The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band (ISBN 0-06-098915-7) is a collaborative autobiography of Mötley Crüe by the band – Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx – and New York Times writer Neil Strauss.

[1] Contributors include onetime member John Corabi, former band manager Doc McGhee, co-manager Doug Thaler, and A&R man Tom Zutaut.

The first hardback edition was on the New York Times Bestseller list for four weeks and sold 13,000 copies in the UK.

"[4] After years in development ("Bringing the story of our lives to screen in just the right way isn't easy," remarked Mars[5]), the adaptation was filmed in 2018 with Jeff Tremaine as director.

"[10] "They may be one of the worst bands to scale the platinum peaks of success," remarked Uncut, "but Mötley Crüe, in cahoots with Marilyn Manson biographer Neil Strauss, have a hell of a story to tell… A book to make the mighty Tap themselves shiver with fear.