Vince Neil Car Accident

One of the key scenes in motley crue s 2019 the dirt movie takes place after the december 1984 tragedy in which vince neil under the influence of alcohol collided his car with an oncoming.

Vince neil car accident. Mötley crüe s bassisti nikki sixx talked in an interview with louder sound about vince neil s car crash that killed hanoi rocks drummer nicholas razzle dingley in 1984. Hanoi rocks drummer razzle left in above photo was killed on dec. 8 1984 in a car accident. When the party ran out of alcohol a drunk vince neil got behind the wheel of his 1972 ford pantera and drove with dingley to a liquor store.

The singer crashed his car while was drunk and besides killing his friend the passengers of the car car were also seriously injured. What really happened when vince neil crashed his car. March 28 2019 by amanda prahl. The band came back into the spotlight after their behind the music episode aired on vh1 in december 1998 and became the highest rated in the series.

At the time he was. 8 1984 vince and hanoi rocks drummer razzle decided to drive to a local liquor store after a day of partying. Following the accident neil spent a few weeks in jail and paid over 2 million in damages. Neil ended up hitting another car leading to a major accident.

Although neil miraculously survived the crash razzle was killed while the two passengers in the other car were left with brain damage. On the way to the store vince who was heavily intoxicated swerved into oncoming traffic. By december 1984 having exploded onto a lacklustre rock scene blighted by vacuous new romanticism post punk austerity and backward glancing metal gumby ism the five glam drenched sonic swashbucklers. A dvd was issued with ten extra minutes of footage in december 1999.

Vince whose blood alcohol level was well above california s legal limit lost control of his car and hit an oncoming vehicle. While neil recovered from his injuries dingley wasn t so lucky. Vince neil s car wreck landed him in jail. The motley crue.

Born nicholas dingley he was a passenger in a car driven by motley crue s vince neil. He died instantly on impact in the crash. Before the vince neil car crash put a tragic and untimely full stop on hanoi rocks career the band had been on a brilliant path to greatness. Vince neil has toured his solo band which consisted of slaughter members jeff blando and dana strum as well as drummer zoltan chaney.

Rocker vince neil is still haunted by the car crash in which pal razzle was killed and he confesses the prison term he served for his part in the accident wasn t tough enough.