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• Attended high school with future Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.
• Fronted the band Rock Candy until Lee convinced him to audition for Mötley Crüe; the group made its recording debut with Too Fast for Love in 1981. 
• Hit the big screen in 1990 with a small role in Andrew Dice Clay vehicle The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
• Released his first solo album, Exposed, in 1993.
• Founded the Skylar Neil Foundation, a charity that supports medical research, in honor of his daughter, who died of cancer in 1995.
• Costarred in the first season of VH1 reality series The Surreal Life with rapper MC Hammer, who later officiated Neil's wedding to Lia Gerardini.
• Opened the tattoo parlor Vince Neil Ink in downtown Las Vegas in 2006.