The Dirt (The Anniversary Edition): Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band - Hardcover

Lee, Tommy; Neil, Vince; Sixx, Nikki; Mars, Mick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062012339 ISBN 13: 9780062012333

Publisher: It Books, 2011

Synopsis

"Without a doubt, it is the most detailed account of the awesome pleasures and perils of rock and roll stardom I have ever read. It is completely compelling, and utterly revolting". ("Rolling Stone"). Ten years ago, Motley Crue's bestselling "The Dirt" - penned with collaborator extraordinaire Neil Strauss - set a new bar for rock 'n' roll memoirs. A runaway bestseller and genuine cultural phenomenon, this turbocharged blockbuster is still flying off shelves a decade after its initial publication. The book takes readers along for the whole wild ride of Motley Crue - the voice of a barely pubescent Generation X, the anointed high priests of backward-masking pentagram rock, pioneers of Hollywood glam, and the creators of MTV's first power ballad. Their sex lives claimed celebrities from Heather Locklear to Pamela Anderson to Donna D'Errico. Their scuffles involved everyone from Axl Rose to 2LiveCrew. Their hobbies include collecting automatic weapons, cultivating long arrest records, pushing the envelope of conceivable drug abuse, and dreaming up backstage antics that would make Ozzy Osbourne blanch with modesty. Now, in time for Motley's 30th anniversary - and a new tour! - comes a deluxe collector's hardcover edition of the book, complete with a dazzling new effects - laden cover and all - new extra material from the band inside.

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About the Author

Motley Crue, with members Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, and Mick Mars, released seven consecutive Billboard Top 20 albums in the 1980s. Over 30 years, they have sold millions of concert tickets, toured internationally, made countless TV appearances, and generally wreaked havoc all over the world. Neil Strauss, the bestselling author and New York Times and Rolling Stone writer, also collaborated on bestselling memoirs from Marilyn Manson (The Long Hard Road Out of Hell), Jenna Jameson (How to Make Love Like a Porn Star), and Dave Navarro (Don't Try This at Home), as well as his own massive bestsellers The Game, Rules of the Game, and Emergency. In 2011 It Books will publish a collection of his wildest interviews, Everyone Loves You When You're Dead.

From the Back Cover

Ten years ago, Mötley Crüe's bestselling The Dirt—penned with rock chronicler extraordinaire Neil Strauss—set a new bar for rock 'n' roll memoirs. A genuine cultural phenomenon, this turbocharged blockbuster, with more than half a million copies in print, is now available in this deluxe, slipcased hardcover edition, timed to celebrate thirty wild years with rock's most infamous band.

About this edition

• Publisher: It Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062012339
• ISBN 13: 9780062012333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448