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The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band Paperback – July 9, 2002

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“Without a doubt, it is the most detailed account of the awesome pleasures and perils of rock & roll stardom I have ever read. It is completely compelling, and utterly revolting, full of blood, leather, eyeliner, heroin, and, oh yes, the glam metal that made the Eighties...the Eighties.”—Joe Levy, Rolling Stone

Celebrate thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the deluxe collectors' edition of The Dirt—the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe. 

Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals, celebrity love affairs, rollercoaster drug addictions, and immortal music in Mötley Crüe books like Tommyland and The Heroin Diaries, but now the full spectrum of sin and success by Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, and Mick Mars is an open book in The Dirt. Even fans already familiar with earlier editions of the bestselling exposé will treasure this gorgeous deluxe edition. Joe Levy at Rolling Stone calls The Dirt "without a doubt . . . the most detailed account of the awesome pleasures and perils of rock & roll stardom I have ever read. It is completely compelling and utterly revolting."

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The most influential, enduring, and iconic metal band of the 1980's reveals everything a tell-all of epic proportions.

This unbelievable autobiography explores the rebellious lives of four of the most influential icons in American rock history.

Mötley Crüe was the voice of a barely pubescent Generation X, the anointed high priests of backward-masking pentagram rock, pioneers of Hollywood glam, and the creators of MTV's first "power ballad." Their sex lives claimed celebrities from Heather Locklear to Pamela Anderson to Donna D'Errico. Their scuffles involved everyone from Axl Rose to 2LiveCrew. Their hobbies have included collecting automatic weapons, cultivating long arrest records, pushing the envelope of conceivable drug abuse, and dreaming up backstage antics that would make Ozzy Osbourne blanch with modesty.

Provocatively written and brilliantly designed, this book includes over 100 photos, many never before published, for the most exciting and insightful look ever into the Crüe.

About the Author

Mötley Crüe is Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, and Tommy Lee. Multiplatinum recording artists, international rock stars, and legendary raconteurs, Mötley Crüe defined a generation.



Born Frank Feranna, Nikki Sixx grew up in Seattle and moved to Los Angeles at the age of seventeen. There, in 1981, he became the bassist for Mötley Crüe, the legendary rock band he started with Vince Neil, Mick Mars, and Tommy Lee. Today he is the New York Times bestselling author of The Heroin Diaries and This Is Gonna Hurt, and a coauthor of the Mötley Crüe book, The Dirt. Nikki Sixx is also a nationally syndicated radio host of Sixx Sense, writer, artist, photographer, and still loyal member of the Crüe.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0060989157
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dey Street Books; 1st, Paperback edition (July 9, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780060989156
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060989156
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.55 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 1.15 x 9.12 inches
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Customers find the book engaging and entertaining. They appreciate the insights into the band members' lives and struggles from each perspective. The autobiography is described as honest and frank, providing an in-depth look into the early lives of the band. Readers praise the book's appearance, describing it as sleek and heavy-weight.

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Customers find the book engaging and entertaining. They say it's a great read that they want to read over and over. The movie adaptation is also well-done, but not as good as the book.

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Customers find the book entertaining and engaging. They say it's good for a laugh and keeps them hooked throughout. Readers mention that the narrative flows smoothly and there isn't a dull moment.

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Customers find the book insightful and well-written. It provides a fair perspective from each band member's point of view, showing the highs and lows of their lives. They appreciate how it conveys each band member's personality well and life lessons.

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Customers find the autobiography engaging. They appreciate the candid and honest accounts of life around the band from multiple narrators, most of them band members. The story is told from everyone's perspective and helps readers understand the life of a rock star.

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Customers appreciate the honesty of the book. They find the stories told from the band members' perspectives honest and authentic. The author is described as brutally honest about his experiences. Overall, readers find the book fascinating and one of their favorite rock band biographies.

"...It wasn’t surgery coated. It was real and life’s not perfect. Thanks for sharing Crue." Read more

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Motley Crue's the dirtThis book has it all, Love of music, Love of life, hatred of life, life's lessons, The Rockstar life told by people who lived the Rockstar life to it's fullest, Each member of the band contributed to this book, Niki Sixx of this band also wrote his own Biography called the Heroin Diaries which is another book I'm picking up.I only paid 19$ for this book, condition is perfect, I did however notice that in some reviews from this seller that some got books that were torn, ripped, almost destroyed, my book however came to me Perfect, best $19 I spent on a book ever. I like to read this while I'm at work as I work overnights at a Gas Station convenience store and as many will know the nightshifts are mostly slow and very boring and this book keeps me awakeGreat bookGreat BiographyMovie was also good but not quite the hit the book was.Great Price,Came perfectly clean, no rips, tears or anything
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2011
    I'm a big Mötley Crüe fan. In fact, watching the Looks that Kill video on MTV back in 1984 turned this average football loving eleven year old into a crazed headbanger and sent me on a lifelong quest for the loudest, heaviest, hardest hitting music possible.
    So, fitting squarely in the target group this book's aiming for, I really doubt that I can write a fair, impartial assessment of the book.
    For heshers like me, who grew up rocking endlessly to tunes like Looks That Kill, Shout at the Devil, Red Hot, Too Young to Fall in Love, Bastard, Ten Seconds to Love, Wild Side, Girls, Girls, Girls, and ...All in the Name Of yet still have a soft spot in their hearts for a schmaltzy power ballad like Home Sweet home, this book is like a dream come true.
    The astonishing rise of the band, from local LA glam metal misfits to worldwide hard rock juggernaut is told both with graphic detail and candid detachment, keeping the narrative flowing and the reader hooked with these lecherous lunkheads' exploits, while their failings as human beings and subsequent fall from grace are dealt with a brutally honest style. The story is told by multiple narrators, most of the time the band members adding some important collaborators here and there. Even if this technique might bring contradicting versions on some incidents, it makes for a truly interesting and entertaining read.
    This book is not for the squeamish. Much like Led Zeppelin, Queen and Van Halen before them and Guns 'n Roses after them, the Crüe built a bad boy reputation based on their sexually decadent behavior and drug excesses, but unlike the aforementioned bands, their music didn't prove to be strong enough on the long run to stand on it's own outside the band's image.
    That said, Neil Strauss manages to weave the story in a way that it ultimately becomes a tale that anybody can identify with: a scarcely talented yet very driven group of misfits pay their dues and achieve their dreams of rock 'n roll stardom, succeeding despite their life threatening drug and alcohol addictions yet ultimately loosing it all to their own hubris and fighting to rise from their own ashes.
    Yes folks, this is the formula both for a Greek tragedy and a Behind the Music special, and that's the main reason this book works so well regardless if the reader is interested in the band or not.
    For big fans of the band like me, this book delivers most of the dirty details we already knew and delivers a few we missed over the years.
    I mean, before reading the book I already knew that Vince Neil's a selfish alcoholic bum who's only in it for the girls and the money, that Nikki Sixx's an immature drug addict incapable of confronting his problems who will always blaming his failings on childhood issues and that Tommy Lee is little more than a stupid and violent manchild, but on the other hand, I didn't know about Mick's health or personal issues and was shocked about how much his fellow band members kicked him around over the years.
    During its 80s heyday, fans perceived the band as an airtight unit, an unlikely yet unbreakable brotherhood of wild, unpredictable rock misfits united by music, tragedy and success. True, with Vince Neil's sacking in 1992, this perception began to crumble, but the author doesn't pull any punches at exposing the band's feuding and backstabbing, proving that said brotherhood was nothing but a carefully cultivated image.
    One interesting point the book doesn't address is Mick's real age: despite the claim that he's about five years older than the other guys, there's a persisting rumor among hardcore Crüe fans that he was actually in his early forties when the band fame's exploded, which doesn't seem that implausible after all if you look at old band photos.
    In the end, The Dirt is that rare rock biopic that not only delivers all the sordid details the band's fandom expect, but also manages to build an engaging human interest story that can appeal to anyone interested in rock music.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2011
    I loved, loved, loved this book!!!! I think it is well done, well written, and provides a fair perspective from everyone in the band since each band member is telling his story. It enabled us to not just peek into the lives of a most debauched rock band, but to actually feel like we were living it with the band members. It's told that well. Just as with "Slash," "Heroin Diaries," "Walk This Way," "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You," and Steven Adler's "My Appetite for Destruction," this book doesn't disappoint in smutty details about all the band members' drug use, sex lives, and of course, their band and how they composed the songs and put them all together to eventually become one of the biggest, best rock bands ever.

    The sordid details of the drug use and sexual escapades just amaze me. The stories these guys have to tell---just like with GN'R---make me seriously question how they're all still here today! I mean, Tommy Lee and Nikki were injecting heroin and drinking godawful amts of alcohol; Mick was an alcoholic du jour; and Vince was both a drug addict and alcoholic, but his drug of choice was coke. They all had unprotected sex, and since the 80's was when AIDS really started coming to light, you'd think these guys would have been more concerned. Again, the fact that they're all still here, no one has AIDS, and all are relatively healthy, is just pure luck, and nothing short of a miracle. Blows my mind!!!

    The book also details how the songs were written and how they got their material. The creative talent of these guys is astounding, and to think they almost threw everything away due to drugs and alcohol is sad. But it made me appreciate them and their music that much more, and honestly, brought a new perspective to their music. Despite all the drugs, these guys were always able to perform and do what they needed to do to bring it on for the fans.

    This book, though it's easy to get lost in the sordid details of the drugs, booze, sex, and other escapades they all engaged in, is a testament to how devoted Motley Crue was (and still is) and the fact they persevered against all odds. The end of the book will definitely give you something to cheer about. I also found it touching that toward the end, when the guys are getting sober or are sober, and they become involved in serious relationships and have kids, to be touching. You see a sweet, innocent side to these guys (especially Nikki and Tommy) that you don't necessarily see prior to marriage and kids. It's so endearing to see these rough and tumble guys pose for photos with their significant others and/or kids, and see the gleam in their eyes, the pride in their heart, and the innocence of having rediscovered themselves through their kids--it really is touching. The photo toward the end where Nikki is shown with all his kids and Donna D'Errico lying on some grass----it's just so pure and innocent and I just felt like these guys are GOOD guys now, and I found myself rooting for them and hoping they would all stay on the straight and narrow and be good dads and respect themselves. I think they've accomplished that! Awesome, awesome book. It's worth every penny!!
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  • Ixchel Román
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    Reviewed in Mexico on June 19, 2023
    Actualmente tengo 17 años por lo que no me tocó vivir esta época y tampoco era muy fan, pero aún así disfrute enormemente este denso libro.
    Es un obra que abarca todo lo que simboliza ser una estrella de rock desde los glamurosos excesos, todas las implicaciones del negocio de la música -como engranes de una máquina regida por el dinero que nunca para-, hasta el cómo su estilo de vida se infliltra en sus relaciones personales para contarnos como sufren las mismas aflicciones que todos el mundo: problemas amorosos, legales, perdidas de seres queridos, o la falta de los mismos.
    No solía leer mucho antes de este libro aún así atrapó mi atención por lo gracioso que es, pero sin duda fue una gran primera experiencia con un libro, lo recomendaría para adolescentes que quieran sembrar un hábito de lectura.
    Este libro tiene un mensaje muy especial que hace que dejes de ver cómo ídolos a los artistas y los veas como humanos normales explotados por una industria ambrienta de talento para exprimir.
    Mi capitulo favorito es el capítulo de Vince sobre la muerte de su hija; cuando lo leí por primera vez llore en cada página y aún después cuando lo recuerdo me parece sublime el como Vince describe ese dolor.

    Esta demás decir que amo este libro y que lo recomendaría a cualquier persona dispuesta a reír, llorar y rockear con un libro entre sus manos.
  • Dio
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
    Reviewed in Canada on June 17, 2023
    Arrived with no problem on the cover and such. The book itself is pretty entertaining, I don’t have to force myself to keep reading it like I do with other books, I literally couldn’t put it down since it was that good for me. Furthermore, I like the fact that it says who’s POV it was and the photos help with the stuff they’re talking about.
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    Reviewed in Canada on June 17, 2023
    Arrived with no problem on the cover and such. The book itself is pretty entertaining, I don’t have to force myself to keep reading it like I do with other books, I literally couldn’t put it down since it was that good for me. Furthermore, I like the fact that it says who’s POV it was and the photos help with the stuff they’re talking about.
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    Reviewed in Germany on January 3, 2025
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    5.0 out of 5 stars 100% recomendable
    Reviewed in Spain on December 30, 2023
    Libro increíble en todos los aspectos. De obligada lectura aunque no seas fan de Mötley Crüe o del Rock. Innumerables anécdotas. Te lleva al Subset Strip de los 80.