John Corabi – Photo courtesy Facebook
WHAT’S IN A NAME — John Corabi has officially went on the record to explain how he got the nickname ‘Crabby‘, and it’s not what you think says the singer.
Corabi, 66, is a Philadelphia native who moved to Los Angeles in 1986 with his then former band Angora (previously Raggedy Andy) that eventually dissolved and led to the singer forming The Scream with other Los Angeles based musicians including Bruce Bouillet and Scott Travis of Racer X.
Of course that group was short lived and soon Corabi found himself in the singer seat for the mighty Motley Crue a few short years later.
Ironically, that stint fronting Motley Crue was how the origins of his nickname ‘Crabby‘ came to be.
Blabbermouth has just shared an interview from Corabi that details how it all unfolded, and we have shared a few excerpts below.
Blabbermouth writes: “In a new interview with Dawn Osborne of TotalRock, former MÖTLEY CRÜE and current THE DEAD DAISIES frontman John Corabi spoke about the origin of his nickname “Crabby“. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Somebody was just asking me — literally I still get asked, they’re, like, ‘Why does everybody call you ‘Crabby‘?’ And I go, ‘Well, it’s not what you think.’ [Chuckles] I have [MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist] Mick Mars to thank for that, because Mick used to go, ‘Hey, Corabi.’ And it somehow went from ‘Hey, Corabi‘ to ‘Hey, Corab‘ to ‘Crab‘. And that was it. I went from Corabi to Crab, and I’ve just been Crabby ever since. But that’s a Mick Mars nickname, and it just stuck.”
Corabi will release his debut full-length solo album, “New Day”, on April 24 via Frontiers Music Srl.
“New Day” marks Corabi‘s first full-length solo album of original material. Recorded in Nashville during the summer of 2025 and produced by multi-platinum songwriter and producer Marti Frederiksen (AEROSMITH, Ozzy Osbourne, BUCKCHERRY),the album fuses classic ’70s rock, soul, and blues influences into a sound that feels both timeless and deeply personal.”
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