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Mick Mars (Robert Alan Deal) was born on 4 May, 1951 in Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S., is an American musician (born 1951). Discover Mick Mars's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Robert Alan Deal
Occupation Musician · songwriter
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 4 May, 1951
Birthday 4 May
Birthplace Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Mick Mars Height, Weight & Measurements

At 72 years old, Mick Mars height is 1.75 m .

Physical Status
Height 1.75 m
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Who Is Mick Mars's Wife?

His wife is Seraina Schönenberger (m. 2013), Emi Canyn (m. 1990–1994)

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Seraina Schönenberger (m. 2013), Emi Canyn (m. 1990–1994)
Sibling Not Available
Children Stormy Deal, Les Paul Deal, Erik Deal

Mick Mars Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mick Mars worth at the age of 72 years old? Mick Mars’s income source is mostly from being a successful Musician. He is from United States. We have estimated Mick Mars's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Musician

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1951

Robert Alan Deal (born May 4, 1951), known professionally as Mick Mars, is an American musician best known as the former lead guitarist and co-founder of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.

He is known for his aggressive, melodic solos and bluesy riffs.

Mars was born Robert Alan Deal, in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1951.

Soon after, his family moved to Huntington, Indiana.

Before he was nine years old, his family relocated again, this time to Garden Grove, California.

He realized he wanted to become a musician at only three years of age, when his parents took him to see country singer Skeeter Bonn at a local 4-H Fair in Indiana.

"He was wearing a bright-orange outfit with rhinestones all over the place, and a big white Stetson hat. I went, 'I'm doing that. That's what I want to do.'"

His parents bought him his first guitar at age 12 and he began a relentless practice routine, thinking only of becoming a successful musician.

He began at age 14 as bassist in a Beatles cover group called The Jades before switching to lead guitar.

1970

He dropped out of high school and began playing guitar in a series of unsuccessful blues-based rock bands throughout the 1970s.

In his early 20s, he took a job in an industrial laundromat operating heavy machinery while moonlighting with his band Wahtoshi in the local club circuit.

After recovering from a serious injury to one of his hands suffered in a workplace accident, he quit to focus on music full time.

Former White Horse drummer Jack Valentine says that Mars began using various aliases in the 1970s such as Zorky Charlemagne as a means of avoiding the police, as he was behind on child-support payments to ex-girlfriend Sharon, the mother of two of his children.

"Any time we got pulled over by the cops for a taillight or whatever, and the cops saw his ID, they’d throw him in jail. We'd have to figure a way to get him out," recalled Valentine.

White Horse had a promising future, and Mars (still known as Bob Deal) began drawing comparisons to another young guitarist named Eddie Van Halen of a rival club band named Mammoth.

"Mick Mars and Eddie Van Halen were the two hottest guitar players in LA. There probably weren't two better guitar players on the planet," said Valentine.

Mars eventually left White Horse when the band decided to play disco music in the hopes of achieving greater success.

1973

In 1973, he joined a cover band called White Horse and soon began to be recognized as an accomplished guitarist.

"He could copy parts note for note. You give him "Highway Star" and he could nail Ritchie Blackmore's riffs," said ex-White Horse bassist Harry Clay.

1978

He then joined a pop group called Video Nu-R and released the singles "Gypsy Woman/You Drive Me Crazy" in 1978 and "Work, Work/Decadence Plus" in 1979.

These singles marked Mars' recording debut.

After nearly a decade of frustration on the California club circuit, he made the decision to reinvent himself.

He shaved off his trademark mustache, changed his legal name from Bob Deal to Mick Mars, and dyed his hair Jet Black, hoping for a fresh start.

1980

In April 1980 he placed an ad in the LA newspaper The Recycler, describing himself as "a loud, rude and aggressive guitar player" in need of a band.

Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee, who were putting together a new band which would soon become Mötley Crüe, contacted him and hired him after hearing him play.

Lee opened the door and recalled "he's standing there looking like Cousin Itt from The Addams Family" and immediately turned to Sixx and said "This is our guy, he's perfect, he's disgusting and scary".

The name Mötley Crüe came about at the suggestion of Mars.

In the early days of White Horse, someone had referred to the band as a "motley looking crew" and Motley Crew was a name they had initially considered using.

Sixx liked the name and subsequently altered it to Mötley Crüe.

One of the most influential heavy metal groups of the 1980s, Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

They have also achieved seven multiplatinum and five platinum US certifications, nine Top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, twenty-two Top 40 mainstream rock hits, and six Top 20 pop singles.

While Mötley Crüe gained a well deserved reputation for partying, Mars was never a fan of drugs.

"I went, 'Please don't ever, ever do smack. You can't make music when you're falling down," he told his bandmates when heroin began to enter the picture.

He did, however, develop a serious drinking problem after joining the band.

1989

During the recording of their Dr. Feelgood album in 1989, reportedly, Mars used so many amplifiers on his guitar, that sounds of his guitar could be heard on the recordings of Aerosmith's album Pump, which was being recorded in the same studio at the time:

"Steven Tyler was doing vocals with producer Bruce Fairbairn next door, and I remember them yelling at me, 'You've gotta turn your stuff down, Mick! It's leaking into our vocals.' I didn't turn down, though. I just told them, 'Hey, that's the way I play – loud, so yeah, I'm all over the record they were doing. Somewhere in the mix, you'll hear me."

1997

When the band made the decision to fire vocalist John Corabi and reunite with original vocalist Vince Neil in 1997 for Generation Swine, Mars was not involved in the decision making process.

"They had no respect for Mick," Corabi said.

"Mick was just the grumpy old bastard to them. [Sixx and Lee] gave Mick shit about his finances and the girls he dated. He'd been dealing with over 20 years of this."

Mars refers to the Generation Swine era as his only regret as a member of Mötley Crüe, as the band erased much of what he recorded in the studio and hired session guitarists instead.