Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Mötley Crüe is one of the best-selling American hard rock acts, having sold over 45 million albums worldwide and 25 million records in the US alone. Their ninth studio album is due to be released sometime in 2008.

Mötley Crüe are cited by some contemporary artists as an inspiration. Artists such as Marilyn Manson, Towers of London, Moby, Murderdolls, Backyard Babies, Private Line, The Living End, Mana, Papa Roach and Green Day have cited them as an influence in recent years, most notably for Too Fast for Love and Shout at the Devil. They've also been parodied for their early look in music videos by a variety of artists such as Bowling for Soup, Beck, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Backstreet Boys.

Besides music, Mötley Crüe also set the scale for decadent rock and roll behavior. Since the release of "The Dirt", the band has been known as one of the most decadent and self-destructive groups in rock music history.

The band has also been featured on a number of VH1 countdown shows, 'Dr. Feelgood' was ranked the #10 Greatest Air Guitar Song, 'Live Wire' was ranked the #17 Greatest Metal Song Of All Time on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs, and 'Home Sweet Home' was ranked the #12 greatest power ballad of all time. Mötley Crüe were featured several times on VH1's 100 most metal moments, their highest spot being #3. VH1 included the Tommy and Pamela tapes, The Dirt, The Ozzy and Nikki pee at an incident and the Moscow Music Peace Festival; all featured in the countdown. Mötley Crüe has also been one of the many bands featured on VH1: Behind the Music. The band was also ranked #29 on vh1's list of the greatest artists of hard rock.