Mötley Crüe - Live at the US Festival (1983)

Mötley Crüe Live at 1983 US Festival Intro / Band Entrance (00:00) Take Me To The Top (04:00) Looks That Kills (07:44) Bastard (14:14) Shout At The Devil (17:10) Merry-Go-Round (20:44) Knock ’Em Dead Kid (24:14) Piece Of Your Action (30:25) Live Wire (36:45) Helter Skelter (42:35) History: The US Festival (US pronounced like the pronoun, not as initials) was the name of two early 1980s music and culture festivals. Background: Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple and creator of the Apple I and Apple II personal computers, believed that the 1970s were the “Me“ generation. He intended the Us Festivals, with Bill Graham’s participation, to encourage the 1980s to be more community-oriented and combine technology with rock music. The first was held Labor Day weekend in September 1982 and the second was Memorial Day weekend in May 1983. Wozniak paid for the bulldozing and construction of a new open-air field venue as well as the construction of an enormous state-of-the-art temporary stage at Glen Helen Regional Park near Devore, San Bernardino, California. This site was later to become home to Blockbuster Pavilion—now Glen Helen Amphitheater—the largest amphitheatre in the United States as of 2007. The festival stage has resided at Disneyland in Anaheim since 1985, and has operated under various names and functions as the Videopolis dance club, the Videopolis Theatre, and the Fantasyland Theater. Memorial Day Weekend, 1983: The reprise festival ran for three days, this time at the helm was Colorado-based promoter Barry Fey, who with Wozniak added a fourth Country Day a week later. Total attendance was reported at 670,000; the festival still lost $12 million. There were two reported deaths. Saturday, May 28 (New Wave Day): Divinyls INXS Wall of Voodoo - Stan Ridgway’s last appearance with Wall of Voodoo Oingo Boingo The English Beat A Flock of Seagulls Stray Cats Men at Work The Clash - Mick Jones’ last appearance with The Clash. Sunday, May 29 (Heavy Metal Day): Quiet Riot Mötley Crüe Ozzy Osbourne Judas Priest Triumph Scorpions Van Halen Monday, May 30 (Rock Day): Los Lobos (on a side stage only) Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul Quarterflash Berlin Missing Persons U2 The Pretenders Joe Walsh Stevie Nicks David Bowie Saturday June 4th (Country Day): Thrasher Brothers Ricky Skaggs Hank Williams, Jr. Emmylou Harris & The Hot Band Alabama Waylon Jennings Riders in the Sky Willie Nelson Mötley Crüe Books: ☼ The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band: ☼ The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star (10 Year Anniversary Edition) by Nikki Sixx: ☼ This is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx: ☼ Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock’s Most Notorious Frontmen by Vince Neil: ☼ Tommy Land by Tommy Lee: Mötley Crüe Music: ♫ Too Fast for Love: ♫ Shout at the Devil: ♫ Theatre of Pain: ♫ Girls, Girls, Girls: ♫ Dr. Feelgood: ♫ Motley Crue 1994: ♫ Generation Swine: ♫ New Tattoo: ♫ Saints of Los Angeles: Mötley Crüe Live: ♫ Live: Entertainment or Death: #motleycrue #tommylee #nikkisixx #mickmars #vinceneil #detonatoronline