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Summary: You Won't Put It Down
Review: This no-holds barred book has EVERYTHING regarding the history of Motley Crue; the music, the makeup, the girls, the violence, the drugs, and all else you could possibly desire. Anything you want to know straight from the mouths of Nikki, Tommy, Vince, and Mick...it's all inside of here. After reading this book you will feel like you know each member of Motley Crue personally. Though certain situations these guys were involved in as they tell in the book made me look at them as scum at times, when the book wrapped up, I realized each one of these guys are human. They've done some fxcked up shxt but unlike most groups have the balls to tell about it, and I respect that. I just hope they can put away their problems and do their long awaited 2005 reunion tour!
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Summary: great great great !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Buy it, even if you are not a Motley Crue or a hard rock fan coz this is pure R N Roll!!!!!!
No other books has shown me so far what white american trash really means.
If I was a movie producer, would get the rights straight away. I read this book in one day, it is so intense. Buy it you will not regret it !!!!!
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Summary: I HAVE NOW READ IT for the 4TH TIME
Review: It just gets better everytime! I have had this book for about 2 years now. I read it about every 6 months and each time I find something that I didn't find before. I have had NUMEROUS friends borrow it and read it to the point that the front cover is all ripped up from it being read so much. Just an all around great read for a girl like me who lived and loved the 80's and was got kicked off the cheerleading team for wearing a MOTLEY t shirt to school. My ultimate dream is that one day in the near future that they will put there sh*t together and go on one more kick a** tour...I would be in the front row. I love Motley and always will..they define the 80's for me which was also the GREATEST time of my life. Please read it over and over and share it with friends. It is well worth it.
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Summary: I read it twice!
Review: I found this book really hard to put down! There was not a dull moment in this book. This gives you graphic detailed account of what really goes on in the music industry. I found Nikki's stories very interesting,and most disturbing, such a truthfull discription of drug use and abuse,self hate,relationships with women,and his own family. Tommy's writing was excellent.His relationships and Pamela. Vince with his crushing story about his daughter that passed away from cancer and how he delt with this event and himself. Mick's secret health problems, I had no idea. I even read the book 2 times!
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Summary: This IS rock&roll!
Review: I bought this book to have something to read over the easter holidays. A friend warned me and said I better by some more books, because I would not be able to put this one down. And oh! was he right! I ended up reading the whole way while walking home! It is hilarious, it is sad, it is crazy, it is pure rock&roll, and one of the best books about an unforgettable era in music. The way it is written, how the members remember things totally differently makes for great reading. And finally finding out more about the enigmatic Mick Mars, it all sums up to be The Great American Rock&Roll Biography.
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Summary: These guys are lucky to be alive
Review: Motley Crue make Aerosmith look like Cub Scouts. I was shocked reading this book about how close to death this band came to because of the drugs, alcohol, etc. Almost every band member had a pretty strange or bad childhood and, at least for Nikki Sixx, is what drove them to the decadent things they would do in their adult years(and I use "adult" loosely). A very entertaining read but disturbing at the same time. Vince Neil to this day has alcohol problems and in this book he attributes it to the death of his daughter Skyler of cancer. Another surprising moment comes in the book where Mick Mars decribes his health problems that is accelerating as he gets older. I've heard talk this book was going to be made into a movie. That would be very interesting to see... hopefully, it won't be lame and it will be true to the book and they will choose the right actors. This band is lucky to be alive. It's been 7 years since their "reunion" CD "Generation Swine".... hopefully they will return but judging from this book, it does not seem likely. And to Tommy Lee: stop saying 'dude' and 'bro' every other sentence. The guy can't even talk correctly in a book!
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Summary: Crucial Crue- A must read
Review: The Dirt is the story of four misfits who united to form one of the greatest rock bands of the 1980s. Unfortunatley, Motley Cure is frequently remembered for their bad-boy images and legal troubles and not for the great music that was a soundtrack for man of us growing up in the 80s. In the book, Nikki, Tommy, Vince and Mick finally get a chance to tell their own story...the best they can remember it. We read about the days before Motley Crue...Mick busting his butt playing in band after band, Tommy and Nikki playing the bars in search of the perfect band and Vince discovering that he could actually sing. The four joined forces in the early 80s and changed the face of music. In the process, the slept with thousands of random women, went through countless wives and girlfriens and injected all forms of drugs into their bodies. After reading the book, it's a miracle that these guys are all still alive or not in prison, although the guys did spend their share of time in jail over the years. Perhaps the best part of the book was that Mick Mars, who has long been in the shadows of the legend of Motely Crue, finally gets to set the record straight and tell his own story. Mick, for the first time, talks about his own demons and about the difficulty of working with 3 egomaniacs like Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil. Nikki and Vince often come off like sniveling little brats who are just screaming for attention, but isn't that what the music is all about. Motley Crue is all about decadence and glamour. Tommy's story is more of a guy who still, after all of these years, has yet to discover himself. Throughout his marital problems and even while in jail, Tommy remained a child at heart, who's biggest fear was being ingored. Read the book...It's a great testament to a great rock and roll band. And no other book better captures the spirit of the "Decade of Decadence". And after you're done reading...put on "Shout at the Devil".....
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Summary: WHAT A BOOK!!!!
Review: This book just blew me away! i have never known a book to ever be like this one before. being a major cruehead this book was such a treat, but like most books you expect it to have boring parts, but this never did not once! it was humour,heratache and passion with raw and rude rnr the whole way thru! it made dee dee ramone's 'poison heart' and david lee roth's books look like childrens books! this is a sure read, take it from me i never have time to read, but i have read this 5 times so far!
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Summary: A Filthy, Gritty Guilty Pleasure
Review: The Dirt is every bit to literature what a Motley Crue concert is to music: an ugly four-headed monster that sticks out like a sore, infected thumb. It sure was a blast to read, though, and was surprisingly well written, too. This work clearly was a long time in the making, had the full participation and endorsement of the band members and anyone within a mile radius, and was intended to be head and shoulders above the tossed-together [stuff] that serves as usual rock (auto)biographical fare. The research shows, from interviews with people from the band's deep past, to pictures documenting its 20 year ride, to use of old magazine articles and programs. The use of visuals is never overwhelming, nor does it eclipse the journal-style script. It's like a sly read through your older brother's diary or scrapbook, if your older brother were a hell of a lot cooler. Neil Strauss clearly earned his keep polishing the raw material of the Crue interviews into the grammatically correct, coherent, and never misspelled text. He kept a tight leash on the stories, which are remarkably consistent even when told by multiple sources. Let's face it- as anyone who is familiar with this band (even by watching Behind the Music) can attest, with the exception of Nikki Sixx, followed maybe by Vince in a distant second, this is not an articulate group of guys one guitar-lick away from Mensa membership. Tommy Lee comes off like a burnt out frat guy, Mick spits off non-sequiturs and pap about extraterrestrial life as if he's just trying to lose the audience, Vince is self-indulgent, and Nikki plays the role of drug and family dysfunction victim with vision. Their story is fascinating, from the seedy beginning living in absolute squalor on Sunset Strip, to Tommy's jail time. There is death, drugs, and sex, all described in excess that would make you question the story's credibility more, if you could only snap out of your reverie. The Dirt is a wild throwback to the metal bands of the 80s, and names like Ratt and Hanoi Rocks surface to remind you how old you've gotten. Enjoy the ride: this truly is a story of how life in a band is supposed be about going to hell and back, not winning American Idol or serving as a dancing puppet for a rich Svengali.
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Summary: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Review: If you buy this book, be prepared because there's a lot of 'woe is me' going on here. I bought this book because I've always liked the band and I was looking for an easy summer read. But Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, it gets so old and tiring that it's boring. They are having a pity party and YOU are invited! Why did I give it 5 stars? Because they had the honesty to reveal absolutely everything, but mostly just because of Mick Mars. Nikki Sixx whined and complained so much that I wish I could have told him at least 100 times it was time to change his maxi pad. I thought his excuse for being a junkie (his messed up childhood) was insulting to my intelligence. I know many, many people with more baggage than this guy. I felt like Tony Soprano's mother...Poor YOU!!! Tommy Lee YAWN zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Vince Neil - 1. Should have been locked up for vehicular manslaughter. 2. Should have been more responsible knowing his daughter was sick - like spending all of his time with her instead of chasing chicks, racing, bar hopping and boozing. 3. Dads of little girls don't treat women the way he does. The rest of his story zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Mick Mars - clearly the only person in the band with a brain. He is intelligent, witty, funny, insightful. It was particularly amusing the way he distanced himself from all the other band members. I was completely shocked to find out he had a disease. I knew the least about Mick Mars and this book is worth reading for the benefit of getting to know about him. I didn't think this book was about the rock n' roll lifestyle. This book seemed more like an observance of self absorption, narcissism and gluttony. It also can't go without mentioning disgusting and humiliating way they treated women. If you have normal, healthy relationships with women and have a sister, mother, daughter or wife, you will be offended after the shock wears away.
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