John Corabi, a former Motley Crue singer, talked about making the band’s 1997 album “Generation Swine”.
In a new interview with Rob’s School Of Music, Corabi said:
“We worked on that record for, God, almost two years. Now, the difference is I’m not a fan of the record that came out. ‘Cause you’ve gotta understand we had recorded a bunch of those songs, and they brought Vince back. Then they went back into the studio with him for, like, another year. And they switched things around, then they started playing with sound effects.
“I don’t mean this in any disrespect to Motley at all, but the bottom line of it is we did a record and it didn’t sell well — per their standards. I mean, it went gold, but it didn’t sell well. The tour was a disaster. And I think, to be honest with you, Tommy [Lee, drums] and Nikki [Sixx, bass] and Scott [Humphrey, co-producer] were trying to reinvent themselves to be current. […]
”This is f**king bull**it. Just do what you do. You’re Motley.’ And I’ve done the same thing. Even after I got out of Motley and I was in Ratt, then I decided I was gonna do a solo record, I would record a few songs and I would do ’em and I’d go, ‘Man, I’ve gotta be relevant. I’ve gotta be relevant.’ So everybody gets caught up in it.
”But the bottom line of it is it took a manager, or a friend mine, to just sit there and go, ‘You know, Crab, listen, man. F*ck that. You are what you are. You’re a bluesy kind of Beatles, [Led] Zeppelin, Aerosmith… That’s who you are. Don’t try to be something that you’re not. Stop looking at trends and just do what you do. There are people out there that like what you do.’ And at that point, once I just said, ‘You know what? F*ck it. I’m just gonna do my own thing,’ then I was a lot better off.”