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The Dirt

Written by: Tommy Lee,Vince Neil,Nikki Sixx,Mick Mars
Narrated by: Sebastian York,Roger Wayne,Fred Berman,MacLeod Andrews,Hillary Huber
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Now a Netflix original movie starring Machine Gun Kelly, Daniel Webber, Douglas Booth, and Iwan Rheon, directed by Jeff Tremaine.

Celebrate over 30 years of the world's most notorious rock band with the audiobook 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, roller-coaster 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

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."

©2014 Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars (P)2019 HarperAudio

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Very good

Thorough. Doesn’t glaze over anything. This is not just a party memoir. It gets deep. Very good. Now looking for something else similar.

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amazing!

I've listened to the book twice now and have previous read it 3 times since the book first came out. The Dirt will forever be one of my favorite books of all time. I will definitely listen to it again!

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Worth your time

To say that the members of Motley Crue are crazy would be an understatement. First hand account stories that you won't believe, and both sides of stories that probably land somewhere in the middle. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would...or care to admit. You won't regret taking the time to enjoy The Dirt.

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Interesting but monotone narration

The narration was enough to make me fall asleep. Never changed regardless of who was talking.

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5 stars all around

I laughed, I cried, and I loved every dirty minute of it. Definitely one of the best books I have read to date.

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Not terrible

Fairly entertaining, especially if you like stories about their partying and sex lives etc.. There’s definitely lots of ego sprinklered throughout the book but they ARE Motley Crüe!

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Love this one

Read Heroin Diaries first, it was pretty much my first introduction into the world of motley crue and saw the dirt movie right after since I was so interested in learning more about their history of insanity. Dont know why but I put this one off for a while but I was hooked pretty much instantly - very in depth and unapologetic look into each band member’s life.

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Wow

Holy crap that was a crazy book I’d compare that to you can hurt me by David goggins with all the fucked up shit that as happened in there life crazy crazy book.

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So good, I'm loving reading again

this book is crazy entertaining. the audiobook is really good too. I found myself actually understanding the characters and finally knowing more about the music I've known for so long.

it puts life into perspective! so much good stuff

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10/10

amazing book, should have ended the movie the same with Tommy and Nikki at the elementary school

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  • C. K. Lyons
  • 2019-06-27

1000x more detail than the movie

*The movie was a sample of Crue info so please, do yourself a solid and actually read/listen to the book.
Just a heads up, it is raw and some pretty serious stuff happens in the book. Detailed drug use, admitted rape, death, violence amongst men and women, etc.
I read this book like 10 years ago but I wanted to listen to it as I have issues with reading comprehension and I skip stuff without realizing it. Even if you read it and don't have learning issues like myself, I still recommend it again. While it isn't their voices on the book, they did a pretty good job picking good narrators.

The reader did a good job in the Skylar chapter and Tommy's narrator did really well with Tommy's jail chapter. They were able to channel the guys pretty well.

If you are a Crue fan or even if not, it is a really good book. My only qualm is that there isn't much Mick in it. But Mick is a quite guy so I am not surprised that there isn't a ton.
All in all, I love it and glad I got the audiobook

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  • Catalyst
  • 2020-02-20

Entertaining but...

The book is entertaining but so much of it is crap. These scrawny punks wish they were as tough as they claim in their stories. I was around LA often during many of the events they speak of and these "tuff guy badass" fights they brag about never went down the way their story says. These dudes acted tough but got their asses kicked often by dudes that were and are still a million times tougher. The more I hear from Nikki Sixx the more I realize he is a legend in his own mind. The books good as a work of heavily embellished fiction

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 2019-09-07

Crazy and Disturbing.

I have been listening to Motley Crue since they came out in the late 80s and have seen them three times in concert. I watched the movie on Netflix and couldn't wait to listen to the book. The book gave an interesting insite into their childhood and adult lives as well as that of the band BUT I have to say that I was disturbed by some of the stories. An unreported rape was mentioned - seriously WTF. And Vince Neil only did 20 days in jail for vehicular manslaughter not to mention the passengers of the other car suffered severe injuries. I'll give them 5 stars for honesty.

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  • ron
  • 2020-01-04

poor me poor me,, its a disease

unreal to hear such whining from druggies, women beaters, thieves, crooks, and a murderer ! three self centered ego driven clowns and a great guitar player they abused. they could have been so much more. but let ego get in the way. they should have gotten more hugs and participation trophies as kids!

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  • Beth Wilbourn
  • 2019-07-23

Excellent

At first I have to admit I wish it would have been narrated by the band themselves but the chosen narrators did an excellent job! I will definitely be listening again!!

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  • Ty D. Stricklin
  • 2020-02-26

These guys are such babies.

It got an extra star because I couldn't stop listening to it. It is juicy. But it's mostly listening to these guys justify their behavior. My favorite line is from Tommy Lee: "I could have never imagined that night when we stared in each other's eyes at Señor Frogs, that it would turn out like this."

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  • Johnene
  • 2019-07-30

Couldn't put it down

I really liked the story and the format of the book. It was different, in that the story is told. You hear each band members point of view and recollection of various memories.
Narrators were great, you could tell there were four different voices but they did sound very similar. I kept looking at the chapter name to see whose point of view I was listening to. If I had my wish, I'd choose more distinct voices.
I've never seen the show and not a big Motley Crüe fan BUT I really enjoyed this book and finished it in 3 days. It was hard to put down/away.
Now I'm going to watch the show and probably hate it...haha

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  • Constance M. Heltzel
  • 2019-11-08

Amazing Story!

The story of Motley Crue was gross, uncensored, and awesome! The way this book was laid out and great work of the narrators, it really brought the story to life. I was initially daunted by the length of the book, but I was left wanting more. This is a MUST read!!

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2019-12-12

What a badass story of truth, rebellion, & LOVE

I absolutely loved this fucking book. I grew up head over heels in love with this band. I never cared about the bad shit the media reported bc I chose to love them unconditionally for who they were. My life story is not much difference then theirs except I am a chic and I had a big part of all 4 of them rolled into 1 life. I thank all for of you for your brutal honesty of what your life was like and each one of you grew in spite of and still remain to be you and do what you love to do. Kudos to all of you. And I really hope you guys make it to St. Louis on your 2020 tour bc if u do I will be the middle age rocker chic with her rocker looking old man rubbing her ass up on him dancing the entire show singing louder than any one else and taking him home banging until the sun comes like with crazy Motley fantasies in my head and knowing I just watched the best rock n roll band in history again for the umpteenth time.

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  • Mark Ashcraft
  • 2019-07-05

Badass!

Movie and book are awesome! Crue head Forever! I love how they held nothing back. Way more detailed in book than movie.

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