Mötley Crüe

Why Hollywood can’t resist an evil rock mogul

Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody positioned the manager as the villain – but were they really that bad?

Gavin Haynes

18, Jun, 2019 @8:00 AM

The Dirt review – slick Netflix Mötley Crüe biopic mostly rocks

A mixture of debauchery and darkness, it’s a film that treads a familiar line but does so with skill, featuring a standout turn from Machine Gun Kelly

Stephen Snart

22, Mar, 2019 @7:01 AM

This week’s best home entertainment: from Pose to The Dirt

The most fabulous TV of the year takes in the 80s New York ballroom scene, while The Dirt tells the lurid tale of Mötley Crüe

The Guide

15, Mar, 2019 @11:59 AM

Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx retracts rape admission

Bass guitarist said he ‘pretty much’ raped a woman in band autobiography The Dirt, but now apologises for ‘possibly’ making the story up

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

06, Mar, 2019 @11:10 AM

Rocketmen and stardust: why music biopics dominate the film industry

Pop star glamour is an increasingly bankable asset for movie producers, with biopics of David Bowie, Keith Moon and others coming in the wake of Bohemian Rhapsody

Dave Simpson

01, Feb, 2019 @1:15 PM

May contain masturbation: the woman weaponising pop's Filthy 15

In 1985, a group of Washington women hit back at the ‘offensive’ lyrics of some of pop’s biggest names. Now their ‘parental advisory’ meddling – and the 15 tracks they initially targeted – have been turned into a riotous piece of musical revenge

Dave Simpson

26, Apr, 2018 @5:00 AM

'I wouldn’t want this for anybody’s daughter': will #MeToo kill off the rock'n'roll groupie?

Male rock stars of the 1970s and 80s were often notorious for sleeping with young female fans. Now women are starting to see those encounters in a very different light

Thea De Gallier

15, Mar, 2018 @5:11 PM

Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil to play Donald Trump's presidential inauguration

The rock’n’roll star was asked about his availability ‘months ago’ and claims his band scheduled the gig without knowing who would become president

Edward Helmore

18, Nov, 2016 @9:11 PM

Mötley Crüe: The End review – rawk'n'rollers' hair-raising finale

This concert documentary sees Nikki Six, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars bow out after decades of heavy metal debauchery. As they sang: All Bad Things Must End

Peter Bradshaw

06, Oct, 2016 @9:15 PM