TOMMY LEE Says 1994 Album With JOHN CORABI Is One Of His Favorite MÖTLEY CRÜE Records

In a brand new interview with Australia’s Beat, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee was asked about the band’s 1994 self-titled album which featured John Corabi on lead vocals instead of Vince Neil.

“It’s huge,” Tommy said. “Honestly, dude, it’s one of my favorite CRÜE records. Sonically, the songs and the playing on that record is gnarly. We worked our arses off on that record. We had so much to prove: Vince was gone, we had a new singer who also plays guitar and writes and he brought a whole new element to this. But once fans are used to a certain thing, they just didn’t want to know about any other version of MÖTLEY CRÜE. That’s understandable, but when you break it down, that record still sounds rad today.”

Corabi originally joined CRÜE in 1992 as the replacement for Neil, who was fired due to personal differences. With Corabi on vocals, MÖTLEY CRÜE released one critically acclaimed full-length CD, which ended up being a commercial failure in the wake of grunge despite a Top-Ten placing on the album chart. When Neil returned to the fold in 1997, Corabi was left on his own and formed the band UNION with ex-KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick.

“A lot of fans said, ‘No way I was buying that record when it came out,'” Corabi told CantonRep.com about the “Mötley Crüe” record. “I think we had kind of a die-hard fan base when it came out, but a lot of the people were angry with MÖTLEY for getting rid of Vince, or Vince leaving or whatever happened. But a lot of fans, once Vince came back, saw it, picked it up and ended up really enjoying it. It’s still trudging along and selling and doing its thing. The best thing to me is that it still sounds as relevant now as it did when it came out.”

In a 2012 interview, MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars stated about the band’s sole Corabi-era album: “I thought that was probably… To me, and I can only speak for me, I think that was probably the best album we’ve done. Musical-wise, the songs, I felt, were strong. And just musically, to me, it was, I guess, my BEATLES ‘White Album’; that’s kind of how I feel about that one. I’m not saying that any of my other albums are crummy or anything like that — I love every album that we did — but that one just has a special thing for me.”

Fonte: Blabbermouth.net