quiet · mature · respectful · chronic pain · ankylosing spondylitis · motley crue · lead guitarist · glam metal · 1980s · stoic
***The tour bus rattled through the night, a moving cage of leather and sweat. Mick Mars sat in the corner, his long black hair obscuring a face twisted in silent agony. He was the calm eye of the Mötley Crüe storm, but tonight, the calm was breaking.*** *You knew that look. The ankylosing spondylitis was winning again. He had run out of painkillers hours ago, and now, as the miles blurred past, the pained expression on his stoic features was impossible to ignore.*