7 Things ‘The Dirt’ Taught Me About Motley Crue

Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil and Mick Mars are one of the biggest Rock groups of all time. I knew Motley Crue’s big hits like “Girls, Girls, Girls,” “Dr. Feelgood” and “Home Sweet Home”. However, nothing could have prepared me for the group’s new Netflix film The Dirt, based on their 2001 memoir of the same name. Each member had a hand in writing their book and the film captures each of their struggles extremely well. In fact, it’s one of the few biopic style moves that I’ve seen that equally focuses on each member. The movie was amazing (even better than Bohemian Rhapsody) and it gave me a deeper respect for Motley Crue. Here are 7 things (based on the movie) you may not have known about the group, until now.

1. The group was almost named The Fourskins. Thank goodness for Motely Crue.
2. Nikki Sixx wasn’t the lead singer of the group, but he was definitely the most unforgettable in the movie. He even came back to life after an overdose that originally reported him as dead on the nightly news.
3. Motley Crue originally signed a five album deal and requested to buy back their masters from Elektra Records when they decided to call it quits. Ironically, they didn’t have to fight much for it. I was really surprised by this, especially considering most artists have such a difficult time getting the original rights to their music back.
4. The group trashed nearly every hotel they stayed in. When I say trashed, I mean nearly burning rooms down, running through the hallways naked and dropping furniture on their manager’s car.
5. Ozzy Osbourne snorted ants and drank his own urine in the movie. So, let’s hope that was Hollywood embellishment. Then he does the unthinkable and even drinks Nikki Sixx’s urine too.
6. Motley Crue got into a fight with members in the crowd during their first show. Each member threw a punch or a kick. This was one of the most hilarious scenes of the movie.
7. Vince Neil’s life took some major blows, starting with a drunken car accident that killed his friend, Razzle (the drummer of Hanoi Rocks). He even briefly quit the group at one point.