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The mythology surrounding Mötley Crüe is damn-near unparalleled within the annals of rock & roll history. The band — Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee — rose out of Los Angeles' hard-rock circuit in the early Eighties and went on to define the debauchery and commercial dominance of the Sunset Strip glam-metal scene with smash-hit albums including Girls, Girls, Girls and Dr. Feelgood.
Their musical approach, style and hedonistic abandon were enviable, enticing, and aspirational for a generation of longhaired, party-ready fans and budding musicians. The Crüe have experienced a notorious number of ups, downs, breakups, drama and near-death experiences over their career. But, somehow, they've not only managed to survive (relatively unscathed) to tell the tales — they're also still out there touring and creating new music, the most recent of which is their 2008 full-length Saints of Los Angeles.
We recently caught up with some of the Crüe's famous superfans to get their picks for the greatest Mötley Crüe song ever. Below, Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer of German thrash crew Destruction shares the story behind his favorite cut.
"Shout at the Devil"
"When Destruction started, we wanted be more extreme than any other band. I guess that's why it was somehow impressive how consistently the Crüe were working on their poser image but were extreme in another way! 'Shout at the Devil' was the anthem of the glam scene at that time. Posers and thrashers hated each other! We could not admit at that time that we liked the track. The Crüe is now such a cult act that I can finally confess: Yes, I always loved that song!"
