John Corabi: “I don’t totally believe Mick’s reasons for leaving MÖTLEY”

Fans will recall TMD broke the story wide open about Mick Mars being replaced in MÖTLEY CRÜE. Doubling down with another report that Mick did not leave the band due to health problems stemming from his back disease, but instead TMD exposed the shocking truth that Mars actually quit after the 71-year-old founding guitarist felt that Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee were making a power move to oust troubled vocalist Vince Neil, therefore voiding the contractual agreement that all members had made to perform at the Crue’s twice postponed World Tour comeback concerts as the original lineup.

During an appearance on the latest episode of the “Life In The Stocks” podcast, former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi was asked if he had an opinion on founding guitarist Mick Mars‘s recent announcement that he would no longer tour with the legendary rock act. Mick is being replaced on the road by former ROB ZOMBIE and MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5. Corabi responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I do [have an opinion]. I will just say this: I know John [5] as well. He’s a brilliant — and I cannot say ‘brilliant’ loud enough — he’s a brilliant guitar player and a great dude. But the verdict for me is out until I hear a statement from Mick. The statement that we heard was put together by MÖTLEY and their people. And I’m not totally sure I believe what they’re saying. So I’ll just leave it at that.”

He later elaborated on his comments, saying: “I don’t totally believe Mick‘s reasons for leaving MÖTLEY. And I don’t even know if he left MÖTLEY. I believe maybe he was shown the door. Because as long as I can remember… Fuck, when we were doing the ‘Generation Swine’ record, they were complaining about his guitar playing then. And if you really look at all of the records they’ve done since then… The majority of the guitars on the ‘Swine’ record, which is one of the reasons why I sued the guys, are mine. They were complaining about Mick the whole fucking time. And I don’t know if he played on ‘New Tattoo’ — I’m not sure — but I know on ‘Red, White & Crüe’, it was D.J. Ashba; on ‘Saints Of Los Angeles’, it was D.J. Ashba; and on ‘The Dirt’ [soundtrack], it was John 5.