“I Still Hate That Record”

Vince Neil had some harsh phrases for Mötley Crüe‘s 1997 album Era Swine throughout a current interview with the Outsider podcast. The album’s historical past is already a bit convoluted, as Mötley Crüe initially started recording it with vocalist John Corabi. Nevertheless, Neil would ultimately return to the band, re-recording vocals for the album’s launch.

Neil did not mince phrases expressing outright abhorrence for the album: “I hated that document,” he bluntly said within the interview, echoing sentiments that many followers and critics have voiced over time.

His evaluation of the album’s high quality, or lack thereof, stands in stark distinction to the band’s purported enthusiasm throughout its creation: “I nonetheless hate that document. There are not any good songs on it. And I instructed them, I am going, ‘This document sucks.’ ‘No. We adore it. We adore it.'” he continued.

The interview additionally sheds gentle on Neil‘s eventual return to Mötley Crüe. It appears his determination to rejoin the band was not solely motivated by a want for inventive achievement or monetary achieve however was as a substitute influenced by pragmatic issues about ticket gross sales and his personal profession trajectory.

“When Mötley went out on tour with Corabi because the band’s singer, their tickets stopped promoting. And I used to be doing fairly good. However I wasn’t promoting out locations. I used to be opening for guys. And so their supervisor referred to as me up and stated, ‘We would like to fulfill with you in New York.’ So I flew to New York and sat there and talked to ’em.’ And it took some time for me to say ‘okay.’ However I lastly gave in and went to the recording studio the place they had been making Era Swine, which was at Nikki‘s home. And… I do not know. It was dangerous for some time, ‘trigger I did not wanna be there.”

Mötley Crüe not too long ago launched their first post-Mick Mars single “Canine Of Struggle” and it sadly left us wanting for something better.