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Biopic The Dirt tells the story of Mötley Crüe's wild ride through their time as one of the most popular and most debaucherous bands of the metal years. During a blistering run that lasted the entirety of the '80s, the L.A. band sold millions of records, toured the world, and challenged death constantly with reckless behavior, substance abuse, and the kind of mayhem that sometimes seems like it only existed in the time when hair metal reigned. Some of these misadventures were collected in the 2001 book The Dirt, and the 2019 film adaptation of the book further dramatizes some of the group's already unbelievable antics, as well as getting into the music that made it all happen. The soundtrack to the film is made up entirely of music by Mötley Crüe, but in addition to 14 selections from their early catalog, they recorded four entirely new tracks in 2018 especially for inclusion in the film. Rapper Machine Gun Kelly (who plays the role of drummer Tommy Lee in the film) features on the song "The Dirt (Est. 1981)," dropping a rapped coda about tattoos, girls, cars, and the rock & roll lifestyle into the song's pop-metal framework. Huge, hooky choruses were part of the Crüe's formula for success in the '80s, and they don't shy away from that formula here, either. In addition to two other new songs, "Crash and Burn" and "Ride with the Devil," the band offer an unlikely cover in the form of Madonna's 1984 smash hit "Like a Virgin." Die-hard metalheads might scoff at the idea of a band synonymous with '80s metal decadence taking a stab at one of the decade's most commercial artists, but 35 years later the context of the song (and of all the musicians in the equation, for that matter) has shifted to the point where the cover can be taken at face value. It's a revved-up version of an undeniably catchy song, delivered with an extra dose of menace and possibly a self-aware smirk at how ridiculous it is. The Dirt soundtrack pairs the nostalgia of well-loved favorites ("Home Sweet Home," "Kickstart My Heart," "Shout at the Devil") with the reinvigorated excitement of the raw newer songs for a collection that feels more like a companion to the film than a greatest-hits repackaging.
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Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Lead Guitar - John Lowery, Composer - Bob Rock, Producer, Engineer, Additional Guitar - John 5, Additional Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Ted Jensen, Engineer - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Lead Vocals - Adam Greenholtz, Engineer, Keyboards - Sahaj Ticotin, Background Vocals - Machine Gun Kelly, FeaturedArtist - Ryan Enockson, Assistant Mixer - Daniel Ticotin, Composer - Colson Baker, Composer - David Kalmusky, Engineer - Ethan Barrette, Engineer - Nick Civiero, Assistant Mixer - Smiley Sean, Engineer - Bobby Oberdorsten, Technician Guitar - Steve-O Morrison, Instrument Technician
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Tom Werman, Producer - Doug Schwartz, Engineer - Geoff Workman, Engineer
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1983 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, Producer, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Gordon Fordyce, Engineer - Robert Battaglia, Engineer - Glenn Felt, Engineer - Azi Kipper, Engineer - Bradley Gilderman, Editor
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1981 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, Producer, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Gordon Fordyce, Engineer - Robert Battaglia, Engineer - Glenn Felt, Engineer - Azi Kipper, Engineer - Bradley Gilderman, Editor
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1981 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, Producer, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Gordon Fordyce, Engineer - Robert Battaglia, Engineer - Glenn Felt, Engineer - Azi Kipper, Engineer - Bradley Gilderman, Editor
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1981 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, Producer, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Gordon Fordyce, Engineer - Robert Battaglia, Engineer - Glenn Felt, Engineer - Azi Kipper, Engineer - Bradley Gilderman, Editor
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1981 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, Producer, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Gordon Fordyce, Engineer - Robert Battaglia, Engineer - Glenn Felt, Engineer - Azi Kipper, Engineer - Bradley Gilderman, Editor
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1981 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Tom Werman, Producer - Doug Schwartz, Engineer - Geoff Workman, Engineer
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1983 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Tom Werman, Producer - Doug Schwartz, Engineer - Geoff Workman, Engineer
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1983 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Tom Werman, Producer - Doug Schwartz, Engineer - Geoff Workman, Engineer
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1983 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Neil, Composer, Arranger - Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Lee, Composer, Arranger - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Tom Werman, Producer - Mark Wilczak, Engineer - Brian Scheuble, Engineer - Matt Brady, Engineer - Duane Baron, Engineer - Sixx, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger - Paul Wertheimer, Engineer - Alex Woltman, Engineer
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1985 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Writer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums, Writer - Lee, Composer, Lyricist - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - Sixx, Composer, Lyricist - Mars, Composer, Lyricist
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1987 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Writer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar, Writer - Bob Rock, Producer, Recorded by - Randy Staub, Recorded by - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums, Writer - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals, Writer - George Marino, Engineer - Jack Blades, Background Vocals - CHRIS TAYLOR, Engineer - Donna McDaniel, Background Vocals - Emi Canyn, Background Vocals - Mark La France, Background Vocals
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1989 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Writer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar - Bob Rock, Producer, Recorded by - David Steele, Background Vocals - Randy Staub, Recorded by - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - George Marino, Engineer - Sixx, Lyricist - CHRIS TAYLOR, Engineer - Donna McDaniel, Background Vocals - Emi Canyn, Background Vocals - Mark La France, Background Vocals
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1989 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Writer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Guitar, Writer - Bob Rock, Producer, Background Vocals, Recorded by - David Steele, Background Vocals - Randy Staub, Recorded by - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Vocals - George Marino, Engineer - CHRIS TAYLOR, Engineer - Donna McDaniel, Background Vocals - Emi Canyn, Background Vocals - Mark La France, Background Vocals
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 1989 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Lead Guitar - John Lowery, Composer - Bob Rock, Producer, Engineer, Additional Guitar, Background Vocals - John 5, Additional Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums, Background Vocals - Ted Jensen, Engineer - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Lead Vocals - Adam Greenholtz, Engineer, Keyboards, Background Vocals - Sahaj Ticotin, Background Vocals - Ryan Enockson, Assistant Mixer - Daniel Ticotin, Composer - David Kalmusky, Engineer - Ethan Barrette, Engineer - Nick Civiero, Assistant Mixer - Smiley Sean, Engineer - Bobby Oberdorsten, Technician Guitar - Steve-O Morrison, Instrument Technician
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Composer, Bass - Mick Mars, Composer, Additional Vocals, Lead Guitar - John Lowery, Composer - Bob Rock, Producer, Engineer, Additional Guitar - John 5, Additional Guitar - Tommy Lee, Composer, Drums, Clavinet - Ted Jensen, Engineer - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Composer, Lead Vocals - Adam Greenholtz, Engineer, Keyboards - Sahaj Ticotin, Background Vocals - Ryan Enockson, Assistant Mixer - Daniel Ticotin, Composer - David Kalmusky, Engineer - Ethan Barrette, Engineer - Nick Civiero, Assistant Mixer - Smiley Sean, Engineer - Bobby Oberdorsten, Technician Guitar - Steve-O Morrison, Instrument Technician
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Nikki Sixx, Bass - Mick Mars, Lead Guitar - Bob Rock, Producer, Engineer, Additional Guitar, Keyboards, Background Vocals - John 5, Additional Guitar - Billy Steinberg, Composer - TOM KELLY, Composer - Tommy Lee, Drums, Background Vocals - Ted Jensen, Engineer - Motley Crue, MainArtist - Vince Neil, Lead Vocals - Adam Greenholtz, Engineer, Keyboards, Background Vocals - Sahaj Ticotin, Background Vocals - Ryan Enockson, Assistant Mixer - Nick Civiero, Assistant Mixer - Bobby Oberdorsten, Technician Guitar - Steve-O Morrison, Instrument Technician
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Album review
Biopic The Dirt tells the story of Mötley Crüe's wild ride through their time as one of the most popular and most debaucherous bands of the metal years. During a blistering run that lasted the entirety of the '80s, the L.A. band sold millions of records, toured the world, and challenged death constantly with reckless behavior, substance abuse, and the kind of mayhem that sometimes seems like it only existed in the time when hair metal reigned. Some of these misadventures were collected in the 2001 book The Dirt, and the 2019 film adaptation of the book further dramatizes some of the group's already unbelievable antics, as well as getting into the music that made it all happen. The soundtrack to the film is made up entirely of music by Mötley Crüe, but in addition to 14 selections from their early catalog, they recorded four entirely new tracks in 2018 especially for inclusion in the film. Rapper Machine Gun Kelly (who plays the role of drummer Tommy Lee in the film) features on the song "The Dirt (Est. 1981)," dropping a rapped coda about tattoos, girls, cars, and the rock & roll lifestyle into the song's pop-metal framework. Huge, hooky choruses were part of the Crüe's formula for success in the '80s, and they don't shy away from that formula here, either. In addition to two other new songs, "Crash and Burn" and "Ride with the Devil," the band offer an unlikely cover in the form of Madonna's 1984 smash hit "Like a Virgin." Die-hard metalheads might scoff at the idea of a band synonymous with '80s metal decadence taking a stab at one of the decade's most commercial artists, but 35 years later the context of the song (and of all the musicians in the equation, for that matter) has shifted to the point where the cover can be taken at face value. It's a revved-up version of an undeniably catchy song, delivered with an extra dose of menace and possibly a self-aware smirk at how ridiculous it is. The Dirt soundtrack pairs the nostalgia of well-loved favorites ("Home Sweet Home," "Kickstart My Heart," "Shout at the Devil") with the reinvigorated excitement of the raw newer songs for a collection that feels more like a companion to the film than a greatest-hits repackaging.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:21
- Main artists: Mötley Crüe
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
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