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'Good time' concert Review

Bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and lead guitarist Mick Mars of the heavy metal band Motley Crue perform at Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Sunday night.

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On Sunday night at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain, the two bands – one celebrating its 30th anniversary, the other celebrating its 25th – showed everyone they still have a lot of life left in them yet.

Poison, the quartet originally from Pennsylvania, revved up the crowd first with a 55-minute set full of hits, opening with “Look What The Cat Dragged In,” the title track of its 1986 debut album, followed quickly by “Ride The Wind.”

Poison, fronted by rocker turned reality TV staple Bret Michaels, then played a hard-rocking cover of Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re An American Band” followed by Loggins & Messina’s “Your Mama Don’t Dance,” which the band first recorded back in 1988.

After a blazing guitar solo by C.C. Deville and a drum solo by Rikki Rockett, the band played crowd-pleasing versions of “Fallen Angel” and “Unskinny Bop” before finishing up with the powerful trio of “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” “Talk Dirty To Me” and “Nothin’ But a Good Time.”

Then with an ear-shattering display of fireworks, Motley Crue took the stage a little bit before 9:30 with “Wild Side,” followed by “Saints of Los Angeles.”

Celebrating its 30th year together, the band, consisting of singer Vince Neil, guitarist Mick Mars, bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, then treated the crowd to some songs it hasn’t played on stage in more than 20 years, including “Live Wire” from its 1981 debut album “Too Fast For Love” and “Primal Scream” from its 1991 compilation album “Decade of Decadence.”

The stage didn’t seem quite as elaborate as in years past – probably because Lee’s roller coaster drum set took up most of the room – but there were still plenty of lights and pyrotechnics to satisfy even the most diehard Crue fan.

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Motley Crue's Tommy Lee And Poison's Brett Michaels Could Face Gun Charges

July 28, 2011

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and Poison frontman Brett Michaels could face gun crime charges after a local TV station reported them to police.

The pair had taken time off from their co-headlining US tour to visit a shooting range in North Carolina and were photographed posing with guns, but could be prosecuted as at least one of them has a criminal record, which prevents them from operating a gun legally.

North Carolina state laws sets out that it is an offence "for any person who has been convicted of a felony to purchase, own, possess, or have in his custody, care, or control any firearm."

Bizarrely, the rockers were accompanied to the shooting range by a former police officer and were not aware they were committing an offence until local TV station WSOCTV brought it to the attention of police.

WSOCTV said in their bulletin on the subject: "The sheriff and local police chiefs didn't know about it until we brought it to their attention. It could be illegal if any of those men have criminal records that prohibits them from using guns. There were officers from the Rowan County Sheriff's Office, Salisbury and Spencer police departments with the rockers. We found that out when the sheriff and both chiefs called me to say they're now investigating. The sheriff wants to know if the pictures show bad judgement, a policy problem or a crime."

Poison and Motley Crue are currently on a co-headline US tour.

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