| The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band | |
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| Author(s) | Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Neil Strauss |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Autobiography |
| Publisher | HarperEntertainment (hardback), ReganBooks (paperback) |
| Publication date | May 22, 2001 (first edition) |
| Media type | print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 431 (hardback), 448 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-06-098915-7 |
| OCLC Number | 50170658 |
| Followed by | The Heroin Diaries (2007) |
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band (ISBN 0-06-098915-7) is a collaborative autobiography written by Mötley Crüe, Neil Strauss, and the "Mötley" managers, where they write about the members of Mötley Crüe. First published in 2001, it chronicles the formation of the band, their rise to fame and their decadent lifestyles. They write of the highs and lows of their lives with rare candor.
The Dirt was written by Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx, with the aid of New York Times writer Neil Strauss, and contains chapters written by John Corabi and Doc McGhee.
The book contains over 100 photographs, mostly black & white, with a 16-page color section in the middle of the book.
The first hardback edition was on the New York Times Bestseller list for four weeks and sold a respectable 13,000 copies in the UK.[1]
The Motley Crue album Saints of Los Angeles released in 2008 is the soundtrack to the book.
Tommyland (2004) by Tommy Lee and Anthony Bozza. ISBN 978-0743483438
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star (2007) by Nikki Sixx and Ian Gittins. ISBN 978-0743486286
Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen (2010)
This Is Gonna Hurt (2011).
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