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''New Tattoo'' is the eighth studio album by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe released in 2000. Artistically, ''New Tattoo'' shows the band going back to the earlier musical style that gave them commercial success in the 1980s. Longtime drummer Tommy Lee left the band a year before, and was replaced by former Ozzy Osbourne drummer Randy Castillo on the album. The songs "Hell on High Heels", which charted at number 13 on the Mainstream rock charts, "New Tattoo" and "Treat Me Like the Dog I Am" were released as singles for the album. The album artwork was inspired by the cover of Bruce Dickinson's album ''Tattooed Millionaire'', whose title track is said to be about Dickinson's wife cheating on him with bassist Nikki Sixx, as revealed in Mötley Crüe's biography ''The Dirt''. == Background == The original line up of Mötley Crüe, which consisted of singer Vince Neil, bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and guitarist Mick Mars, had reunited for the ''Generation Swine'' album and tour in 1997, mainly out of pressure from their management and record company. Even though the group had reunited, problems still existed between Lee and Neil, as Lee felt that the band had been going in a backward direction since Neil rejoined the group. Lee was also having domestic problems with his wife, model Pamela Anderson, which, after an altercation following an argument, led to him serving time in jail.〔Layne, Anni. ("Motley Crue Breaks From Elektra" ). ''Rolling Stone''. April 17, 1998.〕 During this time, Mötley Crüe and Elektra Records severed their 17-year relationship together, with Mötley Crüe gaining full ownership of its music catalog and publishing rights.〔 The break with Elektra allowed the group to form its own label, Mötley Records, to release future projects on.〔 Lee's legal problems forced the band to decline invitations from Ozzfest and various radio festivals,〔 though the band managed to record two new songs for their 1998 ''Greatest Hits'' album, "Bitter Pill" and "Enslaved," which were more in vein of their 1980s output compared to their work during the 1990s. While Lee was in prison, he decided that he was going to leave Mötley Crüe and start his own project, which eventually became Methods of Mayhem. Lee stayed with the group for the tour of their greatest hits album, but after each show he would retreat to his portable studio and work on material for his new project.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Tattoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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