In a new interview for Ultimate Guitar, vocalist John Corabi looked back on his brief work with Mötley Crüe. Being a member for a few years in the 1990s, Corabi recorded one album with the band, the self-titled record released in 1994. When reminded of how different of a singer he was compared to Vince Neil and asked what his expectations were when getting in, Corabi replied:
“I’m not sure what they were hoping for, but I didn’t really care; I just sang the way I sang. I can’t change how I sound vocally, and I am definitely not Vince Neil, so I just went in and did my thing.“
“But the thing that they were blown away about was that I could play guitar and that I could contribute writing-wise, which Vince doesn’t really do on the same level I did. But as far as how Vince sang or what he did, I didn’t think about it. I went with the flow and just did what I did for better or worse.”
Going further into it, Corabi was also reminded that some viewed this self-titled album as a “grunge record” in a way. When asked whether this was factored into the change in the band’s sound, he replied:
“Well, the sound of Mötley Crüe is very different, for sure. But none of us really thought that way; it was just what we came up with naturally. We were literally sitting in the room and jamming, and that’s how it came out.”
“I do think that the extra guitar and my sensibilities altered things. But how could they not? The record was kind of interesting because we had a blast doing it. Bob Rock came in to produce, and we recorded up in Vancouver, and it was nothing but a good time.”
“We loved the songs as we were writing and recording them, and we loved them after the album was released, too. The only thing that was maybe a bit tedious during the recording was the fact that not everybody in the band was what you would call sober.”
Photos: Frank Schwichtenberg (The Dead Daisies – Hamburg Harley Days 2017 17), Andreas Lawen, Fotandi (Vince Neil – Wacken Open Air 2018-1580)
