Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, White Lion: Crüe To Be Kind
Edwin Pouncey, NME, 18 November 1989
Lock up your heated rollers, here comes Metal mayhem. Into the heart of dorkness strode our very own rock monster EDWIN POUNCEY armed with only an access all areas pass and a burning quest to discover the chestwig-sizes of fresh-faced, sensitive types WHITE LION, Bon Jovi disciples SKID ROW and meanest-turned-cleanest of them all, MÖTLEY CRÜE.
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