Mötley Crüe called it quits in 2015, after years of fights, abuse and loss only briefly covered in the new Netflix biopic 'The Dirt.'
Mötley Crüe, the subject of the new Netflix biopic The Dirt reached its pinnacle as a metal band in 1989, with the release of Dr. Feelgood, their fifth and most successful studio album.
For Lee, the beginning of the end happened on April 7, 1990, when an accident in New Haven landed him in the hospital. During a drum solo, Lee and his drum set were supposed to fly around the audience on an invisible track. “Race car driving has become a priority in Neil’s life,” a statement read. “His band mates felt he didn’t share their determination and passion for music.”
He shared his perspective on departure in a 1993 interview with the Los Angeles Times. “Despite what everybody heard, it had nothing to do with me choosing racing over music,” Neil said. “That was the announcement the band put out and that’s all some people ever heard.““I wanted the band to continue a straight hard-rock direction but they wanted to gin a blues direction,” Neil said. “It just wasn’t sounding good to me. I’m not a blues singer—and Mötley is a rock band, not a blues band.
John Corabi and the New Mötley CrüeAfter Neil's departure, Mötley Crüe replaced him with a new lead singer, John Corabi, formerly of the L.A. hard-rock band The Scream. In 1994, the new Mötley Crüe lineup released a self-titled album. Though it debuted at #7, sales of Mötley Crüe quickly fell behind previous albums.
After touring with former Hole drummer Samantha Maloney, Mötley Crüe went on hiatus. It looked like the band was done once and for all. Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil performs during the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada September 19, 2014. Reuters In subsequent years, members have opened up about the breakup. “It became four men with different ideas,” Sixx said on the Let There Be Talk podcast in 2017. “Just because I wanted it to be the same thing and somebody else might have wanted it to be a different version of that doesn’t make them a bad person. It just means it was time for us not to be a band anymore.
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