Did Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil Just Butcher the National Anthem? Check Out His Unusual Performance

Watch video of the rocker's rendition

By Brett Malec Apr 01, 2015 5:12 PMTags
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Vince Neil, this is not how you sing the National Anthem.

While attending a recent Las Vegas Outlaws AFL game, the Mötley Crüe singer was tasked with singing the pre-game National Anthem...and let's just say it wasn't the best rendition we've ever heard.

In a video of the performance, the 54-year-old rocker is escorted onto the "field" by two scantily clad cheerleaders. The long-haired star, who was dressed all in black, is handed a microphone and a football before he starts his shaky singing.

"Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light," Neil sings. "What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?" Neil's voice goes really bonkers when he gets to the line, "And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air."

Despite his seemingly tone-deaf performance, the crowd didn't seem to care that Neil basically butchered the patriotic ballad. When he was done squealing singing, the crowd clapped and cheered as if Andrea Bocelli had just brought them to tears.

Check out the video of Neil's performance for yourself!