John Corabi

"Everybody was freaking out," the former Motley Crue vocalist tells UCR.

"I'm trying to be my own person, not the guy that sang with Motley Crue 30 years ago," he tells UCR.

The 1994 LP deserves a better legacy.

He says former bandmates prefer to pretend his era "did not happen in their lives."

"Nah, we're not gonna do that song," Vince Neil then quipped.

Ex-Kiss and Motley Crue members went in new, heavier direction on overlooked debut.

Singer recalls “very frank” meeting before his 1994 dismissal.

Motley Crue and Aerosmith crossed paths while recording at same studio in early '90s.

Singer said ex-bandmates were "just trying to figure out how to be relevant again."

With the biggest record of their career behind them, the band seemed poised to scale even greater heights.