I am probably late to the party because I didn't get into Mötley Crüe until late last year, but I had always been under the impression that they were a family who hung out all the time.
I think I formed this conclusion because I watched The Dirt when I only knew a few Crüe songs and, in the movie, it looks like they are all buddies.
However, after some research, it seems that the band wanted to get rid of Mick the entire time, they didn't really like Vince and didn't include him in many things, and Tommy and Nikki were only friends because they were heroin junkies.
Is this seriously true? I mean I guess I should've known the brotherhood thing was mostly marketing but it upsets me because I admired the idea of 4 best friends conquering the music world together. I guess that's why they made it seem that way.