Stephen "Tattoos and Tequilas" is the third solo release of Motley Crue's singer, Vince Neil, and this time, he was backed up by Slaughter's guitarist, Jeff Blando and bassist Dana Strum, while Zoltan Chaney sits on the drum stool. This is his first solo album in 15 years after the disappointing second release of "Carved In Stone" and at first doesn't interest me as he only puts two original songs while the rest are only covers, but after only a single spin, this is unexpectedly enjoyable, seeing how he revamped many underrated old songs to a party-themed in the style of Motley Crue's peak era.

The first single, the title track, ironically, is a decent effort and maybe his weakest one here. The second one, "Another Bad Day", which was written by Nikki Sixx and Tracii Guns, contrary to the former, is a fantastic midtempo commercial hard rock, a chart potential and radio friendly, and the greatest song on the album. This song should have been his first single, in my opinion. My best picks here are Sweet's "AC/DC", Sex Pistols' "No Feelings", The Hollies' "Long Cool Woman", CCR's "Who Will Stop The Rain", Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas", and ZZ Top's "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers". The rest are also good and no sign of weak fillers here.

"Tattoos And Tequilas" is a big surprise for me, the production is also excellent, this is just simply brilliant, and much better than Motley Crue's comeback album, "Saints of Los Angeles", which is sadly, a very average release. If you like Vince Neil's "Exposed" or Motley Crue's heyday era, this album is pretty much a combination of those two with an updated sound. Fantastic!