I told @mrmickmars this very thing when I met him in Denver in 2014. He never came out and told me who he was. He told me his name was Bob Deal. I hadn't read @Nikkisixxpixx 's books yet so I didn't know I was staring Mick in the face. I told him that in felt Motley sold me out when they went back to the original lineup. @johncorabiofficial
It wasn't motley Crue lol ....Crue fans were Crue fans for a reason ....When you completely change the sound and singer you can understand why they lost interest...It's like You go to buy pizza and get served cake...Well I ordered pizza? Well this is still pizza ...? Anyway I agree a new name would have helped because a new fan base is what they needed ..
@Jax Teller For a long time, I thought the same as you. I loved Motley Crue's original lineup and thought I was a loyal fan by hating the single when it came out and ignoring the band till Vince came back. In truth, I never even listened to the single because it didn't sound like Motley Crue nor did I get the album. Now, many many lifetimes later.....I've matured past the blind fan stage, listened to the album, and find a lot to enjoy in it but it isn't Motley Crue. The Crue should have changed their name for this and toured as a new band. It failed because a lot of fans were like me which is long time Crue fans expecting to hear Vince's imperfect vocals which are perfect for the band Motley Crue. The let down was too great. The songs have to be written with Vince in mind and sung by Vince, if you are putting a Crue tag on it, which is what happened on Saints of Los Angeles. Written by Nikki Sixx and James Michael (Sixx AM and everyone else lol), the album was presented to the rest of Motley who decided to record it and once again Motley Crue began to rise. It gained a following because Vince was singing, no offense to Corabi and all his talents. In fact, the only person that Motley Crue doesn't need is Tommy Lee and that has been proven. He is a great drummer but their are others who can emulate his style. We've discussed Vince. Nikki is, well, Nikki lol. As for Mick Mars, although there are guitarists who can imitate his style and play the songs just like him, they can't WRITE riffs like he does. Sorry so long, but, I love pontificating on the Crue.
Track list: @1:09 Hooligan's Holiday @7:06 Live Wire @10:45 Shout At The Devil @15:49 Wild Side @ 23:23 Power To The Music @29:11 Uncle Jack @36:00 Drum Solo - Planet Boom @45:33 Dr. Feelgood @51:10 Misunderstood @58:32 Kickstart My Heart @1:08:03 Home Sweet Home @1:13:50 Revolution @1:17:45 Loveshine @1:20:55 Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) @1:27:35 Primal Scream @1:35:09 Burguer King
Mick Mars has such a gnarly guitar sound ..a very underrated player..i love this incarnation of the crue..i feel it blows away the original line up ..\m/
If they would've called it anything but Mötley Crüe, they may have started a revolution in the music business!! This album was amazing! I saw them in Dallas then, years later met and hung out with John in Nashville, cool and very humble guy.
Totally agree! I had a buddy listen to this album once without telling him who they were, and he was blown away how good it was...when I told him it was the Crue, he looked confused and was like "dude, that's not Motley Crue"...that's the big mistake they made, they should have gone with a different name. Mayhem would have been good...anything but Motley Crue...damn shame because they were awesome with Corabi
Why wouldn't they call it Motley Crue? They still had 3 out of the 4 original members. Crue was already an established name and brand. If they called it something else they would have had to start over from scratch.
They had just signed a $25M dollar contract with Elektra Records. If they changed the name then the company would’ve definitely renegotiated the deal and they would’ve lost a lot of money. when Vince left they still could have but they decided to be fair with them because they were still Motley Fucking Crus
F**king LOVED this album...I had backstage passes lined up for them at San Diego State...and they cancelled the show like 2 weeks before the date (word was that they barely sold 40 tickets). Was freakin CRUSHED...wanted to meet the guys so bad. But at least now I get to see how they were and sounded on that tour...f**kin awesome!
Excellent album ! Too bad people did not understoodd this record at the time ! Bought it the week of its release in 1994 and still one of my fav MC album. I very like "Dr Feelgood" and the rest of the stuffs but the MC 1994's album was more dramatic, louder, perfect songwriting and sonicly superior than all the rest of the discography ! for me John Corabi is one of the best singer of the 90's and still to this day !! Vince was MC but this 1994 era is for me the best, no offense to the MC with Vince Neil of course ! Maybe the band could have changed the name of the band....
This lineup runs laps around the Vince Neil version. Corabi brought a whole new dimension to the Crüe sound, & in my opinion, the classic stuff sounded exponentially better. Corabi's a singer/writer/musician. Vince is just a frontman. A shame that this version of the band wasn't given a fair chance.
Not given a fair chance? The label hated it, radio stations hated it, the fans hated it. MTV hated it. The Tour absolutely tanked. You can't say Vince was just a frontman when he was the biggest reason for their success in the early days. Ego drove Motley Crue apart, and John Corabi destroyed what remained. You can like that record, I do too. It just wasn't Motley Crue. The few who heard that record said it sounded great. Damn well better, it cost $3M to produce. Better sound freaking fantastic! That's about $7M in today's money.
@@johnbruce4003 the label and MTV don’t know squat how artists should sound. Neil was a shitty singer live and constantly forgot the lyrics, it’s proven during the Girls Girls Girls tour
I saw them at the Buffalo Chip campground at the Sturgis ralley about a week after this show. I saw the original lineup about 3 years before. Corabi blew Vince out of the water live! This is by far the best Crue album! Loved Corabi with them! If only they would have stuck it out with him.
With Vince Neil they are sort of "having fun" party rock band. But with John Corabi, they were more musically serious, musicianship-oriented solid hard rock beast.
Wish I was in an alternative universe where Motley Crue continued with Corabi instead of reuniting with Vince Neil. I am a huge Crue fan (have been since Theatre of Pain was released). Picked up the self titled album when it came out, expecting it to be terrible and turned out to be my fave Motley album ever. Was equally disappointed when Vince re-joined them as I was when he first left.
Man, what a fucking bruiser of a show!!! This was a fantastic album and a fantastic version of the band even if didn't resemble the old Crue very much. It's ridiculous and sad than Nikki keeps shitting all over it (and Corabi). Hell, even Vince is on good terms with Corabi. They should have taken the same approach as Sabbath w/Dio and brought it back under a different name and kept it going. The world wasn't ready for this album in '94 but we could desperately use some more like it in 2021.
Nikki's a legendary dickhead. Everybody in the band aside from him loves John. Tommy didn't even want to continue the band without John, but stuck it out for one album. That's why he quit after the Gen Swine album. He said with Corabi, everything was new and fresh. But when they brought Vince back, it became old and stale.
@@DigThis Yeah, I was aware of the history with Tommy quitting because Vince was brought back. I saw them twice on the Gen Swine tour but the vibe was super weird. It didn't feel right at all. The beef between Tommy and Vince was still a thing when they tried to re-unite the band for the Resurrecting Motley Crue doc in 2005. And it was even still a long time after that before they were on something approaching good terms again. It's also super weird/sad/hilarious/infuriating that they completely left all of that out for The Dirt movie and pretended that everything was A-OK immediately after Vince rejoined.
this is the dark side of life.drumwise speaking this could have been for tommy lee the beginning of a technical musical journey on previous senaz drums, he would have reached spatial levels, if he hadn't stopped at gossip and private problems, up to here he sounds scary, now he's a great groove power maker, but guys just think if he'd continued with dedication along this line with the band. Damn money.
Interesting takes guys, it seems that many fans to this day prefer the “party train wreck” aspect to MC much like most HS n College students go to football games to socialize and party vs paying attention to play by plays. What is in display here with this lineup is a complete band with all members writing and performing at the top of their musical abilities. This however jars the majority of the fan base which only hungers to consume the circus of musical and visual chaos that a Vince Neil fronted MC dynamic brings. In short Corabi MC version is a serious legit hard rock band and Vince Neil is a party rock band. Most “fans” want the party band. Awesome convo!
Best is subjective. Most would say their best was in the mid 80's. With Corabi live, they're much better, as Vince misses so many lyrics. Btw Motley Crue is my favourite of their albums.
After the 6 times Platinum Dr Feelgood album, this 1994 Motley album went gold, Generation Swine went gold, New Tattoo didn't sell at all, and Saint's of Los Angeles went gold. The future draw for Motley was the original 4 members. Personally, in hindsight, I think if they would have called this album something else, maybe M***** Crue or Motley, C***...using slightly different words, similar to how people called Van Halen, Van Hagar...maybe, just maybe. But, who knows. For the most part, this music died with grunge.
I loved Motley Crue's original lineup and thought I was a loyal fan by hating the single when it came out and ignoring the band till Vince came back. In truth, I never even listened to the single because it didn't sound like Motley Crue nor did I get the album. Now, many many lifetimes later.....I've matured past the blind fan stage, listened to the album, and find a lot to enjoy in it but it isn't Motley Crue. The Crue should have changed their name for this and toured as a new band. It failed because a lot of fans were like me which is long time Crue fans expecting to hear Vince's imperfect vocals which are perfect for the band Motley Crue. The let down was too great. The songs have to be written with Vince in mind and sung by Vince, if you are putting a Crue tag on it, which is what happened on Saints of Los Angeles. Written by Nikki Sixx and James Michael (Sixx AM and everyone else lol), the album was presented to the rest of Motley who decided to record it and once again Motley Crue began to rise. It gained a following because Vince was singing, no offense to Corabi and all his talents. In fact, the only person that Motley Crue doesn't need is Tommy Lee and that has been proven. He is a great drummer but their are others who can emulate his style. We've discussed Vince. Nikki is, well, Nikki lol. As for Mick Mars, although there are guitarists who can imitate his style and play the songs just like him, they can't WRITE riffs like he does. That is my take. Sorry so long, but, I love pontificating on the Crue.
I agree with everything you said 100%. The Corabi album is a great early 90s album. It has a grunge-meets-Aerosmith feel to it. But it's not a Motley album. Vince is not a technically proficient singer, but he has a unique voice that fits the Motley sound perfectly. You know it's him when you hear him. Vince's solo albums sound more like Motley than the Corabi album. What made Motley work was Nikki writing lyrics over Mick's riffs, with Vince's singing. I agree Tommy is the most dispensable member of the Crue. Nikkie even said so when Tommy was threatening to leave a 2nd time some years ago. No disrespect to the guy. He's a great drummer and a great performer. But I didn't mind the alternative lineup with Sam Maloney on the drums. In fact, I thought she was cute as hell and added a sense of freshness to Motley which at the time seemed like a dinosaur band. I saw the "New Tattoo" tour in 2000 and thought it was the closest they had been to being the real Crue since the "Dr. Feelgood" tour. I do kind of wish they had kept Corabi as a 2nd guitarist and part-time singer. Then they could do songs from the 1994 album live while Vince gives his voice a rest. In fact, I would have no problem with a Crue lineup of Nikki, Vince, Mick, John, Sam, and the background singers. It's also obvious "Saints of Los Angeles" is really a Sixx AM album with Vince on the vocals. DJ Ashba recently admitted he played all the rhythm guitar parts on that and that Mick was in the hospital at the time.
Interesting takes guys, it seems that many fans to this day prefer the “party train wreck” aspect to MC much like most HS n College students go to football games to socialize and party vs paying attention to play by plays. What is in display here with this lineup is a complete band with all members writing and performing at the top of their musical abilities. This however jars the majority of the fan base which only hungers to consume the circus of musical and visual chaos that a Vince Neil fronted MC dynamic brings. In short Corabi MC version is a serious legit hard rock band and Vince Neil is a party rock band. Most “fans” want the party band. Awesome convo!
They should have kept him in this band. Bring back Vince? Ok. But this guy can play guitar. He can sing. Man! Why not? This band sounds raw. I think it great.
Great lineup, and I loved John Corabi when he was in The Scream. This should had gone by a diffrent band name. This album had rich musical substance, and let's face it- all things Crue by Vince after Theatre Of Pain is a cheap whore that got lucky.
The Corabi MC is so much heavier and better than anything VN did. Neils voice was and still is awful. He was always the weakest link. You can hear how great these songs are live with a real singer. This is MC at their best.
This certainly seems at least as good a show as they ever did with Vince. Except maybe the very early vids you can find on here from the starwood and so on, before they made it big. But this is great in a different way. It's just pure, it's more musical. It's more intelligent And of course, Corabi is a better singer than Vince ever was, especially now. See the vids of Corabi on his motley album tour from a couple years back, he's still just as good as he was here, if not better. And my oh my, what a fucking stomping album this was as well.
In the beginning, i did not like Coraby's vocals due to very different than Neil's..the 2nd times...Motley Crue's Self Title album + mini album Quaternary..they began my favorite albums of The Crue after Decade of Decadence.. MOTLEY CRUE is still my alltime favorite Rock/Metal Bands since 91-end of time.❤❤❤❤❤❤
People must be deaf Vince Neil can not sing period !! Crowd sings more than he does !!! Should've kept corabi album totally kicks ass ! Guy got a shit deal
This was the last time they've had some sort of artistic relevance, to me. A great album, still incomprehensibly overlooked. After this era everything went to shit. Nowadays they are a joke. Should have called it quits 20 years ago. And for good.
If they had changed the name of the band for another, this lineup in my opinion was still making music, my opinion their mistake was to be called Motley Crue
If they'd put Crue to bed (until the eventual reunion) and called this band Brides Of Destruction, I think it would've been huge! Great album, absolutely solid, but NOT Motley Crue. Crab smoked Vince.
If anyone wants to know why this lineup didn’t work, it’s because for the first time in Motley Crue’s career, they lost money. Say what you want about Vince Neil, but he was a rock star. John Corabi never will be.
For better or worse it’s only Crue with Vince. This sounds like a decent rock band but with Vince Neil it sounds like fuckin’ Motley Crue. Same with Anthrax and John Bush/Joey. Decent band with Bush but only Anthrax with Joey. Once you get used to or immediately love a voice with unique character like Vince, Joey or even Axl Rose it’s just too big a part of the sound of the band. Corabi and Bush while having solid, traditional rock voices with not a large range are to me cookie cutter and a dime a dozen. Especially in the 90’s.
Anthrax sounded great with Joey, John or Dan, and that's because unlike the fucking douchebag Crue has for a frontman. Those 3 mentioned did respect the fans enough to stay in shape, take care of their voice, and be able to put a performance with the band. Dude you can't keep a straight face and tell me that crue sounded well on these last couple of years. Corabbi is almost the same age as Vince and he can still fucking hit the high notes he hit in the 90's without running out of breath.
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This is the best version of Motley Crue.
This should be one of the top selling rock albums of all time. This planet has no idea what it missed here.
@Ken McMullen very true
I told @mrmickmars this very thing when I met him in Denver in 2014. He never came out and told me who he was. He told me his name was Bob Deal. I hadn't read @Nikkisixxpixx 's books yet so I didn't know I was staring Mick in the face. I told him that in felt Motley sold me out when they went back to the original lineup. @johncorabiofficial
Nail on head, this is the way a live rock band should be !!! Such an incredible album and obviously pulled off live.
It wasn't motley Crue lol ....Crue fans were Crue fans for a reason ....When you completely change the sound and singer you can understand why they lost interest...It's like You go to buy pizza and get served cake...Well I ordered pizza? Well this is still pizza ...? Anyway I agree a new name would have helped because a new fan base is what they needed ..
@Jax Teller For a long time, I thought the same as you. I loved Motley Crue's original lineup and thought I was a loyal fan by hating the single when it came out and ignoring the band till Vince came back.
In truth, I never even listened to the single because it didn't sound like Motley Crue nor did I get the album. Now, many many lifetimes later.....I've matured past the blind fan stage, listened to the album, and find a lot to enjoy in it but it isn't Motley Crue. The Crue should have changed their name for this and toured as a new band. It failed because a lot of fans were like me which is long time Crue fans expecting to hear Vince's imperfect vocals which are perfect for the band Motley Crue. The let down was too great. The songs have to be written with Vince in mind and sung by Vince, if you are putting a Crue tag on it, which is what happened on Saints of Los Angeles. Written by Nikki Sixx and James Michael (Sixx AM and everyone else lol), the album was presented to the rest of Motley who decided to record it and once again Motley Crue began to rise. It gained a following because Vince was singing, no offense to Corabi and all his talents. In fact, the only person that Motley Crue doesn't need is Tommy Lee and that has been proven. He is a great drummer but their are others who can emulate his style. We've discussed Vince. Nikki is, well, Nikki lol. As for Mick Mars, although there are guitarists who can imitate his style and play the songs just like him, they can't WRITE riffs like he does.
Sorry so long, but, I love pontificating on the Crue.
Honestly I love this lineup
Track list:
@1:09 Hooligan's Holiday
@7:06 Live Wire
@10:45 Shout At The Devil
@15:49 Wild Side
@ 23:23 Power To The Music
@29:11 Uncle Jack
@36:00 Drum Solo - Planet Boom
@45:33 Dr. Feelgood
@51:10 Misunderstood
@58:32 Kickstart My Heart
@1:08:03 Home Sweet Home
@1:13:50 Revolution
@1:17:45 Loveshine
@1:20:55 Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
@1:27:35 Primal Scream
@1:35:09 Burguer King
lol Burger King
This is my favorite Crue album. I was 14 then and music was everything. Loved their older stuff but this was raw to me. Still their best in my eyes.
Me too! This was a life changing album for me during the grunge apocalypse!
Mick Mars has such a gnarly guitar sound ..a very underrated player..i love this incarnation of the crue..i feel it blows away the original line up ..\m/
Oh man. So raw with John Corabi. Loved all his voice work on the 94 album. Really like his take on Wild Side.
i remember buying this album and just cranking it over and over and over again.....smoke the sky is my fav
Having two guitars... so much better... Having a real metal singer... so much better. Loved this.. made them a real dirty sleezy sounding band.
This should have been the definitive formation of the Crue
It was!
I was at this very show! To this day, it’s one of my favorites. This was also the first time I saw Type O Negative live.
ToN played on this gig as well? Jesus lucky fuck, seeing Crue with Corabi and also the big green man on the same night.
Don't lie
This was the tour that had Type O, Butthole Surfers and The Ramones as openers on different dates.
I saw this package in Detroit. Small crowd for outdoor theater. Was this a smaller venue/ crowd? so cool
I was there too! Front row at 21 years old! The good ole days.
I always wondered how John Corabi would sound singing older Crüe songs..he's hands down 100x better than Vince in every single way - blown away!!!
If they would've called it anything but Mötley Crüe, they may have started a revolution in the music business!! This album was amazing! I saw them in Dallas then, years later met and hung out with John in Nashville, cool and very humble guy.
Agreed; I've also fealt they should have called themselves Hooligan's Holiday..
Totally agree! I had a buddy listen to this album once without telling him who they were, and he was blown away how good it was...when I told him it was the Crue, he looked confused and was like "dude, that's not Motley Crue"...that's the big mistake they made, they should have gone with a different name. Mayhem would have been good...anything but Motley Crue...damn shame because they were awesome with Corabi
Why wouldn't they call it Motley Crue? They still had 3 out of the 4 original members. Crue was already an established name and brand. If they called it something else they would have had to start over from scratch.
They had just signed a $25M dollar contract with Elektra Records. If they changed the name then the company would’ve definitely renegotiated the deal and they would’ve lost a lot of money. when Vince left they still could have but they decided to be fair with them because they were still Motley Fucking Crus
Thanks for putting this up. We real Connoisseurs appreciate it.
First time I see a Corabi Crue concert!. Fantastic performance! Was a great time for theCrue's, and I really love this line -up!
i really wish there was better quality audio of this concert it seems like it was sick as fuck
When Motley Crue had a singer that could actually Sing!
Like... the whole 80's and 90's decades?
What an amazing angle man! I could watch Tommy beat the shit out of those Drums for hours
F**king LOVED this album...I had backstage passes lined up for them at San Diego State...and they cancelled the show like 2 weeks before the date (word was that they barely sold 40 tickets). Was freakin CRUSHED...wanted to meet the guys so bad. But at least now I get to see how they were and sounded on that tour...f**kin awesome!
He sounded so good on Kickstart My Heart and Dr. Feelgood
Back when rock n roll was against the establishment, the man. Now they are a mouthpiece for the establishment. Fuck that.
Best Crue album. Period
Corabi sings with emotion, power and soul. Neil, a muppet on helium.
Teu cu
When he remember the lyrics
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
this cd and tour are SOLID from start to finish even Home Sweet Home sounds a ton better
Excellent album ! Too bad people did not understoodd this record at the time ! Bought it the week of its release in 1994 and still one of my fav MC album. I very like "Dr Feelgood" and the rest of the stuffs but the MC 1994's album was more dramatic, louder, perfect songwriting and sonicly superior than all the rest of the discography ! for me John Corabi is one of the best singer of the 90's and still to this day !! Vince was MC but this 1994 era is for me the best, no offense to the MC with Vince Neil of course ! Maybe the band could have changed the name of the band....
This lineup runs laps around the Vince Neil version. Corabi brought a whole new dimension to the Crüe sound, & in my opinion, the classic stuff sounded exponentially better. Corabi's a singer/writer/musician. Vince is just a frontman. A shame that this version of the band wasn't given a fair chance.
Not given a fair chance? The label hated it, radio stations hated it, the fans hated it. MTV hated it. The Tour absolutely tanked. You can't say Vince was just a frontman when he was the biggest reason for their success in the early days. Ego drove Motley Crue apart, and John Corabi destroyed what remained. You can like that record, I do too. It just wasn't Motley Crue. The few who heard that record said it sounded great. Damn well better, it cost $3M to produce. Better sound freaking fantastic! That's about $7M in today's money.
@@johnbruce4003 the label and MTV don’t know squat how artists should sound. Neil was a shitty singer live and constantly forgot the lyrics, it’s proven during the Girls Girls Girls tour
GREAT TOUR !! I saw them at the Hollywood Palladium that year! thank you for posting this!
Man, I loved this album still these years later it's in my top 10.
Should of kept Corabi Praise God
Wow ! This is just awsome!!!!!!!!!!!! They sound incredible.
By far the 94 album was the best MC album from start to finish. The fans, especially the women did not give John a fair shot. Been a MC fan since 82.
Damn that planet boom drum solo was incredible been looking for a live version
Holy shit that dude can fuckin' sing.
I saw them at the Buffalo Chip campground at the Sturgis ralley about a week after this show. I saw the original lineup about 3 years before. Corabi blew Vince out of the water live! This is by far the best Crue album! Loved Corabi with them! If only they would have stuck it out with him.
I was there! I was 15 years old
They kicked ass on this tour. Still the loudest concert I’ve seen
Saw this Tour in '94 Dallas Tx Starplex front row!!
Wish the Crue started with Corabi.
Read an interview where Tommy says Johns voice was always blown out. Seen lots of live footage and the voice seems fine!!!!!!
Love this band
Incredible album
Thanks for uploading this
MÖTLEY CORABI FUCKING ROCKS
Absolutly beautiful tysm❤
Are they 1.5 step down on the old songs? They sound really heavy!
Incredible songs with great musicianship. Crue fans weren't ready for such change. Too bad because it's top notch
With Vince Neil they are sort of "having fun" party rock band. But with John Corabi, they were more musically serious, musicianship-oriented solid hard rock beast.
Wow, fucking wow! What a killer show
Wish I was in an alternative universe where Motley Crue continued with Corabi instead of reuniting with Vince Neil. I am a huge Crue fan (have been since Theatre of Pain was released). Picked up the self titled album when it came out, expecting it to be terrible and turned out to be my fave Motley album ever. Was equally disappointed when Vince re-joined them as I was when he first left.
best vocal ever
I saw this tour twice that year.
At least one of those shows I recall they played Smoke The Sky.
Man, what a fucking bruiser of a show!!! This was a fantastic album and a fantastic version of the band even if didn't resemble the old Crue very much. It's ridiculous and sad than Nikki keeps shitting all over it (and Corabi). Hell, even Vince is on good terms with Corabi. They should have taken the same approach as Sabbath w/Dio and brought it back under a different name and kept it going. The world wasn't ready for this album in '94 but we could desperately use some more like it in 2021.
Nikki's a legendary dickhead. Everybody in the band aside from him loves John. Tommy didn't even want to continue the band without John, but stuck it out for one album. That's why he quit after the Gen Swine album. He said with Corabi, everything was new and fresh. But when they brought Vince back, it became old and stale.
@@DigThis Yeah, I was aware of the history with Tommy quitting because Vince was brought back. I saw them twice on the Gen Swine tour but the vibe was super weird. It didn't feel right at all. The beef between Tommy and Vince was still a thing when they tried to re-unite the band for the Resurrecting Motley Crue doc in 2005. And it was even still a long time after that before they were on something approaching good terms again. It's also super weird/sad/hilarious/infuriating that they completely left all of that out for The Dirt movie and pretended that everything was A-OK immediately after Vince rejoined.
I like it!
Did Type O Negative open at this show?
They should've just created something like a "new" band and gone for it like they did with that album. Motley Crue is a metal band.
this is the dark side of life.drumwise speaking this could have been for tommy lee the beginning of a technical musical journey on previous senaz drums, he would have reached spatial levels, if he hadn't stopped at gossip and private problems, up to here he sounds scary, now he's a great groove power maker, but guys just think if he'd continued with dedication along this line with the band. Damn money.
Too bad the guy recording couldn't stop talking to his boyfriend for at least a song
Some say this was Dark Crue, I believe it to be scars-ripped-open and raw Crue. No glam bullshit, hammering the shit out of the audience
Dio Crüe 😂
Iconic.
Interesting takes guys, it seems that many fans to this day prefer the “party train wreck” aspect to MC much like most HS n College students go to football games to socialize and party vs paying attention to play by plays. What is in display here with this lineup is a complete band with all members writing and performing at the top of their musical abilities. This however jars the majority of the fan base which only hungers to consume the circus of musical and visual chaos that a Vince Neil fronted MC dynamic brings. In short Corabi MC version is a serious legit hard rock band and Vince Neil is a party rock band. Most “fans” want the party band. Awesome convo!
Mötley Crüe 1994 was a kick ass band
It's too bad the Corabi era was so short lived. This was when they were at their best.
And heaviest!! 🤘🤘
Best is subjective. Most would say their best was in the mid 80's.
With Corabi live, they're much better, as Vince misses so many lyrics.
Btw Motley Crue is my favourite of their albums.
This era was so put badly in the movie yet this was the best era of the Crue they crushed it
he sounded good
kick ass!!
THE CRIUE AT THEIR PEAK
1.) This was only 9 years after the original.
2.) John would record his solo version 13 years later, in 2007.
3.) 2007 was 15 years ago.
"9 years after the original"? Original what?
@@DigThis My bad I was talking about Home Sweet Home. I forgot it was the full show.
Did type O negative open for them on this tour?
They did! And I believe King's X was on the bill as well
Better singer John!
Better frontman Vince! I’ll take Vince.
After the 6 times Platinum Dr Feelgood album, this 1994 Motley album went gold, Generation Swine went gold, New Tattoo didn't sell at all, and Saint's of Los Angeles went gold. The future draw for Motley was the original 4 members. Personally, in hindsight, I think if they would have called this album something else, maybe M***** Crue or Motley, C***...using slightly different words, similar to how people called Van Halen, Van Hagar...maybe, just maybe. But, who knows. For the most part, this music died with grunge.
I loved Motley Crue's original lineup and thought I was a loyal fan by hating the single when it came out and ignoring the band till Vince came back.
In truth, I never even listened to the single because it didn't sound like Motley Crue nor did I get the album. Now, many many lifetimes later.....I've matured past the blind fan stage, listened to the album, and find a lot to enjoy in it but it isn't Motley Crue. The Crue should have changed their name for this and toured as a new band. It failed because a lot of fans were like me which is long time Crue fans expecting to hear Vince's imperfect vocals which are perfect for the band Motley Crue. The let down was too great. The songs have to be written with Vince in mind and sung by Vince, if you are putting a Crue tag on it, which is what happened on Saints of Los Angeles. Written by Nikki Sixx and James Michael (Sixx AM and everyone else lol), the album was presented to the rest of Motley who decided to record it and once again Motley Crue began to rise. It gained a following because Vince was singing, no offense to Corabi and all his talents. In fact, the only person that Motley Crue doesn't need is Tommy Lee and that has been proven. He is a great drummer but their are others who can emulate his style. We've discussed Vince. Nikki is, well, Nikki lol. As for Mick Mars, although there are guitarists who can imitate his style and play the songs just like him, they can't WRITE riffs like he does. That is my take.
Sorry so long, but, I love pontificating on the Crue.
I agree with everything you said 100%. The Corabi album is a great early 90s album. It has a grunge-meets-Aerosmith feel to it. But it's not a Motley album. Vince is not a technically proficient singer, but he has a unique voice that fits the Motley sound perfectly. You know it's him when you hear him. Vince's solo albums sound more like Motley than the Corabi album. What made Motley work was Nikki writing lyrics over Mick's riffs, with Vince's singing. I agree Tommy is the most dispensable member of the Crue. Nikkie even said so when Tommy was threatening to leave a 2nd time some years ago. No disrespect to the guy. He's a great drummer and a great performer. But I didn't mind the alternative lineup with Sam Maloney on the drums. In fact, I thought she was cute as hell and added a sense of freshness to Motley which at the time seemed like a dinosaur band. I saw the "New Tattoo" tour in 2000 and thought it was the closest they had been to being the real Crue since the "Dr. Feelgood" tour. I do kind of wish they had kept Corabi as a 2nd guitarist and part-time singer. Then they could do songs from the 1994 album live while Vince gives his voice a rest. In fact, I would have no problem with a Crue lineup of Nikki, Vince, Mick, John, Sam, and the background singers. It's also obvious "Saints of Los Angeles" is really a Sixx AM album with Vince on the vocals. DJ Ashba recently admitted he played all the rhythm guitar parts on that and that Mick was in the hospital at the time.
Interesting takes guys, it seems that many fans to this day prefer the “party train wreck” aspect to MC much like most HS n College students go to football games to socialize and party vs paying attention to play by plays. What is in display here with this lineup is a complete band with all members writing and performing at the top of their musical abilities. This however jars the majority of the fan base which only hungers to consume the circus of musical and visual chaos that a Vince Neil fronted MC dynamic brings. In short Corabi MC version is a serious legit hard rock band and Vince Neil is a party rock band. Most “fans” want the party band. Awesome convo!
This was the best band to ever grace a stage
Corabi sings better for sure.
They should have kept him in this band. Bring back Vince? Ok. But this guy can play guitar. He can sing. Man! Why not? This band sounds raw. I think it great.
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"Matthew Trippe" 🤣
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Honestamente me quedo con vince ,aunque acepto que corabi es un gran musico que aporto mucho en este disco,!!!!🇦🇷👌
Great lineup, and I loved John Corabi when he was in The Scream. This should had gone by a diffrent band name. This album had rich musical substance, and let's face it- all things Crue by Vince after Theatre Of Pain is a cheap whore that got lucky.
The Corabi MC is so much heavier and better than anything VN did. Neils voice was and still is awful. He was always the weakest link. You can hear how great these songs are live with a real singer. This is MC at their best.
This certainly seems at least as good a show as they ever did with Vince.
Except maybe the very early vids you can find on here from the starwood and so on, before they made it big.
But this is great in a different way. It's just pure, it's more musical. It's more intelligent
And of course, Corabi is a better singer than Vince ever was, especially now. See the vids of Corabi on his motley album tour from a couple years back, he's still just as good as he was here, if not better.
And my oh my, what a fucking stomping album this was as well.
I love the Corabi album. But in the context with the old songs its like 2 totally different bands, I must confess. Difficult.
In the beginning, i did not like Coraby's vocals due to very different than Neil's..the 2nd times...Motley Crue's Self Title album + mini album Quaternary..they began my favorite albums of The Crue after Decade of Decadence..
MOTLEY CRUE is still my alltime favorite Rock/Metal Bands since 91-end of time.❤❤❤❤❤❤
I always laugh at stupid Mötley Crüe fans when they bitching about how bad Vince sings
This is what they deserved. John Corabi were too good for them.
People must be deaf Vince Neil can not sing period !! Crowd sings more than he does !!! Should've kept corabi album totally kicks ass ! Guy got a shit deal
45:28" Nikki introduced himself as MATTHEW TRIPPE...
This was the last time they've had some sort of artistic relevance, to me. A great album, still incomprehensibly overlooked. After this era everything went to shit. Nowadays they are a joke. Should have called it quits 20 years ago. And for good.
Man the songs from MC94 sounds great but Crab singing Vince songs just doesn’t sound right
If they had changed the name of the band for another, this lineup in my opinion was still making music, my opinion their mistake was to be called Motley Crue
If they'd put Crue to bed (until the eventual reunion) and called this band Brides Of Destruction, I think it would've been huge! Great album, absolutely solid, but NOT Motley Crue. Crab smoked Vince.
Only sheep prefer Vince.
If they had only stuck with this lineup. They wouldn’t have been a embarrassment on future tours. Especially now.
Humbling year for the Crue. Great album though...honestly think it would have been huge if Vince hadn't left.
Mars doesnt need a 2nd guitar player hes a one man show. Corabi distorts and muffles Mick Mars awesome tone.
He really destroyed "don't go away mad" in a bad negative way!
Best Crue Disc, John Corabi was better thank Vince Neil, 1000,000 times
The last time the Crue sounded good, or wrote their own songs.
They still write their own songs, bud.
No canta vince neil, que cantante horrible Dios
Absolutely sucked without vince
sheep to the heard
If anyone wants to know why this lineup didn’t work, it’s because for the first time in Motley Crue’s career, they lost money. Say what you want about Vince Neil, but he was a rock star. John Corabi never will be.
For better or worse it’s only Crue with Vince. This sounds like a decent rock band but with Vince Neil it sounds like fuckin’ Motley Crue. Same with Anthrax and John Bush/Joey. Decent band with Bush but only Anthrax with Joey. Once you get used to or immediately love a voice with unique character like Vince, Joey or even Axl Rose it’s just too big a part of the sound of the band. Corabi and Bush while having solid, traditional rock voices with not a large range are to me cookie cutter and a dime a dozen. Especially in the 90’s.
Anthrax sounded great with Joey, John or Dan, and that's because unlike the fucking douchebag Crue has for a frontman. Those 3 mentioned did respect the fans enough to stay in shape, take care of their voice, and be able to put a performance with the band.
Dude you can't keep a straight face and tell me that crue sounded well on these last couple of years. Corabbi is almost the same age as Vince and he can still fucking hit the high notes he hit in the 90's without running out of breath.
Absolute garbage