Motley Crue/US Festival '83 #4 Canvas Print

Motley Crue was a late addition to Heavy Metal Day at the '83 US Festival. Too Fast for Love had been out for a little while, but wasn't getting much attention. So, the band arrived as relative unknowns. Here is a shot of Nikki Sixx backstage at an impromptu press conference on May 29, 1983.

In the mid-1980s, Chris Deutsch published Front Row magazine in Denver, and did photography for a variety of other publications. For many years, he photographed almost every major show that came through Denver. His portfolio includes many great bands and performers at the peak of their careers: Van Halen, Kiss, Bon Jovi, U2, Iron Maiden & Elton John. Chris also photographed other performers like Motley Crue, Scorpions, Whitney Houston and Cyndi Lauper when they were just getting started. Sometimes there were surprises, such as when a relatively unknown band named Metallica opened for Ozzy Osbourne. There were also less well known but equally interesting performers like Yngwie Malmsteen, Will Sexton and Jello Biafra to name just a...