Hard rock and heavy metal originated in England in the 1970s — first with the holy trinity of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, and later with the new wave of British heavy metal, with names like Judas Priest, Diamond Head, Iron Maiden and Def Leppard.
It was only in the 80s that the United States entered the fray with the emergence of thrash bands (such as Metallica) and those that mixed glam, punk and metal (such as Mötley Crüe).
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From “Too Fast for Love” (1981) to “Dr. Feelgood” (1989), throughout the decade Crüe was one of the greatest exponents of metal at the time, filling stadiums, selling millions of records and giving rise to countless imitators. In the 90s, however, with the arrival of grunge they found themselves in an astral hell, losing vocalist Vince Neil and experiencing a precipitous drop in both ticket and album sales.
Vince returned in 1997 with “Generation Swine”, but even with his return the band was still far from its best. So much so that the vocalist always considered it the ugly duckling of his entire long career in the band.
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“I didn’t even want to do those songs [do ‘Generation Swine’]”, he confessed in a 2011 interview with SF Gate. “I didn’t even want to be there. I probably left [da banda] five more times while we were recording, it was a difficult record to make.”
And anyone who thinks that his opinion may have changed over time is mistaken. Last year, when asked what his favorite Crüe albums were, he replied “All of them — except ‘Generation Swine’.”
In a recent interview with the Outsider podcast, as published by Ultimate Classic Rock, he confirmed:
“I hated that record [‘Generation Swine’] and I still hate him. There isn’t a good song on it. And I said [ao restante da banda] ‘This album is rubbish’, [e eles me respondiam] ‘No! We love! We love!’
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