In an interview with Pollstar, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx is asked how he would compare The Dirt to the hugely successful Queen film, Bohemian Rhapsody.
He said:
“The Queen movie was important because it initiated conversations about gender identity in 2019. The interesting thing was Freddie [Mercury]’s life choices were, in the end, what killed him, but he brought a massive change in awareness.
He further added:
The music was wonderful – Queen is one of my favorite bands – but it also took to the masses an important dialogue that should be had right now.”
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury tragically passed away on November 24, 1991, from bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS.
When the Interviewer asked whether some things are worth waiting for, Nikki said:
“We never gave up hope, but there was definitely frustrating. We felt, from the very beginning, that we wanted to tell a story that had multiple layers. It was important for us to get the beginning of the era correctly.
Several of the directors we talked to saw this as a “fun, ‘80s rock movie.” When we first got together, things were pretty vanilla and boring. … There was no rock scene on Sunset back then. We were all into ‘70s glam, T. Rex/Elton/Bowie/Dolls meets the Sex Pistols/Ramones played with the brutality of heavy metal like Black Sabbath or Deep Purple. Just a real big mash-up. We were garage glam, more street, less polished. And it was important to get that backdrop right in the movie.”
Read the entire Interview at Pollstar.