Age of The Nerd
The trailer for Netflix‘s upcoming Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt is here. It can be streamed below, and it does not disappoint. The film is set for worldwide release on March 22.
The film is based on the autobiography “The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band” which as co-written by the band members of Mötley Crüe and Neil Strauss.
The cast of The Dirt features Machine Gun Kelly as Tommy Lee, Daniel Webber (from Netflix’s The Punisher) as Vince Neil, Game of Thrones actor Iwan Rheon as Mick Mars, and Douglas Booth as Nikki Sixx. Booth previously played Culture Club’s Boy George in the BBC film Worries About a Boy. The film will also feature Breaking Bad‘s David Costabile as band manager Doc McGhee and SNL’s Pete Davidson as Elektra Records executive Tom Zutat.
Mötley Crüe exploded onto the Sunset Strip in the early ’80s with their raw-as-hell debut album, Too Fast For Love, in 1981. The band achieved their greatest commercial success in the late ’80s with 1987’s Girls, Girls, Girls, which hit #2 on the Billboard Top 200. The follow-up, 1989’s Dr. Feelgood, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and spawned five huge huge hit singles. Both albums are now certified over 7x platinum.
Throughout their legendary career, The Crüe have garnered three Grammy Award nominations and four American Music Award nominations. They won the American Music Award for Favorite Hard Rock/Metal Album in 1990 for Dr. Feelgood. In 2006, the band received their Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Mötley Crüe is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with over 80 million records sold worldwide. The band’s last album, 2008’s Saints of Los Angeles, debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 and sold approximately 100,000 copies in its first week of sales.
For 33 years, Mötley Crüe embodied all that is excess in rock ‘n’ roll. The band wrapped up their Final World Tour in 2015, closing the curtain on one of the most raunchy, reckless, and successful careers in rock ‘n’ roll history.
THE DIRT soundtrack will also be available on March 22 featuring 14 Mötley Crüe classic hits and 4 brand new songs.
