Motley Crue Sued By Producer For Back Royalties

LOS ANGELES (Motley Crue Fans) - Producer Tom Werman is suing Motley Crue and its record company for back royalties. Werman claims that Motley Crue and Beyond Music have "deliberately, persistently, and repeatedly breached" his agreement with the band by purposely withholding financial statements and monies owed him for his work on three Motley Crue albums: Shout At The Devil (1983), Theatre Of Pain (1985), and Girls, Girls, Girls (1987).

Werman also says he's owed money for the music he produced that was used on the 1998 Greatest Hits collection, as well as any film- and TV-licensing deals involving his work.

In papers filed in California Superior Court in Los Angeles, Werman is asking for damages in excess of $400,000, plus interest, attorney's fees, and court costs.

In a more than 30-year career, Werman's production resume includes albums by Cheap Trick, Ted Nugent, Molly Hatchet, and '80s rockers Dokken, Kix, Krokus, L.A. Guns, Poison, and Twisted Sister, among others. Werman also signed Cheap Trick, Nugent, REO Speedwagon, and Boston while an executive at Epic Records in the '70s.