Everyone should stop complaining. Don't you realize what a treat seeing this rare footage truly is?! Awesome!!

Vince singing this song is just so UGHH I love his voice so much especially club era crue ❤❤😭😭

I remember this show. None of us knew that this band would go on to become the biggest rock band of the 80s, and one of the biggest of all time.

I respect the Crue for covering the Beatles.

Hilarious. Skinny and tattoo-free. I´ve seen them for the first time at the "Monsters of Rock" in Nuremberg, Germany in September 1984 together with Accept, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Van Halen, AC/DC. Best festival ever.

My husband was there that night...so jealous

Mick has a very respectable outlook on music and his music collection reflects that. The most level headed down to earth member of Crue. The most talented.

They seem pretty good. I think they'll go real far someday!

Fan for 30 years and this is the first time I've heard/seen this song! Thank you!

Thank you for posting this video. I'm a Mötley Crüe fan and that was the weirdest thing I've ever seen.

I love Mötley crüe and Nikki Sixx ❤️🤘

Ya know, if they recorded this in the studio, it probably would have been pretty cool!

That's fucking hilarious. I love it. Early on these guys were always like a circus caravan crashing into a train wreck. It always made me happy. They still do, even as a seasoned, well oiled machine.

awww they're soo young and cute! it is awesome to watch the original videos from that period of time! thanks for sharing, it is greatly appreciated for the new fans!! (like me) .It is also awesome to see them in their beginnings . I wish there were more videos like this one. When they were in their best (i mean, because they were starting and follow their dreams and doing the best they could at that time...very nice) :)

How awesome it would've been to have been there seeing all my favorite bands when they were just starting out.

Amazing to see this footage!! Love the Crue and the club days are so cool to see and listen to!! Thanks for sharing this awesome video!!! CRUE!! CRUE!! CRUE!!

Made my day, Thank you!! 🤘

Been looking for this since the days of Napster. Thanks

I remember the Beatles doing Helter Skelter so the Crue would do it!

Cool. Thank God this exists

Wow, talk about vintage Crue! Thanks for sharing!!!

wow that is a fuckin kickass cover, the sound is great!

a powerful cover of motley crue cool!!

Wow that takes me back. The days of seeing Crüe at the Starwood, Whiskey and the Country Club. And for you true oldies, seeing them tear it up at Pookies in Pasadena of all places. Hmmm… Who else was there at the Magic Mountain show? That was such a wild time to be a LA rocker Kid!

Awesome video

Fantastic rare cover from the Crüe .. A true chance to take a look at the band members without tatooes ! ;-)

Nikki looks to be using a pair of Acoustic 370 heads and 2x15 cabs. Pretty awesome. Maybe Starwood house backline

How FUCKING COOL is that!!! Motley Crue covering a Beatles song!!! I've always liked "Paperback Writer" by the Beatles. And Motley Crue KICKED SERIOUS ASS on this song!!!!

Wow. I love stumbling upon little gems like this. I remember sitting in algebra class reading Hit Parader Magazine with an interview with Nikki Sixx. This was during the Theater of Pain tour. He was talking about some covers they did in their club days and he mentioned Paperback Writer was one of his favorites to play. And now here we are almost 4o years later, and I come across this. Just made my day.

cool as hell seeing early crue!!

Omg no way!!! So glad i get to see this

I think Tommy was just 18 when this was taken. Thank you :)

Motley Crue forever. Killer footage..

Omg baby nikki and vince 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Hmmm, I may have been there that night. I used to frequent LA clubs and take pictures, then solicit my photo services to the bands. Not sure which show of Y&T's it was but my gf and I were there to see Y&T. The lights go out and boom, Vince Neil is on stage with a new band. My gf was a friend of Vince from his Rock Candy days (they played at her house once). We met up with Vince after the show and he tells us about this new band Motley Crue. So we started building up a portfolio of pics of them. Then after a show at the Whisky we met up with them and presented our portfolio. They loved the pics. So much so that it was either Tommy or Nikki that said, "You're hired! You guys are our photographers!" Well small problem. By now they had signed contracts and had no control over their marketing. As the ole saying goes, "Missed it by that much." Still quite an experience. Used to also shoot A La Carte and Naughty Sweeties.

Love This !!! Oh my gosh !! Vince was hot 😍

nice one bro awsome

Those outfits, that gear 2020!!!!!

Cool. Thanks

opening for Y&T...you can see Leonard Haze' 26" kick behind Tommy :)

Excellent...........

holy crap, how cool.

Motley Crue nailed it a Beatles cover song perfectly.

The Starwood, legendary…

Wow 🤘

So, before "Helter Skelter"....they did this song by The Beatles. Cool! xoxo The Clarences

Legendary

Mick is healthy and Vince is skinny and all was right with the world!

Very cool

Mick was in a Beatles cover band the Jades. His ability and vision is often overlooked. This is NOT an easy tune but it is catchy. It is also great when its played loud, rude, and aggressive!

Whoa thats wild

great to see the Crue as kids! lol..wish the sound was better, but great video!

Paperback Writer was written by Paul McCartney. The Beatles recorded it in April 1966. The Who have no connection to the song.

WAIT THIS IS SO DOPE AHAHHAHA

Did nikki play never saw his feet hand move. But this very cool thanks for sharing loved it

They should of put this on shout at the devil with Helter skelter

why doesn't this song exist on one of the discs?

Oh Gawd!

Wow, I've never seen this. I wonder who chose to cover this song, I'm guessing Mick.

wow thats so fucken cool

It's almost as if they were channeling the Sweet if the Sweet were channeling the Beatles. Hit or miss, this was the Crue at their hungriest, WAY before they became a Las Vegas pastiche of themselves.

oh brother

Motley Crue’s 1st show

Facking cool

This is before Vince discovered McDonald's

Is it just me, or is it really weird to hear Mötley Crüe play this song?

Do u have anymore love to see em

This is why Rattmaster86 is the f**king bomb!!!!

I think they did that for Mick.....Helter skelter makes way more sense.

I'm sure Mick played this song a billion times, but it's funny to watch his face when he suddenly becomes outta sync with the band during the end of his solo.....

Mick Mars and his usual crush your face tone. No subtlety here.

Look.... I love The Crue and was at almost all of these club shows from back in the day. I, myself always wanted to do this song in whatever band that I may have been at the time, but honestly this just doesn't work and never did from them. And before people start jumping on me asking if I could do better, I don't know! Maybe yes, maybe no, but they just never should have done this song., Not because nobody should cover the Beatles. It just didn't work for The Crue.

Is Nikki actually playing the bass?

Lol, seeing Vince too skinny is kind of weird

And not a single mobile phone being held by the audience, just enjoying the moment not the Facebook likes.

Fuckin ace

Who's back-line is it, is that Starwood's? Surely Motley couldn't afford that way back in 81.

Cool seeing early Crue, but that was a travesty...

So this was their very first gig

Not much is available, I have a whole 45 minute version but the quality is atrocious. I have a few vids uploaded from it on my channel. The good quality stuff is not available, only this video, and those 2 version of "toast of the town". Hopefully one day those people that have the good quality stuff decide to make it available. but it's worth good money, so I imagine they won't be giving it up.

Not bad, except for the very end, ouch..

Great video... But very bad audio, anyway a pearl for any Crue fan

Rattmaster fucking rocks!!!!

Dear members of Motley Crue, this is Destiny writing, hey that whole career as rockstars thing....yeah oops!!...we've obviously made a mistake and want that back...maybe give it to LA Guns or some shit.

W a crue twist. Pretty legit shit

they look so strange without tattoos 😳😳😳

Who's here in 2019 listening again? :-)

sumthn tells me it was nikkis idea

WTF is this dude John Brown smoking? He's trying to tell me The Who wrote Paperback Writer and gave it to The Beatles to record. How old is this John Brown anyway? Probably wasn't born when The Beatles were together lol.

balls BALLS

they shouldve closed with this one...all the numbnut 'phone video people' dont realize this is a bootleg shot with a camera that weighed 25 lbs

Preposterous to think they feel its OK to replace Mick. It's a sad time

I've been a fan since too fast for love was released nationwide and that's only because I had not heard of them till then, it's amazing to see them playing before they hit it really big.. CRUE HEADS ARE THE BEST F%CK THE REST,, VINCE NEIL FOR PRESIDENT

crowd seems dead

Legendary awesome band! If only Vince could sing

Ouch.

wtf the crowd are not even moving

Hope these guys dont quit there day job...

Based on their equipment, there’s no way these guys struggled the way they claim to have struggled. Look at the gear Nikki and Mick have

I love Motley, but even The Beatles themselves butchered this live. Too hard of a song to pull off without three good singers. Thankfully they picked Helter Skelter to cover instead...