ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx says he used to love the thrill of freebasing cocaine.

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Methods of Mayhem, the solo project of Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, is allowing anyone to upload tracks at www.thepublicrecord.com to contribute to the band's next album.

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Embracing his love of classic '70s singer-songwriters such as Cat Stevens and '80s rock and metal bands like Motley Crue, Stephen Kellogg merges many styles to create fun and introspective music.

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Especially if you're training (in my case, to improve from a totally pathetic racer to a merely pathetic one), music can be a fantastic way of breaking up the repetitious drudgery find just the right Motley Crue, and the suffering subsides.

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There is, of course, a dark side to the industry that couldn't be ignored -- Nikki Sixx of the 80s band Motley Crue, gave us a fascinating insight into the self-destructive nature of the cliched lifestyle that so nearly killed him.

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The Rock of Vegas free summer concert series also kicks off this weekend at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, and runs every Saturday night thru Labor Day with performances by Vince Neil of Motley Crue, Poison front-man Brett Michaels, and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister.

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