10 Worst Rock Band Member Replacements
4. John Corabi Replaces Vince Neil - Mötley Crüe
Vince Neil. Mick Mars. Nikki Six. Tommy Lee. This is the line-up that most people think of when they imagine hair metal hellraisers and umlaut abusers Mötley Crüe.
This configuration played on the first five of the Crüe's albums, on hits such as Smokin' in the Boys Rooms, Girls, Girls, Girls, and Kickstart My Heart. So, when Neil left the band (either of his own free will or due to someone else's, nobody knows) in 1992, they had no idea what to do.
In came John Corabi, formerly of groups like Angora and The Scream. Heard of them? Of course you haven't.
Corabi was front and centre for the Crue's one and only '90s studio release, the self-titled Mötley Crüe from 1994. This album attempted to position the band as a hybrid of old-school hair metal and the emerging grunge genre, but all it did was give a mediocre account of both.
For various reasons, Corabi's singing came under heavy fire from fans and critics alike. This, combined with the subpar material on the new record, meant his days were numbered.
He was gone by the next album, replaced by, you guessed it, Vince Neil.