Members eroom Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Don't be bashful. How many of you love the 80's shredder/wanker hair metal bands. I'd be lying, if I said that it didn't influence me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Armitage Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Not so much hair metal, Poison and such, but early metal, Judas Priest, Sabbath, etc. I just never stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members dennis138 Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by Armitage Not so much hair metal, Poison and such, but early metal, Judas Priest, Sabbath, etc. I just never stopped. I don't really think of Priest and Sabbath as hair metal. I tend to leave that category for dands like Cinderella and Poison. Am I wrong to exclude Priest and Sabbath from the hair metal tag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheDarxide Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by dennis138 I don't really think of Priest and Sabbath as hair metal. I tend to leave that category for dands like Cinderella and Poison. Am I wrong to exclude Priest and Sabbath from the hair metal tag? Nope. hair metal to me is essentially the mid 80's LA scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dennis138 Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 To me Priest and Sabbath are very reputable bands. The term hair metal has such a negative connection to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Here's Pantera back in their hair metal days, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members robtho Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Am I wrong to exclude Priest and Sabbath from the hair metal tag?.................NO!, IMHO you are right on. Besides, Sabbath and Priest are/were the real thing and still going at it. How many of those hair bands can you say that for? I must admit, I was suckered into the hair band thing for a brief moment but got over it pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evh1984 Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by dennis138 I don't really think of Priest and Sabbath as hair metal. I tend to leave that category for dands like Cinderella and Poison. Am I wrong to exclude Priest and Sabbath from the hair metal tag? Well they had hair and they played metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members curseoftruth Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 We were all suckered in a for a bit, me by bands like Ratt, Whitesnake and Cinderella -- who are really good hard blues rock bands below the makeup and spandex. I never went for the Poison, Firehouse, Bon Jovi, Britney Fox, Warrant school of it... Even real metal bands dressed like hair bands during that era, especially Ozzy! And that early Pantera, I used to see them back in those days -- they were never hair metal. That picure is years before the term hair metal and was how most bands dressed in the early 80s. Even Iron Maiden and Metallica did the spandex thing! That was just metal in those days.. THe hair bands took it a lot further! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChihliDog Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 I still love 80's hair metal and I'm never ashamed to admit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by curseoftruth We were all suckered in a for a bit, me by bands like Ratt, Whitesnake and Cinderella -- who are really good hard blues rock bands below the makeup and spandex. I never went for the Poison, Firehouse, Bon Jovi, Britney Fox, Warrant school of it...Even real metal bands dressed like hair bands during that era, especially Ozzy!And that early Pantera, I used to see them back in those days -- they were never hair metal. That picure is years before the term hair metal and was how most bands dressed in the early 80s. Even Iron Maiden and Metallica did the spandex thing! That was just metal in those days.. THe hair bands took it a lot further! I actually have all of Pantera's pre CFH albums. Some of it is quite hair metal sounding... Check out I am the night, or Projects in the Jungle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 I love 80's metal, no matter how cheezy it was. Speaking of former hair metal posers gone tough........... Anyone remember this guy?He grew up, got an image consultant, and became this guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteinbergerHack Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 I'm a shameless hair-band-lover.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fendergibson Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 I play Vai and Satchso that would be hair metal and NO hair metal ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dennis138 Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 I must admit I have a soft spot for hair metal in a tongue in cheek, nostalgic kind of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonQC Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by curseoftruth We were all suckered in a for a bit, me by bands like Ratt, Whitesnake and Cinderella -- who are really good hard blues rock bands below the makeup and spandex. I never went for the Poison, Firehouse, Bon Jovi, Britney Fox, Warrant school of it... Even real metal bands dressed like hair bands during that era, especially Ozzy! And that early Pantera, I used to see them back in those days -- they were never hair metal. That picure is years before the term hair metal and was how most bands dressed in the early 80s. Even Iron Maiden and Metallica did the spandex thing! That was just metal in those days.. THe hair bands took it a lot further! Let's not lump Bon Jovi in with the likes of Warrant and Britny Fox, that's just wrong. Mr. Sambora can play a mean guitar!And, I know you live in the area, but up until "Power Metal", I think the comparison of Pantera is much more akin to the Hair Metal of the day. Listen to "PST 88", "Power Metal", "Hard Ride", and especially anything before Anselmo. They played Cinderella covers when Terrence Lee was their singer, if that says anything. Definitely Hair Metal. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angus_old Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 all metal used to be hair metal. if you didn't have long hair you could only be a bald bass player or drummer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoboR1 Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Hair bands are what got me wanting to play guitar. If I had been into the "techno" scene or something like that, my hands would have never picked up such a great instrument!So yah I am a bit emberassed to say that I owned Poison, Crue, Jon Bon Right On, Whitesnake, Cinderella, Tesla, etc etc albums from time to time. But to be honest, my only emberassment comes from the fact that I was young and couldn't see the cheese factor of the makeup and bling aspect of the time. The whole image thing was emberassing. There is no emberassment about the music. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonQC Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by GRANKOR I actually have all of Pantera's pre CFH albums. Some of it is quite hair metal sounding... Check out I am the night, or Projects in the Jungle VERY hair metal. But, hey, it was cool back then. I'm not really into Poison or Warrant (anymore), but much of the other Hair Metal has some damn good guitar stuff going on. Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, and some others are/were pretty good. On occasion, I do still listen to Crue, Tesla, Skid Row, RATT, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Autograph, Aldo Nova, Cheap Trick, Cinderella, Great White, Dangerous Toys, Tora Tora, The Cult, Def Leppard, Faster Pussycat, LA Guns, Guns N Roses, Bruce Kulick Era Kiss, Loverboy, Night Ranger, White Lion, Winger, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheDarxide Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by GibsonQC Let's not lump Bon Jovi in with the likes of Warrant and Britny Fox, that's just wrong. Mr. Sambora can play a mean guitar! So can Warren Demartini, but i appreciate your point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angus_old Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 I'm proud to say the only hair metal record I owned was Cinderella's Long Cold Winter, and I got that for Christmas, and I only asked for it because I thought that blonde bass player was a girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alchemist Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 I'm a big Savatage fan, but I never know where to lump them in. Prog metal with some hair metal tendencies? Either way they kick ass in all departments.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HPbFtB_GgY&search=savatage%20edge%20of%20thornshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DxWhffQ2wI&search=savatage%20gutter%20ballet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheDarxide Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Originally posted by Alchemist I'm a big Savatage fan, but I never know where to lump them in. Prog metal with some hair metal tendencies? Either way they kick ass in all departments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HPbFtB_GgY&search=savatage%20edge%20of%20thornshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DxWhffQ2wI&search=savatage%20gutter%20ballet Hmm... dunno.I'll never take them seriously again after "Conversation Piece"Never has "cup of tea" been sung with such attitude..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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