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Venkman · 05-23-2007, 04:18 PM

Talk about Warrant and Def Leppard got me thinking, what is the greatest hair metal band?

I realize "great" is probably too strong a word since it's a pretty lightweight genre, but damn if that wasn't some fun music. So what is the 'best' hair metal band?

My pick has to be Motley Crue. I heard Kickstart My Heart on KBER 101 the other day and that song still kicks ass. What a killer guitar riff...

BarbaraGordon · 05-23-2007, 04:25 PM

I gotta go with Poison. You've got all the elements: bad hair, awful lyrics, partying, sex, allegations of satanism, but most importantly really fun music.

What more could you want in a band?

Black Diamond Bay · 05-23-2007, 04:44 PM

There are a few AC/DC songs that I love. Hell's Bells, Highway to Hell, Who Made Who, Shoot to Thrill...those are favorites.

I also like the Scorpions, and does GNR count as a hair band, because November Rain is one of the best songs ever written.

Venkman · 05-23-2007, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

There are a few AC/DC songs that I love. Hell's Bells, Highway to Hell, Who Made Who, Shoot to Thrill...those are favorites.

I also like the Scorpions, and does GNR count as a hair band, because November Rain is one of the best songs ever written.

AC/DC is not a hair band.

GNR is probably borderline hair band. They're a little darker and edgier so some people don't count them as hair. November Rain IS a great song.

Black Diamond Bay · 05-23-2007, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Venkman

AC/DC is not a hair band.

GNR is probably borderline hair band. They're a little darker and edgier so some people don't count them as hair. November Rain IS a great song.

How can AC/DC not count as a hair band? Did they come around too late to join that wave? They certainly look the part.

MikeWaters · 05-23-2007, 05:16 PM

AC/DC is definitely NOT a hair band. Hair bands are their own unique entity. Like Twisted Sister.

Their music is kitsch and the band is mostly about appearance and image, which consists in part of huge hair and makeup.

il Padrino Ute · 05-23-2007, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

How can AC/DC not count as a hair band? Did they come around too late to join that wave? They certainly look the part.

AC/DC isn't a hair band for two reasons:

They were around long before the hair movement.

None of the guys in AC/DC wore makeup.

il Padrino Ute · 05-23-2007, 05:18 PM

A third reason:

Mike is right, AC/DC was about their music, not their image.

DrumNFeather · 05-23-2007, 05:27 PM

What about Firehouse? Aren't they on that Monstar ballads CD?

jay santos · 05-23-2007, 05:40 PM

You prompted me to listen to my metal collection, which rarely gets listened to these days with U2, Coldplay, Killers, and femmy 80's stuff higher on the list.

Ratt Round and Round is the ultimate perfect hair metal song.

05-23-2007, 04:18 PM	#1
Venkman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Jordan, UT Posts: 1,799	Greatest Hair Metal bands Talk about Warrant and Def Leppard got me thinking, what is the greatest hair metal band? I realize "great" is probably too strong a word since it's a pretty lightweight genre, but damn if that wasn't some fun music. So what is the 'best' hair metal band? My pick has to be Motley Crue. I heard Kickstart My Heart on KBER 101 the other day and that song still kicks ass. What a killer guitar riff...

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il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	A third reason: Mike is right, AC/DC was about their music, not their image. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

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DrumNFeather Active LDS Ute Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nantucket : ) Posts: 2,566	What about Firehouse? Aren't they on that Monstar ballads CD? __________________ "It's not like we played the school of the blind out there." - Brian Johnson.

05-23-2007, 04:25 PM	#2
BarbaraGordon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gotham City Posts: 7,157	I gotta go with Poison. You've got all the elements: bad hair, awful lyrics, partying, sex, allegations of satanism, but most importantly really fun music. What more could you want in a band?

05-23-2007, 04:44 PM	#3
Black Diamond Bay Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: California Posts: 1,000	There are a few AC/DC songs that I love. Hell's Bells, Highway to Hell, Who Made Who, Shoot to Thrill...those are favorites. I also like the Scorpions, and does GNR count as a hair band, because November Rain is one of the best songs ever written.

05-23-2007, 05:16 PM	#6
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	AC/DC is definitely NOT a hair band. Hair bands are their own unique entity. Like Twisted Sister. Their music is kitsch and the band is mostly about appearance and image, which consists in part of huge hair and makeup.

05-23-2007, 05:40 PM	#10
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	You prompted me to listen to my metal collection, which rarely gets listened to these days with U2, Coldplay, Killers, and femmy 80's stuff higher on the list. Ratt Round and Round is the ultimate perfect hair metal song.