Record Producer Tom Werman, the man behind the knobs on Motley Crue�s �Shout at the Devil�, �Theater of Pain� and �Girls, Girls, Girls� albums is now suing the band and their record label for unpaid royalties. 

Werman filed a lawsuit against the band and their record label, Beyond Music, in the Los Angeles branch of the California Superior Court seeking damages of over $400,000, plus interest, attorney's fees, and court costs.

Werman claims that the group has breached their agreement with him by willfully withholding money and financial statements, according to a report by Yahoo�s Launch Media. 

Werman a noted A&R man and record producer is credited with signing Cheap Trick, Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon, and Boston to at Epic Records in the 70�s and producing albums for not only Motley Crue but Cheap Trick, Nugent, Dokken, L.A. Guns, Poison, and Twisted Sister, among others. 

The antiSPIN: Wouldn�t it be funny if the Crue turned around and sued Werman for allowing them to release �Theatre of Pain� and �Girls, Girls, Girls�, two albums that Nikki Sixx admits were sub par in the band�s autobiography �The Dirt�? 

Imagine now the scene as the band hears about the lawsuit�  (a note from our lawyer -celebrity personalities impersonated solely for comedic value, not to reflect the actual response from the Motley dudes). 

(The scene, we find our Motley Heroes sitting on a dirty couch in the living room of the Motley House, surrounded by empty alcohol containers and assorted paraphernalia.) 

Vince: That bastard Werman is suing us for royalties for Theatre and Girls! 

Tommy: Dude, we paid him. Doesn�t the dude know we haven�t sold any of those CD�s since 1989? 

Nikki: I died dude! 

Vince: Where�s Mick? 

Tommy: Dude, I saw him a few minutes ago in the yard dude, he was like �dude, Mick Mars phone home, dude� like he was ET or something. 

Vince: Yeah, the dude thinks he�s an alien. 

Nikki: dude, did I ever tell you the story of when I died dude?

Vince: Shut up, Nikki!

Tommy: Dude, how are we gonna pay that Werner dude 400 thousand bones, Mick�s social security check won�t cover it!  Maybe you could cut back on the big mac�s dude. 

Vince: Screw you dude, I lost a hundred pounds! 

Mick (as he walks in): Vince! Did you take my social security check to buy big mac�s again! 

Vince: No way dude!

Tommy (to Mick): Dude, Vince just told me he lost 100 pounds Dude! (laughs)

Mick (turns to Vince): So what do you weigh now, 250?

Vince: Screw you dude! I�m serious; Tom Werman is suing us for royalties! 

Mick: I don�t have any money, my ex-wives took it all! 

Tommy: Dude call some of your alien dude friends to come kill the Werman dude! 

Nikki: I died dude!

Vince: Nikki, didn�t you hear us, Tom Werman is suing us for $400 thousand bucks!?!

Nikki: That�s it, he�s gonna die dude! 

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