Today (June 21st) marks the thirtieth anniversary of
Theatre of Pain, the third studio album from Mötley Crüe. This multi-Platinum seller went to number 44 in Germany, number 39 in Australia, number 36 in the UK, number 25 in Switzerland, number 11 in Canada, number 7 in Sweden and number 6 on the US Billboard Album chart. it spent a total of seventy-two weeks on the latter chart. The album is dedicated to Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley of Hanoi Rocks who was killed in a car crash that also saw Vince Neil's arrest for manslaughter on a drunk driving charge.
