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Summary: Rock's Bad Boys Tell All...
Review: I've followed the Crue since 1982 and have read so much about the band, listened to interviews, and watched them on TV. Knowing all I know about them, I could not put this book down once I started reading it. It's amazing to actually hear how the band was consumed by drugs and alcohol.The book follows each member from childhood. It gives you a sense of each member's personality and shows you a different side of them not seen by the public. While each member's tales of their upbringing were interesting, Nikki's childhood stories are the most interesting and moving. Moving past childhood and adolescence, the member's chronicle their way into music and Motley Crue. From their wild nights and endless days of partying while making a name for themselves in L.A., see how the band promoted themselves, and snagged a record deal with Elektra Records. It amazing that they got signed after reading just how wild they were before they hit the big time. At that point, the party had only begun. The Dirt allows you to see the real people behind the Bad Boy Rock Star Images of the Motley members. While they are one of the wildest bands to walk the face of this earth, they are in fact human and have faced more problems and turmoil than most of us combined will ever know. Some of their problems may have been self inflicted but none the less, real problems. With all the good and bad they went through, they made it out alive and left their mark in rock and roll. This book covers everything Motley. The wild tours, fights, arrests, deaths, recording sessions, parties, groupies and more. Motley Crue lived the Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll life style like no other band. VH1's "Behind The Music" only scratched the surface of the bad boys story. If you want it all, pick up "The Dirt" and I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Buy it, even if you don't like the Crue's music....
Review: What a great read. All I can say is it's a great book.
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Summary: The Good, The Bad, the Ugly
Review: By the time I finished this book, I felt like I needed to be in rehab!!! Oh man, I would not even try to live vicariously through these guys, I was worn out just reading of their exploits!!! The book does more than just detail the party times of the Crue, it delves into candid,personal aspects; detailing the good, bad, and ugly of their collective careers and private lives. Believe it or not, there are moving, poignant moments in the book that reveal the gentlemen of Mootley Crue to be, ta da, human! If Tipper Gore ever thought the lyrics of Motley Crue were outrageous...she'd wet her pants over this book. I guess it should be labeled, 'The Dirt, Do Not Try This At Home."
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Summary: A good tale of Rock N Roll Decedence.
Review: I found this a very good book. I liked how the chapters were written by a different member of the band and alternated. The chapters were very articulate and well worded as were they well thought out. A great book. My only pet peeve is I felt that it was just kind of left open ended. But I guess that IS life.
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Summary: Can't put this book down!
Review: If you like the Crue, this book tells all. I read it in a few days and I don't like to read. Buy it.
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Summary: Bad boys - sob stories - bimbo sex - drugs -life after death
Review: If you happened to catch their "Behind the Music" stint on VH1, the only surprise/news you'll get from this is the skinny on their childhoods. The rest of the book is well...dirt, the nitty gritty, more-than-you-probably-wanted-to-know about each of the band members and their colossal exploits...Vince and Nikki score emotional points for the loss of his daughter and his screwed up childhood, respectively...I admit I'll kinda be glad when the boys let go of their glory days and enjoy what's left of their lives...there's no need to keep resurrecting their bad-boy, rock star images, even though I..don't know how they survived themselves...
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Summary: ASTOUNDING!
Review: As far back as I can rememember, there was Motley Crue. I was a mere 10 years old when they released their first album. Having always been one of my favorite bands, I felt this deep down urge to KNOW the band. And that is exactly what The Dirt gave me. A knowledge that I had never had before, one that I felt I needed. I read this book in less than 48 hours and enjoyed every word of text and and every photo the book had to offer. I reccomend this book to anyone who ever heard of Motley Crue, whether you loved them or hated them. This book has true insight into the fast and furious world of the 80's metal rock star. They should make a movie.
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Summary: THEATRE OF PAIN...INDEED!
Review: I'm not a fan of Motley Crue (the people or their music) but this book came to my attention through all of the stories I have heard over the years. As far as rock biographies go, it's a fast paced read. Motley Crue epitomizes the message of "Sex, Drugs, and Rock N' Roll!" So since there are so many other reviews I think I'll just share what I have learned about the band members through their 430 page opus. Vince Neil has the most penultimate tear-jerker in the chapter that deals with the death of his daughter. In a book made to shock and astonish, this was as touching a moment as anything I have read. Beyond his love and loss, he comes off like a stand-up guy who enjoys the life style and isn't making excuses. Nikki Sixx had a rough childhood and has so many father-son issues it's not even funny. While I respect the fact that he's been through more turmoil than I'll ever know...get over it. There's nothing more pathetic than listening to rock star millionaires pining away about how sad they are. I guess money can't buy happiness. Mick Mars has the least to say in this book and this left me the most intrigued. He has battled rough times from personal illness to divorce to just plain being the victim of emotional abuse. I'm amazed he stayed with the band as long as he has. His is the true sad story in The Dirt. Tommy Lee...moron. Here is the epitome of a millionaire jerk who just never learns. How a guy like this managed to bag babes like Heather Locklear, Pamela Anderson, and Carmen Electra...is beyond me. Don't expect to learn anything from his chapters except to see a spoiled baby who is used to getting anything he wants, and if he doesn't then the tantrums start...then and now. It's a testament to this book that I enjoyed reading it. The chapters flow quickly telling each band member's story and author Neil Strauss never slows down. And unlike biographies by other rock groups, these characters actually have some bizarre stories to tell...and how they survived is beyond me. While I may not be racing out to buy any Crue music, I'm very happy that I read this biography.
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Summary: Great read, Suprisingly well written
Review: Great book. This was actually a gift for my husband (a long-time motley-crue fan) and I found myself unable to put the book down.
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Summary: Must read for all Crue fans!!
Review: From the opening chapter of "The Dirt" detailing our heroes escpades in what they had dubbed "The Motley House" - a pigsty apartment they'd party with the likes of David Lee Roth, Ratt, and hordes of lustful groupies in, the reader is swept up in a tale of sex, drugs, misadventures, tragedys, and mayhem that takes off at Warp 10 and never slows down. While often times hilarious, some of what is chronicled in here will give the reader pause as to just how in the world the boys in the Crue have managed to live this long. Between Vince's love for all things female (not to mention alcohol and various other party favors), Nikki's vagabond childhood followed by a self-destructive adulthood, Mick's life of quiet desperation - and admission to a rare degenerative disease that's slowly killing him, and Tommy Lee as the hopeless romantic who let himself get led all to easily into bad situations time and time again, "The Dirt" will leave the reader at times disgusted as to how 4 such talented individuals could have thrown away so much the world has given them, shocked at their utter disregard for their own well-being as well as those around them, but also at times holding back tears upon learning the intimate details of such events as Skylar's (Vince's 4 year old daughter) losing battle with cancer, Nikki's family history, and Tommy's incarceration. Through these 400+ pages the boys manage to implicate at least 2 dozen other equally famous people (the most entertaining chapter being with Ozzy Osbourne on their "Shout at the Devil" tour), in all sorts of mischeiveous and illegal activities without ever once making themselves seem above any of it. True to themselves and to their fans, this is a must read for anyone who ever loved the Crue.
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