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EL_Jefe_Speaks · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject: Your TOP 10 Hair Metal Bands.

If I can remember.......

10. Warrant
9. Quiet Riot
8. Twisted Sister
7. Kix
6. Cinderella
5. Skid Row
4. Motley Crue
3. Poison
2. KISS
1. Guns N' Roses

I'd also like to give a big shout out to Lita Ford... she was my poster collection.
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Punchmo · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 36 Location: Over Here

From what I remember, that's a pretty good list but whadda I know. The only recordings I own from that list is KIX and most of those were given to me. Nice to see them in your the list. Local boys make good.

Maybe White Snake should be included and, what about Van Halen? Are they a "Hair Band" or maybe prog rock? lol Laughing

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local_bru · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Chambersburg

1. AC/DC
2. Kix
3. Warrant
4. LA Guns
5. Roxx Gang
6. Poison
7. Skid Row
8. Guns and Roses
9. Cinderella
10. Motley Crue

awww, nostalgia Wink

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EL_Jefe_Speaks · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:30 am Post subject:

AC/DC hair metal?
AC/DC is my favorite band of ALL time and I would never put them in the hair metal class.

lol Twisted Evil

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local_bru · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Chambersburg

Coppy · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 2131 Location: Chambersburg

I see "hair metal" as bands that are definitely defined by a specific "moment" in hard rock history. A moment that is pretty much defined by one-two-or-three hit wonders, power ballads, the 1980's, and of course big hair. AC/DC for all intents and purposes doesn't count.

But hey, the list is for fun so I say we should allow it Cool

I mean, Metallica was part of that "hair metal" phase, but kind of went all sell-out on us and continued making hits with short hair. Plus the whole "Napster Bad!" thing which when straight into the 2000's.

Van Halen was also part of that phase, which clearly ended when they went "Van Hagar." But Guns n Roses transcended that too, and we all consider them a a hair band.

I think White Snake DEFINITELY counts despite being famous more for their ballads than their metal. Plus hot chicks dancing on cars. Very Happy

Torgo · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject:

In no particular order:

Poison
Loudness
Dokken
Armored Saint
Accept
Slaughter
Whitesnake
Queensryche
Ratt
W.A.S.P.
Motley Crue
Saigon Kick
White Lion
Trixter
Twisted Sister
Jackyl
Tesla
Skid Row
Night Ranger
Faster Pussycat
Scorpions
L..A. Guns
Guns N Roses
Extreme
Mr. Big
Lynch Mob
Quiet Riot
Damn Yankees
Cinderella

That Damn Yankees was the closest the 80s could come to producing a super group pretty much sums up the entire decade musically...
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Doctor Kird Ape · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject:

Poison
Loudness
Motley Crue
Skid Row
Extreme
Mr. Big
EZO
Damn Yankees
Cinderella
Blue Murder
(Can I include Dragon Force?)
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paul_milander · Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 521 Location: Shippensburg, PA

Great Lists. I even saw Blue Murder... I have at least one CD of all those bands plus some McCauley Shanker Group