Ex-Motley Crue frontman John Corabi was interviewed by Psycho Babble.
When asked about the “Live ’94: One Night In Nashville”, in which his solo band performs MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s self-titled 1994 album in its entirety, he said (via Blabbermouth):
“Maybe a little bit of both. I was on tour with my solo band, and it was so random — we did a gig, and somebody in the audience yelled up, ‘Happy anniversary!’ I’m just sitting there in my brain going, ‘What the f*ck?’ I go on the mic [and say], ‘What are you talking about?’ This girl yelled up, ‘Today, 20 years ago, your MÖTLEY record came out.’ I had no idea. I didn’t realize it, and shortly after, my manager came to me and he said, ‘Listen, man. I don’t know how you feel about this, but I think for the fans, because MÖTLEY didn’t really tour extensively in the States’ — it’s common knowledge that the record and the tour didn’t do that well — he said, ‘I think it would be cool if you talked to the guys in your band and go out and do that record in its entirety live.’
I was a bit apprehensive about it, but I talked to the guys in my band, and they were like, ‘Yes. Let’s do it.’ We went out and we did a bunch of shows. That was 2014. It kind of carried on into ’15. I was like, ‘All right, let’s knock this on the head.’ I felt bad, [because] I actually did want to take it to places like Japan [and] Europe, and I just never got the chance, so I said, ‘You know what? Let’s just do one recording, one show, knock it out, and at least it’s there for posterity.’ If anybody didn’t get to see it, they can at least hear it [and] close their eyes and be there for a minute.”
On coming to peace with his MÖTLEY past:
John: “I kind of look at things from a very common-sense point of view. I’ve always been kind of an under-the-radar guy, even when I was in the band. I was more content hanging out with the crew guys and the sound guys than all the other crazy insanity sh*t that used to go on. Leaving the band actually taught me a very good lesson — everything in the music industry is incredibly fleeting, so I don’t really take myself all that serious. I try to have fun, and at the end of the day, success is measured by the person that’s measuring it. I may not have Steven Tyler‘s bank account, or Nikki Sixx‘s for that matter, but I’m still here 30-some years later playing music, traveling the world. I’m taking care of myself and my family, and life is good.”