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Name some 80's guitarists that just faded away and were never heard from again.

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That guy in RATT.


That guy in Bullet Boys.


That guy in Cinderella.


That guy in Faster Pussycat.


 

 

Warren DiMartini has a new sig model from Fender IIRC and was in Dio for a while but now is back in Ratt. Great guitar player.

 

Mike Sweda owns Redcake Digital.

 

Tom Keifer is a songwriter in Nashville, which actually makes sense. He is laughing at all the other metal heads who didn't buy all the cool guitars he did in the 80s. He owns over 400 50s and 60s Teles.

 

Brent Muscat lives in Vegas and works for Ed Roman on and off. He also has a band that plays the casinos.

 

Jason Bieler from Saigon Kick owns a record label that is distributed by Warner Brothers.

 

Most of the 80s metal guys are around. The people who vanished are the grungers.

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Most of the 80s metal guys are around. The people who vanished are the grungers.



I don't know if I'd say "most" of '80s metal guys are around, but probably more than never-talented-in-any-way-to-begin-with Grungers.

I remember a local scenster when I was growing up that had the late '80s glam metal look down----long, pretty straight hair, torn jeans and denim jacket, glam cowboy boots, glam earrings, necklaces, etc. Then one day in late 1992 I saw him and he had sold out 100% to Grunge and looked like a reject from a Pearl Jam audition----unwashed, greasy jeans, flannel shirt, sloppy/shorter hairdo, etc. :rolleyes::facepalm: I think he was in a low level hack band as well and totally changed his guitar rig and band style to stay hip with the times, he even started talking about the musical influences the Grungers cited back then instead of his favorite metal bands. :blah:

A clear pattern I've noticed since the '90s is that instead of the younger generation of new "stars", it's the old vets that have dominated the arena/stadium tour thing, and the lifespan of the average new "star" is shorter than ever and based more on appearance/gimmick than ever. Look to American Idol if you need proof.

One thing you can say about more than a few of the '80s hotshots, they were accomplished players and are able to find work in music now if they want it. Probably far less glamorous than the old days, but at least it's solid work and better than being an accountant or a waiter or a house painter. Bands like Whitesnake probably do rather well overseas and can make a decent take from touring '80s nostalgia fests in the US. Is there really much demand for Grungers? I guess like all things, someone will eventually want to revivie it. :bor:

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In the age of iTunes, it's pretty hard to dissapear if you're recording anything whatsoever.


Even Kim Mitchell is still Goin' for a Soda. Some great stuff by him early 90s.
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in heavy rotation in my music.

I like that Kim Mitchell guy and his band Max Webster. Great stuff there.

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I remember a local scenster when I was growing up that had the late '80s glam metal look down----long, pretty straight hair, torn jeans and denim jacket, glam cowboy boots, glam earrings, necklaces, etc. Then one day in late 1992 I saw him and he had sold out 100% to Grunge and looked like a reject from a Pearl Jam audition----unwashed, greasy jeans, flannel shirt, sloppy/shorter hairdo, etc.
:rolleyes::facepalm:
I think he was in a low level hack band as well and totally changed his guitar rig and band style to stay hip with the times, he even started talking about the musical influences the Grungers cited back then instead of his favorite metal bands.
:blah:

A clear pattern I've noticed since the '90s is that instead of the younger generation of new "stars", it's the old vets that have dominated the arena/stadium tour thing, and the lifespan of the average new "star" is shorter than ever and based more on appearance/gimmick than ever. Look to American Idol if you need proof.


One thing you can say about more than a few of the '80s hotshots, they were accomplished players and are able to find work in music now if they want it. Probably far less glamorous than the old days, but at least it's solid work and better than being an accountant or a waiter or a house painter. Bands like Whitesnake probably do rather well overseas and can make a decent take from touring '80s nostalgia fests in the US. Is there really much demand for Grungers? I guess like all things, someone will eventually want to revivie it.
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100% agree.

 

Fender even changed the neck profile on their guitars in the 90s to make it easy for the "metal grungers" to pick up a guitar.

 

Those same people became "bluz men" in about 1997.

 

Go look at a GP from 1986 and look at one from 97 then look at one from now (God help us).

 

The end of metal (and I was never that into metal) was the dumbing down of musicianship. Now it's all about gear and shootouts.

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The guy from Alcatrazz - Vai and Malmsteen?


The guy from Danger Danger - Andy Timmons has a great solo career still.


The guy from Excodus - They're still around?
(2 guitarists, you don't specify between Gary Holt and Rick Hunolt)


The guy from Great White - They're also still around.
(you don't refer to that Michael Lard-Ass or the other guitarist Mark Kendall.)


The guy from Halloween - It's HELLoween, and Michael Weikath is still IN Helloween, who are still kicking successfully, while Kai Hansen is still fronting Gamma Ray, who are also pretty successful.


The guy from Jag Panzer - Chris Broderick. Nevermore, and now Megadeth.


The guy from King Diamond - Andy Laroque is STILL in King Diamond.
(you don't mention the second guitarist Michael Denner, Pete Blakk, Herb Simonsen, Mike Wead or Glenn Drover.)


The guy from Kings X - STILL in Kings X. Did you try at all when you made your list?


The guy from Sanctuary - Lenny is a producer. Jeff Loomis is in Nevermore. I read that Sean does music for films now.


The guy from Savatage - Cris is dead. Hit head on by a drunk driver in the 90's. Chris Cafferty is in Savatage, and Trans Siberian Orchestra.


The guy from Slaughter - Passed Away


The guy from Tesla - Still touring with Tesla.
(Frank Hannon and the other guy. IIRC the other guy is AWOL)


The guy from Twisted Sister (the guitarist : Jay Jay French) - Still in Twisted Sister.
(You fail to mention Eddie Ojeda who is arguably as much of the guitar sound as Jay Jay French.)


The guy from White Lion - Vito Bratta is completely out of the music business.





Remember, bands don't disappear just because you stop listening to them. I'm sure a lot more of that list is still out there playing.

 

 

The guy you responded to mentioned Possessed, as to me at the time was stunned to find out he was in Primus and would have never mistaken him for being in a death metal band.

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The guy you responded to mentioned Possessed, as to me at the time was stunned to find out he was in Primus and would have never mistaken him for being in a death metal band.

 

 

The guy from Slaughter actually is named Marc Shulman and played guitar on the Pantera records. He owns a company called Full in Bloom (IIRC) and does music for film.

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I saw Mark Knopfler with Dire Straits at the Greek in LA in the late 80's and they were absolutely killer. The next thing I know he's doing hillbilly {censored} with Guy Fletcher, and it just went downhill from there. He's still a great player, but his albums are real snoozers with stupid songs (Baloney Again, Quality Shoe) and some gems (Prairie Wedding, Coyote) thrown in just to remind you of how great he was with Dire Straits. As far as I'm concerned, he's mostly MIA.

 

 

Frets posted this yesterday. Not too shabby. But, Mark Knopler isn't who I think of first when 80's shredder comes up...

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The guy from Slaughter actually is named Marc Shulman and played guitar on the Pantera records. He owns a company called Full in Bloom (IIRC) and does music for film.

 

 

Which guy? Tim Kelly died. You mean the singer for Slaughter? He played on Pantera as a guitarist? I'd have to see it to believe it, but if it was the glam era of Pantera I could possibly believe it and not want to hear it. That was back when it was "Diamond" Darrell instead of "Dimebag".

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In the age of iTunes, it's pretty hard to dissapear if you're recording anything whatsoever.


Even Kim Mitchell is still Goin' for a Soda. Some great stuff by him early 90s.
Still
in heavy rotation in my music.

 

 

Amen. I've got a number of his albums, including some of his newer stuff. Always fun to listen too.

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Which guy? Tim Kelly died. You mean the singer for Slaughter? He played on Pantera as a guitarist? I'd have to see it to believe it, but if it was the glam era of Pantera I could possibly believe it and not want to hear it. That was back when it was "Diamond" Darrell instead of "Dimebag".

 

Sorry - Marc Schumann was in Keel. I think the guy from Keel was also in Slaughter or something like that.

 

Schumann did play guitar on Pantera's records though.

 

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Sorry - Marc Schumann was in Keel. I think the guy from Keel was also in Slaughter or something like that.


Schumann did play guitar on Pantera's records though.


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That's Marc Ferrari. Maybe his real name is Schumann? He was in Keel ,and to my knowledge was not affiliated with Slaughter other that maybe knowing Dana Strum and hooking them up with a guitarist or something. Still I don't recall but I thought Marc Ferrari helped get Pantera signed or something since he was a huge fan of theirs when they were more of a hair metal band.

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And then there was Trixter, Firehouse, Warrant, Poison, Vixen, Britney Fox, Tuff, Winger, and a ton of other bands doing garbage bubblegum pop they called rock as long as the guitarist could play a tasteless solo with a zillion notes.


Just because a guitarist can play a million notes per minute does not make it great music, in my opinion. Speed alone does not make great music. If notes per minute is the only redeeming quality, that person isn't a musician, he's a typist.


It was time for the metal thing to die down. Yes, bands became formulaic again after Nirvana struck gold, but at least there was a renewed emphasis on songwriting. Melody, lyrics, texture and DYNAMICS! I was glad to see "She's my cherry pie!" die an embarrassing death.


Kurt Cobain didn't close the door on metal. 80's metal closed the door on itself. Thank God.

 

 

Those bands were a subgenre of metal be it bubblegum pop metal or hair metal, but whatever it was called, it ended metal as a whole once the 90s happened. Those aforementioned bands were bands I didn't associate with metal at all back in the day, I just associated them as suck ass crap.

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