Mick Mars

As guitarist for the seminal '80s glam rock band Mötley Crüe, Mick Mars' catchy riffs were the perfect complement to Nikki Sixx's rebellious and sexually driven lyrics. Born Bob Alan Deal in Terre Haute, IN, the Deal family eventually settled in Huntington, IN, where he attended his first concert. This event would inspire him to pick up the guitar (he actually began on bass guitar) and join his first band, a Beatles cover group called the Jades. He was 14 years old. By then, he and his family had relocated to Garden Grove, a small community in Southern California. Citing influ...