Here's a comprehensive
list of Motley Crue books, presented in chronological order of release.
If you'd like to purchase these books, simply click the "Buy now" links
that will take you right to the product page for that particular book
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are now out of print and hard to find, but you maybe be able to track
down a second-hand one.
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Mötley Crüe (With
Poster) by Phil S. Tene
Published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 06/84
Paperback, 34 pages
ISBN:
0881882992
Mötley Crüe - The
Official Biography: The First Five Years by
Dante Bonutto
Published by Cherry Lane Books
Publication date: 08/85
Paperback, 96 pages
ISBN:
0946391726
During the last twelve months over
2,000,000 people either bought albums or attended concerts by
Mötley Crüe, promoting
the group to the status of No.1 rock act in America.
Not so long ago, the Los Angeles
four-piece seemed out of fashion and out of time, pledged to the
cause of escapist entertainment; they stood for F.U.N., pure and
unadulterated, and they weren't about to cut corners or compromise
for anyone.
Four years on, with the original
line-up (Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars & Vince Neil) still
intact, they remain as adamant as ever that at a
Mötley Crüe
show entertainment is king.
The band now have gold and platinum
albums and their album, Theatre of Pain, is destined to
make them among the world's memorable rock'n'roll heroes.
Dante Bonutto, and early fan of
Mötley Crüe,
is the assistant editor of the world's leading Heavy Metal magazine,
Kerrang!
Published by Music Sales Corp
Publication date: 06/90
Paperback, 64 pages
ISBN:
071192502X
This is the story of
Mötley Crüe,
America's hard-rockin' hellions, who re-charged the Hollywood
heavy-metal scene and went on to conquer the world with their
grand schematic of madness, mayhem and GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS!
Published by Penguin USA
Publication date: 01/01/95
Dimensions (in inches): 11.70 x 8.29 x .41
Paperback, 160 pages
ISBN:
1898141959
Rock journalists Sylvie Simmons
and Malcolm Dome use their considerable experience and insight
to unravel a tale that takes the reader through a rollercoaster
of emotions. So, strap yourselves in and prepare for the ride
of a lifetime...
The Dirt: Confessions
of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Mötley Crüe with Neil
Strauss
Published by Regan Books
Publication date: May 22, 2001
Hardcover, 304 Pages
Dimensions (in inches): 6.125 x 9.125
ISBN:
0060392886
Get your copy of the amazing true story of Mötley Crüe, authored
by the four band members with New York Times writer, Neil Strauss.
This book spent a record-breaking ten months on the New York Times
best-seller list.
An Education In
Rebellion: The Biography of Nikki Sixx by Jake
Brown
Published by Black Market Publishing
Publication date: 15/12/02
Paperback, 185 Pages
ISBN: 0972614206
The dictionary
defines Hero as “a person noted for feats of courage or nobility
of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or
her life.” Young Nikki grit his teeth to overcome an adverse childhood
and rose to accomplish his rock dreams and aspirations. Against
the odds and against the grain, Nikki Sixx’s story is the perfect
illustration of how determination and sheer guts can overcome
any adversity. He sacrificed his own life along the way, but thankfully
lives to tell its tale. He continues to inspire and motivate so
many people, from so many walks of life, around the globe. Nikki
Sixx is a true hero. Paul Miles, Chronological Crue.
The first and only biography exclusively
dedicated to the life and times of hard rock's mad scientist,
Mötley Crüe mastermind Nikki Sixx, this title is a must-have for
any die hard Crüe fan or collector.
Published by Warner Bros Publications
Publication date: 01/09/03
Paperback, 172 pages
ISBN: 0757914225
From Mötley Crüe's
Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, and Mick Mars comes this greatest
hits retrospective. The folio includes two new titles, Bitter
Pill and Enslaved, and all the music is written in standard notation
and tab. A must for all heavy metal maniacs!
The 17 titles are:
Bitter Pill/ Enslaved/ Girls, Girls, Girls/ Kickstart My Heart/
Wild Side/ Glitter (remix)/ Dr. Feelgood/ Same Ol' Situation/
Home Sweet Home/ Afraid/ Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)/ Without
You/ Smokin' in the Boys Room/ Primal Scream/ Too Fast for Love/
Looks That Kill/ Shout at the Devil '97.
In his auto-biography,
Tommy offers a list of 12 books that moved him and changed his
life in some way while he was in jail during 1998. He says, "If
you're out there, and you're f@cked, feeling lost, feeling like
you need some guidance, feeling like you need to find your own
truth, this is my gift to you."
Published by Rock N' Roll Books
Publication date: 12/05
Paperback, 150 Pages
ISBN: 0972614281
Mötley Crüe:
In The Studio is the
first and only title devoted to the making of every
Mötley Crüe
studio release, as well as band member solo projects. Featuring
exclusive interviews with band members Tommy Lee and John Corabi,
as well as producers Bob Rock, Tom Werman, Scott Humphrey, and
co-writers/producers Dave Darling and James Michael, this book
gives fans a first-ever complete behind the scenes look at the
Crue's life in the studio, from 1982 all the way through present
day.
Mötley Crüe Down Under: On Tour with The Carnival of Sins
by Paul Miles
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 11/04/06
Paperback, 200 pages
ISBN: 097581124X
This book is
a detailed, first-hand account of Mötley Crüe's Red, White & Crüe
tour. After summing up the Crüe's history from the fans' perspective
in their first-ever live album six years earlier, Paul Miles finally
got his chance to see the band live for the very first time. Travel
across Australia with the author, sharing all his experiences
with Mötley and their crew, the cities he visits, and the people
he meets along the way.
It's YOUR 'All
Access' pass, taking you in and out of the strip club, the restaurant,
the beach, aeroplanes, bars, arenas, hotel rooms, limos, shops,
backstage corridors, nightclubs, dressing rooms - even the graveyard!
Enjoy the humourous Mick Mars, the loud-as-hell Tommy Lee, the
respectful Nikki Sixx, the classic Vince Neil, as well as cameos
from Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister. Includes:
6 shows in
8 days across Australia with Motörhead in December 2005
Copies of
press releases and the full press conference transcript
A unique insight
into life on the road with Mötley Crüe
Photos by
Nikki Sixx and other members of the crew
100-plus tour
pictures inc. Mötley keepsakes
A short intro
by Mighty Mike
A wonderful
documentation of the massive Carnival of Sins tour.
Get your copy now!
What Mötley Crüe Mean to Me: Crüeheads Share Their Stories
Edited by Paul Miles
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 11/04/06
Paperback, 118 pages
ISBN: 0975811231
Like Mötley
Crüe's band members themselves, their fans have also experienced
their fair share of divorce, death, addiction, love, abuse, and
incarceration. This book is a high-quality "by-the-fans, for-the-fans"
collection, showing the impact and inspiration of Mötley Crüe
on their fans' lives.
They tell stories
of how they've looked up to the Crüe as family figures, guiding
and shaping their worlds, while fellow fans have become the cousins,
bonded by the Mötley way of life in their veins. The Crüe is always
there for them as a positive energy to celebrate with, to wallow
with, to vent with, and to be inspired by. For it's the Crüe and
their music that the fans religiously turn to for help to pull
them through the ugliest and toughest of times.
You will laugh
at the things they have done; you'll nod your head in agreement
with their feelings. Because as they say - Crüe fans are best,
f@ck the rest!
69 Crüeheads
open up their hearts for the whole world to read
Fan contributors
aged 11-41
Stories from
across the continents of North America, Europe, South America
and Australia
Chronological
Crue Vol. 1 - The Eighties: The Complete History of
Mötley Crüe in the 1980s
by Paul Miles
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 24/04/06
Paperback, 162 pages
ISBN: 0975811207
Chronological
Crue Vol. 2 - The Nineties: The Complete History of
Mötley Crüe in the 1990s
by Paul Miles
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 24/04/06
Paperback, 216 pages
ISBN: 0975811215
Chronological
Crue Vol. 3 - The Naughties: The Ongoing History of
Mötley Crüe in the 2000s
by Paul Miles
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 24/04/06
Paperback, 270 pages
ISBN: 0975811223
"Nobody on the
planet has dedicated their life to documenting the entire history
of Mötley Crüe more accurately, thoroughly, and continuously than
Paul Miles. Rather than recount the story of the most reckless
musical act the world has ever seen in the past tense, this book
will guide you through every step of the way as it all unfolded.
Pulling no punches and telling no lies, Paul Miles will reveal
facts that have been covered up, forgotten, or falsified by every
previous account. Get ready to find out the real truth behind
the highest highs and lowest lows in the Crüe's perilous kingdom
of sex, drugs, and rock n' roll..." Steve-O, of MTV's Jackass and Wildboyz infamy
"Paul knows
more about us than we know." Tommy Lee
"I've read it
before and gone, we did THAT?" Nikki Sixx
"Chronological
Crue is without a doubt the definitive Mötley Crüe reference work.
I used it extensively in writing the script of The Dirt and I
highly recommend it to not only fans of the band, but anyone with
an interest in the history of rock n' roll. For contained on these
sweaty pages is a treasure trove of sleazy tidbits on not just
the band but the slew of other musicians, critics, groupies, scum
sucking corporate-types, famous wives and infamous playthings
who came across their path. If Mötley played with them, partied
with them or shagged them silly, it's here for all to see. It
is a compulsive completist's dream, filled with the sort of arcane
minutia that can settle arguments, win bets, or simply allow you
to sleep after pondering for hours the exact date of Nikki Sixx's
first overdose in the back alleys of Hammersmith. Now hurry up
and buy it so Paul Miles can finally feel as if his life has meaning." Rich Wilkes, screenwriter of Mötley's movie The Dirt
Direct from
pages of the highly-acclaimed rock website read well-over 4
million times
THE definitive
source of fact on the world's most notorious rock band
Used by TV
networks, music industry journalists and critics as an invaluable
reference on Mötley Crüe
Published by Artnik
Publication date: 30/7/06
Paperback, 128 Pages
ISBN: 1905382235
A fully illustrated
biography of this phenomenally successful iconic band. Authored
by best-selling Seamus Craic, pictures by rock photographers.
Collector's item.
Published by Xulon Press
Publication date: 13/12/06
Paperback, 320 Pages
ISBN: 1600347746
"It's a comedy.
It's a tragedy. This is the true story of two desperate people
sharing the same dreams, apartment, road tours and life in the
crazy world of Southern California's rock and roll community in
the early 70's."
Before he joined Mötley Crüe,
Mick Mars played guitar in Whitehorse. Their drummer Jack Valentine
tells lots of rock'n'roll stories in this book.
The Heroin Diaries:
A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
by Nikki Sixx
with Ian Gittins
Published by MTV/VH1 Pocket Books
Publication date: 18/9/07
Hardcover, 207 Pages
ISBN: 0743486285
Set against
the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder
of the most legendary rock band of the eighties - Mötley Crüe
- offers an unflinching and utterly gripping look at his own descent
into drug addiction.
Few bands were
as influential as Mötley Crüe in making the 1980s the heavy metal
decade. Theirs is a cyclonic story of runaway success and its
price, blending outrageous record sales and arena headline tours
with smashed up cars, jail sentences, models, drugs, breakups,
reunions…and more breakups.
In this candid
memoir, Nikki Sixx - Mötley Crüe’s bassist and main songwriter
- recounts the band’s heyday. The Heroin Diaries takes readers
along on one of the most breathless and harrowing roller coaster
rides in the history of pop music. At its heart lies the author’s
nightmare come true: a punishing heroin addiction that brought
him and the band to the edge of losing much more than just their
spot on the charts. Serving up snapshots of rock culture at its
most manic, this insider’s look at triumph and tragedy is every
bit as explosive as the musical odyssey it chronicles.
Hooks That Kill: The
Best of Mick Mars and Mötley Crüe
by Mick Mars
Published
by Cherry Lane Music Company
Publication date: 1/1/08
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1603780285
A fifteen song
tablature book from the legendary guitarist of Mötley Crüe, including:
Dr. Feelgood, Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away), Girls Girls Girls,
Kickstart My Heart, Looks That Kill, Primal Scream.
Motley Crue: A
Visual History: 1983 - 1990
by Neil Zlozower
Published by Chronicle Books
Publication date: 19/8/09
Hardcover, 232 Pages
ISBN: 978-0811868273
Mötley Crüe's
gleeful glam debauchery and unstoppable anthems have made them
metal gods, selling over 72 million album copies worldwide and
landing their band biography
The Dirt on bestseller lists around the country. Mötley Crüe
is—amazingly—the first photographic history of the band. Legendary
rock photographer Neil Zlozower's images capture the band's rise
from their breakthrough album Shout at the Devil through rock
'n' roll excesses to follow with the unprecedented all-access
candor of a friend to the band. In hundreds of photographs and
stories from the band and those close to them, Mötley Crüe reveals
them onstage, backstage, on tour, hanging out, and in studio—a
must-have album of photos and testimony on one of the most powerful
and controversial bands in rock history.
Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and
Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen by Vince Neil and Mike Sager
Published
by Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 23/9/10
Hardcover, 320 pages
ISBN:
978-0446548045
Like so many rock stars who survive
into their 40s, Mötley Crüe front man Neil has produced an autobiography.
Raised in Compton, Calif., just as gangs were starting to take
over, Neil turned multiracial good looks and a bad attitude into
a career singing for the leading hair band of the 1980s. Mötley
Crüe embraced the values of rock star excess and garnered fame
as much for their drunken exploits as for their music. In one
grim episode, an inebriated Neil crashed his Ford Pantera into
a Volkswagen, killing his passenger and critically injuring two
others. Later, Neil was ejected from the band but eventually returned.
Today, he lives in Vegas, making music and running several businesses,
including a chain of tattoo parlours. Neil makes no pre-tense
of being thoughtful or reflective, but with Sager's help he's
done a more than adequate job of representing himself. Much is
said about all the women he's had, all the drugs he's done, all
the nice cars he's owned, and all the celebrities he's met. Yet
within the rock-star braggadocio lies an entertaining story of
a handsome, insecure guy with a lot of energy who got really lucky.
Interviews with friends, business associates, and ex-wives bring
much-needed depth to the narrative. To his credit, Neil deals
honestly with the suffering he's caused.
This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography
And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx
by Nikki Sixx
Published by William Morrow
Publication date: 12/4/11
Hardcover, 224 Pages
ISBN: 978-0062061874
This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography
And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx released by
HarperCollins imprint William Morrow. The book is part photo,
part journal - but all Nikki Sixx. It is a collection of compelling
snapshots and stories that capture the rage, love, optimism, darkness,
and determination that shape his work. Told with the raw authenticity
that defined his New York Times bestseller The Heroin Diaries,
This Is Gonna Hurt chronicles Nikki's experience, from his early
years filled with toxic waste to his success with Mötley Crüe,
his death from an overdose and rebirth to his addictions to music,
photography, and love. " Love story, bad-ass rock tell-all, social
commentary, family memoir, This Is Gonna Hurt offers the compelling
insights of an artist and a man struggling to survive, connect,
and find a happy ending - a search that fuels Nikki’s being. "I
want to take you on the journey I am on, in real time," he writes.
"If you don't deal with your demons, they will deal with you,
and it's gonna hurt." The book will include more than two dozen
of Nikki's images. He will incorporate the stories behind the
pictures and how they came to be, including interviews with the
subjects so readers can see "what life is like for those whom
society has labelled as freaks."
The Wisdom of the Self: Authentic Experience and the
Journey to Wholeness
by Paul Ferrini.
-
This is one of the self-help books
that Tommy Lee purchased from Amazon.com when he was in jail for spousal
abuse. The book then inspired him to write a song about its contents.
That song ended up on his Never A Dull Moment solo album and it's
called Body Architects. Now you can purchase your very own copy from
Amazon.com as well.
The Tombstone Tourist : Musicians
by Scott Stanton.
- A guide to all the graves, shrines and memorabilia of the "late,
great legends of rock, jazz, blues, country and R&B," with 300 new
artist biographies, 250 new photographs and handy references, including
alphabetical listings and an index by cemetery. Nikki Sixx has written
the Foreword in this book.
Blame It On Vanity by Denise
K. Matthews.
- Hardcover autobiography by Nikki Sixx's former fiancée, Vanity...
and taking FOREVER to be released.
The Best American Erotica 2000
by Susie Bright (Editor).
- A great collection of erotic stories that includes one titled "Ten
Seconds to Love (Or How Mötley Crüe Popped My Cherry)" by Michelle
Tea.
Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North
Dakota by Chuck Klosterman.
- A super read for Crüeheads. The story is based on the author's journey
to adulthood and how his life has been influenced by heavy metal including
lots of Mötley.
Star Struck: A Novel by Pamela
Anderson.
- Pamela's
admittedly semi-autobiographical
second novel is more about sex than it is about plot. Tommy Lee is
a factor in Anderson's fiction: Jimi, Star's rock-star husband, is
based in part on TBone, says Pam, "Jimi is based on a compilation
of people, but definitely Tommy is part of the inspiration, for sure."
