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Mötley Crüe

Title TBD June

The first album by the Crüe's original lineup in eleven years is loosely based on their best-selling autobiography, The Dirt. "It begins with the innocence of starting out with a song called 'Down at the Whisky,' " bassist Nikki Sixx says. "It goes through to when we're peaking and self-destructing at the same time in a song called 'White Trash Circus.' " The band's previous album, 1997's electronica-ish Generation Swine, was a departure from Eighties glitter-rock mayhem — but Sixx pledges the group has returned to what it does best. "This album has the vibe of Dr. Feelgood, Girls Girls Girls and Shout at the Devil," Sixx says. "There's also a lot of humor because, let's face it, we're ridiculously funny."