Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil has revealed he had a stroke in his sleep late last year, from which his recovery was a long process.
The American musician, 64, is best known as the heavy metal band’s lead vocalist.
He joined the group when it formed in 1981 and remained there until departing in 1992. Neil reunited with his bandmates in 1996, and they performed together until retirement.
Speaking in a new interview, the star opened up about his health battles of the past year, having been forced to cancel a reunited Mötley Crüe’s Las Vegas residency in March due to a medical procedure.
He told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that axing the gigs was necessary to allow him to ‘get better’ after his ‘whole left side went out’.
‘I had to learn to walk again, and that was tough,’ said Neil, e