Celebrity Resemblances

I don't know why but sometimes I see strange resemblances between celebrities that are not related.  It could also just be my weird imagination or I might need new glasses.  Take for instance Neve Campbell...

Watch Bones this week! See Motley Crue!

Hey, I just realized that Thursday night's episode of BONES (which airs on the FOX TV network) will include a special appearance by Motley Crue. Yes, that's this Thursday, May 14th at 8 pm Eastern/7 pm Central Time! The Crue will be performing "Dr. Feelgood", from the album of the same name that was released in 1989.

You can view a promotional video from FOX on YouTube here: Motley Crue on Bones



Check out more awesome Motley Crue albums available thru Amazon.com:

Saints of Los Angeles

Shout at the Devil

Theatre of Pain

Dr. Feelgood

Too Fast for Love

Decade of Decadence '81-'91

Motley Crue - Greatest Hits

Red, White, & Crue

Girls, Girls, Girls

Music To Crash Your Car To, Volume 1

New Tattoo

Generation Swine


There are more albums and DVDs available. If you click on any of the album titles, you should be able to find more Motley Crue material. Anyway, if you're a fan of Bones or of Motley Crue, don't forget to tune in to FOX this Thursday night at 8 pm Eastern Time!

Peeking into the rock star life...

I was surprised to find Tommyland at my favorite public library so when I saw it, I didn't hesitate to pick it up. After all, Tommy Leeof Motley Crue is one of my favorite drummers in rock history. I was curious to know what he might have to say about his crazy life story that might be different from all the tabloid stories I've read about him. Did you know that he had such supportive parents as a teen that even though they feared that he would forever be an unknown musician making noise in their garage, they didn't try to stifle his dreams? They'd even go to his gigs when he was still struggling. Such proud parents...

In stark contrast, Axl Rose of Guns N Roses (like I even had to say which band he's from) had a troubled childhood (he had an abusive stepfather who surprisingly forced Axl to basically memorize The Holy Bible but yet couldn't seem to practice what he preached). It's no wonder Axl ended up getting into so much trouble later in life. I read about this in Stephen Davis's Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N Roses, which I also borrowed from the public library a few weeks ago.

Sometimes, it can be quite interesting to get an insight into a celebrity's world - which is why entertainment gossip columns get so many readers (both in print and on the Internet). I even enjoyed reading The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star - the autobiography that Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx wrote, detailing his descent into drugs and his near death experience that brought him back to the real world. I even bought the The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack he recorded with Sixx:A.M. to accompany that book. And man, his life is truly something! I mean, after all that he's been through, he's really lucky to be alive - and considering all the toxic things he's put into his body, he still turned out not so bad looking for his age, too.

Anyway, out of these three books I mentioned, I really enjoyed Nikki Sixx's Heroin Diaries book the best. Tommy Lee's Tommyland was just so-so. Personally, I think it would've been better without the constant "interruptions" of conversations between his male member and himself. The graphic descriptions of the women he had sexual encounters with were a little much for me. Watch You Bleed, on the other hand, was just a little dry and other than the details of Axl's childhood history, the book didn't present much more than I already knew about Guns and Roses.

The Heroin Diaries

Ever since I got the Sixx A.M. Heroin Diaries Soundtrack this summer I had listened to that CD more than any other CD I have...I just think the soundtrack was put together really well and the lyrics, though they may describe a lot of pain and abuse, still come out with words of inspiration. You definitely can't get depressed listening to it.

Anyhow, my sister gave me the Heroin Diaries book at Christmastime and I finally finished reading it this past week. Man, I must say...when they say that those rockstars' lives are full of sex, drugs, and rock n roll, they really meant it. I can't imagine how stoned, wasted, and high these guys (Motley Crue) got all the time--even at the height of their popularity. The book even mentioned other musicians from other heavy metal bands that I listened to during the time. They, too, abused drugs like crazy. But the book mainly centers on Nikki Sixx's own drug addiction. He often preferred to lock himself in the closet or bathroom with his drugs than hang out with the bandmates who were making out with all those groupies. What was sad was he became addicted because he felt like his fame and fortune was meaningless after all the feelings of abandonment he felt from his parents. Yup, he was depressed (and he admitted that in the diary). And instead of getting his depression treated, he got hooked on drugs and more drugs.

The book was pretty intriguing as it gives us all an inside look at a drug addict's world. But it's kinda scary in a way to see how easily these people got their drugs in the first place. Even scarier to know the horrible things these addicts do when they're high or doped up. Being a celebrity is no exception. They, too, had run-ins with the law for the things they did when they were on drugs. The best thing to do is to stay away from stuff like that to begin with. Never mess with drugs.