Home → Mötley Crüe → All Bad Things
All Bad Things
Rock · 2015

All Bad Things

Mötley Crüe

A heavy, industrial-edged farewell anthem that trades 80s glitz for modern grit, serving as a defiant final bow to a life of legendary excess.

January 20, 2015 · Eleven Seven Music

Find on Amazon

All Bad Things represents the sonic closing of a book that was written in blood, hairspray, and gasoline. It moves away from the pop-metal sheen of the band's commercial peak, opting instead for a thick, modern hard rock sound that borders on industrial metal. The guitars are downtuned and abrasive, providing a muscular foundation for a vocal performance that sounds weathered but resolute. It is the sound of a band that has survived its own mythology and is now looking back at the wreckage with a mixture of pride and exhaustion.

Moments Worth Listening For
The opening industrial-grind riff from Mick Mars that feels heavier and more mechanical than their 80s output.
The bridge where the tempo shifts and the lyrics lean into the finality of the end.
The massive, gang-vocal-supported chorus that feels designed for a stadium farewell.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does All Bad Things sound next to the rest of Mötley Crüe's catalogue?

Nostalgia+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.

Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →