Last week on NSTS we talked about how Metallica formed in 1981. This week we look at another band that formed a few months earlier in the same year – Motley Crue. 

Motley Crue’s early years are full of wildly unbelievable events – fatal car crashes, overdoses, jail sentences, drug and alcohol debauchery, and even a conspiracy theory when you consider the mysterious tale of Matthew Trippe, who claimed he stood in for injured Crue bassist Nikki Sixx during the Shout At The Devil and Theatre of Pain periods. And in this episode, we cover it all.   

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