Robert Alan Deal (born May 4, 1951), known professionally as "Mick Mars", is an American musician and lead guitarist and co-founder of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. He is known for his aggressive, melodic solos and bluesy riffs.

Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, his family moved to Huntington, Indiana. Before he was nine years old, his family relocated again, this time to Garden Grove, California.

He dropped out of high school and began playing guitar in a series of unsuccessful blues-based rock bands throughout the 1970s. The photo above is of the band "Freeway Flyer".

After nearly a decade of frustration with the California music scene, he reinvented himself, changing his name from Robert Deal to "Mick Mars" and dyeing his hair jet black, hoping for a fresh start. One of the bands he played guitar with,"Whitehorse", had a vocalist named "Micki Marz" who inspired his new name.

In April 1980 he put a want ad in the Los Angeles newspaper "The Recycler", describing himself as "a loud, rude and aggressive guitar player". Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee, the bassist and drummer respectively, were putting together a new band which would soon become "Mötley Crüe". They saw the ad, contacted Mars and hired him after hearing him play.

Mars has been the guitarist for "Mötley Crüe" since. In 2015, he played with the band on what was reported at the time to be its final tour.

The band however reunited in 2018 and started touring again in 2020. They are still touring today in 2022.

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