Posted on 04/19/2024 12:26:11 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Who doesn’t love the 80s? Good music and even better hair styles. Maybe today’s kids will laugh and make fun of them but hey, back in the day, they were the bomb. They look pretty and colorful on stage, they know how to party and of course, they get the girls.
From heavy and glittering makeup to flashy clothing (leopard tights included), what completed the look was the large and wild hair. The more distinctive, the better. Well thanks to the alternative and grunge music of the early 90s, hair metal was eventually swept under the rug.
So let’s revisit some of the best this genre had to offer.
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My #1 is Ratt.
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“Power Ballads - Because Every Bad Boy Has His Soft Side”
Hair bands were about the most forgettable part of the 80’s for me. And pretty much everything after Oct 19, 1987, too. That’s actually when the 90’s began.
“the 80’s were the last hurrah for classic rock”
You mean for current recordings, touring? As for classic rock, that is mostly what all the stations play where I live, and classic country. If you want to hear country music, you have to avoid anything produced today that is called country music.
I watched the Country Music awards a few days ago. I did not think I would ever see country music totally disappear.
I had hair like that once...................
We all did, LOL!
How do they not mention Van Halen? I mean they were the blue print. The whole structure of the subgenre comes from them. Pretty bottle blond lead singer, shredding guitar player, good time party lyrics. Plus of course work your chops on the strip (yes there are non-LA hair bands... but are there REALLY?). Sure they came before it, and were a bit different in the soundscape. But they grew the tree.
I liked David Lee Roth’s quote, “In the 80s, the music smiled, the clothes smiled, and the people smiled.”
Heavy Metal Parking Lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whZuz5Dwtw8
I wonder how many back then, knew about Rob Halford?
I’m right in that age group, I was 16 or 17 when that got filmed (depending on what side of mid July it was). And I’ll say we didn’t know but when we did know it was pretty easy to look at it and say “well that’s kinda obvious”. I mean Rob’s leathers were always more Stone Wall than MC. But he’s still a Metal God.
You’re right - Van Halen was the quintessential 80s band.
Maybe they were left off the list because their first albums came out in the late 70’s.
I’d love to see those three today. The kid (now 40 or so) might still be sporting a mullet.
Yeah, it was pretty much one of the least surprising coming outs, right up there with Freddie Mercury.
I think that’s probably why Eddie didn’t want DLR in the band anymore, and wanted to go in a different direction.
Always the problem with trying to give something eras. It always starts before you want to. If only social and artistic movements would have more respect for the calendar ;)
Thrash took over in the 80’s. Dave Mustaine and Megadeth ruled. Peace sells…but who’s buying?
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