The True(r) Tale of Mötley Crüe: What Netflix’s The Dirt Got Wrong
- Written By SPIN Staff
- | February 2, 2021
- - 7:51 pm
How it really went down: The band actually met Doc McGhee at the Santa Monica Civic Center following a performance. McGhee was there with his partner Doug Thaler whose presence and contributions to the band’s rise were inexplicably left out of the film. Later, The Dirt shows Doc McGhee donning an "Entertainment or Death" tattoo, a design meant to celebrate the band's upcoming album. Unfortunately, Nikki Sixx changed the album's name to "Theatre of Pain" just before its release, rendering the tattoo meaningless. What's more, Doc McGhee never received that tattoo. Instead, Doug Thaler was the unfortunate recipient of the faux pas. Luckily for Thaler, the band eventually named their 1999 live album "Entertainment or Death."