Motley Crue & Billy Idol @ Club Shelter 1995-01-30

 
PASADENA,CA:CLUB SHELTER
1/30/95

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BILLY IDOL
(with Steve Stevens, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum)

01. Paranoid
02. Communication Breakdown
03. Shakin' All Over
04. Rebel Yell

MOTLEY CRUE
(John Corabi, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee)

05. -intro-
06. Shout At The Devil
07. Hammered
08. Livewire   (with Danny Boy of House Of Pain)
09. Home Sweet Home
10. Primal Scream
 
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I missed the Palladium show and saw them a few months after the tour ended, Jan 30 1995 at Club Shelter in Pasadena which was the last show with John Corabi. Kinda bummed they didn't do at least one more album/tour so I could see that lineup at the House Of Blues.

This is an old post I recycle from time to time:

I was going to go see them at the Hollywood Palladium in 1994 but had some bullshit to deal with that day and just didn't feel like it.

Fast forward to Jan 1995 and I look in the LA Weekly the Thursday it came out and almost missed the small ad - Club Shelter in Pasadena, Motley Crue and friends, some sort of benefit for a roadie who ran over his own kid. Doors at 7:00.

I was in no hurry to get there and figure if I am too late I could hit some of the local record stores. Get there at 8:30. No line, club is still dead empty. At one point I realize it's Nikki Sixx on the balcony in front of me. He is walking around the club and no one is swooping down on him.

A few unremarkable bands of various genres (I think I remember a soul/gospel ish act playing) play. Then a surprise appearance by Billy Idol with Steve Stevens, Matt Sorum and an emaciated and unrecognizeable Duff McKagan. They do Communication Breakdown, Shakin' All Over, Paranoid and Rebel Yell.

I just have to laugh to myself and think if this gig was 5 years ago it could have been held at the Rose Bowl.

Motley Crue finally takes the stage. The club is no longer empty but I have plenty of elbow room. They play Shout At The Devil and Hammered, unfortunately the only MC '94 song of the night. Then they bring out special guest Dannyboy of House Of Pain to join them for Livewire. He sings backups and at the end of the song stagedives. Which you can't really do on a thirty something burnout crowd late on Monday night. He immedietly gets dropped and disappears from view before ending up on stage and storming off again.

Then they do Home Sweet Home without the piano. The dude from House Of Pain comes back out onstage toward the end and heads right toward John Corabi. John is holding him back with his hand on his chest and looking at him intently as he hums out the last part of the song then surrenders the mic. Dannyboy starts cursing out the crowd because when he stagedived his wallet got stolen.

The last song of the short 30 min set is Primal Scream. They wak offstage through the crowd and right after Tommy leaps off (the last of the 4 to do so) he appears to get in some sort of angry confrontation with someone in the crowd before his own security intervenes and drags him off.

I know it's a long post but I still remember it vividly, it's still my favorite Motley Crue show and I love telling the story even if it's not the usual "they rocked the packed arena and it was so awesome" kind of story.

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