Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcoming Mötley Crüe Movie The Dirt, which is based on the band's 2001 tell-all autobiography The Dirt: Confessions Of The World's Most Notorious Rock Band, written with the assistance of Neil Strauss (NY Times, Rolling Stone).
The Dirt will debut on March 22nd, and features four new songs recorded specifically for the movie. Nikki Sixx tweeted that the new tracks are "real and raw. Everybody is playing like mad and the songs crush."
The movie is directed by Jeff Tremaine (Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa) and stars Machine Gun Kelly as Tommy Lee, as well as Daniel Webber (Vince Neil), Douglas Booth (Nikki Sixx) and Iwan Rheon (Mick Mars).
If you haven't read The Dirt, you should check it out. It's exactly what you think it is: an over-the-top, no-holds-barred exposé of the band's similarly unleashed history, and it is vastly entertaining (and informative as well): there's more sex, drugs, booze, and rock'n'roll in The Dirt than in any other ten rock'n'roll biographies combined.
The Dirt was written in round-robin format, with a different band member writing each subsequent chapter, and none of them read what any of the other members wrote until publication. This fact, combined with the inclusion of a few revelations made for the first time ever, reportedly led to some behind-the-scenes drama when the book came out. And it is my understanding that one particular story about the wife of a prominent British metal frontman climbing through a Crüe member's window for sex remains the source of hard feelings (and vehement denials) to this day.
I have no idea if the movie will be any good, obviously, but I will definitely vouch for the book. Few bands have lived the lives of self-destructive excess that Mötley Crüe have lived, and few autobiographies portray the chemical-fueled madness as well as does The Dirt.
Order the book here.