They predominately played along the West Coast. The band played at various venues in the United States between 20. Also in the band were The Cult guitarist Billy Duffy, The Cult bassist Chris Wyse and drummer Josh Howser. In early 2004, Corabi joined Jerry Cantrell's covers band Cardboard Vampyres. He was also a member of Twenty 4 Seven, a collaboration with Corabi, drummer Bobby Blotzer ( Ratt, Contraband), and guitarist Rob Marcello (Ironhorse, Obsession, Danger Danger) recorded 10 hard rock tracks entitled Destination Everywhere (US, 2002). Ace Frehley makes a special appearance on the Hendrix cover Foxy Lady. ESP also featured guitarist Bruce Kulick, bassist Karl Cochran, and drummer Eric Singer. Union never officially called it quits (playing live shows every so often with guest drummers and bass players), but with Kulick playing along with Grand Funk Railroad, Corabi playing with many bands, most notably Ratt, and both members being tied up in solo projects, Union will probably never return to write new studio material.Ĭorabi played guitar and bass in the Eric Singer Project. The third and final Union album, The Blue Room, was a more polished sound than the first studio CD. The second album "Live in the Galaxy" was a live recording with two acoustic tracks recorded in a mobile studio.
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Soon the full band went on a world tour headlining small venues in support of the Union album. John and Bruce wrote what would become the first Union album (self titled) and proceeded with a nationwide acoustic tour, to promote the album, featuring just Corabi and Kulick (both on guitar). In 1997, Corabi formed the band Union with Bruce Kulick (recently released from KISS), Brent Fitz, and Jamie Hunting. He was portrayed by Anthony Vincent Valbiro in the 2019 Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt. Weeks after the performance, Corabi stated "The album would have made it if this was under a different band name". In July 2015, Corabi and his band performed at a bar and played all of the songs off of the Mötley Crüe album. Corabi said: "my record was the first record that they had done that didn't go platinum, didn't make some sort of crazy noise, and everybody panicked". This performance was a unique event as fans witnessed the two Mötley Crüe vocalists share the same microphone.Ĭorabi spoke about his time with the band and his thoughts on the first record with Mötley Crüe. On this cruise, Corabi joined Vince Neil on stage to perform "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC. Early in 2008, Corabi attended the Motley Cruise, a 4-day cruise in the Caribbean (Miami, Key West and Cozumel, Mexico) including performers such as Vince Neil, Skid Row, Ratt, Slaughter, Endeverafter and Lynam. The evening was also attended by many Mötley Crüe competition winners who were invited into the VIP area to chat to Corabi, as well as the other 3 band members. Many of the songs from the early writing session were used on the album and Corabi is credited on the liner notes for co-writing some of the songs.Ĭorabi and the rest of Mötley Crüe made personal appearances at London's Hard Rock Cafe at a private party in February 1994 promoting their self-titled Mötley Crüe album. Rather than hiring another label, Mötley Crüe acceded to the demand and by 1997, Corabi departed the band and Neil returned. During the early stages of the writing of a new album which would become Generation Swine, Mötley Crüe's record label refused to provide funds to record the album unless Vince Neil was let back in the band. When only two people took Sixx up on his offer, Sixx stated he knew this version of the band was finished.
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Before a concert in Tucson, Arizona which had a 15,000 seat capacity, only 4,000 tickets were sold, Nikki Sixx decided to call into a Tucson area radio station and offer any fan who showed up free tickets. Though the music was heavier and more elaborate than the rest of the Mötley Crüe catalog, it did not sell as well as previous releases from the band. Corabi recorded the self-titled Mötley Crüe album in 1994 and the EP Quaternary. Bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee stated that Corabi was capable of singing anything and everything and that was the reason they chose him. After Mötley Crüe parted ways with lead singer Vince Neil in February 1992, Corabi was hired as his replacement.