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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2711903" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Of the 2 in the poll, I voted with Skid Row. Not only did their songs have more of an edge (<em>18 & Life</em> vs <em>Cherry Pie</em>? <strong>PLEASE</strong>!), but Sebastian Bach actually lived and acted more like a rock star than Jamie Lane...I mean, the man tried to defend his "AIDS kills Fags Dead" T-shirt.</p><p></p><p>I ask you, what is more rock & roll than being needlessly & casually offensive?</p><p></p><p>As for</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are many excellent candidates, but I'd have to eliminate great bands like AC/DC, Sabbath, Purple, Zep, etc, because, in all honesty, they started off in the 60's and 70's. They weren't really bands of the 80's.</p><p></p><p>Besides, before I'd crown either Warrant or Skid Row, they'd have to fight off bands like Motley Crue, Ratt, Wasp, Cinderella and a whole host of other Spandex & Hairspray bands. Not to mention foreign bands like Trust or Satan Jokers.</p><p></p><p>Dio, while great, was much more inconsistent in quality and consistent in using the same verbiage over and over- Evil, Rainbows, Magic, and so forth.</p><p></p><p>Side note- Dio's show with Megadeth and Savatage opening for him in San Antonio was my first true rock concert. Savatage's bass player's line kept going out, so he wound up throwing his instrument at the techs after their set; Megadeth announce that MTV was filming the show, started playing "Devil's Island," and then blew a fuse that darkened the arena for 15 minutes (the first 2 minutes of which people thought was part of the show), and Dio's laser-shooting dragon was fighting his laser-shooting spider...and the lasers set the speakers on fire. I almost never went back to a live show...</p><p></p><p>Van Halen is truly strong...but they had too much internal strife and linup changes to be truly kings of the era. EVH, however, is one of the premier guitarists of the decade- no doubt.</p><p></p><p>Blackmore's Rainbow and Yngwie J. Malmsteen also produced great stuff, but also suffered from consistency problems. Yeah- I know nobody plays lik YJM, but sometimes, his music just sounds...overdone.</p><p></p><p>GNR? Great band. Too unstable, plus they really did more stuff in the late 80's and early 90s. Appetite was released in 1987, after all.</p><p></p><p>Queensryche, Megadeth, and Metallica- all awesome! Each, however, had consistency problems.</p><p></p><p>Motorhead...mmmm. Great band, but like AC/DC, suffer from sameness.</p><p></p><p>Iron Maiden has been touted as by many premier, but for my money, the best rock band of the 1980s (Albums + Live shows) was Judas Priest. Those guys...stellar! IMHO, neither band really had a bad album in that decade- JP edges out IM only because of Halford's vocals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 2711903, member: 19675"] Of the 2 in the poll, I voted with Skid Row. Not only did their songs have more of an edge ([I]18 & Life[/I] vs [I]Cherry Pie[/I]? [B]PLEASE[/B]!), but Sebastian Bach actually lived and acted more like a rock star than Jamie Lane...I mean, the man tried to defend his "AIDS kills Fags Dead" T-shirt. I ask you, what is more rock & roll than being needlessly & casually offensive? As for There are many excellent candidates, but I'd have to eliminate great bands like AC/DC, Sabbath, Purple, Zep, etc, because, in all honesty, they started off in the 60's and 70's. They weren't really bands of the 80's. Besides, before I'd crown either Warrant or Skid Row, they'd have to fight off bands like Motley Crue, Ratt, Wasp, Cinderella and a whole host of other Spandex & Hairspray bands. Not to mention foreign bands like Trust or Satan Jokers. Dio, while great, was much more inconsistent in quality and consistent in using the same verbiage over and over- Evil, Rainbows, Magic, and so forth. Side note- Dio's show with Megadeth and Savatage opening for him in San Antonio was my first true rock concert. Savatage's bass player's line kept going out, so he wound up throwing his instrument at the techs after their set; Megadeth announce that MTV was filming the show, started playing "Devil's Island," and then blew a fuse that darkened the arena for 15 minutes (the first 2 minutes of which people thought was part of the show), and Dio's laser-shooting dragon was fighting his laser-shooting spider...and the lasers set the speakers on fire. I almost never went back to a live show... Van Halen is truly strong...but they had too much internal strife and linup changes to be truly kings of the era. EVH, however, is one of the premier guitarists of the decade- no doubt. Blackmore's Rainbow and Yngwie J. Malmsteen also produced great stuff, but also suffered from consistency problems. Yeah- I know nobody plays lik YJM, but sometimes, his music just sounds...overdone. GNR? Great band. Too unstable, plus they really did more stuff in the late 80's and early 90s. Appetite was released in 1987, after all. Queensryche, Megadeth, and Metallica- all awesome! Each, however, had consistency problems. Motorhead...mmmm. Great band, but like AC/DC, suffer from sameness. Iron Maiden has been touted as by many premier, but for my money, the best rock band of the 1980s (Albums + Live shows) was Judas Priest. Those guys...stellar! IMHO, neither band really had a bad album in that decade- JP edges out IM only because of Halford's vocals. [/QUOTE]
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