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swhaze
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Location: Frisco, TX
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- #21
- Posted: 04/25/2014 18:41
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Is AC/DC considered Hair Metal?
| smilefromyrheart wrote: | Top 10 most Essential Hair Metal Albums (in chronological order) ...
Alice Cooper - Love It to Death (1971)
New York Dolls - s/t (1973)
Kiss - s/t (1974)
Van Halen - s/t (1978)
Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love (1981)
Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982)
Def Leppard - Pyromania (1983)
Van Halen - 1984
Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987)
Slipknot - s/t (1999)
Honorable Mention
The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy (1975) |
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Norman Bates
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Age: 51
Location: Paris, France
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- #22
- Posted: 04/25/2014 18:46
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EDIT.
At least a half dozen people had already said what I was saying. I might need a break
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Kool Keith Sweat
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smilefromyrheart
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- Posted: 04/25/2014 20:42
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| Kool Keith Sweat wrote: | Hair metal has its virtues, but its not albums. As a chart pop genre, its strengths are its singles, live performances, and music videos. Acclaimed albums occasionally pop out of chart pop genres, like Madonna's debut or Appetite for Destruction,
There's also ample youtube videos of full-length live performances of hair metal performances and honestly they look like they'd be a blast to go to. |
I went to a run-of-the-mill suburban junior high school in the 80s and partook DEEPLY in its music culture. In other words, I was a teenage metal head. javascript:emoticon(' ')
And I must say, Hair metal, and heavy metal concerts in general, were a BLAST! The light shows and stage sets alone were a marvel. But, mostly it was the music. As the larger-than-life riffs coursed electric through your body and your devils horns rhythmically fist pumped through the air, we collectively surrendered to something bigger than ourselves. The whole experience was immensely euphoric and cathartic. I remember being completely at drained & at peace afterwards afterwards, my body caked in sweat. Quite interesting that this nice catholic boy's most religious and sexual experiences at the time were at arena-sized metal shows. javascript:emoticon(' ')
Regarding my unconventional Hair Metal list, I thought it would be fun to see Hair Metal in the larger context. Hair metal, more than almost any other genre, has been so pigeonholed to a very specified and restricted list of years and bands that I thought it would be useful to let it breathe a bit. Show where it came from and related trends and how its influence on the stage show survived on to the next generation of metal bands (e.g. Slipknot). It's funny how conservative we as fans are of certain genre, and I can now appreciate why rock artists always chafed at being grouped into a scene or genre. As fans, we tend to be a little too religious (interesting, that this word keeps popping up) about our genres!
At any rate, here's a completely traditional (read boring) list of my favorite (but not essential) Hair Metal Albums.
My Highly Conventional List of My Favorite Hair Metal Albums (in chronological order) ...
Def Leppard - High n’ Dry (1981)
Scorpions - Blackout (1982)
Motley Crue - Too Fast of Love (1981)
Def Leppard - Pyromania (1983)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983)
Twisted Sister - You Can’t Stop Rock n’ Roll (1983)
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983)
Night Ranger - Midnight Madness (1983)
Ratt - Out of the Cellar (1984)
Whitesnake - Slide It In (1984)
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move (1984)
Dokken - Under Lock & Key (1985)
Loudness - Thunder in the East (1985)
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1986)
Cinderella - Night Songs (1986)
Poison - Look what the Cat Dragged In (1986)
Guns n’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987)
Skid Row - s/t (1989)
I know which list I prefer.
Up the Irons!
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