Vince Neil

Vincent Neil Wharton Born February 8 1961 In Hollywood California Better Known As Vince Neil Is The Lead Singer For American Heavy Metal Band Mötley Crüe. Neil Was Born To Odie And Shirley Wharton In 1961 In Southern California. During The 1960s His Family Moved Around From Inglewood California To Watts Before Finally Settling In Compton California. Growing Up In Compton Was Sometimes Tough He Once Even Had His Face And Chin Slashed By A Gang Member. Neil Soon Learned To Become Street-Wise But Was In Some Trouble At School He Got Kicked Out Later Finding Out He Has A Form Of Dyslexia. As Well As An Interest In Music As A Teen Neil Was Also Interested In Surfing And Baseball. He Was Discovered While Performing With His Band Rock Candy And Joined Mötley Crüe In 1981. That Same Year He Married His First Wife Beth Lynn And Mötley Crüe Released Its First Album Too Fast For Love. In 1983 Mötley Crüe Released Shout At The Devil A Blockbuster Success That Established The Band As One Of The Biggest Acts Of The 1980s. In 1984 After A Tour With Ozzy Osbourne Neil Was In A Drunk Driving Accident Near Redondo Beach California. The Passenger In His 72' De Tomaso Pantera Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley The Drummer Of Hanoi Rocks Died From His Injuries. Beth Lynn And Neil Divorced In 1985. Following A Prison Sentence Neil Regrouped With Mötley Crüe To Record Theatre Of Pain 1985 And Girls Girls Girls 1987 . He Married Sharise Ruddell In April 1988. The Band Released Their Highest-Selling Album Dr. Feelgood In 1989 After Going Through Rehab . Neil Left Mötley Crüe To Pursue A Solo Career In February 1992. According To Rumors In The Band's Autobiography The Dirt He Was Fired Because He Was More Interested In Car Racing Than In The Band He Was Racing In The Indy Lights Open Wheel Developmental Series At The Time . In 1992 He Released His First Solo Offering A Single "You're Invited But Your Friend Can't Come " Featured On The Encino Man Soundtrack. Exposed His Solo Debut Debuted At #13 On The Billboard Charts Was Released In Mid-1993. The Album Featured Steve Stevens Billy Idol's Guitarist And Atomic Playboys Founder Dave Marshall Robbie Crane And Vik Foxx. It Sold Only About 300 000 Copies In The US Just About As Many As Mötley's 1994 Neil-Less Album Mötley Crüe With Singer John Corabi Previously Of The Scream . All Previous Mötley Crüe Albums Had Sold At Least One Million Copies. Sharise Ruddell And Neil Divorced In 1993. Two Years Later On August 15 1995 Their Daughter Skylar Neil Died Of Cancer. The Same Year Carved In Stone An Indus-Glam Metal Oriented Album Produced By The Dust Brothers Sold Less Than 100 000 Copies In The US And Neil's Contract With Warner Bros. Records. Eventually Came To An End. Some Versions Of The Album Feature "Skylar's Song" Written By Neil Only. By 1997 Both Neil's Solo Career And Mötley Crüe's Fortunes Were Declining And He Accepted Their Invitation To Rejoin The Band. They Released The Album Generation Swine Which Debuted At #4 On The Billboard Charts. It Wasn't Long Before Tension Erupted Again This Time Prompting Tommy Lee To Leave The Band. They Replaced Him With Randy Castillo But Things Came To A Halt When Castillo Died From Cancer In 2002. In May 2000 Neil Married Playboy Playmate Heidi Mark. They Divorced In August 2001. In 2002 Neil Was One Of The Cast Members On The First Season Of The Surreal Life. A Regular Customer Of The Moonlite Bunny Ranch In July 2003 Neil Was Charged With Battery After A Prostitute At The Ranch Alleged That He Grabbed Her Around The Throat And Threw Her Against A Wall. A Year Earlier He Had Pleaded No Contest To The Charge That He Had Punched And Knocked Down Record Producer Michael Schuman. In 2003 Vince Neil Was Featured As A Solo Act In The "Rock Never Stops Tour" Along With Other '80s Hard Rock Bands. He Released A Live Album Live At The Whiskey One Night Only In 2003. Neil Married Lia Gerardini In January 2005. The Ceremony Was Officiated By Ordained Minister And Fellow Cast Member From The Surreal Life MC Hammer. In 2004 Vince Appeared Again On TV For The Special Remaking Vince Neil Which Showed Him Trying To Recharge His Solo Career. He Also Recorded The Single "Promise Me" Produced By The Acclaimed Desmond Child Which Has Yet To Be Released Commercially But Rumored To Be On A Forthcoming Solo Album. However It Turned Out To Be Mötley Crüe That Got The Career Boost As Neil And Tommy Lee Put Aside Their Differences And Toured In Support Of The Compilation Album Red White & Crüe Which Was Supported By An Extensive World-Wide Tour Dubbed Carnival Of Sins Which Featured Near-Naked Female Acrobats Fire-Breathers And A Midget. Vince Neil Is Touring With His Solo Band Now Consisting Of Slaughter Members Jeff Blando And Dana Strum As Well As Drummer Zoltan Chaney. In 2010 He Released Tattoos & Tequila Mötley Crüe Will Continue To Tour With Several Dates Over The Summer And Vince Will Continue To Tour With His Solo Band During His Off Time From Mötley Crüe. He Is Also Currently Working On A New Studio Album With Dana Strum With Whom He Performed At Glam Metal Festival Rocklahoma. read less