Mick Mars Working On New Album

Mick Mars didn't waste any time in his post Motley Crue life. He's been in the studio a lot since the Crue wrapped their farewell tour. Notice anyone familiar in that photo below? Yes, it's John Corabi. I find this fascinating and exciting that Mars and Corabi are working together again. I can't wait for that new music!

Blackbird studio yesterday. Dave Natale, John McBride,(owner) another John, & me. What a great great time I'm havin creating new, fresh, greasy LOUD ASS,slamming music.

Posted by Mick Mars on Friday, January 15, 2016

Comments

[Gary]

Here's my Corabi story, through my youngest daughter. My daughter and her friend and their boyfriends were having lunch day before M3 a few years ago at a local restaurant. Corabi came in a few minutes after they sat down. Daughter had no clue who he was,but her friend is a Crue mega fan,so she was speechless/intimidated . My daughter,(being just like her mother, as in quite outgoing and not afraid to say anything to anybody, lol) walked over to Corabi and let him know how much her buddy Lisa liked him. He not only went over and introduced himself to her and the rest of the table, but he actually picked up the tab for the whole tables lunch when they were leaving. Amanda (my daughter) said he was one of the coolest people she's ever met. So I hope this project takes off for these guys.

[Kevon]

Met Corabi on Monster Island, great dude, chatted for 20 min he bought me a round. Not sure what Metalboy is referring about him being a Dick? That was not the impression I got at all, complete opposite. Who knows some people can rub others the wrong way I suppose!y

[Him]

Great story Gary!

I am sure everyone has an off day (I certainly do). But I met the Corabi that your daughter did. And it really did make a huge difference to me. To see someone like that take a bit of starch out of my fears ("Talk to him??"), and then make that moment the single best moment in a blizzard of great experiences at a festival, was truly something. And his show that day was great . . . even if the one I reviewed was better simply because it was more intimate.

I bought that Corabi/Crue album in a remainder bin (actually, a cassette bin, where the upper part of the spine had been punctured . . . anyone remember those sorts of truck stop finds?). My interest in The Crue had been lagging. After _Decadence_ (and I loved "Primal Scream") I found Vince's solo '93 outing meh. So the eponymous cassette sorta' took me by surprise. And it sorta' reminded me of why I loved the band. By sorta' I mean this: it felt like as close an approximation to TFFL and SATD as I was gonna get, and it was more than close enough for me! I mean, I enjoyed ToP and GGG. But I didn't love them. They felt like they had filler in them that those first two didn't. And MC didn't feel like it had filler and it didn't feel like The Crue were chasing fads or trying too hard to be who they used to be. It felt like The Crue made a change that Neil couldn't, or wouldn't, make on his own.

Recall: the grunge wave had happened. But The Crue felt timely to me and, as they had always been, timeless. It was about fun, with an edge. I could go on a hooligan's holiday; but Uncle Jack was around the corner, peeking at me. And I had been out of the concert scene for a while. So this was me, unfettered, being reintroduced to a band that had "Screamed" at me, updated but not compromised ("Dr. Feelgood" feels like the 'Tallica's Black album . . . even if the history is reversed), and then disappeared.

To be clear: I am not taking sides in this. Corabi's turn would never have happened without those classic and commercial albums. And, in hindsight, it wasn't meant to last. Like DLR before him, Neil didn't have enough mojo to carry on solo (even if DLR did carry on longer and have more success and better songs). And, long-form, The Crue needed Neil just like VH needed DLR (even if VH had a better overall record without their original leader at the helm: commercially, artistically, etc.).

But that Corabi album rocked. And you know what? Those repetitions that I so admired in Mars weren't so present on that album. Mars sounds dirgey and dirty. Lee thrashed. Sixx? I never really notice(d) him. And Corabi soared. I can understand why Mars calls that The Crue's _White Album_. It was.

Long story over. A reunion of part of that spark would be awesome. It won't be lightning twice. But it could be amazing.

[bkallday]

Yes, that album sold more copies than the Beatles white album, and arenas were packed all over the world, to see the ultimate Crue lineup, with the legendary John Corabi. Lmao. The delusion is strong with this thread! Does anyone know where this brilliant album ranks(sales wise) among "real" Crüe releases? Im curious to know. Oh yeah, if Corabi is such a phenom, why havent we heard anything out of him, for the last 10 yrs??? Lemme guess...that meanie Vince is the one to blame! Im sure Corabi will be huge now.

[Metalboy!]

BK... You keep forgetting... It isn't about sales... It's about art... That's why you see Mars in the photo above no more than two weeks after the conclusion of the Crüe's final tour and precisely why he's in there with Corabi.

[Metalboy!]

The point is, Mick Mars could be in there with anybody yet it is Corabi he chose. That should be all the cred in the world you need to validate the greatness of Corabi!

Viva CORABI in chrome lettering!

[spyke (Jimbo)]

why all the asshats ripping on Metalboy,,seems like a jealous fest,,Dudes a good guy with some serious knolwlege, respect and love for the best music of out era, lay off fuckers

[Him]

Alas, keep on keeping on, bkallday! Carry on.

[Jack T. Ripper]

Rofl

[Metalboy!]

Thanks, Spyke (Jimbo)!