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Supersonic & Demonic Relics

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This album has a lot of old recordings and a few new ones. Teaser was actually recorded in 1989 for the make a difference foundation benefit album. There are a lot of songs on this album that either have not been available or have been on soundtracks or other albums that you may not have wanted for some reason or another. The Crue is basically releasing all their stuff from the old days. The closet is definately empty. This will allow them to move forward with new material. Most true fans knew songs like Monstorous and Say Yeah existed, but could not find a copy.....well now you can!

The person that reviewed this CD and stated that "Randy is on" on this CD seems to be confused... this album was released well before Randy was in the band (signed-on for New Tattoo) and many were recorded YEARS before the album was actually compiled.

This CD could most accurately be described as a "Best of B-sides"... many of these are Crue recordings that have surfaced previously on Crue albums (i.e. Decade of Decadence).

This album is most fitting for only hardcore Crue fans that do not already own this material on other releases or bootlegs.

THE NEW SONGS ON THE ALBUM ARE O.K. I HAVE DECADE AND THE ALBUM QUARTERNARY. THIS ALBUM IS A DUPE OF BOTH. SINNERS&SAINTS IS A COOL TOON, BUT THE CRUE NEEDS TO COME OUT WITH A NEW ALBUM, WITH ALL NEW MATERIAL. MY ADVICE TO THE GROUP IS, GET TOMMY LEE BACK IN THE STUDIO AND LET HIM WRITE. WHEN THE BAND IS DONE WITH THE GREATEST HITS TOUR, START IMMEDIATLEY ON A NEW ALBUM AND GET THE RECORD EXECS. TO PROMOTE THE HELL OUT OF IT. GET TOMMY LEE BACK IN THE BAND!

Supersonic And Demonic Relics (1999) is a collection of some previously unreleased material from Motley Crue. A lot of the material is what is considered "junk" that is unpolished, unrefined, and in some cases the result of just screwing around in the studio. There is, on the other hand, a lot of quality material on here.

If you own the out-of-print Decade Of Decadence (1991), then you might not want this CD if you don't want any "junk" and don't want to repeat songs from Decade Of Decadence. Several then-new or hard to find songs from Decade Of Decadence appear on this CD - Teaser, Primal Scream, Anarchy In The U.K., Rock 'n Roll Junkie, and Angela. In addition, you get the unreleased stuff, some of which was meant for the album that never came to be, Personality #9, which would have John Corabi on vocals.

The best unreleased songs from this album are Sinners & Saints, Monsterous, and Say Yeah. I feel that Sinners & Saints and Say Yeah are good enough that they could have been released on regular albums. One song that is unique and quite strange is Hooligan's Holiday (Extended Holiday Version By Skinny Puppy). The middle section is electronic/industrial music from Skinny Puppy that goes on for quite some time. It's a unique song that rocks. There is also a live version of Dr. Feelgood.

Motley Crue just wanted to empty the vault with this album, I guess. They might have more unreleased stuff they're holding on to, who knows. All in all, I recommend this album for diehard Crueheads or anybody who wants the stuff from the out-of-print Decade Of Decadence.

Supersonic & Demonic Relics (1999). Not to be confused with SUPERSONIC RELICS (also 1999) while having the same tracks, it is a "clean" or "edited" version of this album.

This album is basically a combination of 1991's DECADE OF DECADENCE and 1994's (although I may be mistaken on the year) QUARTERNARY, with some extra tracks added in for good measure. Keep in mind, this is not a greatest hits album, but a collection of B-sides and rarities. One reviewer put it best when they said it was the "best of the b-sides" or something to that effect. It pretty much is. Is it worth picking up? Yes, partly because it's extremely hard to find QUARTERNARY these days, and also, it's got some pretty good songs on it too. If you do happen to own both the aforementioned albums then there isn't much point to owning this...except for collectors. Casual fans aren't likely to dig this, but they should give it a shot anyway.

Some tracks you should check: "Bittersuite", "So Good, So Bad", "Sinners and Saints" and the odd but cool "Mood Ring", which shows you what it's like to be drunk in the studio with the Crue. A good album to own. 11/15

This was much better than i thought, My only compliant is that they need a new record that is like shout at the devil and dr. feelgood and a few flashly mtv videos to make a comeback. This record is for u, if u are a fan of old van halen and new metallica. If u never heard Rock n Roll junkie, Primal Scream, Angela or Sinners and Saints etc..these songs rock! They are motleys best songs.

Even though there are some older songs on it, the new tracks have some great feel to them. most of them are from the eighties, and there pretty cool. But the tracks off of Quartenary are really funky. All in all I think it's well worth the buy, if your a Crue head.

Wow!, got some kick butt songs on this CD. Even though there is only 8 new ones, thats still worth the 14 bucks or so. This CD sounds a lot more like what the Crue was back in the 80's. I'm Looking forward to seeing the Crue come out with a brand new all original songs that are like Sinners & Saints, Monsterous and Say Yeah.

Five of this album's fifteen tracks were originally issued on Decade of Decadence and considering that disc was certified double platinum, one has to wonder if the Crüe guys understand the meaning of the word "rarity", or the meaning of words like "redundant", "double dip", "unnecessary" and "rip-off" for that matter. Another five tracks were previously released as b-sides or as part of the Quaternary EP, so there are only five bona fide rarities included in this package. Said songs, and I'm really stretching the definition of the word here since only a retard can claim Monsterous or Mood Ring resemble anything songlike, confirm what fans inferred from the unreleased tracks included in the band's catalogue reissues: bad boy behavior and a decadent lifestyle aren't exactly conductive towards prolific and/or quality studio output. What's even worse about this collection is that Crüe 2 Crüe, the band's hilarious yet maligned early nineties rap collaboration, was ignored and left out. Make no mistake about it: this is catalogue mining of the worst kind, and even if I consider myself a massive Crüe fan (I actually got into Heavy Metal after seeing the Looks That Kill video on MTV at 11) I can't find any worthwhile reason for recommending this album to anyone.

"MONSTEROUS"&"SAY YEAH"are good songs for audience participation.These songs are a lot of fun and "PLANET BOOM"is the bomb.Each album since this one,has gotten better and better.It's too bad all the original members are not still together,but as long as Vince is on vocals it usually sounds like true Motley Crue! Tommy is Awesome and he should be there!but we have to give props where props is due Randy Costello is a great drummer and he has worked with the best!(Ozzy)etc. For those who didn't like this album and say Motley can't do it without Tommy-realize that Tommy is on THIS album.