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Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
Celebrate thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the deluxe collectors' edition of The Dirt--the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Motley Crue. Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals, celebrity love affairs, rollercoaster drug addictions, and immortal music in Motley Crue 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. Even fans already familiar with earlier editions of the bestselling expose will treasure this gorgeous deluxe edition. 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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jamield1911
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Re-Read for me, and it was just as fun the second time around.
This book makes you feel like part of the band. It is fun, wild, and rough. The debauchery is insane - you can't help but read on. I found myself feeling sorry for every member of the band at one point, especially Vince, when his 4 year old daughter died and Mick throughout the entire book due to his illness and treatment from the others. Even if you're not a fan, this is outstanding.

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jamield1911
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Lunch break with The Crüe 🤩

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jamield1911
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After reading "The Heroin Diaries", I decided to re-read "The Dirt".
I read this on holiday years ago and always used to look forward to Tommy's chapters. His first one didn't fail ?

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JennM1
Mtley Cre - the dirt | Neil Strauss
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Mehso-so

11 - Out of order! But listened to this on audio after reading the first bit in my physical copy. I like personal anecdotes in audiobook form as it feels more like the person is telling you their story in conversation. As expected it was not G-rated in the slightest but interesting nonetheless!

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keys_on_fire
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
Pickpick

I went back and forth between Like and So-So. I settled on Like when I realized that I was letting my opinions of their behavior influence me. The book itself is a great read, and the audiobook adds another great layer with its multiple voices, especially the guy who reads Tommy. I learned lots about the Crüe I didn‘t know and the titling of the chapters cracked me up.

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Twainy
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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Mehso-so

🎧 It‘s difficult not to compare this book to the other rock books I‘ve read recently. The Korn & Van Halen books seemed genuine & I couldn‘t help but like them on a personal level. This book was a huge disappointment. These guys are being described as miserable, violent, criminal, addicts. There isn‘t much about their actual musical talents just lack there of. There‘s multiple viewpoints & narrators. Good book but disillusioning. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Twainy
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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@vivastory you picked the one thing that made me stop and go hmmm this morning ... hundreds of covers ... I have cover playlists 😆 ... why? ... I love covers (the originals too of course) .. here‘s 16 off the top of one of my Apple Music playlists 😈 nothing is safe ......

Reggie The Fugees!!!! 4y
Twainy @Reggie 👍🏼 4y
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KristiAhlers
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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One of my favorite bands I finally managed to get a hold of this and read it. Great bio told from each one of their perspectives.

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BookishRedhead
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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All the yes!!
I got introduced to Motley Crue from The Dirt on Netflix so of course I got the book.
The story of Motley Crue is one hell of a wild roller-coaster of a ride.
There's ups, down and everything in between.
These dudes are lucky to be alive.
Protect Mick!

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BookishRedhead
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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Poor Mick :( (he has ankylosing spondylitis)

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BookishRedhead
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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Shame I have to work before I can crack these babies open.
Feat: Cherie Currie

GingerAntics They make Jack in a can now?! 4y
BookishRedhead @GingerAntics only jack and coke. 4y
GingerAntics Oh, that makes sense. It‘s premixed. So much easier. 4y
BookishRedhead @GingerAntics I don't think they trust the brits with a can of just jack haha 4y
GingerAntics 🤣😂🤣 I don‘t think they can just Jack in the states, either. 4y
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Artifice
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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Looking down on it from the helicopter, with a bottle of Jack in my left hand, a bag of pills in my right hand, and a blond head bobbing up and down in my lap, I felt like the king of the world.

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AudiobookingWithLeah
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I read this book back when it came out, this was reread/listen in Audio format. When I noticed that it wasn't narrated by the members of the band, I was disappointed...but after listening...I'm not anymore. These narrators are all seasoned narrators and very good at it. Since narrating is a form of acting, I get why they had other guys narrate for them.

https://leahsbookishobsession2.blogspot.com/2020/06/audiobook-review-dirt-confes...

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InkedBookworm13
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Day 1 of #FebruaryFeels and this is my #FebTBR
Books 3 & 4 of Dresden Files series, Motley Crue: The Dirt, Two Can Keep A Secret, The Bad Mother's Book Club, book 3 & 4 of the Halloween Laveau series and an unknown read for #Bookspin
@eggs

Eggs Great choices 📚👏🏻📚 5y
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keithmalek
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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I've been aware of this book since it's publication, but never took much interest in it because I thought that the repetitive themes of drinking, having sex, and doings lots of drugs would get boring and repetitive. But I changed my mind after watching the Netflix adaptation, and I'm glad that I did because I learned some interesting facts about the band that I never knew before.

keithmalek @Velvetfur You were correct about them being horrible people, but I think that Nikki Sixx tended to exaggerate how horrible. For example, he made a couple of references to that "rape" in the closet. Not only did it not sound like rape to me, but the "victim" did not consider it to be rape, or even sexual assault. It's weird that Sixx would want to repeatedly put such a terrible story out there. 5y
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keithmalek
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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Tommy Lee writing about his preparation for his first date with Pamela Anderson. You would think that he wouldn't need all that extra equipment considering the fact that his penis is about the size of my leg, but I guess that's not the case.

AmyG Ha. i‘ve seen the tape. I guess it‘s always good have a bacl-up plan. 5y
SamAnne LOL. 5y
Suet624 Hysterical. 5y
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keithmalek
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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keithmalek
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Suet624 Oh Lordy 5y
keithmalek @Suet624 The good news is that he was on so many drugs--mostly heroin--that he didn't even have sex with most (or possibly any) of them. 5y
Suet624 Phew. 5y
Bookishlie And now I must read this book......because Tommy Lee as the “voice of reason” = crazy! 5y
keithmalek @Bookishlie This was actually their manager, not Tommy Lee. Each section of the book is written by different members of the band, with some sections written by their managers as well. 5y
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keithmalek
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keithmalek
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Velvetfur Oh, you're reading that one! I finished it thinking what utterly horrible people The Crue are 😂 I'll be interested to read your review! 😊 5y
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agrondin44
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
Mehso-so

I read that book by curiosity as I loved that group when I was a young teenager. These guys were pretty disgusting but the book is well written.

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InkedBookworm13
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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🎵🎶Music makes the world go round.🎶🎵

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MallenNC
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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For #WildOnes I have to post my rock star books! This is an old picture from before I moved. I still don‘t have all my books shelved correctly! Maybe this weekend. #SongsofSummer

OriginalCyn620 Good use of the prompt! ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
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watermelontaco13
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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I loved reading this guilty pleasure and living the fast life vicariously through these guys. Within a few minutes of reading, I was sucked into the hurricane of dysfunction that is Motley Crue. There were many feelings of disgust and a lot of “what the fuck is wrong with you?! Why would you do that?!” After reading this, I am honestly amazed how these guys are still alive, functioning and that their dicks haven‘t necrosed and fallen off.

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LauraJ
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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You can read this book as a Crüe fan and that‘s cool. It‘s fun. But you can also read it as a snapshot of how women were treated less than 20 years ago. This was normal. Sheesh!

RadicalReader Best pic ever pawesome pet as always 6y
Sweettartlaura This book ... 😳. I knew they weren‘t choir boys. But damnnnnn ...😕 6y
BestDogDad Awesome picture! 🎸😸🎸 6y
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LeftyDv
Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
Mehso-so

Like most of the Mötley albums I grew up with, half of this book is hall of fame material. The other half reads like a Tommy Lee gossip magazine. Read it for the 80s stories, and then stick with it because you‘re a loyal Crüehead, regardless of how bad it gets.

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fandom_hellspawn99
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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I've always loved this saying, it just rolls off the tongue nicely lol #SexAndDrugsAndRockAndRoll I also watched the new Netflix movie 'The Dirt' based on the history of Mötley Crüe and I think it definitely hits hard on those points 😁 #MarchIntoThe70s @Lizpixie @Cinfhen

IamIamIam We watched that recently too & my husband gave me a disclaimer before we started. LOL... I should have gone to bed... 😂 6y
Cinfhen I need to watch this..my SIL was a roadie for the Crue in the mid 80‘s 🙄😬she has some crazzzy stories 6y
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LauraJ
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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Guess I‘ll be sitting on the floor. Hope he lets me have my book back.
#catsoflitsy

AmyG Kittens! 6y
Stephaniereads1 Awwww so sweet. 6y
candority Oh my goodness 😻 6y
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Lauram Cutest thing I‘ve seen all day! 😻 6y
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mcipher OMG so cute!!! Now I want a couch full of kittens even if they do steal my book... ❤️😆 6y
CoffeeNBooks So cute! 😺 6y
JacqMac 🥰 6y
readordierachel So. Much. Cute. 6y
CoverToCoverGirl How adorable! Future reading buddies in the making! 6y
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Reagan Cats AND The Dirt?! Brilliant 6y
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LauraJ
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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So, I watched the movie. Amusing. Let‘s hope the book is better.

Godpants The book is a wild ride. 6y
Godpants @LauraJ I haven‘t, but I should probably check it out. 6y
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candority I just watched the movie... with my dad 🙈 some of the sex scenes were a tad much given my situation ahaha 6y
LauraJ @candority I‘d be sooo embarrassed watching those parts in front of my mom! 6y
candority I think it would be impossible not to be embarrassed! 6y
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CocoReads
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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I watched the movie, might as well read the book. I enjoyed the movie in all its f-bomb dropping outrageous and raunchy glory. It‘s was by turns funny and tragic and I‘ve always been a Crue fan so I remember a lot of it when it happened.

Octoberwoman I‘ve never been a fan but the trailer for the movie makes me want to see it. 6y
CocoReads Not safe for kids. I mean, mine are almost 24 and I‘m like, “you may not want to watch this”. One probably will but the other would need to cover her eyes for like 90% of it. 🤣🤣🤣 6y
JacqMac I just watched the movie, too. And then added the book to my TBR. The movie felt like it wasn‘t long enough. Like it was missing parts. (edited) 6y
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CocoReads @JacqMac yeah, I‘m sure it was condensed for time limits but otherwise I felt it was pretty well done. The book is pretty long. 6y
JacqMac @CocoReads I really liked it. I miss the 80s. Lol 6y
CocoReads Same. Sort of. I miss the music. But I was pretty awkward in my teen years. Still am, but the difference is now I don‘t care. 🤣🤣🤣 6y
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adnama82
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I grew up listening to hair metal in the 80‘s. My Mom blasted Dr. Feelgood on the car ride to elementary school every single day. This book reads as a manual for how to mess up your life very quickly. I loved every word of it. Every story rings true and not embellished in anyway. If you are a rock music fan, this is a must read.

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StephBengtson
Mtley Cre - the dirt | Neil Strauss
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I‘m a huge Mötley Crüe fan and I‘ve read The Dirt twice, but the movie version was just so bad. ????

WorldsOkayestStepMom They put on the best concert I've ever seen! 6y
StephBengtson @WorldsOkayestStepMom Right?! By far one of the best concerts I‘ve ever been to! True performers. 6y
candority The acting in the movie was terrible! 6y
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cassareada
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T-4 DAYS UNTIL THE DIRT IS ON NETFLIX!!!!!! I'm so f**king excited for it to be Friday. Like, y'all have no idea.

Who else is planning on watching the movie this Friday? I'm curious to see how the movie showcases Nikki Sixx's OD at Franklin Plaza Hotel.

Wellreadhead I‘ll definitely be watching! 6y
cassareada @Wellreadhead yass!! 🤘🤘 6y
Godpants Cannot wait! 6y
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Bostonmomx2
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I‘m going to be almost 100% housebound this week while my sweet doggie recovers from eye enucleation surgery (see my previous post) and adjust to his new life. I‘m out of library books so going to work on this stack all from my owned piles.

TheBookgeekFrau 🙏for your sweet pup 6y
TCLinrow Sending best wishes and love to you pup for his recovery 🧡 6y
mabell ❤️❤️❤️ to both of you! 6y
Bostonmomx2 @C.Perone @TCLinrow @mabell thanks so much! 6y
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Bostonmomx2
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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Made a quick stop at our one USB (that I don‘t like very much) but found these 4. I had the hardback of The Dirt when it first came out but stupidly got rid of it during a purge. I‘m feeling the need to reread. I‘ve also seen so many raves about Lonesome Dove recently that I had to get it.

AmyG Lonesome Dove...great choice! 7y
Bostonmomx2 @AmyG I‘m looking forward to it. Even tho I love the whole western/cowboy culture, I‘ve never been one reading westerns. 7y
litenthusiast I loved Brooklyn. I hope you enjoy it. 7y
Bostonmomx2 @litenthusiast oh good! Reviews on Goodreads are mixed so I was hesitant. 7y
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Bostonmomx2
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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I loved Lorelei before but when I saw her reading this book? Huge girl crush!!

I may have already made a post like this lol but I‘m watching it again and we‘ll, you know. I need to read this one again!

CocoReads Ha! I haven‘t read this one yet but I‘ve read The Heroin Diaries a couple times and just bought it again (10th Anniversary edition so I had to) 7y
Bostonmomx2 @CocoReads I need to reread that again. But you HAVE to read The Dirt for sure. 7y
CocoReads @Bostonmomx2 it‘s on my never ending tbr 7y
ApoptyGina69 Great rock bio! Highly recommend. 👌💀🖤 7y
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Polina
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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Alternative name "How are we still alive?" Spoiler: There is no answer inside. The quote that has permanently moved into my everyday life - "torch the bastards". In other words, that is a must read.

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victoriaburstrom
Mtley Cre - the dirt | Neil Strauss
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#lyricalapril #true This book was a wild ride from start to finish! It's telling the "true story" about one of the craziest rock bands around, and I had troubles believing everything that happened in it because it sounded too crazy to be true haha?

Cinfhen I can only imagine 😜 8y
victoriaburstrom @Cinfhen it was a fun read anyways haha😂🙈 8y
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victoriaburstrom
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Mehso-so

2/5⭐️This book was a wild ride from start to finish! Read in February 2017

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kirriemummy
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
Mehso-so

#RGreadingchallenge I've got to give this a so so because although I enjoyed it - and I did, and it's an excellent insight into rock an roll excess, I can't get past some of what they do is repellant. Rape isn't rock and roll high jinks.

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jspencer
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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I have loved Motley Crue since high school. Their story is even crazier than I imagined. Great book for fans.

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Blair_Reads
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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#photoadaynov16 My #recommendsday pick is The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band. It's so good! It starts from them meeting each other all the way thru 2001 when it was published. So many great stories (each chapter is told by one of the members) and photos! This will also be my #bookandbrew photo for today 😜 Some of my collection...thought it would be appropriate given their party nature 😉 This one is unputdownable!

Reviewsbylola My husband loved this as well as The Heroin Diaries. 8y
LitsyGoesPostal 😳😱😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻 8y
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GirlInGreyBoots
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
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Mehso-so

I've had the flu, I didn't want to read my current book and not remember it, so I started reading The Dirt by Motley Crüe to fill time. For someone who has met the band, loved their music through the years, and been front and center at their concerts, I should not have read this book. The idealized version I had of the band was better than the reality they explained in this book. I still love the music though.

OSChamberlain This is the quintessential metal bible!!! My coworker and I live by this book. Hahaa. Sorry you didn't enjoy it. 8y
GirlInGreyBoots It was okay. I really loved the chapter Vince wrote about his daughter. Made me weepy. 8y
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GirlInGreyBoots
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars
Mehso-so

I've had the flu, I didn't want to read my current book and not remember it, so I started reading The Dirt by Motley Crüe to fill time. For someone who has met the band, loved their music through the years, and been front and center at their concerts, I should not have read this book. The idealized version I had of the band was better than the reality they explained in this book. I still love the music though.