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The Chronological Crue Interviews Vol. 1: Insights and Perspectives from Mötley Insiders and Family
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 11/02/25
Paperback: 254 pages, and Kindle
ISBN: 979-8-3036-7131-7
This two-volume collection of interviews by Mötley Crüe historian, Paul Miles, gives you deep insights and real perspectives on the band and its members, from many of the people closest to them.
With a focus on the earliest days of the Crüe and their rise to success through the Eighties, these insiders share their experiences and opinions on key moments that came to define Mötley Crüe’s career.
Conducted between 1997 and 2006, these interviews provide unique views and original content that is unavailable elsewhere. As a bonus, there's a brand-new interview in each of the two volumes – with the band’s first photographer in volume 1, and the band’s security in volume 2.
Hear tales from the author of their bestselling book, The Dirt, and understand the stories behind numerous scenes you’ve seen in The Dirt movie on Netflix.
This series spans two volumes and includes 15 in-depth interviews with:
- The family of Motley Crue band members - a sister, a son, a daughter.
- Nikki Sixx's famous former girlfriend.
- Their former manager from the Crue's 1980s heyday.
- Those who photographed and tattooed the band.
- The guitarist from Vince Neil's pre-Motley band, Rockandi.
- A member of the Crue's crew and best friend of Mick Mars.
- A singer who played with them on the Shout at the Devil tour.
- Even a now-deceased member of the band, who replaced Tommy Lee.
Lita Ford, Doc McGhee, Randy Castillo, Neil Strauss, Neil Zlowzower, plus many more tell it in their own words.
Enjoy the stories!
Interviewees in this Volume 1 book are: Bill Larson, Neil Zlozower, Mike Flaherty, Athena Lee, Neil Wharton, Allan Fryer, Lita Ford, Randy Castillo, and Don Adkins.
The Chronological Crue Interviews Vol. 2: Insights and Perspectives from Mötley Insiders and Family
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 11/02/25
Paperback: 234 pages, and Kindle
ISBN: 979-8-3036-7177-5
This two-volume collection of interviews by Mötley Crüe historian, Paul Miles, gives you deep insights and real perspectives on the band and its members, from many of the people closest to them.
With a focus on the earliest days of the Crüe and their rise to success through the Eighties, these insiders share their experiences and opinions on key moments that came to define Mötley Crüe’s career.
Conducted between 1997 and 2006, these interviews provide unique views and original content that is unavailable elsewhere. As a bonus, there's a brand-new interview in each of the two volumes – with the band’s first photographer in volume 1, and the band’s security in volume 2.
Hear tales from the author of their bestselling book, The Dirt, and understand the stories behind numerous scenes you’ve seen in The Dirt movie on Netflix.
This series spans two volumes and includes 15 in-depth interviews with:
- The family of Motley Crue band members - a sister, a son, a daughter.
- Nikki Sixx's famous former girlfriend.
- Their former manager from the Crue's 1980s heyday.
- Those who photographed and tattooed the band.
- The guitarist from Vince Neil's pre-Motley band, Rockandi.
- A member of the Crue's crew and best friend of Mick Mars.
- A singer who played with them on the Shout at the Devil tour.
- Even a now-deceased member of the band, who replaced Tommy Lee.
Lita Ford, Doc McGhee, Randy Castillo, Neil Strauss, Neil Zlowzower, plus many more tell it in their own words.
Enjoy the stories!
Interviewees in this Volume 2 book are: Doc McGhee, Greg James, Neil Strauss, Stormy Deal, James Alverson, Will Boyett, John 'Stick' Crouch, and Fred Saunders.
"Horseshoes and Hand Grenades" by John Corabi & Paul Miles
Published by Rare Bird Books
Publication date: 14/06/22
Hardcover: 450 pages
Audiobook: narrated by John Corabi (16 hrs 51 mins)
Audiobook Vinyl in 3 gatefold versions (Black, Gold, Black & Orange splatter.)
ISBN: 978-1644282564
In Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, John Corabi recounts his life from the mean streets of Philadelphia to the Sunset Strip. Take a look behind the scenes at Corabi's time fronting Mötley Crüe, Union, and The Dead Daisies, as well as his time playing rhythm guitar with Ratt and even his stint as a long-haul trucker. Whether it's detailing his parents' difficult divorce, his family's dark history of abuse, his run-in with a serial killer, or simply the best way to arrive at a wedding – which maybe is by helicopter and maybe it isn't – he pulls no punches and outlines the good and bad of it all in this raucous autobiography.
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"CRÜEWÖRDS: The Ultimate Mötley Crüe Crossword Puzzle Book" by Paul Miles
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 28/07/20
Paperback: 156 pages
ISBN: 979-8-6521-0672-0
This book contains more than forty original Mötley Crüe-themed crossword puzzles that give hours of entertainment and mind stimulation for fans of the world's most notorious rock band.
- Brain-teasing fun to complete, providing a trivia challenge.
- Thousands of simple-to-understand clues to solve at your own pace.
- Easy-on-the-eyes puzzles that test your Mötley knowledge.
- Satisfying, demanding and suitable for all Crüeheads worldwide, no matter how long you've been a fan.
- Created by longtime historian of the band, Paul Miles.
All the crossword answers can be found by reading their history, and watching their movie and music videos. If you get stuck on a clue though, all solutions are conveniently located in the back of the book.
It's the world’s first crossword puzzle book on a musical artist.
"Before I Hit The Stage: Backstage Rock'n'Roll Moments in New York City" by P. Miles & J. Obrotka
Published by Outskirts Press
Publication date: 30/3/15
Hardcover: 222 pages, and Kindle
ISBN: 978-1478739739
Before I Hit the Stage: Backstage Rock’n’Roll Moments in New York City is a contemporary rock photography book of candid and insightful images from concert dressing rooms and hallways that captures rock-and-roll artists in the intimate moments before their performance. For some, it’s about the calm before the musical storm – for others, it’s all about building adrenaline and getting the party started!
This hardcover coffee table book is the world’s first to photographically document touring rock-and-roll bands backstage in one city during one year. Before I Hit the Stage takes readers behind the scenes as the rock stars get into their stage clothes, put their makeup on, warm-up their fingers and vocal chords, get loose and enjoy moments with their VIP guests before they rock one of the world’s greatest cities.
Before I Hit the Stage is a unique and compelling collection of pre-show rituals and backstage antics in New York City. It chronologically presents hundreds of images of sixty rock bands and solo artists.
"Sex Tips from Rock Stars: In Their Own Words" by Paul Miles
Published by Omnibus Press
Publication date: 5/7/10
Paperback, 272 pages
ISBN: 978-1849384049
Published by Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf (German edition)
Publication date: 1/9/11
Hardcover, 360 pages
ISBN: 978-3-86265-055-2
Published by Grupo Editorial Record (Portuguese edition)
Publication date: 19/10/12
Paperback, 272 pages
ISBN: 978-8576845447
For decades they have held the power to attract the world's hottest supermodels. They have their choice of groupies awaiting them at every tour stop. They've had sex in all its most bizarre forms in all the most inappropriate places, all around the world – and now they let you in on the action!
Sex Tips from Rock Stars is the world’s first confessional book of rock stars sexual adventures featuring many of the world's most celebrated rockers revealing their dos and don'ts on a long list of erotic subjects. Here are uncensored, bite-sized tips and hilarious pointers on every aspect of sex. Some ideas are practical and surprising, others are as wild and crazy as fans might expect.
Titillating, weirdly informative, and thoroughly entertaining, Sex Tips from Rock Stars equips you with more wall-shaking, earth-quaking turn-on moves than you'll ever need!
Politically incorrect and absolutely riveting, this is the wildest sex manual ever!
Watch an Author Interview series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 >>
"Mötley Crüe Down Under: On Tour with The Carnival of Sins" by Paul Miles
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 11/04/06, Second edition 31/1/19
Paperback: 200 pages, and Kindle
ISBN: 097581124X, Second edition 9781795539616
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.
"What Mötley Crüe Means to Me: Crüeheads Share Their Stories" Edited by Paul Miles
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 11/04/06, Second edition: 9/05/20
Paperback: 170 pages
ISBN: 0975811231, Second edition: 9798640343175
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!
- 86 Crüeheads open up their hearts for the whole world to read
- Fan contributors aged 11-53 (From 2020 and the 2006 original version)
- Stories from across the continents of North America, Europe, South America and Australia
- Cover art & Foreword by Mötley Crüe cover artist, Erik Casillas.
Add it to your collection now!
"Chronological Crue Vol. 1 - The Eighties: The Complete History of Mötley Crüe in the 1980s"
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 24/04/06, Second edition 31/1/19
Paperback: 186 pages, and Kindle
ISBN: 0975811207, Second edition 978-1-7954-6013-2
"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
- From the highly-acclaimed rock history website read millions of times
- THE definitive source of fact on the world's most notorious rock band: Mötley Crüe
- Used worldwide by TV networks, music industry journalists, critics, and fans as an invaluable reference on Mötley Crüe
- Foreword by Neil Strauss: best-selling author of The Dirt
- Vol 4. includes bonus Gigography list of every Mötley Crüe performance – over 1,700 in total.
- Collect all four books: Vol 1. The Eighties, Vol 2. The Nineties, Vol 3. The Naughties, Vol. 4 The Onesies
"Chronological Crue Vol. 2 - The Nineties: The Complete History of Mötley Crüe in the 1990s"
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 24/04/06, Second edition 31/1/19
Paperback: 226 pages, and Kindle
ISBN: 0975811215, Second edition 978-1-7954-6053-8
"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
- From the highly-acclaimed rock history website read millions of times
- THE definitive source of fact on the world's most notorious rock band: Mötley Crüe
- Used worldwide by TV networks, music industry journalists, critics, and fans as an invaluable reference on Mötley Crüe
- Foreword by Neil Strauss: best-selling author of The Dirt
- Vol 4. includes bonus Gigography list of every Mötley Crüe performance – over 1,700 in total.
- Collect all four books: Vol 1. The Eighties, Vol 2. The Nineties, Vol 3. The Naughties, Vol. 4 The Onesies
"Chronological Crue Vol. 3 - The Naughties: The Complete History of Mötley Crüe in the 2000s"
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 24/04/06, Second edition 31/1/19
Paperback: 416 pages, and Kindle
ISBN: 0975811223, Second edition 978-1-7954-6069-9
"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
- From the highly-acclaimed rock history website read millions of times
- THE definitive source of fact on the world's most notorious rock band: Mötley Crüe
- Used worldwide by TV networks, music industry journalists, critics, and fans as an invaluable reference on Mötley Crüe
- Foreword by Neil Strauss: best-selling author of The Dirt
- Vol 4. includes bonus Gigography list of every Mötley Crüe performance – over 1,700 in total.
- Collect all four books: Vol 1. The Eighties, Vol 2. The Nineties, Vol 3. The Naughties, Vol. 4 The Onesies
"Chronological Crue Vol. 4 - The Onesies: The Complete History of Mötley Crüe in the 2010s"
Published by Chronological Crue
Publication date: 31/1/19
Paperback: 200 pages, and Kindle
ISBN: 978-1-7954-6087-3
"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
- From the highly-acclaimed rock history website read millions of times
- THE definitive source of fact on the world's most notorious rock band: Mötley Crüe
- Used worldwide by TV networks, music industry journalists, critics, and fans as an invaluable reference on Mötley Crüe
- Foreword by Neil Strauss: best-selling author of The Dirt
- Vol 4. includes bonus Gigography list of every Mötley Crüe performance – over 1,700 in total.
- Collect all four books: Vol 1. The Eighties, Vol 2. The Nineties, Vol 3. The Naughties, Vol. 4 The Onesies