Mötley Crüe

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The newly formed band did not yet have a name. Neil has said that he told his bandmates that he was "thinking about calling the band Christmas". The other members were not very receptive to that idea. Then, while trying to find a suitable name, Mars remembered an incident that occurred when he was playing with a band called White Horse, when one of the other band members called the group "a motley looking crew". He had remembered the phrase and later copied it down as 'Mottley Cru'. After slight modification of the spelling, "Mötley Crüe" was eventually selected as the band's name, with the stylistic decision suggested by Neil to add the two sets of [[metal umlaut]]s, supposedly inspired by the German beer [[Löwenbräu]], which the members were drinking at the time.<ref>{{cite web |title=38 Years Ago: Nikki Sixx Forms Motley Crue |url=https://loudwire.com/motley-crue-founded-anniversary/ |website=Loudwire.com |access-date=November 18, 2019 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111070449/https://loudwire.com/motley-crue-founded-anniversary/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Other than the periods of February 1992 to September 1996 and of March 1999 to September 2004, and until October 2022, the lineup of Neil, Sixx, Lee, and Mars remained the same.<ref>{{cite web |title=Motley Crue Lineup Changes: A Complete Guide |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-lineup-changes/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617132312/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-lineup-changes/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The newly formed band did not yet have a name. Neil has said that he told his bandmates that he was "thinking about calling the band Christmas". The other members were not very receptive to that idea. Then, while trying to find a suitable name, Mars remembered an incident that occurred when he was playing with a band called White Horse, when one of the other band members called the group "a motley looking crew". He had remembered the phrase and later copied it down as "Mottley Cru". After slight modification of the spelling, "Mötley Crüe" was eventually selected as the band's name, with the stylistic decision suggested by Neil to add the two sets of [[metal umlaut]]s, supposedly inspired by the German beer [[Löwenbräu]], which the members were drinking at the time.<ref>{{cite web |title=38 Years Ago: Nikki Sixx Forms Motley Crue |url=https://loudwire.com/motley-crue-founded-anniversary/ |website=Loudwire.com |access-date=November 18, 2019 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111070449/https://loudwire.com/motley-crue-founded-anniversary/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Other than the periods of February 1992 to September 1996 and of March 1999 to September 2004, and until October 2022, the lineup of Neil, Sixx, Lee, and Mars remained the same.<ref>{{cite web |title=Motley Crue Lineup Changes: A Complete Guide |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-lineup-changes/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617132312/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-lineup-changes/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The band soon met its first manager, Allan Coffman, the thirty-eight-year-old brother-in-law of a friend of Mars's driver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/81.htm |title=Chronological Crue |publisher=Members.ozemail.com.au |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019034117/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/81.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The band's first release was the single "Stick to Your Guns/Toast of the Town", which was released on its own record label, [[Leathür Records]], which had a pressing and distribution deal with Greenworld Distribution in [[Torrance, California]]. On November 10, 1981, its debut album ''[[Too Fast for Love]]'' was self-produced and released on Leathür, selling 20,000 copies. Coffman's assistant [[Eric Greif]] set up a tour of Canada,<ref>[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/82.htm ''1982'', Chronological Crue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915223349/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/82.htm |date=September 15, 2009}} . Retrieved October 2, 2009.</ref> while Coffman and Greif used Mötley Crüe's success in the Los Angeles club scene to negotiate with several record labels, eventually signing a recording contract with [[Elektra Records]] in early 1982. The debut album was then remixed by producer [[Roy Thomas Baker]] and re-released on August 20, 1982—two months after its Canadian [[Warner Music Group]] release using the original Leathür mixes—to coincide with the tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Motley Crue Kickstarted Hair Metal on 'Too Fast for Love' |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-too-fast-for-love/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=November 10, 2016 |access-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617125254/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-too-fast-for-love/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The band soon met its first manager, Allan Coffman, the thirty-eight-year-old brother-in-law of a friend of Mars's driver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/81.htm |title=Chronological Crue |publisher=Members.ozemail.com.au |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019034117/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/81.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The band's first release was the single "Stick to Your Guns/Toast of the Town", which was released on its own record label, [[Leathür Records]], which had a pressing and distribution deal with Greenworld Distribution in [[Torrance, California]]. On November 10, 1981, its debut album ''[[Too Fast for Love]]'' was self-produced and released on Leathür, selling 20,000 copies. Coffman's assistant [[Eric Greif]] set up a tour of Canada,<ref>[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/82.htm ''1982'', Chronological Crue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915223349/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/82.htm |date=September 15, 2009}} . Retrieved October 2, 2009.</ref> while Coffman and Greif used Mötley Crüe's success in the Los Angeles club scene to negotiate with several record labels, eventually signing a recording contract with [[Elektra Records]] in early 1982. The debut album was then remixed by producer [[Roy Thomas Baker]] and re-released on August 20, 1982—two months after its Canadian [[Warner Music Group]] release using the original Leathür mixes—to coincide with the tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Motley Crue Kickstarted Hair Metal on 'Too Fast for Love' |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-too-fast-for-love/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=November 10, 2016 |access-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617125254/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motley-crue-too-fast-for-love/ |url-status=live}}</ref>