Just watched the "unflinching" biopic based on Motley Crue's best-selling book entitled, "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band" on Netflix. The title is definitely germane to the band's history and directly correlates with White Privilege in the United States of America.
To say that this group of talented musicians - Vince Neil (vocals), Mick Mars (guitar), Nikki Sixx (bass), and Tommy Lee (drums) - were a dysfunctional, drug-infested, destructive nightmare, would be a gross understatement. Myriad crimes committed, and hundreds of ruined lives.
There is no way that a class-act such as the African American band, Earth, Wind, and Fire could have survived and withstood all of Motley Crue's skulduggery and lawlessness. Most, if not all would be in prison today.
The combined net worth of the four members of Motley Crue is $235 million.
EWF on the other hand: the late founder of the group Maurice White's net worth was $5 million; Philip Bailey's net worth is $4 million; Verdine White's net worth is $10 million. Collectively, Earth, Wind, and Fire in 2021 have a paltry net worth of $7 million.
The pecuniary disparity between these two groups has nothing to do with owning their masters' collections because Nikki Sixx (worth between $45-$50 million) sold 100 percent - 305 songs - of his Motley Crue shares to music investment company Hipgnosis Songs.
The bottom line is that Motley Crue made better business and marketing decisions than EWF. The article writer's only issue is that white folks in the good ol' USA are given ample opportunities to fail miserably and bounce back. One false step for black folks and you're made an example of by the prejudiced US system of justice.
Nonetheless, it's a really good movie.
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