Motley Crue San Francisco Concert Review 2022: “Vince Neil, never one of the better front men in hard rock, was short on charisma, stage presence, purpose and, most of all, vocal chops” – Tommy Lee – VIDEO – Oracle Park

Posted by On September 10, 2022 1 Comment

East Bay Times: The classic Sunset Strip act was “massively outshone in the music department by every other act on the bill,” writes Jim Harrington. You can read the entire review @ this location.

An excerpt from the review can be found below.

The accurately named Stadium Tour show was underscored by the fact that so little has changed for these acts over the decades. Jett is still rock royalty, delivering street-tough numbers with big sing-along hooks and a garage-rock attitude. Poison is still about “Nothin’ But a Good Time,” with vocalist Bret Michaels doing his best to put on a good show for fans and C.C. DeVille deliver plenty of blistering leads. Def Leppard is still like a slightly harder version of Journey, with a focus on clean sounding, expertly performed stadium anthems.

And Motley Crue is still, well, Motley Crue.

The classic (but rarely classy) Sunset Strip act was high on debauchery, low on professionalism, and was massively outshone in the music department by every other act on the bill. Yet, it also arguably delivered the most memorable set of the day — and surely was the band that most people were talking about the next morning.

The Crue made its intentions known at the very start of its approximately 90-minute set, kicking off with “Wild Side.” Vince Neil, never one of the better front men in hard rock, was short on charisma, stage presence, purpose and, most of all, vocal chops as he continued to limp his way through “Too Fast for Love” and other fan favorites.

“Who likes the old (expletive)?” Neil asked the crowd, before giving them a steady stream of it, with 11 of the 15 songs played hailing from the group’s five ’80s albums.

The debauchery level went to the next level — as it usually does — when Tommy Lee took centerstage.

“Now, what kind of trouble can we get into tonight?” he asked.

Lee — who is known for his leaked ’90s sex tape with then-wife Pamela Anderson as much as for his drumming skills — took the opportunity to bring up his recent nude selfies he posted on Instagram. He then suggested that some reciprocation was in order: Since people had already seen his (not so) private parts, they should expose themselves to him.

Few took him up on the idea. But one man — according to Lee, a first for the tour — did drop trou, exposing himself to 30,000-plus fans in attendance at this all-ages show via the big screens in the outfield.

In terms of the decadence displayed by Motley Crue, every other act on the bill pretty much came across like ABBA.

You can read the entire review @ this location.

 

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