Chronological Crue - The History of Motley Crue in Books

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.

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.

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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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. 

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!

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

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

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

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