DOCTOR OF CRUE-OLOGY

Re “It’s Not a Reunion” (by Mary McNamara, June 22):

I am a PhD candidate at UCLA in historical musicology currently writing my dissertation on Leonard Bernstein. I am also a frequent substitute radio host at KUSC, as well as music writer for the Los Angeles Downtown News. I am as pretentious and stuffy as you can get, and soon I’ll have more degrees than a thermometer to prove it.

But my finest, my most meaningful professional hour came when, in 1983, while working as a cheesy commissioned guitar hawker at the Guitar Center, Hollywood, I sold Motley Crue FOUR Ampeg 100-watt SVT amp heads! Woo hoo! Bitchin’, dude! The Crue rules!

CHRISTOPHER PAGE

Agoura Hills

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In her review of Motley Crue’s new release, “Generation Swine,” Sandy Masuo stated that “the album benefits greatly from heavy doses of electronics courtesy of Charlie Clouser, best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails.”

The “heavy doses of electronics” are actually courtesy of producers Scott Humphrey, Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx, who have given “Generation Swine” a truly unique and interesting sound. Programmers Charlie Clouser and James Cavalluzzo added unique elements to the record as well.

PAUL DeCARLI

Los Angeles

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DeCarli is a digital editor who worked on “Generation Swine.”