MÖTLEY CRÜE launches 'Dr. Feelgood' online “pharmacy”
15-11-2024
The celebration of the 35th anniversary of MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s landmark album “Dr. Feelgood” continues with the launch of the Dr. Feelgood online pharmacy. Enter here and fill your prescription. No appointment required to pre-order/pre-save the 35th-anniversary editions, stream music, check out classic music videos and rare vintage clips, purchase Las Vegas residency tickets and much more.
The centerpiece of the 35th-anniversary “Dr. Feelgood” campaign will be a limited-edition box set, to be made available on November 22 on LP and CD with the remastered version of the original album, as well as rare demos and live tracks. The box set also features a 24-page replica tour book with never-before-seen and never-before-published live and behind-the-scenes photos, a replica “Dr. Feelgood” tour itinerary, poster, patch, backstage pass, live show handbill, press kit, medical envelope and guitar pick.
In addition to the box set, there will be a deluxe streaming version and various different configurations for fans of vinyl: an independent retail exclusive color vinyl, an alternative exclusive color vinyl with 3D lenticular cover art, a picture disc vinyl as well as standard black vinyl. Last but not least, the anniversary edition will also be available as CD with 3D lenticular art, as well as a standard CD. All variants feature reimagined cover art showing 35 years of decay.
35 years after its release, “Dr. Feelgood” stands as one of the last great rock records of the 1980s and one of the greatest rock records of all time. Recorded in Vancouver with producer Bob Rock and released in 1989, this iconic album took MÖTLEY CRÜE to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and earned a six-times-platinum certification in the U.S. The album cemented the newly sober band’s status as global superstars, hitting the Top 10 in Australia (platinum), Canada (three times platinum), Finland, Norway, New Zealand (platinum), Sweden, Switzerland (gold) and the U.K. (gold).
With five massive hit singles that kept radio and MTV request lines busy, the “Dr. Feelgood” world tour saw MÖTLEY CRÜE on the road and in the air on their own private jet for over two years. First single “Dr. Feelgood”, with its instantly memorable opening, catchy chorus, and gritty music video set the tone by reaching the top 10 on the U.S. Hot 100 singles chart. Originally a Top 30 hit upon release, “Kickstart My Heart” went on to become MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s most popular landmark track. From the buzz saw intro to the cheating-death lyrics and music video shot in a rare return to a club show at the world-famous Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, it has now logged well over 1.5 billion streams and can be heard nearly every day in movies, commercials, video games and sporting events around the world. The Hot 100 hits kept coming as “Without You” hit No. 8, “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” reached No. 19, and final single “Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)” was accompanied by an music video capturing the fan excitement of a live CRÜE show.
The “Dr. Feelgood” world tour kicked off at the now-legendary Moscow Music Peace Festival in Russia and by the time the tour wrapped in late 1990, the band had played over 100 shows to over two million faithful fans. MÖTLEY CRÜE continues to fill arenas and stadiums around the world with many classics from “Dr. Feelgood” in their setlist to this day.
As the world gears up for the highly anticipated limited-edition box set, the Crüeseum — MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s ultimate haven for die-hard fans — administers a head-to-toe examination of the chart-topping, legacy-making, six-times-platinum release “Dr. Feelgood”. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of the celebration.
35th-anniversary limited-edition LP box set includes (also available as limited-edition CD box set):
* Original Album Remastered on green/black vinyl
* The “Demos” EP on green/black vinyl
* “Live” EP on green/black vinyl
* 24-page book with never-before-seen and never-before-published live and behind-the-scenes photos
* 18″x24″ reimagined album art poster
* Replica backstage pass
* Patch
* Replica live show handbill
* 16-Page “Dr. Feelgood” tour itinerary
* Press kit
– Folder
– Original press release from 1989
– Original 8″ x 10″ press photo
* Medical Envelope
* Guitar Pick
Album track listing:
01. T.N.T. (Terror ‘N Tinseltown)
02. Dr. Feelgood
03. Slice Of Your Pie
04. Rattlesnake Shake
05. Kickstart My Heart
06. Without You
07. Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)
08. Sticky Sweet
09. She Goes Down
10. Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
11. Time For Change
“Demos” track listing:
01. Dr. Feelgood (Demo)
02. Get It For Free (Demo)
03. Kickstart My Heart (Demo)
04. Time For Change (Demo)
05. Without You (Demo)
“Live” track listing:
01. Dr. Feelgood (Live)
02. Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) (Live)
03. Without You (Live)
04. Kickstart My Heart (Live)
05. Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S) (Live)
MÖTLEY CRÜE has released the official music video for its new single, “Dogs Of War” earlier this year, last April. The track was made available via MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s new deal with Nashville’s Big Machine Records. Created by Nick DenBoer, the visual features the rowdy quartet in an apocalyptic wasteland, full of classic CRÜE debauchery.
Watch “Dogs Of War” below.
“It’s always great getting back in the studio with the guys in the band,” CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx says. “We know you’re gonna like this one.”
Bob Rock, who produced the new single, as well as MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s famed 1989 album “Dr. Feelgood”, adds: “Working with the band on the new song was the easiest session I have ever had with them… The CRÜE is the best they have ever been! And they have plenty of new stuff in store.”
“We want to keep putting out new music, too, so we don’t get stagnant,” CRÜE singer Vince Neil told Billboard. “We recorded ‘(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)’ by the BEASTIE BOYS and we recorded this song, too, and I thought it turned out pretty good.
“There’ll definitely be new music out next year, for sure,” Neil added, “’cause we recorded a couple of other songs, too. Maybe we’ll release one of those by the end of the year, but I can’t say. But we want to keep putting out new music — not, maybe, an album but a few songs here, a few songs there, and that’s good.”
Neil described “Dogs Of War” as “like old school meets new school. It’s got that old-school vibe about it, but it’s new music. Nikki came up with it and he sent me the music and I thought it was really cool. So I started singing it and we got in the studio and it turned into the song I think the fans are really gonna like it.”
MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s new deal with Big Machine Records sees the band working together again after making the 2014 project “Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Mötley Crüe”, which featured CRÜE tracks covered by country stars RASCAL FLATTS, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, Darius Rucker and more. Big Machine also partnered with MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist John 5 for the release of his 2021 album “Sinner”.
MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s last studio album was 2008’s “Saints Of Los Angeles”, which was followed by a 2009 “Greatest Hits” compilation.
In 2018, MÖTLEY CRÜE recorded four new songs for “The Dirt” movie, including the single “The Dirt (Est. 1981) (Feat. Machine Gun Kelly)”, “Ride With The Devil”, “Crash And Burn” and the band’s own spin on Madonna‘s “Like A Virgin”.
“‘The Dirt’ movie got us a whole new generation of fans,” Neil said. “We want to keep putting new music out. We don’t want to stagnate.”
“We self-released ‘Too Fast For Love’ on our own Leathür Records label,” Neil added of the band’s 1981 debut. “It cost $3,000 to make and was done in three days. It was a glorified demo tape, but we were the record label until we got signed by Elektra. We haven’t been on a record label for 20 years. But Scott shares our philosophy and he’s a brilliant guy.”
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