Not a bad list except Runnin with the Devil is one of the best 70's classic rock songs. Babylon AD, Bang Tango, Black N Blue, Bonham, Bulletboys, just a FEW in the Bs that are missing. good list. I am using it to compile my music list for the 80's Hairband spinning ride I am instructing! Glam Rock was nothing compared to the stuff of the 70s Zeppelin, The early seventies Stones, even U-2 at the time was more macho than this crap. Areosmith was around in 1975 they had long hair back then, Iron maiden wasnt a hair band they were traditional metal. Slaughter, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Stryper, Leatherwolf, not sure if ratt was mentioned, Saigon kick, Hanoi rocks, Tesla is for sure, Queensryche is a possibility, but by style of music no. Cool article, my top three are (not in order): That's a nice list of songs BUT no one has noticed that the #1 song is from 1978 what about firehouse, partied in the 80s best era ever. Would you know the name of the group or the song. Maybe when they were City Kidd. LA guns? A good number of the band's catalog featured songs about sex, debauchery and good times perhaps more unabashed than any other on the Sunset Strip. I won't point fingers so the transgressors don't have to feel bad about themselves. a few bands left out white lion,winger,night ranger and lets not forget girl bands vixen, King Kobra? Guns, however, couldn't get along with Rose and split. Bret, Rikki, Bobby and C.C. Cool! O_o, As far as rebellious anthems of the 80s, Dee and the boys were years ahead of the rest. Its songs were the perfect combination of arena rock and pop metal, capturing a mainstream audience of both female and male fans. Glam Metal? Styx is more like an REO Speedwagon style. Yeah Judas Priest was with Zeppelin when I saw them as the opening act in 1977. Yeah. You really should re-consider this egregious snub of a kickass band. But during 80s, they altered their looks and sounds to match the success of hair bands. The hair spray, makeup and catchy pop tunes touched up with distortion were made for MTV. Super Hair Groups These bands were formed from previous successful hard rock and hair bands. im surprised you missed a lot of good van halen and poison. You may even discover some hidden gems who were flying the hair metal flag high back in the day. Just because it was your favourite song back in the day doesn't mean it must make the list. Pair-A-Dice, a band from Los Angeles seen here in 1988, was a typical hair metal glam band. MathLizard from Reading PA on June 24, 2011: I would definitely put Kiss Of Death and Mr. Thanks for weighing in; weve had this debate on the site before do you think AC/DC is really a hair band? And also, I may have missed them, but did Metallica show up anywhere? The band's music was a little darker than others in the genre but still friendly enough for MTV. Hardline's Taking Me Down. While Kix was not full-on big hair and lipstick, its influence seemed to draw more from early Aerosmith, and its sound was (and still is) more raw most of the time. "Too Young to Fall In Love"Mtley Cre, 51. Great list man! The band was even nominated for the Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 1989. What makes a hair band? They have like 2000-10000 hits on youtube which is just insanely low. I stopped reading the list after seeing that. The best part: The band never apologized for it. Come on guys. At least their 1985 album Ready to strike, Hey what about warrant they had a lot of great songs heaven was number 1 on the billboard 1989 and down boys 1988 big talk 1988 sometimes she cries 1988 cherry pie 1990 number 1 on billboard jani lane wrote cherry pie on a pizza box in 10 mins he whote heaven and alots more jani lane whote more song then his whole band did, Vixen had some outstanding hair and bands for that matter lol. Originally co-founded by longtime guitarist Tracii Guns, the project was ultimately put on hold when Guns and bandmates Ole Beich and Rob Gardner joined up with two L.A. transplants from Indiana, Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin, to form Guns N' Roses. or heartbreak blvd by shotgun messiah, or baby's on fire by great white, or shoot you full of love by vinnie vincent invasion? Thats all I got up my sleeve at the moment but Ill come back with more just cant remember all unless my memorize is refreshed lol. Amazing vocals, guitar drums etc from the "other" 3 man Canadian Band. i love modern day thrash metal and scremo, but hair metal is what broke the bounderies, and make metal what it is today. From the teased hair, makeup, clothes and good times on stage and off, Poison was the epitome of the hair metal scene. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. My sincerest apologies for this grave oversight! Yes, it was established before the scene took off but certainly looked the part and used MTV and the overall hair/glam rock movement to score its only commercially successful album with "Stay Hungry"(1984). I have a few personal faves to add. However, it matured a bit musically with its sophomore effort, "Wake Me When It's Over"(1989), the group's most commercially successful album that featured the hit ballad "House of Pain.". But still a pretty good list.. Britny Fox Ruled the 80s on April 18, 2012: Britny Fox ain't on there? (And I'm glad you included Quiet Riot's "Cum On,Feel The Noize" to this grouping,and Skid Row's "Eighteen And Life To Go should DEFINITELY not be ignored!!! Well, mothertruckers, if youve ever spent time trying to make your rock guitar sound like a motorcycle along with Mick Mars, you belong here. The Cre was all about conceptualism and stage presence, and it took it all to the hilt while becoming one of the biggest bands in the world. Same thing with Queen. You Mean These 10 Acts Have Number One Songs and Bruce Springsteen Doesnt? KUDOS. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Serious oversight, probably could have knocked off a couple of songs by artists who already had one on the list like Poison or Motley Crue. The second album went on to sell over 8 million copies. That essentially ended the band's potential rise. More holds up musically than you might guess: Trimming this list to a mere 50 albums was so tough that in the long run Guns N Roses had to be disqualified for transcending the form and W.A.S.P. EXPAND Im hot, sticky sweet From my head to my feet yeah! Nuf said. Want more Rolling Stone? where is hanoi rocks?! Theres a lot that unites the wild and crazy hair-metal bands from the 80s (and early 90s). Required fields are marked *, Copyright 2017. Ahh! House Passes Bill to Safeguard Big Cats, Hosting Saudi Golf Tourney, Trump Has Forgotten He Used to Blame Kingdom for 9/11, If This Is America First, Then America Is Fked! Jon Stewart Blasts GOP Over Vote Against Vets. But want to commentary on few normal issues, The site taste is ideal, the articles is actually excellent : D. Excellent task, cheers. Formed in 1977, Def Leppards first rehearsal took place in a spoon factory near Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England. ", It was the yellow-and-black attack. Just because Van Halen later became a bubble gum hair band they started in the 70's and the first 2 albums were very much from that era. Their first album is the best of all time. However, it was soon obvious that Poison could fill arenas by themselves and went our on their own. Plus, this was a band that never took itself seriously and had a good time with the music and videos, as evident by the smash "We're Not Gonna Take It.". Hailing from Hagerstown, Maryland, Kix was making music and garnering a following in the early 1980s, but it was not until 1988, when its release "Blow My Fuse"generated some mainstream love thanks to MTV favorites "Cold Blood" and "Don't Close Your Eyes." We would love your input! BlackSteelStudBrett1953 on November 04, 2010: Great job,boys!! Oh yeah, and Frehley's Comet with Rock Soldiers! Dangerous Toys? drew most of the attention with his good looks and sense for pop-metal fashion. The success of 1986's "Slippery When Wet," featuring the anthemic "Livin' on a Prayer,"made Bon Jovi one of the biggest acts in the world. Larry Vashon from Tampa Florida on January 01, 2011: This list pretty much covers it all. Bon Jovi keeps showing up on metal band listsbut they were rock and roll, not metal!! Get the word out about TRIUMPH! And EUROPE ? la guns need to be on the list the reason is that with la guns their would be no guns n roses so la guns rocks all their songs from 1988 to today rock n rolll. all rights reserved. Love all those songs. Bon Jovi is another band that might be on the line when talking about whether it belongs in the hair metal category. So pump your fist, bang your head, and put on your lipstick for this list of the Top 100 Hair Band songs. Posted By Pia Sooney on Oct 27, 2006 | 49 comments. "Long Way to Love"and "Girlschool" were the band's most notable hits. Ummmm.you called this article the "Best 80's Hair Metal Songs" and "Running with the Devil" was released in 1978 WTF! I grew up in the 80's and this captures many of the more popular songs. Timewise, the perimeters were clearer: mid Eighties to early Nineties, pretty much. Good work. (Till You Drop)"Def Leppard, 54. The 80's was my generation's music. This is the place to find out everything you need to know about your favorite hair bands. Really??? It was all part of that era. He grew up in the far south suburbs of Chicago, 20 minutes from the Mascot Hall of Fame in Whiting, Ind. He's been an online writer for several years. Besides a shared love of skyscraping hairdos and tight pants, all of them unleash screeching hot licks and tales of all-night debauchery. Great List! Winger??? Lots of youthful memories here! While bands like Mtley Cre, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Van Halen and Dokken first took heavy metal mainstream, later bands like Bon Jovi, Poison, Cinderella, Warrant, and Whitesnake made hair bands songs a stable on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. \m/ Loved the hub, a definite vote up from me! Though there really wasn't much substance to the music, the scene was popular to the mainstream nonetheless. So we've decided to rank our 20 hair metal bands of all time. Yet theres plenty thats different: Whereas Guns N Roses revel in back-alley danger, Poison burst with bubblegum; whereas Mtley Cre embrace punks snottiness, Bon Jovi get their hands dirty with blue-collar rock. that song kicks MAJOR ass!! For starters, is Ozzy considered a band? Tesla ruined them. Paced by Slaughter's distinctively shrieky voice made for pop metal, his band struck it big with 1990s "Stick It to Ya,"producing MTV staples "Up All Night" and "Fly to the Angels. or Damn Yankees? Also they are the best engineered music you will see other then huey lewis, def leppard, or rush. Leather-clad, New York Dolls wannabes ("Too Fast for Love,"1981),Satan worshipers ("Shout at the Devil," 1983), hair rockers ("Theatre of Pain, "1985) and bikers ("Girls, Girls, Girls," 1987). >> Def Leppard t-shirts. All in all though Great list. kinda strange for a 16 year old, Motley crue is my favorite band and I'm only 16! I didn't write the info down at the time. . Awesome list but I don't think I saw Rocket by def leppard or Unskinny bop by poison. They had true universal appeal. Hanoi Rocks has been cited as one of the first and most influential bands of the 80s glam rock movement. DJ Funktual (author) from One Nation Under a Groove on June 17, 2011: What other Dokken tracks do you recommend? I'm headed for an ear ache. Great white. Perhaps what stands out most about this band is their extraordinary ability to overcome conflict and tragedy. Guns has quite the history. Copyright 2022 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. "I Don't Believe in Love"Queensrche, 87. XYZ's Inside Out.Thunder's Dirty Love. Not a 80's hair band song. This Philly-area four-piece group might have had the biggest and highest hair of all the hair/glam metal bands. Bang tango. C.C. What about Cheap Trick??? Though Cinderella looked the part of hair rockers, its overall sound seemed to have more meat than other bands of the era, mostly because of Tom Keifer's raspy voice and blues-infused guitar work. Awesome list though ! Dude, good list. DJ Funktual is a YouTube artist and big fan of popular culture and music. Luckily for those fans, many of the groups on this list of 80s hair bands are still touring today. the "Tindersticks" it's some other band from back in the 90's. We think it does, and if that's the case it needs to be near the top of the list. And im satisfied reading your article. the founding-father of 80's glam hair metal! And fans can still catch Poison on the road today, having "Nothin' but a Good Time.".