web site. "Life is full of gifts and this is like Christmas morning to me."
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