Motley Crue 1994

I think if Vince Neil had been in the band, the album would have very different, for one thing John Corabi, co wrote alot of the lyrics, co wrote the music with Sixx, played guitar on almost all the tracks, so naturally the album was going to have a different feel.

Being Motley Crue, the album did ok, but hardcore Motley Crue fans were not going to like it being the music was a little more complicated and Corabi sings nothing like Nancy Boy Vince, and the grunge/alternative rock crowd would never accept Motley Crue because they lacked irony, feelings and would get beat up if they showed up at a Crue show with their Morrisey T Shirts.

I hated this album when it came out. I actually threw it away shortly after I bought it. A few years later I found it in the cutout bin and bought it. After listening to it after all that time had passes I quite liked it. It should never have been released as a Crue album but give the band a different name and it would have sold well. It's well written, the vox are superb and it's the heaviest thing the band ever did. It's just that is sounds nothing at all like Vince-era Crue.

Speaking of the Crue, here is Phil Lewis's rant on Nikki Sixx's book:


Lewis’ outburst came in a forum tirade in which he slammed Crue’s touring partners Def Leppard, accusing them of not working hard enough on stage.

On the MetalSludge.tv boards the singer said: “I don’t like arena rock. Motley Crue, with exploding drum kits and midgets, bore me to death. Poison is an embarrassment. Def Leppard going through the motions and mailing it in every night is pathetic.”

After Sixx responded by calling Lewis a “sad li’l pumpkin” on Twitter, the Gunsman turned his anger on the bassist’s 2007 book. Subtitled A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star, it documents the bassist’s experiences in the band, in his love life and with his drug issues, leading up to his heroin overdose in 1987.

Lewis stated: “I say Nikki Sixx and his Heroin Diaries are a total fraud.

“Anyone that was ever addicted to smack or any opiates know not to glorify addiction. It’s incredibly irresponsible. It’s total crap as well – Nikki may have dabbled a little, but him and most of the dinosaur rock stars of that era were doing blow or cocaine.

“There was very little heroin in LA in the 80s compared to London. Sixx was a teenage millionaire with a very thin grasp on reality.”

He adds that he should know, because he did a large amount of drugs in both England and the States, saying: “I don’t glorify it or complain I was sucked in because of an unhappy childhood.”

In 2010 Corabi, who fronted Crue between 1992 and 1997, said: “I love Nikki to death. This is just my opinion: I find it really hard to believe that somebody can do heroin then have the foresight to write everything down.”

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After Sixx responded by calling Lewis a “sad li’l pumpkin”

For some reason that made me laugh like hell.

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I find it really hard to believe that somebody can do heroin then have the foresight to write everything down

William S. Burroughs agrees.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

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I find it really hard to believe that somebody can do heroin then have the foresight to write everything down

William S. Burroughs agrees.

I have the Heroin Diaries at home, have not read them yet and The Dirt, which is a great deal of fun, but felt these guys are full of crap, don't believe most of the crap that is in that book

manny wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

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I find it really hard to believe that somebody can do heroin then have the foresight to write everything down

William S. Burroughs agrees.

I have the Heroin Diaries at home, have not read them yet and The Dirt, which is a great deal of fun, but felt these guys are full of crap, don't believe most of the crap that is in that book

I read the Herion Diaries when it came out. Same with The Dirt. While I pretty much believed The Dirt, I've since stopped believing everything I've read in most of the "rock books" that followed. Seems like some of them were trying to out-Dirt The Dirt if you know what I mean.

If I pick up an interesting fact or 2 and it keeps me entertained enough to finish the book, I considder that a success.

Over the years I have just decided to listen to the music and ignore the soap opera that is Motley Crue.

I guess there was a HUGE difference being a heroin addict in band doing club circuits across america than being one who is a millionaire in a world famous band ?


I havn't heard the whole Corabi album, not a surprise being that I havn't listened to a new Crue album all the way through since Dr Feelgood.

Guest wrote:

Best thing they ever did and they should have kept Corabi and carried on with this heavy, big kickass sound.

Agreed! Vince made his mark with the band through 1991, but once he quit and Corabi came into the picture, I think they improved quite a bit in some ways. Granted, they might have considered a name change, given the almost total abandonment of the "party rock" thing, the change in vocal style, and the "dirtier" sound of the music, but to me, it was like the band returning to their roots in a way - recapturing the heaviness and youthful spirit of "Too Fast For Love" (STILL my favorite Neil-fronted Crue release). I also felt like the lyrics took a major step up from the mostly pedestrian Spinal Tap-esque stuff ("swimming in a sea of stunted sexuality", etc.) to more personal topics and "real life" kind of stuff. I haven't had a copy of this since '04 when I sold a ton of CDs to get out of a bind, but I still regularly get songs from this album stuck in my head after all these years. I'm currently trying to track down a vinyl copy of the album for my collection, in case anyone who has one wants to part with theirs

James B. wrote:

I guess there was a HUGE difference being a heroin addict in band doing club circuits across america than being one who is a millionaire in a world famous band ?


I havn't heard the whole Corabi album, not a surprise being that I havn't listened to a new Crue album all the way through since Dr Feelgood.

Dr. Feelgood is the last great thing they have done to date.

It's official...Mick thinks 1994 s/t is their best album:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=179623

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

It's official...Mick thinks 1994 s/t is their best album:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=179623

I dont.

exact33 wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

It's official...Mick thinks 1994 s/t is their best album:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=179623

I dont.

I do.

exact33 wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

It's official...Mick thinks 1994 s/t is their best album:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=179623

I dont.

I don't either. Those first two albums were too damn good.

metalinmyveins wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

It's official...Mick thinks 1994 s/t is their best album:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=179623

I dont.

I don't either. Those first two albums were too damn good.

First 3, for me, were really good but very dated in terms of style/production...the 1994 album is just a timeless piece of Hard Rock IMO...great album.

I didn't care for this when it came out. Within the past few years, I went back to it, as I like a lot of stuff I passed over in the early 90s.

I still don't like it. I have no problem with a non-Vince Crue album. I kinda like Corabi's voice. I just do not like the music on the record, Crue or otherwise.

I wouldn't say it's their best album, but it ranks pretty high up in their discography for me. It's certainly holds up as one of the better "80's-hair-band-tries-to-grunge-it-up-for-the-90's" releases of that era.

I agree with Mick.
My Top 5 Crue:

1. Motley Crab
2. Too Fast For Love
3. Shout At The Devil
4. Quaternary
5. New Tattoo

[quote="metalinmyveins"]

exact33 wrote:

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

It's official...Mick thinks 1994 s/t is their best album:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=179623

I dont.

I don't either. Those first two albums were too damn good. [/quote

yep. Corabi was never a good fit imho. I think he sounded out of place and the music was just boring. The S/T is blown away by Too Fast for Love.

Mick Mars also thinkd Depends are the best adult diapers too.

I thought this was pretty interesting. John Corabi is currently on tour, playing the Motley Crue '94 album in it's entirety. I wouldn't mind seeing that.

Ex Motley Crue frontman John Corabi will release a live package of his performance of his former band’s self-titled 1994 album.

He took over from Vince Neil after the singer departed the group in 1992 and recorded one record with Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars and Tommy Lee.

The Dead Daisies singer recorded the performance in Nashville earlier this year while on the road with his solo band. And he decided to document the event at the request of fans.

Corabi tells Mulatschag: “We started doing it because it was the 20th anniversary of that album. People were coming to me and they were saying things like, 'Dude, I've waited 20 years for this.'

“Motley Crue only really toured for three months in America. We never played Canada, South America or Europe. So I did a bunch of shows and went to Nashville and I recorded the whole thing for a live album and I recorded the whole thing for a DVD.

“I’m gonna pack the two together. And for anybody that wants to see it, it'll be coming out soon."