Mötley Crüe - Girls Girls Girls

What this video is

Released May 13, 1987, 'Girls, Girls, Girls' arrived at the commercial zenith of the Sunset Strip glam metal scene. The video, shot at the Seventh Veil strip club on the Sunset Strip, literalizes the song's lyrical geography — which name-checks real venues from Los Angeles to Paris — and functions as a document of the hedonistic rock lifestyle Mötley Crüe had come to embody. MTV's initial ban of the uncensored…

Why it matters

A canonical text of the glam/hair metal genre, 'Girls, Girls, Girls' crystallizes the visual and sonic vocabulary of the Sunset Strip's commercial peak: blues-inflected heavy riffing, hyper-masculine performance codes, and an unapologetically hedonistic aesthetic. Wayne Isham's direction…

The director

Wayne Isham (b. December 2, 1958, Vinita, Oklahoma) is an American music video and film director. A UC Santa Barbara alumnus, he cited David Bowie's 'Ashes to Ashes' as his career inspiration. He has directed over 150 music videos for artists including Bon…