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Motley Crue – ‘Knock ‘Em Dead, Kid (LIVE) US Festival 1983

November 29, 2020 By the80sruled Leave a Comment

Knock ‘Em Dead, Kid was track number nine on Motley Crue’s 1983 album Shout at the Devil. According to the Crue’s Wikipedia page, the song was inspired by a violent encounter between Sixx and a group of Hells Angels. Sixx somehow or another wound up in a fight with a group of bikers, even hitting one member in the face with a chain he had been wearing as a belt.

The Hells Angels turned out to be undercover cops, and the bassist was subsequently badly beaten and jailed, resulting in a black eye and broken cheekbone. After being released from jail, he was inspired to write a song about the ordeal.



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