MÖTLEY CRÜE's Vince Neil

MÖTLEY CRÜE's Vince Neil On Saints Of Los Angeles Album - "It's Cool For Fans Who Read (The Dirt)"

Rhapsody's Jen Guyre reports:

MÖTLEY CRÜE has thrived for two and half decades of pure, uncut decadence. Now, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars and Tommy Lee have returned with Saints Of Los Angeles, their first album of new material in 11 years, and a namesake summer tour Crüefest.

Rhapsody caught up with Vince Neil, while at home in L.A., to find out about the inaugural fest, their autobiographical album, and what's on the horizon for "the world's most notorious rock band."

On the new album: "All the songs are based on our lives -based on stories in (band autobiography) The Dirt. And it’s in chronological order. If you listen to the first song, which is 'Face Down In The Dirt', where we’re just a bunch of punks and we’re playing The Whiskey (there’s a song called 'Down At The Whiskey'). Then we get signed and it’s called 'Welcome To The Machine' - The Machine is the record business.

Then 'Chicks = Trouble', that’s self-explanatory.

The last song’s 'Goin' Out Swingin' and it’s actually cool for
the fans who read the book. They can go, “Oh yeah, I remember this story. I know that.” So, it’s kind of a neat thing that we’ve done what we have never done before.

We haven’t put out an album in 11 years... so it was about time to put out a record and it just kind of happened that way. It wasn’t a planned out thing... and it worked out great."

Read the full story at Rhapsody.