Your favourite 80's hair metal band

Post by **Pete** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:21 pm

Whilst I've been away working I've been listening to a lot of 80's hair metal, in particular Poison & Motley Crue.

Seeing as all these bands are still going strong/reforming with original members who apart from Kiss was your favourite 80's glam/hair metal band...

Oh and Twisted Sister aren't here because they weren't glam...they were Hid!!!

Post by **Frehley75** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:40 pm

Pete's back!

I honestly don't think I've heard of any of them bands.

OK...I'd have to go with the Crue because they made one timeless masterpiece ("Too Fast") and literally wrote the book.

Bits of the Vain lp still sound great and Poison and PBF both released debut's that would be in any Glam top 10 but then did nothing worth mentioning. Ratt had their moments but only a few actual songs. The others...no idea.

the_dude · Post by **the_dude** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:07 pm

i have been listening to lizzy borden, tigertailz and killer dwarfs. and obviously motley rck hard!!

Phil

ric k iss · Post by **ric k iss** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:42 pm

i used to love a bit of ratt - only really had tapes of them of mates in the 80's (always been a bit of a pirate lol) "home taping is killing music......but it's cheaper" - or words to that effect! so i voted for them although i did like poison too, these tapes have gone long ago suppose i best get on the pirate bay and download them for free

lol who am i kidding!!

Dwight Fry · Post by **Dwight Fry** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:45 pm

That was a toughie.

I eventually went for RATT.

I got into Motley during the 'Shout...' era, got bought 'Too Fast For Love' for Easter '85, and then went and got 'Theatre of Pain'. At the same time as this I discovered Ratt via the 'Invasion of Your Privacy' album. Haven't a clue how. I think a local shop had the rat shaped You're In Love single (or was it Lay it Down?) and I bought.

By the time Motley's Theatre album was wearing off I was really into Ratt because of the SEMINAL debut mini lp (there's two versions, like Motely's Too Fast). Then Ratt released Dancing Undercover and I went off them a bit. Then Crue released Girls and I REALLY went off them. I never got back into them until they reformed, but I still haven't bought nay Crue since Theatre of Pain - 23 years ago! Ratt had some good stuff like I Want A Woman on MTV which kept me interested, and when the Detonator album came out I was floored by them and got to see them live.

These are my reasons for choosing Ratt. Valid? Who cares, I don't.

The Ratt debut album can easily be placed alongside the best of debut albums from any band. Amazing.

dtkdemongene · Post by **dtkdemongene** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:09 pm

I always thought Ratt (and to a certain extent Dokken) pissed on Motley etc....

Personally though, I preferred around 1990 when Winger, Slaughter etc came along & kicked ALL of their asses...

Dwight Fry · Post by **Dwight Fry** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:14 pm

dtkdemongene wrote:I always thought Ratt (and to a certain extent Dokken) pissed on Motley etc....

Personally though, I preferred around 1990 when Winger ... kicked ALL of their asses...

That's just the bassist in you talking!

Seriously though, the Winger debut album is great. Seventeen. Madeleine. Hungry. Er, Purple Haze. Hit after hit.

dtkdemongene · Post by **dtkdemongene** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:16 pm

Dwight Fry wrote:
dtkdemongene wrote:I always thought Ratt (and to a certain extent Dokken) pissed on Motley etc....

Personally though, I preferred around 1990 when Winger ... kicked ALL of their asses...
That's just the bassist in you talking!

Seriously though, the Winger debut album is great. Seventeen. Madeleine. Hungry. Er, Purple Haze. Hit after hit.

I guess so.... or even the 'musician' in me....

Post by **Pete** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:17 pm

Dwight Fry wrote:
dtkdemongene wrote:I always thought Ratt (and to a certain extent Dokken) pissed on Motley etc....

Personally though, I preferred around 1990 when Winger ... kicked ALL of their asses...
That's just the bassist in you talking!

Seriously though, the Winger debut album is great. Seventeen. Madeleine. Hungry. Er, Purple Haze. Hit after hit.

And they were 90's bands...

The debut Slaughter album is marvellous! Got this in FLA in 1990 (when I missed the HITS tour by about a day!

) and didn't stop playing it for about 6 months. Totally pi$$ed of my folks blasting 'Burnin' Bridges' and 'Up All Night'.

Dwight Fry · Post by **Dwight Fry** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:18 pm

The tool of ignorance, remember?

Hey, I just realised, one of my fave big hair bands from back then was W.A.S.P. I was a huge fan of them at one point. I called it a day after they released 'Inside the Electric Psycho Circus' or whatever it was called. 9-5-Nasty is an awesome song though.

Post by **Pete** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:31 pm

Dwight Fry wrote:The tool of ignorance, remember?

Hey, I just realised, one of my fave big hair bands from back then was W.A.S.P. I was a huge fan of them at one point. I called it a day after they released 'Inside the Electric Psycho Circus' or whatever it was called. 9-5-Nasty is an awesome song though.

Are W.A.S.P hair metal? I'd consider them more as Shock Rock myself?
Damn. Why did I start this poll? I'm confused now...

Dwight Fry · Post by **Dwight Fry** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:34 pm

No, you're right. They started off looking like rejects from an Animalize photo shoot and ended up looking like something from an Asylum photo shoot, lol.

dtkdemongene · Post by **dtkdemongene** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:43 pm

Dwight Fry wrote:The tool of ignorance, remember?

Cheeky fecker!

Post by **Pete** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:45 pm

dtkdemongene wrote:
Dwight Fry wrote:The tool of ignorance, remember?
Cheeky fecker!

You're not denying it though...

dtkdemongene · Post by **dtkdemongene** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:47 pm

Pete wrote:
dtkdemongene wrote:
Dwight Fry wrote:The tool of ignorance, remember?
Cheeky fecker!
You're not denying it though...

Oh I am.... and rigorously!

KISSin' UK

KISSin' UK