Motley Crue @ Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY 22-Sep-2012

Hollywood bad boys Mötley Crüe played the New York outdoor amphitheatre Nikon at Jones Beach on Saturday 22 September 2012. The Long Island crowd was entertained by band members Vince Neil on vocals, Mick Mars on guitar, Nikki Sixx on bass, Tommy Lee on drums, along with backup singers Sofia Toufa and Allison Kyler. The highly theatrical concert was the second-last of their summer North American co-headlining tour with Kiss, dubbed The Tour. As per their standard protocol for this tour, these photos show the first two songs – Saints of Los Angeles and Wildside – taken from the sound desk.

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ABOUT: Paul Miles is an Australian freelance rock photographer specialising in live music photography, who captures the true spirit of rock’n’roll in action by many of the world’s greatest performers. Since 2009, he has shot a vast array of rock music photography: from gigs in world-famous clubs like the Apollo in Harlem and the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, to iconic arenas like New York City's Madison Square Garden and Australia's MCG, as well as in retail stores Barnes & Noble, Apple, and John Varvatos CBGBs. He has covered rock shows from Brooklyn to Bangalore, Paris to Las Vegas, Tokyo to Los Angeles, including street concerts in Melbourne's AC/DC Lane and Manhattan's Times Square.

Paul's photos have been published in online media like Time Out Beijing and in print magazines like Germany’s Rock Hard, and he has released a book of backstage rock photography in New York City called Before I Hit The Stage. Music fans can browse and buy thousands of his hard rock, punk and heavy metal images in the galleries here.

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