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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Last Days of Motley Crue

    Next week the band Motley Crue will end its decades-long run with final shows at the Staples Center in Downtown L.A. We go behind-the-scenes on the iconic hair metal band. How did it become one of the biggest Los Angeles bands of the ‘80s, and is it really the end of an era at last? Our guests talk about their experiences with the band.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 23, 2015 • 1 min read

    Next week the band Motley Crue will end its decades-long run with final shows at the Staples Center in Downtown L.A. We go behind-the-scenes on the iconic hair metal band. How did it become one of the biggest Los Angeles bands of the ‘80s, and is it really the end of an era at last? Our guests talk about their experiences with the band.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    The Year of Police Shootings, Pop Sonnets, and the End of Death Metal
    1. 0:00LA Shooting
    2. 7:42A Year of Police Shootings
    3. 18:47Dead Scientists Birth New Ideas
    4. 26:22Pop Sonnets
    5. 42:03Last Days of Motley CrueYou’re reading this
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