11/11/83
Mötley commences a 23 city Shout At The Devil headlining tour with a
sell out show at the 600 capacity
Orange Pavilion in San Bernadino. Axe from Florida and
Heaven from Australia play as the support bands on the tour. The stage set represents a desolate
debacle of civilisation, with a painted backdrop of a city skyline,
based on the movie Escape From New York. Tommy's drum riser is
constructed to look like rubble from an exploded freeway, while their
amps are shaped with spikes. At the start of the Mötley show,
one of the roadies enters the smoke filled stage with a horror mask
and mimes to a tape of someone reciting the Edgar Allan Poe poem
called The Conqueror Worm, where it says, "That Mötley drama - oh, be
sure... it shall not be forgot." The video for Looks That Kill is aired for the first time
and they
fly between shows in Doc McGhee’s eight seat plane, with the plane nose diving to the
ground after an electrical malfunction one flight. The only real damage sustained
is the Crüe’s stage make up and cleansers that explode in their
luggage.