Motley Crue

Saturday, February 18, 2006

I think I had the coolest shift at work ever last Sunday. Every now and then we work special events at the local gigantic sports venue. Usually it's boring crap like college basketball or giant religious shows or whatever. This time it was a Motley Crue concert. It was so completely badass. Nikki Sixx was spitting all over the crowd, and when struck by some of the splashback I wasn't sure if I should be thrilled or grossed out. I've settled somewhere in between.

Some jackass decided partway through Livewire to throw a beer bottle onstage, and managed to bean Vince Neil with it. Vince got pissed, pitched his mic into the crowd and stomped off in a huff (wouldn't you?). So jackass gets his ass kicked by the people around him in the crowd, then gets dragged backstage where the band and some cops have a go at him. By the time they get us in there to take a look at him he's cuffed, on the floor, and whining that he just wants to talk to Nikki.

"Why can't Nikki come talk to me? I just want him to tell me he's sorry!"



Sorry that you're a giant dork? Sorry that you're going to jail? So loser goes to jail, the band goes back onstage and a riot is narrowly avoided. Awesome.

I got some killer pics from where I was posted at the front of the stage. This next one is clearly not one of them.






Mick Mars rules, yo.