Motley Crue - Saints of Los Angeles
by David Svendsen
The long awaited release from the original bad boys of Los Angeles shows the band in peak form with a few bumps thrown for good measure.
Saints of Los Angeles is Motley Crue's first disc with all original members in 11 years and they are still as tight as ever. However, there are two noticeable elements on this disc that struck me right away. The first is that although already known for his seemingly nasally whine, Vince Neil's voice -- at times -- seems almost more nasally than normal. Yes, I know, that is kind of hard to comprehend. Second, it seems that there has been sugar coated splooge injected throughout the disc that to me, tends to take some of the sharpness off of Mick Mars' riffs. A majority of them just don't seem to pack the punch they should. Apparently it's a new plug-in producer James Michael is pimping. Definitely could have done without it.
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