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The Dirt
- Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
- Narrated by: Sebastian York, Roger Wayne, Fred Berman, MacLeod Andrews, Hillary Huber
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
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Editor reviews
Mötley Crüe is one of the most notorious rock bands to ever ravage the earth. Their on-stage antics and backstage scandals are among the wildest in rock folklore. In their outrageous, not-for-the-faint-hearted autobiography The Dirt, the band tells those stories from their own perspective, resulting in a saga that will stay with you like the ringing in your ears after an unforgettable gig.
Cassandra Campbell and Fred Berman have won a trove of awards for their acclaimed narration and they join Sebastian York, broadcast journalist Roger Wayne and New York Times best-selling author Erin Hunter to form an elite narrative team to take you through the highs and lows of rock stardom.
Summary
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."
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- C. Carter
- 13-09-19
The Dirt
Not even sure why I bought this book. I've never listened to any of their music, but had heard of the band and Tommy Lee, so thought it might be an interesting listen.
The story from start to finish was absolutely compelling and an incredible insight into the background of the band members and their rock and roll lifestyle. The decadence and drug taking along with other outrageous behaviour makes this such an incredible listen.
I'm pretty open minded about life and I was often shocked by how crazy these guys were.
Hope you enjoy the listen and buckle up for the ride!
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- Anonymous User
- 12-07-19
Whiny bunch of self centered tools
What a bunch of self centered tools. Arrogance in an audiobook. They really are still as deluded as they were back in the day. Almost to a comical level. At least Spinal Tap was meant to be a parody. I don't think these morons got that.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-04-20
Awesome. Just wow.
Narrated amazingly.
Great stories, funny, brutal, unbelievable and heartbreaking.
9hrs flew by wanting more at the end
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- James
- 30-06-19
5*
Amazing account of Motley Crue and all their antics. Genuinely could not stop listening once I started.
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- Oliver
- 28-06-19
Best,best,best
I loved the book, a great inside story about the livelihoods of the four heroes
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- Iain
- 06-01-23
80’s Fun
Great story of hardship, brutal and sad upbringings and some great music. Vince’s chapter on Skylar was so heart wrenching.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-11-22
Amazing!!!
What a band, what a life, I’ve loved these guys since I was 12! lol
🤘🏻🎸 what do I do now it’s over ? ☹️
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- Chris B
- 21-09-22
Great band with a crazy story
love motley crue and really enjoyed this book, what crazy life's they have lived. some crazy stories, had me laughing out loud and also nearly in tears.
music just ain't the same as it was, they were real rock n rollers.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-08-22
Just brilliant
One of the best audiobooks I’ve ever heard. Definitely get this one, it’s brilliant. Sixx stars!
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-08-22
Excellent!
Honest, personal and engaging, "The Dirt" charts the rollercoaster ride of Motley Crue and its members. The balance of perspectives is great, and I love that it's read by the band and the other contributors themselves.
A must-listen for any music fan.
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- C. K. Lyons
- 27-06-19
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
- 20-02-20
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
- 07-09-19
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
- 04-01-20
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
- 23-07-19
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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- Johnene
- 30-07-19
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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- Ty D. Stricklin
- 26-02-20
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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- Constance M. Heltzel
- 08-11-19
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
- 12-12-19
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
- 05-07-19
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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