Motley Crue's Big, Badass Influence on Today's Country Music

If there was ever any doubt as to how Eighties hard rock influenced contemporary country music, press play on Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe. Just released, the album assembles a who's who of modern country artists to interpret some of the Crüe's biggest songs...along with a smattering of more obscure, deeper cuts from albums such as Generation Swine and Saints of Los Angeles. Rascal Flatts handle "Kickstart My Heart," Brantley Gilbert does "Girls, Girls, Girls" and Eli Young Band tackle "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" while Florida Georgia Line cover the Red, White & Crüe compilation album's "If I Die Tomorrow" and

Read the entire article in Rolling Stone: http://rol.st/1pbdve8

Watch Motley Crue perform 'Shout at the Devil' live via YouTube: 

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