![]() During the third day, despite the “seemingly never-dwindling pile of coke,” they ran out of alcohol. ![]() On December 8, Neil was having a party with some friends in the apartment, a party he wrote lasted for days. In Neil’s 2010 book, “Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen,” he described the incident. He only served 15 days of his 30 day sentence. Two years after the crash, Neil was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 200 hours of community service, and to pay $2.6 million in restitution to the victims of the crash. Neil’s blood alcohol level was 0.17, well above the limit. Vince Neil, Mötley Crüe’s lead vocalist, has been arrested and convicted of multiple crimes, but none as tragic as his manslaughter conviction for killing his friend Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley, drummer of the Finnish band Hanoi Rocks, in a drunk driving accident in 1984. This shocking and sad aspect of Mötley Crüe's story is chronicled in “The Dirt,” the biographical drama film about them which began streaming earlier this year on Netflix. Mötley Crüe is one of the most iconic metal bands of all time, but the band's path toward fame wasn't always an easy one - there was some extremely dark moments during their rock days, including when the lead singer accidentally killed someone.
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