I don’t get the hate of the hair bands. Some were pretty bad, but most of them at least were good instrumentalists and had a stage presence. Warrant was pretty good, but the “late” hair bands were generally less talented than the “early” ones like Motley Crue, Ratt, and Dokken.
Didn’t “hate” hair bands (except for Poison and Warrant) the latter because I preceived them as being perverted due to their hit Cherry pie video lol. The 3 groups you mentioned I didn’t even think of as Hair bands but yeah now that I picture them you’re right. I was thinking of the bands like Twisted Sister, Skid Row, Cinderella etc. I kinda liked a heavier rock like Metallica, AC/DC as opposed to them. But you’re right, the early ones weren’t bad at all. But I know some of the guys used to make fun of their girly hair and makeup and couldn’t take them seriously as performers because they looked funny:)