There’s been a lot of Rock n’ Roll action going on in New York lately.

My last blog was all about Iron Maiden being at Madison Square Garden, then last night, Motley Crue dropped in to Fox News to talk with Greta Van Susteren via satellite about the release of their new record “Saints of Los Angeles” that came out at midnight, among other things. Go to gretawire.com for the full scoop.

Can you believe this shirt, and photo op? My good friend Laurie gave it to me a few months ago, and I couldn’t think of a better time to wear it, than to meet up with all four original band members of the Crue. Too bad we didn’t line up in order of the shirt that’s Nikki Sixx to the left, Mick Mars, me, Tommy Lee and Vince Neil, but that would have been too organized. (side note: I can’t believe I forgot to take my blackberry off!)

I have interviewed Vince Neil before, when I was doing the rock jock thing in Sacramento, and he was opening for Van Halen at Cal Expo, which is sadly no longer still around. Another time, when I was working for KFI in L.A., I talked with Nikki and Mick when they were doing a book signing on Sunset Strip at Tower Records for the band’s autobiography “The Dirt” (favorite sound bite came from Nikki “yea, it’s a trip being here signing books, considering we used to come in here and steal records”.)

So, last night, the guys got to the studio nice and early to get ready for Greta’s interview, which you rarely see with bands. If you are a GretaWire loyalist, you’ll know that Greta had Nikki Sixx on the pre-show GretaWire feed. I tried showing Vince how it works in the greenroom, but that computer doesn’t have working speakers, so we couldn’t hear anything! We talked a lot about living in California, and Las Vegas (he has homes in both) and about his “Motley Cruise” he hosts every year. You heard me right, you too could go on a cruise ship with Vince Neil and other rockers if you dare. You should google it, the pictures alone are worth it.

When I got up to go check something out in the other room, I ran into Tommy Lee hanging outside Studio C, where the band was going to do the interview in the next 20 minutes. He wanted to know if I could get him some ice… for, let’s just say, a beverage that’s never stocked in the Fox greenrooms. (this could explain his frisky behavior on the air with Greta, you know what I’m talking about if you saw it). After someone found him ice (I have no idea where they got it) the guys came into the studio to do get set up. Tommy then wanted to know if he could use my Mac Powder compact, I wasn’t really sure what would happen next…. so I broke out my Flip Cam

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What does a group of rockers do while they are in a silent room while waiting for their “hit”? Play name that tune of course. (note Tommy’s drink with ice)

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The interview with Greta can be found on FoxNews.com. In the meantime, if you are a Motley fan, here are a couple of extra shots I took. I couldn’t really get too close, because this was a two camera shoot, which means that the background areas of our studio are shown in each direction, and you don’t want to get in the way. There’s a lot going on for The Crue right now. The new album, Crue Fest, the possible new deal to get it’s book “The Dirt” made into a movie, and they are doing Letterman tonight too.

If this studio looks familiar, you would know this from watching another rock star… Geraldo Rivera. This is where he does his show every weekend (new time! 10p eastern Saturday and Sunday)

Oh yea, one more thing; check out Vince Neil’s watch! I was so distracted while I was talking to him, as he was talking with his hands, I was nearly blinded by the lights hitting all those diamonds. I asked him to show it to me, and when he took it off and handed it to me, I nearly dropped it because it was so heavy. He says there are only 5 of these things that were ever made, and no wonder. I’m not sure many could afford a watch like this one.

This is real rock star Bling!