he joined mötley crüe in 1981 and released "too fast for love" on november 10, 1981. he then went on to record "shout at the devil", "theatre of pain", "girls, girls, girls" and "dr. feelgood" with mötley crüe before both neil and mötley crüe parted ways. he then went on a solo career but rejoined mötley crüe when both their fortunes were declining. the band then released "generation swine" on june 24, 1997 but there was a lot of tension in the band and tommy lee left the band. lee was replaced by randy castillo and the band recorded "new tattoo" on july 11, 2000. the band went on hiatus after castillo died of cancer on march 26, 2002. the band then released their ninth studio album "saints of los angeles" on june 24, 2008.