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1. 'The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band' is a 2001 collaborative autobiography written about which of these hard rock bands of the 80s?

Answer: Motley Crue

This colorful and explicit autobiography tells many details about Motley Crue's impressive career, their hard partying lifestyle and personal lives. It is written by Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil and Neil Strauss. Strauss is a writer for the New York Times.

There are also some chapters written by Doc McGhee and former Crue frontman John Corabi (who took over the job of vocals when Vince Neil was temporarily not in the band). The first edition of this book was published on May 22, 2001.

2. 'Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway' is about the all-girl rock band called The Runaways. It focuses most especially on one of the group's members, who wrote it. Which one?

Answer: Cherie Currie

Cherie Curry is best known as lead singer to the 70s rock band 'The Runaways'. Joan Jett and Lita Ford are also ex-members. This autobiography tells Cherie's story about her time in the band. She has a brother, sister and a twin sister. She has a son named Jake with ex-husband Robert Hays, who stars in the comedy film 'Airplane'. Cherie is a wood carving artist who uses a chainsaw for her creations.

In the 1980 film 'Foxes', she stars with Jodie Foster and plays the role of Annie. Some of her other films are 'Parasite'(1982) and 'Twilight Zone: The Movie'(1983).

The book 'Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway' was published March 29, 2011.

3. 80s metal frontman Stephen Pearcy wrote an autobiography which was released in 2013. What's the name of the book?

Answer: Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll: My Life In Rock

This interesting bio was published May 7, 2013. It tells the tales of the hair metal band Ratt and their antics with drugs, groupies, being on the road etc. Stephen Pearcy is the lead singer of the notorious band.

4. Who wrote their story in the 2011 book titled 'Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock'?

Answer: Sammy Hagar

"Red Rocker" Sammy Hagar tells his story in this 2012 autobiography. Everything from his early days in the band Montrose to his long career as lead singer in the band Van Halen, as well as his other solo careers, groupies, touring, and many other interesting details about his colorful life as a rock star.

5. Which member from the band Kiss wrote a book titled, 'No Regrets'?

Answer: Ace Frehley

This book, which was published November 1, 2011, is original lead guitarist/singer Ace Frehley's memoirs about his time in the band, as well as the turmoil he has encountered in his life. The Bronx born singer/guitarist also tells about when he first came to be a guitar player and how he became a member of one of the most popular rock bands of all time.

6. Which one of these rockers named Tommy wrote the 2004 book called 'Tommyland'?

Answer: Tommy Lee

Wild rocker Tommy Lee is the drummer for the band Motley Crue. His 2005 book titled 'Tommyland' tells about his personal life as well as his wild stories about being in the band. Some of the book's chapters are about his marriages to actresses Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson.

7. What is the name of Ozzy Osbourne's 2010 autobiography?

Answer: I Am Ozzy

Published January 25, 2010, this autobiography tells all about rocker Ozzy Osbourne's interesting life. He talks about his childhood as well as his singing career and his time being lead singer in the classic metal band, Black Sabbath. The 2011 sequel to this book is another autobiography titled, 'Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice from Rock's Ultimate Survivor'.

8. 'Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen' is a 2010 book written by which one of these lead singers?

Answer: Vince Neil

Vince Neil is the lead singer of the controversial band, Motley Crue. His book 'Tattoos & Tequila' chronicles his impressive career and his personal life, which at times saw quite a bit of tragedy. The soundtrack to this autobiography (which is also a 2010 release) has the same title and is Neil's third solo record.

9. October 4, 2011 is the date the book 'It's So Easy: And Other Lies' was published. It was written by a member of the band Guns N' Roses. Which one?

Answer: Duff McKagan

Duff McKagan is the founding member of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver. He talks about his fame as a musician, his drug and alcohol addiction and his life being clean and sober. Slash, Steven Adler and Izzy Stradlin also have autobiographies.

10. Which one of these colorful rockers wrote the book titled 'The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star'?

Answer: Nikki Sixx

Famous rock & roll bassist Nikki Sixx is the founding member of the band Motley Crue. His 2007 book tells details from his personal diaries from 1986-1987. The details consist of his major drug and alcohol addiction, life on the road, his paranoid moments due to drugs (which caused him to hide out in his bedroom closet a lot of the time), his relationship with singer Vanity, as well as other very interesting and disturbing details about his life as a rock star.

The soundtrack to this book is by his side project Sixx: A.M. Nikki donates one quarter sales from this autobiography to a charity initiative for abandoned and abused children called Running Wild in the Night. Nikki has been clean and sober for over ten years.

Source: Author scarygirl11

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