I'm sure someone has already told this story, but Ill do it again. This song was written by Nikki Sixx, the bass player. The inspiration was from an "incident" he had while out partying one night. Seem he "overdid" (or another word that starts with over but would get flagged) it a bit and had to go home in an Ambulance. While on the ride to the hospital his heart stopped. One of the paramedics grabbed an adrenaline shot and jabbed it into his chest to..... restart his heart". Unfortunately it did not work. He was a HUGE Motley Crue fan and told the other paramedic that "This is Nikki fukkin Sixx and there is no way he's going to die on my watch!" go he grabbed a second adrenaline shot and jabbed it into his chest and that did the trick and "Kickstarted Nikki's Heart!" At least that was Nikki's story anyways. Some say, like Guns and Roses drummer Steven Adler that they had restarted Nikki's heart before the paramedics arrived. Good story none the less.

Their song Wild Side is amazing too, get to see the drummer flip upside down mid-show

DONT GO AWAY MAD (JUST GO AWAY) was always my favorite😂

Comedian Sam Kennison driving them to the show always tickles me. ❤

All these years later..still a banger

Everything you can imagine about their shows in the 80s is spot on.

The late great Sam Kinnison as driver. RIP Sammy.

Some other 80s Hair Bands to check out: Cinderella Steelheart Kix Poison Faster Pussycat Winger Firehouse Slaughter L.A. Guns Warrant Great White

I was 16 when this badass album released, Dr. Feelgood. We had the best rock, the best rap, the best pop, and the best country. It was a magical time.

You need to check out these songs by Motley Crue they rock, - Live Wire - Looks That Kill - Smoking in the Boys Room (A remake of a 70s song by a group called Brownsville Station) - Home Sweet Home - Girls Girls Girls - Wild Side - You're All I Need - Dr Feelgood - Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) - Primal Scream - Anarchy in the UK ( remake of a sex pistol hit from the 70s) - Shout at the Devil '97 (A remake of their '83 hit) - Motherf****r of the year - Dogs of War (their newest single from 2024) Ps in the video Kickstart My Heart at the beginning the guy driving the car is 80s stand-up comedian Sam Kinison (R.I.P SAM) who was a major hit star at the time

And yes at that period that's what record companies wanted big hair bands...Cinderella, Ratt, Poison, etc...

This song gets the blood pumping. Better than Red Bull.

Kickstart my Heart is still a banger. Home Sweet Home and Shout At The Devil are great ones too 🔥🔥

Loudest band ever! I couldn't hear for a week after seeing them in Philly in the 80's. What a great show! Totally worth it.

Not sure if you caught it but Mick Mars (being the guitar genius he is) used what's known as a Talk Box for that last part. Which is basically a pedal with a tube you speak into to control the pitch of the notes being played through your guitar into the microphone. Making it sound like your guitar is actually talking! When this came out I was still in single digit years and they had me hooked on Motley Crue. MTV was my favorite thing to watch, more than cartoons.

I used to be a "dancer" back in this time and I loved doing my set to this song!!!!

Live was an experience. Especially when tommy came rolling upside down over ur head thrashing the F out of the drums

The production of this album was unbelievable. So many great songs too!

Motley Crue was the epitome of the excess of the 80's hard rock scene... fast women, fast cars, hard drugs, heavy booze, wild times, take no prisoners... But their music was really good for a band whose members were far from the best musicians. Nikki Sixx (bass) had a talent for writing hooks and catchy choruses for songs, even though he was apparently a mediocre bass player at the time... But he made up for his lack of skills w/ his showmanship onstage... Motley Crue were explosive onstage and one of the most successful hard rock bands of the 80's w/ major hits like - 'Girls, girls, girls' ... 'Home sweet home' ... 'Dr. Feelgood' ... 'Looks that kill' ... 'Wild side' ... 'Primal scream' ... 'Shout at the devil' ... 'Too young to fall in love'... 🔥🔥🤘🤘 The original Motley Crue was always a volatile band of misfit characters... Nikki Sixx (bass), Tommy Lee (drums), Mick Mars (guitar) and Vince Neil (vocals)... The 90's proved difficult for Motley Crue after Vince Neil was out of the band by 1992... They hired John Corabi (vocals & guitar) for 1 album in 1994 (self-titled) and it sold poorly and 90's audiences were not interested in the 'new' Motley Crue... So, they reunited w/ Vince Neil in 1997 but they were no longer in demand... Finally, drummer Tommy Lee left the band in 1999 after his marriage to Pamela Anderson ended and he wasn't getting along w/ Vince Neil anymore. Motley Crue eventually separated by 2002. However, demand for Motley Crue rose again in 2004 and the original 4 were offered to reunite for a major comeback tour in 2005... but guitarist Mick Mars needed surgery on his spine and care on the road before they could tour again... Motley Crue were vindicated as they sold out arenas once again and opted to end their career in 2014 after a 'final' tour. Once again, w/ the success of their movie 'The Dirt'... Motley Crue's fame rose and a stadium tour was announced in 2020 but postponed due to the pandemic... They were back on tour in 2022. However, guitarist Mick Mars opted to leave the band by 2023 and was replaced by former Rob Zombie/ Marilyn Manson guitarist John 5.

Saw Motley Crue and Whitesnake live in 1987. To this day, it's still one of the best shows I've ever seen.

Nikki Sixx (bass) of Motley Crue wrote 'Kickstart my heart' in 1989 after he had apparently coded in '87 from an OD on he+++n... Paramedics arrived to find Sixx without a pulse and attempts to revive him had failed... A paramedic used adrenaline shots to jumpstart Sixx's heart and he came back immediately... According to Sixx, he wasn't done that night. He claimed he checked out of the hospital, hitchhiked home and then shot up he+++n again... He woke up the next morning w/ the needle still in his arm and was stunned that he couldn't stop his addiction. Motley Crue's management had enough and demanded that all 4 members go to rehab and seek counseling for their addictions in 1988... Their 5th album 'Dr. Feelgood' in 1989 was written w/ the band sober for the first time since they had begun... It charted at #1 in the US and sold 6x platinum... The music video for 'Kickstart my heart' was filmed at the L.A. club Whiskey a-go-go, where Motley Crue became famous as a local band w/ an indie record out ('Too fast for love') in 1981... At that point, they were touring arenas and wanted to do a club show where they had started their career to launch the 'Dr. Feelgood' tour. Motley Crue were the focus of the Netflix biopic 'The Dirt' (based on their autobiography) which depicted the band in comedic terms... Motley represented the excess of the 80's to the fullest - girls, drugs, booze and mayhem... all in one (MGK did play drummer Tommy Lee in the movie)... Actor Sebastian Stan portrayed Tommy Lee in the miniseries 'Pam & Tommy'... depicting the chaotic marriage between Lee and 'Baywatch' actress Pamela Anderson... (which ended in divorce) The couple's honeymoon video was stolen and published without their consent... Motley Crue singer Vince Neil also had his sex tape published around the same time without his consent but he was more nonchalant about it, choosing to not deal w/ it and let the controversy blow over... Poison singer Bret Michaels said his sex tape w/ Pamela Anderson (whom he had dated before she married Tommy Lee) was also stolen and leaked publicly, so he copyrighted the tape, took legal action and refused to give permission to any distributors to publish it.

Motley Crue became sooooo popular when I was in 6th grade. My entire school listened to Motley. We'd get to school early with our ghetto blasters and listen to Motley Crue, Twisted Sister & Prince. This was 1983😊

My 1st ever concert was Motley Crew, Shout at the Devil Tour and it remains as the best concert I ever attended. So much energy!

Tommy had a really awesome setup for his drums. He had the crew build him a rolling drum stage that during the concert his drum set would turn completely upside down over and over during his drum solos. You can watch it on KZfaq.

This song and Dr. FeelGood are my favorite Crue songs.

I GOT CHILLS IMMEDIATELY!!!! This was a come back tour too! Check out the beginning of them. They are the ABSOLUTE CRAZIEST band EVER!!!!!!!!

I went to see them live in 1987 on their Girls, Girls, Girls tour in Charlotte, NC. Guns N' Roses opened for them. My brother bought me two tickets for my 14 year birthday present. I had to wait from August 21 until they came in mid Novemember. It was torture waiting that long but it was one of the best concerts (for me) ever. I took my friend Jon and we managed to get down to the rail, front row.

Janet Jackson went to one of their shows as a guest she said she couldn't believe the energy being so intense & it inspired her to write the song black cat

All the Music we Grew up with is CRAZY!!! Our Childhood was Awesome!

Motley Crue was my first concert ever I was 13, my friends father took us. Rochester War Memorial great concert!

Wild Side live has got to be next!! Me and my identical twin brother grew up on these guys,learned to play guitar to these songs.. Unfortunately he passed 7 short months ago,but,the Memories are cherished!! He was not only my twin brother, but he was also my best friend 💔..Still Hurts every time I hear this!!

I met the bass player Nikki Sixx once. He came in to the bar I worked at back in the day. The rest of the band was downtown partying after playing in my city. The manager at the hotel bar let me know they were there and 20 minutes later my buddy is walking in the door with him. He was very low key, he ordered 2 colors Lights and drank about 1/4 of each, he just wanted to chill and feel normal. That was pretty cool.

Motley Crue gotta DEEP rabbit hole.... Wild Side Girls Girls Girls Shout at the Devil Same Old Situation Home Sweet Home Dr. Feelgood Primal Scream Don't Go Away Mad Without You

Their live show was amazing!! The entire drumkit lifted up over the crowd and turned upside down and Tommy never missed a beat

I got to watch them back late 80's as Tommy Lee (drummer) had his drum kit strapped in a roll cage as he was playing and rolling up and down the stage and even upside down and never lost the rhythm!

Oh hell yes! I’m here for this one with the quickness

I used to be a skater in the late 80’s and early 90’e and this was THE BEST track to speed skate to! This and AC/DC’s Thunderstruck 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 🔥🔥🔥

I wouldn't doubt this is a stadium anthem

I saw them during their Girls Girls Girls concert. UNF*CKINBELIEVABLE CONCERT!!

I love this song! Best song to drive fast to!

hell yeah Tommy lee(Drummer) and his drum kit. transforming, rising into the air doing 360* turns, or rollercoster out and above the audiance. Brah thats Fire

The phrase “motley crew” means a group of people that are trouble. Although they re-spelled crew with Crue, because it looked cool

PLEASE go down the Crue rabbit hole!!! My favorite band of all time!! These dudes were legendary crazy!! This song is somewhat of an anthem to themselves because so many critics said they would never make it past three albums because of their crazy lifestyle. Tommy was an ELITE drummer. Watch the movie Dirt.

This concert was $25. My next door neighbor's mom paid for it and took us there.She was so cool

Motley Crue - Wild Side IS A MUST

Yes!! I was hoping u would jump into Motley Crue!! They have mad bangers! Dr Feelgood, Wild Side, Girls girls girls, Home Sweet Home, Without you, & Smokin in the boys room are a few good ones!

The Dirt is the Movie about Crue. It's worth a watch for sure. Check out Wild Side, Primal Scream, Dr. Feelgood, And for a couple Ballads, Find... Home Sweet Home or Without you. I've seen them 3 times. Love me some CRUE

My little sister and I saw Mötley Crüe twice on this tour in Dallas and it was so amazing. They were in their prime during this time period, and back in the day there was nothing like a Crüe show. Saw them 4 more times over the years. I was in high school when Shout At The Devil came out, and I was a fan from then on.

Pretty sure tommy Lee was the first upside down drummer gimmick he did it back in the 80s

Best era 80's so lucky to be an 80's rock girl ❤

I saw them in '85 in San Antonio,Texas! Incredible show with lots of pyrotechnics, flames🔥 on every song! I went to at least 100 concerts between 1970-85 and this was one of the best.💯🤗❤️✌️

The bassist Nikki Sixx OD'ed twice. So, the ENTS "Kickstarted his Heart". The Jist of this song/video.

This is what I play in my earbuds when I'm making a 6 second pass in my nostalgia funny car.

This album had permanent residency in everybody’s cassette case. Good grief, cruisin the strip on the weekends with this playing?….freakin guaranteed a speeding ticket!🤘😎. (Yeah, happened to me about five times in my 72 Barracuda in the mid-80s in high school 😝)

Dude, I seen this tour...It was 1989 and I was 19 years old. A great band and highly underrated singer opened up named Warrant. Definitely worth checking out... Uncle Tom's Cabin Cherry Pie Mr. Rainmaker Down Boys Heaven I Saw Red 32 Pennies

Now, this is rock and roll! Back in their day, these guys were rock Gods!

Hey brother, when you get a chance, I think everybody would agree with me. You have to play wild side. That video will blow your mind. These cats were on a whole different level.

They covered " Smoking in the Boys Room.

Did you notice the driver of their car? It was Sam Kinison. He very good friends with the guys of Motley Crue. He partied hard as they did back then.

Their shows had an energy that was like no other. Great times!

Music of my youth! Thanks! Saw them twice. Live shows from all the groups of this genre were wild parties!

They were awesome in concert in the late 80's. A memorable performance.

1991 - Monsters of Rock Festival Munich. Line-up: The Black Crowes - Queensrÿche - Mötley Crue - Metallica - AC/DC. Fond memories… :)

Seen them 3 times in the 80s always a party

I was 13 I'm 48 now saw these guys on this tour 9th row main floor loud as hell Marshall amps stacked to the ceiling was deaf for 3 Days afterwards crazy show absolutely out of this world....

Excellent reaction. The ultimate hype song. My favorite Motley Crue song.

Motley Crue 'Girls, Girls, Girls' is usually played at most sporting events

Kick ass tune! One of my favorite by them and there are a lot to choose from. The song is about how bassist and main writer, Nikki Sixx, had a heroine overdose and died for few minutes while the EMT's tried to revive him and they injected an adrenaline shot into him to revive him. They took him to the hospital, he went home and shot up more heroine. He was such an addict that even death didn't stop him. But he had a revelation shortly after and checked himself into rehab. This video is incredible and the song pumps you up. We partied hard to this jam back then. Hard not to just go nuts. Check out "Wild Side", "Girls, Girls, Girls", "Dr. Feel Good" and more. These cats were the original poster children for debauchery in the 80's. While the Sunset Strip was hyped with a lot of hair metal bands back in the early 80's, this band blew it up. They partied harder than almost anyone and were well known for being crazy.

This was the BEST concert tour "DR FEELGOOD TOUR" 1990 ... What a time to be young and stupid ❤❤❤ Warrant was their opener, Freedom Hall Johnson City Tennessee

Their live shows were out of this world, especially the tour with Ozzy.

Hell yeah!! 🤘🏼 man, I can’t hear this when I’m in the car!!! 🔥#speedracer #80s #genX #mötleycrüe soooo many memories

❤ LOVE that you checked this out!! Me & my 3 Besties WORE THIS ALBUM/CD OUT Summer of '89 when we were 18. This was our jam drivin' to keg parties here in the foothills of Boulder, CO. And I still play it as my FAST drivin' tune whenever I get the opportunity to do so. 😈

I saw them in 1984 I think they opened for Ozzy bark at the moon They had me at hello by far my favorite hair band dr feel good is great shout at the devil and the list goes on

Music isn’t the same since the loss of bands. They had so much energy and creativity. Now, there are only solo singers.

I'm not much of a reader but The Dirt, their autobiography, it's phenomenal. How they are still alive, no idea

I saw them live during their reunion tour in the late 90's. It was an indoor concert. They had crazy pyrotechnics, rode their Harley's up and down the isles, had Tommy up in the air rotating in complete circles, told the mayor to kiss their asses, had girls twirling down from the ceiling on streamers, sent the tittie cam around. It was great! I also had tickets to their concert where they got banned from ever preforming in that town again. It was awesome!

I’ve loved Crue since the first album and did get to see them during their heyday in the 80’s. It was crazy! Fun fact: Mick Mars was married to Emi Canyn the blond back-up singer.

man motley put on some of the best shows back in the 80s i was lucky enough to see them a few times

One of my top 10 80's bands. Dr. Feelgood, Home Sweet Home, Without You, Smoking in the Boy's room, and Same Ol' Situation are all fire. They were fire in concert. I've seem them live 3 times back in the day and 3 times since 2005 too.

Ahh. Jumping into the hair bands. Live wire is my favorite. Check out Cinderella. They had some great hits.

Such a great song. Dudes look ridiculous but in high school cranking this on my Kenwood deck, Alpine Speakers and Rockford Fosgate amp will never go away in my head.

Oh, how I growing up in the '80 and '90s.

This hair band music all reminds me of my baby brother !

Great song. If this doesn't get your heart pumping I don't know what does.

The BAD BOYS OF ROCK N ROLL

Motley Crue Girls Girls Girls was the first cassette I bought with my own money at the record store in the mall. They were one of the bands that started my love of rock. 💜

I can never get enough of a voice box !!

That's The Crue...I've seen them live 15 times, cause the y were my favorite band since 1983.

This was the ‘80’s and yeah, our music was wild and crazy then, especially because I was into hard rock and heavy metal music since the late sixties.

This was one of my top bands growing up. Love it

Never saw these guys live and I regret it. Awesome band.

Love Motley Crue! "Live Wire" kicks butt! "Girls Girls Girls", "Dr. Feelgood" and "Home Sweet Home" are great, too! My mom loved their version of "Smokin In The Boys Room"

I seen them 2 times in 2015 and 2017. And they kicked ass.

you get the groove here.. this is a song that makes you tap your foot and bounce your head.. just can not hold still. Just amazing early 90's hair/hard Rock.

Oh yea Motley Crue is goated

My favorite from the band! Takes me back to my teen years

When Vince Neil steps out of the car, the sign behind him says gas is 0.87¢/gallon 😯

Ive seen Motley Cruel twice, once at 17, once at 50.... The concert at 50 made me feel 17 again! Music is amazing at taking you back!!

“Same Old Situation “ is a good video to see crazy concert footage along with Tommy’s crazy drum kit. It was amazing to see him do his drum solo ABOVE me! Girls, girls, girls is a great song too. Just to name a couple but I like many & have been a fan since the 80s.

This song, Looks that Kill, Wild Side, Live Wire are my go to songs by Mötley Crüe 🔥🤘🏽🔥