[Music: The Hairbands] Lets hear it for the Glamrockers!!!

[megamania]

I've been listening to Poison, Motley Crue and some AC / DC for the past week and reliezed we (EN World) have not given them any credit or love. Lets hear it for the rockers of the 80's! [insert favorite guitar rift now]

[Dannyalcatraz]

This thread is going to keep me Up All Night.

I have a lot of glam-metal in my collection...

Tesla, Dokken, Faster Pussycat, Helloween, Pretty Maids, Europe, Bulletboys, Slaughter, Motley Crue, Cinderella, Bang Tango, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Alcatraz, Nitro, Ratt, Impellitteri, Vain, Skid Row, Dangerous Toys.

KISS (sans makeup).

Vandenburg.

Satan Jokers.

And so, so many others.

[megamania]

....and don't forget the one hit wonders like Firehouse, Mr. Big and and favorite of a friend of mine- Jetboy.

[Dannyalcatraz]

Of those 3, only Mr. Big may be found in my collection.

I'm not judging, mind you. After all, I admitted to owning Europe and Bang Tango.

[Darkwolf71]

Hmm, trying not to re-list the obvious ones.
Danger Danger, Warrant, Stryper, Twisted Sister, Britny Fox, The Shekinatones,

[Dannyalcatraz]

Danger Danger! Forgot about them. Let's add Shark Island, Great White, Katmandu, Fastway to my list as well.

Originally Posted by Darkwolf71

The Shekinatones,

OK, with a collection of 5K+ CDs, its not often I say this about a band or musical artist...

WHO?

[Darkwolf71]

Originally Posted by Dannyalcatraz

OK, with a collection of 5K+ CDs, its not often I say this about a band or musical artist...

WHO?

Heheh.

Obscure... Practicaly unheard of Christian rock band. I don't know if they ever recorded an album, but they had two tracks here: Amazon.com: Take Time To Listen - Volume 5: Music . Pretty good. Very 80's sounding but I'm not sure when they were actually together.


Oh, and you are the only other person I have ever seen even list Vain. Man, I need to get that one again.

[Dannyalcatraz]

Christian Hair Metal!

I'd forgotten!

I don't own much, myself, but I did pick up one true gem of Christian Hair Metal:

Bloodgood's Detonation was one of the best of the bunch, bar none. Check out the massive vocals on "The Messiah!"

Amazon
(They sound sort of like Krokus.)

Oh yeah- Krokus!

I'm also now remembering some of the other stuff I have.

I mentioned French Motley Crue wannabes, Satan Jokers, so lets continue around the world.

The Japanese band Loudness put Japan's metal scene on the map. And then their countrymates, the somewhat heavier but still hairsprayed EZO, released a couple of excellent albums in the USA.

[megamania]

Def leppard, Bon Jovi and Whitesnake.

I remember being offered to see Whitesnake opening for Poison for 20 dollars and I turned it down. Whitesnake broke up a few months after that. Now I kick myself for not going.

[Dannyalcatraz]

Originally Posted by megamania

Def leppard, Bon Jovi and Whitesnake.

All in my collection. YAY, ME!

[megamania]

Somewhere I still have the Whitesnake Trilogy video tape collecting several of their music videos.

I still remember the horror of my friend as my drunken wife to be climbed up on his hood of his camero and began dancing just like the video.


oh those were the days....

[Darkwolf71]

Oh, I have lots. I could do a thread on that alone. Bloodgood rocks. Bride, Deliverance, White Cross... speaking of which. White Lion, Witesnake, White Zomb... um no, that's defiantly not Glam.

Also there is another little known band Eternal Decision, Amazon.com: Eternal Decision: Eternal Decision:... . Sounds like early Metallica.

[Dannyalcatraz]

I have heard that of Eternal Decision, but haven't heard any of their stuff yet.

Perhaps...

[Dioltach]

Does Bad English count as a hair band?

I used to have an LP of a British band called Spider that definitely qualifies. I used to love it, but like so many bands they disappeared from my listening list when I switched to CD.

[Dannyalcatraz]

Bad English (IMHO and in my collection) qualifies.

[Blackrat]

Hey! How can you talk about 80's and have the word Glamrock in the title without mentionin Ziggy Stardust?! AKA David Bowie

[Darkwolf71]

Billy Idol, Queen, Night Ranger, Quiet Riot.

[Mathew_Freeman]

I'd just like to stick my oar in quickly and remind everyone that the creator of Glam Rock was Marc Bolan of T-Rex - in the 1970's!

Oh it's plain to see
You were made for me
Yeah, I'm your toy
Your 20th Century boy...

[Dioltach]

I just remembered a band I was thinking of only the other week: Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction.

[Dannyalcatraz]

Ziggy Stardust?! AKA David Bowie

I, too, am a Spider from Mars!

Billy Idol, Queen, Night Ranger, Quiet Riot.

The last 2, definitely...

The first 2? Matter of opinion. Still good, though!

I'd just like to stick my oar in quickly and remind everyone that the creator of Glam Rock was Marc Bolan of T-Rex - in the 1970's!

*Bangs a gong, reverently*

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction.

I never got into them.