Too Fast for Love

Too Fast for Love is the debut on which MÖTLEY CRÜE put forward, all at once, rough guitar, a strong beat and a dangerously flashy character. There is a roughness born of youth in the playing, but it rather strengthens the songs’ speed and the heat of the streets. It is a record announcing the start of a legend, originally released on an independent label. On “Live Wire,” “Take Me to the Top” and “Piece of Your Action,” they already have the feel that leads to later LA metal. Songs like “Public Enemy #1,” “Merry-Go-Round” and “Too Fast for Love” breathe an early, impulsive appeal too. By choosing impulse over refinement, they vividly carve the band’s starting point. Here is the raw prototype of the four who would repaint the Los Angeles scene. It is a rough yet appealing debut.