I saw Kiss on the Hot in the Shade tour with Danger Danger and Slaughter opening. That was some hair metal goodness.
I think Yucca Man, Happy Hour, and Tranquilizer from Wasted In America is one of the best 3 consecutive metal songs in a row from the entire 1990s.
Oh man, I don't remember this song or band at all. And I am a child of the hair metal era - I graduated high school in 1992. This is terrific.
I grew up on country, hair metal, arena rock, and Christian rock. I don't listen to that last one anymore, but I still love a bit of Stryper now and then. It makes me all nostaligic-like.
This was always my favorite Stryper song, especially for Oz Fox's guitar work. This is a pretty sweet (hehe) acoustic version.
I like it all, but I'm a little more into the later stages of hair metal myself, say 1989-1993 or so. The sound quality on most of the later stage stuff is really strong too. Anyway, some good ones- Poison- Flesh N Blood, Native Tongue Stryper- Against The Law Extreme- III Sides To Every Story Van Halen- For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tesla- Psychotic Supper Slaughter- Stick It To Ya Vince Neil- Exposed Lynch Mob- Wicked Sensation Damn Yankees- Self Titled
seems hair metal thread kind of fizzled out..... deja vu even lesser known songs/bands like this one had big melodies, that chorus is just mega huge Baton Rouge - Bad Time Comin' Down
Remember? I saw them live like 30 times!! Anyone remember Tora Tora? Or D.A.D.? Or Rock City Angels? Or The Hangmen? Or Drivin N Cryin? Or Enuff Z Nuff? Or The Throbs? Blue Murder? Badlands? Some of my faves from back then. All mostly forgotten now or underrated at least.
First time I've heard Heaven's Edge. Good song. I know the name because they played at a festival I was due to go to but ended up missing, about seven or eight years ago.
Here's some more modern stuff: Crazy Lixx (my fav modern pop metal act)-Silent Thunder: Reckless Love- Back to Paradise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R660UjbifI H.E.A.T-Living on the Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he5IEXtdjpE Crashdiet- Rust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fE1wPv7eNA Chaz Kane-Rocket on the Radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYjXSEylv7A
There are quite a few newer bands playing retro hair metal/80s rock and a lot of them are good. One of my favorite songs from this scene is "Colour My XTC" by Talisman, which could have been a huge hit if it had been released in the 80s. In fact, it's such a good song that I've neglected the rest of the Humanimal album because I keep coming back to that song. In terms of the classics, my favorite hair metal band is Skid Row and my least favorite is Guns 'n' Roses, mainly because of Axl's voice. I'm also one of the few people that prefer's TSOL's hair metal music to their punk music. I even like Discharge's attempt at hair metal better than their old stuff!
interesting list. I like Badlands a lot.. there is another band called Dirty Rhythm (album called Hard As a Rock), lesser known but deserves attention
