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Mar 13, 2020 · Hair metal. One of the most distinct music subgenres of all time, and one of the biggest fads of the 1980s. Bright colors, skin-tight leather, sticky sweet guitar riffs and enough hairspray to hold...
Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam rock.
May 13, 2020 · Malcolm Dome had an illustrious and celebrated career which stretched back to working for Record Mirror magazine in the late 70s and Metal Fury in the early 80s before joining Kerrang! at its launch in 1981.
Hopefully we can all agree that the term “hair metal” is inextricably linked to the 1980s. Therefore, the first hair metal band has got to come from that decade. That’s not to say we didn’t see hints of it during the 1970s with TRex, Aerosmith, KISS, etc., but it came from the 80s.
- Welcome to The Jungle
- Out For Blood
- It’S So Easy
- Cry Tough
- Look What The Cat Dragged in
In 1975, Randy Rhoads, arguably one of the greatest heavy metal guitarists of all time, laid down the foundation of a wall that his contemporary, Eddie Van Halen, would have to hurdle every night. The band Rhoads wailed for was Quiet Riot and they had the best gig in Los Angeles, opening for David Lee Roth and Van Halen. Both bands owed plenty to a...
Between 1983 and 1986, “heavy metal” – as it was called before the distinction was made between the bands who played to angry young male crowds versus those who catered to the young women in attendance – ruled the world. In 1983 alone, Mötley Crüe released their second album, Shout At The Devil; Kix released their sophomore effort, Cool Kids; Lita ...
There is no better testament to the power of hair metal than this: a Christian band could get kids to headbang to songs about Christ when, just the night before, they were singing along to Crüe’s ‘Shout At The Devil’. With their signature striped latex outfits, Stryper had enough of the darkness in the music they loved and (with God on their side) ...
Notable bands who were lumped into the hair bands genre but never really felt comfortable with the pigeonholing are Def Leppard, Guns N’ Roses, Bon Jovi, and, later, Winger. Coming from different parts of the country (and, in Leppard’s case, the world) these bands may have dabbled in the excess of the LA scene when they passed through but, in later...
In the decades since, the Sunset Strip has cleaned up, got a job, and only wears eyeliner on the weekends. The venues are still there, playing host to reunion shows, new hard rock acts, and those looking to reminisce over sparkling water on their lost weekends on the Strip. Meanwhile, the hair bands that defined the scene still play to packed stadi...
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Aug 14, 2023 · Hair metal music, also known as glam metal or sleaze rock, emerged in the late 1970s and reached its peak popularity in the 1980s. With its catchy hooks, flamboyant image, and energetic live performances, hair metal became a cultural phenomenon that left a lasting impact on the music industry.
Jan 15, 2023 · Kids wanted to be Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. They were like guitarist Joe Satriani, who upon hearing that Jimi Hendrix died, walked off the football field, got himself an electric guitar, and began surfing with the alien.
