Motley Crue - Saints Of Los Angeles [CD]

Motley Records

July 19, 2008, 08:56 PM

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This album had a lot of pressure riding on it. If any of you have read the dirt you will realise that Motley Crue are not the closest of bands and still having an original line up is quite a feat. So, when it comes to writing a new album it would be very hard to get the cohesion that is needed - still sounding solid and passionate as if the guys were young and up for it. Is this album just a way of bringing in a bit more cash as over the years they’ve pissed it all up the wall, stuck it up their noses or in their arms and need some to actually live of?

Well let’s get in to the music. It’s classic Crue. They are one band that was always pretty consistent in their style. The quality had fluctuations at points but they were always capable of writing a few truly rocking songs for every album. But over the years their writing techniques would have changed due to massive decrease in substance abuse but maybe that is why this album is consistent all the way through, leaving behind days when they wrote a few songs and then filled the rest of a disc with filler just so they wouldn’t have to be in the studio any longer.

This album is rocking from start to finish with a solid emphasis on being about living it up and their life experiences. If you’ve ever read the Dirt you will get all the lyrical references, which are all based on their pasts and stories from the book, and if you havn’t then you should go and buy it. God knows how Vince Neil’s voice is still so high. But I think its all about the harmony vocals and backing vocals that bring this album together, along with all the typical 80’s cock rock clichés of big drums, loud guitars and songs about partying and girls.

If the band last another 10 years some of these tracks will become classics along with "Girls Girls Girls", "Wild Side", "Kick start My Heart" and the rest of them. Songs like "Down At The Whisky", "Chicks = Trouble", "Saints of Los Angeles" and the ballad "Animal In Me", which sounds like Bon Jovi with balls, will easily stick in your head and have you wanting more. It’s so easy to listen to the album straight through and put it on again and again.

To sum this album up, it’s 45 minutes of hard rocking bliss. If you like rock or metal and love a catchy chorus and a good riff, you will love this album. When we all thought Motley were dead they come back kicking and screaming. If they can continue to release material as good as this lets hope they keep on rocking for many more years.

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