Review: Motley Crue’s “The Dirt”

I had heard about “The Dirt” many years ago when Crystal showed me this incredulous stories she was reading about Motley Crue.  I didn’t really know Motley Crue but must admit that from what I heard, they were a little crazy.

Fast forward years later and I got my fair share of Motley Crue introduction in the past month…Mark from work passed me a few albums to listen to.  Troy showed me a concert DVD and lent me their autobiography, “The Dirt”.

The Dirt outlines their rise to fame by tackling different events with different perspectives.  It is common to read about Vince Neil praising Nikki Sixx for not making a move on his girlfriend and then in the next chapter Nikki saying that he slept with Vince’s girlfriend behind his back.  This was hardcore rock and roll.

I couldn’t put this book down.  It was truly insane.  If you ever wanted to really know what a rock star’s lifestyle can be like, you need to read this book.  It’s definitely not for the faint of heart…one of the more extreme things I read is how they were on tour with Ozzy Osbourne and he proceeded to drink one of the band’s members urine.  Ick.  Ack.

But it is so mesmerizing to read about the dirty things Motley Crue did during their rise to fame.  Heck, Nikki Sixx even overdosed to the point of no return, only to return from the dead after people thought he was dead!

I am recommending this as the must read book of this summer.  It is a tragic tale of one of rock’s notorious bands.  From drugs, to booze, to failed relationships with hundreds, if not thousands of women…it’s all there in print and it’s an interesting, interesting tale.  Heck, I even enjoyed it and I didn’t even know much about the band before reading about them.

Pick it up if you like the occasional shock, and you enjoy the rock.