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Former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi has blasted “Pam & Tommy”, Hulu’s limited series about MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee’s and “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson’s infamous leaked sex tape, saying everyone involved with the project should be ashamed.

Sebastian Stan and Lily James star in the series as Lee and Anderson, while Seth Rogen also appears as the man who stole the tape, and produced with his partner Evan Goldberg. The series, which premiered on February 2, also stars Nick Offerman, Taylor Schilling, Andrew Dice Clay, Pepi Sonuga, Spencer Granese and Mozhan Marnò.

Earlier today, Corabi, who joined CRÜE in 1992 as the replacement for the group’s original singer, Vince Neil, and stayed with the band for five years, took to his social media to write: “Ok….just my opinion here on something that’s been bugging me. The Tommy And Pam miniseries on Hulu, is so full of bullshit, it’s ridiculous!!!! I can honestly say about 98% of this ‘FICITIONAL’ take on T&P’s life is CRIMINAL.

“I shared 5 years of my life with Tommy and although it was at times INSANITY it’s sooooo overblown in this SHIT they call TV entertainment! Tommy never walked around in a Speedo, didn’t act at all they way they portray him, and now I see that THIRD EYE BLIND ‘bumps’ us from a studio, because they’re more relevant???? DID NOT HAPPEN…!!!

“Apparently, HULU, and all involved in this crock of shit don’t care about how Pam may feel to have to relive this. Or how Tommy’s new wife may feel. Or how about Tommy’s boys seeing this completely overblown story about their parents!!!

“Shame on EVERYONE involved…” Corabi ended his message by including four middle finger emojis.

“Pam & Tommy” executive producer Rob Siegel admitted to Variety that the scene in the series involving MÖTLEY CRÜE and THIRD EYE BLIND never actually happened in real life.

“I felt like [THIRD EYE BLIND] was the perfect band for the scene,” he said. “I did a little quick Google search. What label was MÖTLEY CRÜE on? Elektra. Who else was on Elektra? THIRD EYE BLIND. The timing was perfect. In 1996 they’re working on their debut album. So the scene is fictional, but I like to think it absolutely could have happened.”

THIRD EYE BLIND singer Stephan Jenkins confirmed that he has never even met the members of MÖTLEY CRÜE, telling Variety: “MÖTLEY CRÜE and I’ve never been in the same studio. I recorded my whole first album in Northern California. So we were across the state from each other at the very least.”

Lee and Anderson are not involved with the series, which was written by Siegel and DV DeVincentis and produced by Annapurna.

The series focuses on the duo’s salacious relationship in the 1990s, including the leak of the private honeymoon video and the legal battle that ensued.

Anderson and Lee got married on a beach in Mexico in 1995 after dating for just four days. The couple, who divorced in 1998, share two sons, Brandon, 24, and Dylan, 22.

The sex tape Lee made with Anderson during their 1998 honeymoon ended up finding its way online after being stolen from their home by an electrician. Pamela later sued the distribution company, but ended up settling, and the tape continued to be available online as a result. The tape reportedly made $77 million in less than 12 months.

Last November, Corabi said that he was “insulted” by the way he was portrayed in MÖTLEY CRÜE’s biopic “The Dirt”. Corabi discussed the way he was name-checked in “The Dirt” in an interview with The Metal Summit. He said: “The portrayal in the movie, it was pathetic. It really made it look like I was really pissed when [the guys in the band are seen] basically walking into a high school gymnasium to, like, eight people. And I’m sorry — regardless of what the ticket sales were like [while I was in MÖTLEY CRÜE], it was never that bad. So I just kind of took it as a little bit of back-handed compliment — not even a compliment; it was like an insult. I was insulted. And I’m, like, you know, dude? If you’re gonna be a fucking asshole about it, whoever’s choice it was to put that in there… At the end of the day, I didn’t appreciate it.”

John, who is played by Anthony Vincent Valbiro in the adaptation of CRÜE’s 2001 memoir “The Dirt: Confessions Of The World’s Most Notorious Rock Band”, went on to say that he would have preferred it if he had been left out of the film altogether. “I think I’m in the movie 20 seconds,” he said. “So, take that 20 seconds out and skim over it completely.”

Released in March 2019, “The Dirt” currently has a 36% critic score from 74 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, the online review aggregation service that allows both critics and the public to rate movies. The same site has an 94% audience score for “The Dirt” from more than 6,000 reviews.

In February 2018, Corabi released a live album of his performance of MÖTLEY CRÜE’s entire 1994 self-titled album, recorded on October 27, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. “Live ’94: One Night In Nashville” documents the album in its entirety along with the bonus track “10,000 Miles”, which was originally released as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the “Quaternary” EP.

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— John Corabi (@Crablegs59) February 18, 2022

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MEGADETH and LAMB OF GOD have announced the rescheduled Canadian shows as part of their “The Metal Tour Of The Year”. The dates, which were originally set to take place last fall, will now happen May 17-19 following the final shows of the 2022 U.S. leg of the trek. Tickets and VIP packages are on sale now and previously purchased tickets from the original concerts remain valid.

The newly announced Canadian “The Metal Tour Of The Year” dates featuring MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES are as follows:

May 17 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
May 18 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
May 19 – Quebec City, QC – Centre Videotron

“The Metal Tour Of The Year” was originally announced and planned for 2020 but was halted by the pandemic. Fans waited patiently for touring to return and in the summer of 2021 were granted their wish. “The Metal Tour Of The Year” was one of the first national amphitheatre tours to hit the road in 2021 and saw co-headliners MEGADETH and LAMB OF GOD hit 29 cities across North America with special guests TRIVIUM and HATEBREED, who stepped in to replace IN FLAMES who couldn’t join the tour due to travel restrictions. The tour was met with enormous acclaim, truly living up to its name and playing to a whopping 172,000 metal fans in the process.

Speaking on the success of the initial leg of the tour and his excitement in hitting the road again in 2022, MEGADETH’s leader and frontman Dave Mustaine said: “‘The Metal Tour of The Year’ is exactly what it sounds like — a night of some of the best heavy metal bands in the world — live and loud. Anyone who came to a show last year knows what I mean, only this one’s going be even better. Do not miss out.”

Randy Blythe, inimitable frontman of LAMB OF GOD, added: “It was great to get out on the road for an incredible tour last summer with MEGADETH, TRIVIUM and HATEBREED so we figured we’d do it again! We look forward to hitting new cities with MEGADETH, TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES, who we’re happy to have over for leg 2!”

TRIVIUM’s Matthew Heafy added: “‘The Metal Tour Of The Year’ was one of the strongest, most incredible Metal tours in ages — its namesake nothing but accurate. How do you follow that up? By doing it again — even bigger, even better, and have it play everywhere it didn’t on the first leg. ‘The Metal Tour Of The Year’ — let’s do this.”

IN FLAMES singer Anders Fridén said: “We are excited to finally be able to join our dear friends in MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD and TRIVIUM on this year’s ‘Metal Tour of The Year’! We can’t wait to be back on the road in America and to reunite with you all. Don’t miss this tour; it’s a juggernaut.”

Produced by Live Nation, the second U.S. leg of this epic metal trek will kick off on Saturday, April 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada and hit a further 21 cities before wrapping in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Sunday, May 15.

The tour will be part of Live Nation’s Live Stubs initiative which provides digital, collectible NFT ticket stubs to ticket holders. Reimagining ticket stubs as digital collectible NFTs, Live Nation’s Live Stubs will mirror the unique section, row, and seat of each ticket purchased, allowing fans to collect ticket stubs once again — this time with more capabilities. Live Stubs will automatically be included with tickets on select Live Nation shows in North America. Fans will be able to view, share, gift, trade, and resell their live stubs on Livenation.com. These are collector items and will not replace the digital tickets needed to physically enter the show.

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Hear Hudson Valley, NY slamming death metal trio Sickbay emerge with their Redefining Darkness debut, Brutal Existence.
The post Full EP Premiere: Sickbay – “Brutal Existence” appeared first on Decibel Magazine.

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