MOTLEY CRUE 1985 TOUR

At the first Motley Crue concert in Erie, PA, Wonder and I were accepted as part of the gang by Motley’s lead merchandiser, Big.  This bit of good karma all stemmed from the positive relationship I’d had with Cliff who was the crew chief I dealt with on the 1984 Aerosmith tour. By fate, he too worked for the same company as Big. They conversed on the first day of the tour and since Cliff had nothing but positive things to say about me, Big treated us like gold. Usually opening act merchandisers were treated like pure shit which I had learned first hand while on the 1982 U2 tour opening for the J Geils Band. But,like I just said, we fit right in for the four and a half months on the road with Motley. RJ’s company had two bands slated separately to be the support act for the duration and I was given the gig of a lifetime! The bands were a Japanese heavy metal band named Loudness and the other was Autograph.

Gang, since 1981 I’d toured with some of the greatest rock bands of the eighties, and for the most part had all kinds of over the top fun. But, this Motley tour was the tour of tours and I knew I was in the right spot at the right time. So I embraced it every possible way and went about my daily routine in maximum overdrive. That Motley gig was truly the pinnacle of my touring days throughout the USA & Canada.

Fuckin’ A, I never saw so many smoking hot groupies on any single tour like that one. Straight up, girls were throwing themselves at you city after city. Hell, the Elephant Man could have scored if he’d been wearing a laminate and holding an after show double smile face pass. It really was big time insane, beyond my wildest dreams and I loved every minute of it.

During the entire tour, I kept thinking when this year ends I’m going around the world doing concert merchandise and my affirmation was indeed going to manifest. All I knew was the three words Affirmation, Faith and Perseverance really worked and I had never felt so blessed to understand the formula of attainment that I genuflected in thanks!

My only negative situation was finding the right time to tell RJ I was leaving his company which I detailed in my book. To my surprise, Karma as a last challenge threw me some high hard fast stuff. The new tour manager of Autograph wanted me fired immediately and that was fun to deal with. Other than that, I was living out my rock and roll odyssey in style!

I know Wonder also had many wild times on Motley. He met these two sisters who bragged one was better than the other and they both wanted after show passes. So, I gave Wonder my pass and I’ll never forget the shit eating grin plastered on his face, it was priceless. He bartered with both of them and everyone walked away happy. Wonder was my road brother and while he was alive I’m glad we shared time on earth as a team.

Over the years many friends have asked me what was the wildest crazy thing, groupie wise, I saw or experienced. So, to give you an idea I’m going to tell you one story. At the Omni arena in Atlanta, GA, this crew slut took on as many of the road crew who were willing. She had a score to settle with some scooter tramp that had broken her record and she was looking to regain her crown. Willingly, she went about her business and enjoyed it.

Unbeknownst to her, the back of the bus had a video camera in it and everyone in the front lounge was watching on a monitor and applauding wildly while she was doing her thing. She kept asking each new face why everyone was laughing and that person would say “I don’t know” She just kept doing her thing and achieved her goal. That tour ratchet to a level of SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK & ROLL I’d never seen before. City after city people were out of their fucking minds on the energy of the concert event and so was I!

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