Motley Crue "Dr. Feelgood" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Without You

Motley Crue officially became a band in January 1981. Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx had played together in bands before. They met Mick Mars through a newspaper ad. Vince Neil was playing with a band called Rock Candy when he met the others.

Answer: Same ol' Situation

On Motley Crue's "Greatest Hits" album, "Dr. Feelgood" was the album with the most featured songs. The songs were "Kickstart My Heart", "Dr. Feelgood", "Same ol' Situation", "Don't Go Away Mad", and "Without You".

Answer: Dr. Feelgood

"Dr. Feelgood" is one of the Crue's most famous songs about drugs. The album was actually recorded after the band had been to drug rehab and come clean.

Answer: Kickstart My Heart

Nikki Sixx wrote "Kickstart My Heart" after he had a near-death experience from a heroin overdose. The concert footage of the video for "Kickstart My Heart" was filmed at the Whisky A-Go-Go, one of the band's favorite clubs.

Answer: Rattlesnake Shake

Tommy Lee was born in Athens, Greece. His mother, Vassilikki Papadimitriou, was a former Miss Greece in the 1950s. His father, David Lee Thomas, was an American army sergant and proposed to his wife on their first date.

Answer: Sticky Sweet

As a child, Nikki Sixx never lived in one place for very long. By the time he was 16, he had been to seven different schools in eleven years. Nikki's father, Frank Feranna Snr., left the family when Nikki was three. In 1980, he contacted his father, who actually denied he had a son. Nikki immediately changed his name from Frank Feranna Jr., to Nikki Sixx.

Answer: Don't Go Away Mad

When Mick Mars was five years old, he and his younger brother, Tim, accidentally hanged their older brother, Frank, when they were playing cowboys and Indians. Luckily their aunt found Frank before he was hurt. Mick's real name is Bob Deal.

Answer: Slice of your Pie

In 1998, Nikki learned that he had a brother, Randy, from his father's second marriage. He also learned that his sister Lisa, whom he hadn't seen since she was born, had severe Down's syndrome.

Answer: Get it for Free

"Get it for Free" was not on the original "Dr. Feelgood" album. It had been written for the album, but did not appear until the album was re-released in 1999.

Answer: True

All of the re-released Motley Crue albums have original demos of some of the songs. An early version of "Dr. Feelgood" was written with different lyrics and sung in first-person point of view. Nikki says that the lyrics were written about ten minutes before Vince sang them for the first time. The lyrics were later changed to the tale of notorious Jimmy and his downfall.