Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the glam metal scene on L.A.’s Sunset Strip was constantly in flux. Various musicians were all performing and partying together, and bands would form, break up, and hire and fire new members routinely as they searched for the perfect mix. For example, Guns N’ Roses was formed after Axl Rose failed to work out with either Hollywood Rose or L.A. Guns, as The Quietus reported.

Another L.A. band going through personnel changes at the time was Quiet Riot. As Nikki Sixx told Kerrang! Radio, two members of the band approached him about playing bass for them. “I remember that Randy [Rhoads] and Kevin [DuBrow] had asked me to join the band. They were looking for a new bass player,” he said.

However, Sixx, ever the songwriter, said he wanted to focus on his own material rather than commit to another band. “I was writing a lot of the songs that would later become ‘Too Fast For Love,'” referencing Mötley Crüe’s first album.