The band originally started in 1986 with Kelly Keeling handling the vocals after switching from the guitar. The band forged a raw hard, bluesy hard rock sound that had a bit of a 70s rock sound mixed in. Recently I've been getting back into cheesy 80's hair bands. Unfortunately, in 1987 there was a significant amount of competition for attention among bands, and Silent Rage suffered from a limited amount of promotion. These carefully crafted songs were well written and balanced with a few ballads that didnt feel cheesy and full-on rockers that metalheads like me were all about. London has released two albums since then with the latest being in 2018. Firehouse Basically the Christopher Cross of glam metal, Firehouse used enough Aquanet to single-handedly burn a hole through the ozone. Hair metal is flamboyant and loud but glamorous. This bands whole gimmick and style was actually inspired by the colorful kids breakfast cereal,Trix. The band had the biggest success with 1988s Over The Edge album, but never quite made it to the level of bands like Motley Crue, Ratt, and others that were dominating the L.A. music scene at the time. Ronnie James Dio offered his help to the band and worked on demos with Boleyn. Visually and lyrically the band appealed to the biker scene with lead vocalist Alex Mitchell covered in tattoos. Where Are They Now? A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. Kimball, died, having succumbed to cancer after three years of treatment. All in all, Alex Masi has released 17 total solo albums since disbanding the original Masi band. Ultimate Hair Metal Playlist - Best of Glam/Hair Metal/'80s Rock featuring Dokken, Ratt, Motley Crue, Warrant and loads more! Fans regard all of their albums as quality releases and they are still collected heavily by metal fans. Their first release On The Streets(1983) was straight ahead classic-sounding heavy metal with a glam look, but the band quickly went to a much softer overall sound for their second album, simply titled Le Mans (1986). Seduce released a second album Too Much Aint Enough in 1988 and it was well-liked by fans and critics alike. Hericane Alice Heres a band who were poised for success in the glam metal world, but the timing was just Too Late, referring to the great song of the same name on this album. These guys were from Canada and honestly, I don't remember how I ever heard of them or got their debut "Von Groove". Im sure the cover photos of all 4 members appearing shirtless with bleached blonde hair didnt help their case. 1) Coldsweat - Good band with some well written tunes of the genre. Armed with a sense of humor, (all the band members adopted the stage surname Dwarf) the band found MTV airplay helpful to reaching a larger audience outside of Canada. We all know about the 70s. Either way, their status as the #3 band with the most #1 albums - behind only the Beatles and the Stones - makes them seriously overlooked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He then formed a solo band called DiAnno that released only one album. While they made the scene briefly, they never achieved real mainstream success. Wait, what? Greg Giuffria would go on to form the band House Of Lords and then ultimately retire from music altogether. The members of the band decided to split from the singer. Guns and Faster Pussycat, so they kind of got lost in the shuffle. Night Of The Crime is a brilliant album from beginning to end, with outstanding production and talent to spare. Tuff Tuff was the epitome of the 80s glam scene. White Sister was formed in 1980 in the L.A. area and released two albums: (1984) White Sister and (1986) Fashion by Passion. The two full-length albums are still highly sought after by metal record collectors and the band has achieved a cult following their movie appearance in Penelope Spheeris documentary. Heres how it works. Listen to it now, and you may get a quick nostalgia rush, but it usually wears off by the time the guitar solo rolls around. Break Out is currently out of print and is a sought-after collectors item by metal fans. The band is famous for having more than a few members that would go onto greater fame in other bands including Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big), Slash (Guns N' Roses), Randy Castillo (Ozzy Osbourne, Lita Ford, Motley Crue) and James Kottak (Kingdom Come, Scorpions). After a long hiatus, Shok Paris returned in 2019 to release a brand new album called Full Metal Jacket. The band eventually broke up, but has reformed recently and has joined the newly re-formed Combat Records label owned by Megadeths David Ellefson. Their cult-classic debut album, Welcome To Bop City ,was a Scandi-glam mini-masterpiece featuring groinally-charged anthems with titles like I Dont Care Bout Nothin and Squeezin Teazin, played by men calling themselves Zinny J Zan and Stixx Galore (yup, the drummer). We've decided to rank our 20 hair metal bands of all time. What a shame! However, the band just never seemed to reach a large commercial audience The band is currently thought to be still technically active, but their last recorded album was in 2008. But follow-up albums, although still quite good, just didnt live up to the level of the first release. The band is currently working on new material to be released in the near future. Femme Fatale, lead by vocalist Lorraine Lewis released their self-titled album in 1988 and immediately found success on MTV with their video for Waiting For The Big One. Today Helsinkis longest serving gothic rock vampires THE 69 EYES arise from their crypt announcing their new studio album As one of the most respected bands of the EBM movement, its almost hard to fathom that Front 242 has only released a total After making global headlines with the announcement of their eighth studio albumProject Regeneration: Vol. It was crap time for music, and these were the crappiest flash-in-the-pans of the hair metal era, and believe it or not, because of nostalgia, most of them are still touring and recording albums today. You bet. The band received rave critical reviews but success eluded them. Like nu-metal, hair metal eventually tried hard to escape the 'metal' tag and become 'glam rock' or 'arena rock.' But Quiet Riot were always ready to embrace their chosen genre, titling their 1983 album Metal Health and adorning their record sleeves with an asylum inmate in a steel mask. Before we get started, I'd like to acknowledge that I don't really feel that Grunge was completely responsible for the implosion of Hair Metal. Diamond Rexx is a unique band. Bon Jovi (who, god bless, can still sell out a stadium). Banshee came from the Midwest part of the USA, in the Kansas City area. Young And Crazy was one of the best glam metal releases of the 80s. (inc. Bang Gang, Jetboy, Electric Angels, Icon, Candy Harlots e.t.c.) Of course, it turned out to be a put-on Stanley was really a rich kid called Chris Stann, and the whole thing was somewhere between performance art, social commentary and plain bad taste. It unfortunately never reached enough people to garner the success it deserved. The bands sound was often similar to that of early Def Leppard material. Savatage released four albums after Criss Olivas death but has been on hiatus ever since. So with that in mind, I'm going to say Extreme was the last "hair metal" band to really break through. All forgotten, unknown & underrated albums of the golden era of glam/hair-metal !!! Savatage was started by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva from Tarpon Springs Florida. 2,industrial music iconsStatic-Xhave partnered with master costume/prop makerEddie Yangand hisDeity Camp Punksylvania Music & Camping Festival has announced their first European artist set to perform at the highly anticipated 3rd annual event. Paperback. 2,industrial music iconsStatic-Xhave partnered with master costume/prop makerEddie Yangand hisDeity Camp Punksylvania Music & Camping Festival has announced their first European artist set to perform at the highly anticipated 3rd annual event. Currently, the band continues to record and perform and though they have had a few lineup changes over the years including different vocalists, they still have a devoted fanbase. Odin isJeff Duncan Guitars, Shawn Duncan Drums, Randy O. What hidden mayhem truly lurked behind the curtain as outrageous bands such as Poison were having Nothing But a Good Time, only to find out later that Every Rose Has Its Thorn. Canadian metal band, Kick Axe never seemed to get a fair shake. The band was obviously trying for radio airplay and MTV attention with the more commercial material, but it failed to materialize into anything long-term. Here are 10 hair metal bands who should have been . While these guys were part of the Bay Area metal scene, they have never gotten the recognition that bands like Metallica, Testament, Death Angel, and Megadeth have. 1. In 1998 Warrior released the album called Ancient Future with McCarty. A-Z Of Heavy Metal Bands: All You Wanna Know! Led by vocalist Ann Boleyn, the band often headlined shows on the Sunset Strip clubs but failed to find a major record label offer. Bad Moon Rising Comprised of the lead vocalist and guitarist form Lion and the bass player and drummer from Hericane Alice this band got off to a promising start. The band releases a second album Time Will Tell but eventually disbanded afterward. They went on another hiatus and then reformed again in 2015. The band released Speed Of Light (1986) after signing with Metal Blade Records. Hair metal is flamboyant and loud but glamorous. They released an album as recently as 2009. Vinnie Vincent Invasion Steelheart Vanadium Tokyo Blade Rough Cutt Loudness Kik Tracee Little Caesar Lord Tracy Shotgun Messiah Big (Long) Hair Metal Bands of 80s Big (long) hair, mullets, and tight pants were all the rage in the 1980s thanks to the big hair metal bands. Guitarist Tommy Thayer would later go on to replace Ace Frehley in KISS. The band reunited in 2007 and released new material. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. The Beatles quit, glam came along - T.Rex, Bowie, Slade; in the background, Floyd, Zeppelin and Sabbath sold squillions of records as 70s rock icons. A great hard rockin, melodic metal band featuring the highly under-rated vocalist Kelly Keeling. Downtown Dreamers featured the hit single God Promised a Paradise and the video brought them a great deal of attention courtesy of MTV. Baton Rouge released three critically albums Shake Your Soul, Lights Out In The Playground and Baton Rouge before calling it a day. The band toured throughout the U.S., Japan, and Europe to support the albums but didnt have the success that they had hoped for in finding a commercial audience. The band seemed to be another victim of lack of promotion. The band released Bang as their first single and was the first Russian band to be featured on MTV. Lion came out of nowhere with Dangerous Attraction to deliver one of the most underrated metal albums of the 80s. The very day that I bought this album, I must have played it at least twenty times. The band released only two albums in the 80s: Fighting Back (1986) and Children of Madness (1987). Theyre still around, believe it or not, and theyre HUGE in Asia. The worlds biggest and best metal magazine, (Image credit: Getty Images/Scott Dudelson/Brian Rasic), Metallica tease new 72 Seasons track through series of TikTok duet videos, Here's what Slayer would sound like playing Bon Jovi's Livin' On A Prayer, Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin charged with trespassing at his former Los Angeles home, Watch Megadeth perform with Marty Friedman for the first time in 23 years, Every issue delivered direct to your door. Le Mans was an underrated band that released two albums and featured original Enuff Z Nuff guitarist Derek Frigo. With more support and clean production and mix, Mark St. John might have re-established himself in the world of metal guitarists, but the album was purchased mostly by die-hard KISS fans and virtually no one else. All bands were bred in Pennsylvania. 5,160. Stryper-Stryper has to be at the top of this list. Mat Sinner would later go on to join the band Primal Fear as bassist and backing vocalist and Sinner still releases new material, their latest album was released in 2019. 100. The genre itself has died down in popularity and dragged along with it are some bands who never got the credit they deserved. If you've never listened to them and you dig this genre of music, you should really enjoy these guys. The result was a killer record that confused the shit out of thrashers and glammies alike. The band released two albums: Burns Like a Star (1984), Let Them Talk (1986) but couldnt quite reach a large audience. Quiet Riots Metal Health became the first #1 metal album of all time. Musically, they were considered a little more bubblegum glam than bands like Poison but had great catchy songs that earned them a following. The bands sound was sleazy and brought to mind a more raw sound of bands like early Motley Crue, Vain, Faster Pussycat, and other sleaze bands. Guns, and Quiet Riot among others. The wait is finally over! This one-off project released on Shrapnel Records is pretty amazing. Members of Hawk included: Doug Marks (MetalMethod.com), Scott Travis (Judas Priest), Charles Morrill (Charlie Wayne Morrill), Lonnie Vencent (Bullet Boys), David Fefolt, and Matt Sorum (Guns N Roses). The band was featured on several movie soundtracks including Fright Night, Thrashin, and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. T.T. The band released their self-titled debut album in 1985. Fifth Angel was a band filled with incredible talent and great musicians. The band released the album Crunch (1990) which would be their most successful release. They had the look, the sound, and a vocalist that was reminiscent of David Lee Roth, yet still came up short by arriving just a few years behind the glam metal tidal wave that marked the 80s music scene. Discussion in 'Old School Metal Discussion' started by TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash, Jun 16, 2005. Hard Rock & Metal, Alternative / Punk
Every song on this album was great and should have cemented the band as the next big thing. Pretty crazy right? Nothing says hard rock like guys with big hair singing acoustic rock on a childrens playground, am I right? Collectors are often on the lookout for this album and those who have it and have heard it, know that its a great album from the era. Besides a shared love of skyscraping hairdos and tight pants, all of them unleash . The original lineup consisted of Russ Graham (vocals), and Darrell Millar (drums), Bryce Trewin (guitar) and, Ange Fodero (bass). Hellion released their self-titled Ep in 1983 and the album Screams in the Night (1987), and another EP, Postcards from the Asylum (1988) during their run in the 80s. The self-titled album featured future Danger Danger vocalist Ted Poley on drums. Megadeth, Overkill, and more. Kix was part of the glam era bands who kept writing songs about suicide just to sound deep and dramatic. Warrant was the band that released the signature sex-anthem Cherry Pie. Trixter The biggest problem with Trixter was they appeared to metalheads as a glam metal version of New Kids On The Block. These are the forgotten heroes of hair metal. The album as well as the follow-up, Annihilation Principal both received good critical reviews and the band hit the tour circuit with bands like Metallica, Anthrax. The Charm City Devils album,Sins, was dedicated to lead singer Brian Jack after he passed away in 2012 in what was an apparent suicide. Sadly, they just never seemed to make it big into the mainstream. Starting out as the N-Betweens in 1966, Slade eventually found their niche as merchants of the finest foot-stompin', fist-pumpin', heart-poundin' rock 'n' roll ever. . Go ask Axl Rose, who nicked frontman Richard Blacks back-alley sneer and sideways shuffle and spun it into gold. Of course, Sheehan would later go on to play in David Lee Roths solo band and Mr. Big. The band found a decent amount of success with their second album Stand Tall. 10) Babylon A.D. - Babylon A.D. was another band that almost punched through the sea of Hair bands. RATT was a band that helped shape the sound of glam metal in the early 80s, beingwas one of the first glam metal bands on Sunset Strip. Recently, I received an advanced release for Josh Todd & The Conflicts debut album, Year Of The Tiger. Freak Of Nature After White Lion disbanded, vocalist Mike Tramp started this band and took it in a decidedly more heavier direction. But this is about the deep cuts. However, that doesnt mean that they werent great, and deserve to be heard. Sweet F.A. For whatever reasons, Child's Play could never seem to get the breaks they needed to be a bigger deal. The band imploded due to personal differences after releasing only one studio album. Without a doubt, Love/Hate was one the best of the 90s hair metal scene. 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After separating and splintering for years, the original lineup reformed and went on tour in 2008. Save Your Prayers had a more commercial radio-friendly appeal to the sound but also failed to sell a large number of albums with limited promotion. The album is quite rare and sought out by collectors since it has long been out of print. The band started in 1982 and released the following albums in the 1980s: Wild n Evil (1982), Fast Decision (1983), Danger Zone (1984), Touch of Sin (1985), Comin Out Fighting (1986), and Dangerous Charm (1987). Lead vocalist Mark Free has since changed his gender to female in now known as Marcie Free. Nearly 30 years later this album holds up as well as any 1980's metal album. Im sure it is very profound. Law And Order had a loose, dangerous, bluesy and authentic vibe to them that bigger bands like Guns N' Roses and Motley Crue had, and the band had great songs to back it all up. There's a lot that unites the wild and crazy hair-metal bands from the '80s (and early '90s). Both albums cracked the top 200 in the U.S. but failed to generate any hits. There was some great music and musicanship from those days and much of it surprisingly stands up to the test of time and is really great even to this day. By 1992, hair metal was starting to die out but certain bands were able to make it through the cracks and survive like Mr. Big, Saigon Kick, Firehouse, Extreme and Ugly Kid Joe. Christian metal band Rage Of Angels released their only self-titled album in 1989. The band often blurred the lines between power metal, symphonic metal, and occasionally even thrash. Its a great addition to any collection. Icon released their debut album Icon in 1984. Most of the hair metal of the late 80s/early 90s isnt even enjoyable for novelty purposes. It was a very schizophrenic few years that saw the complete annihilation of an entire subgenre of music by one single song, Nirvanas Smells Like Teen Spirit. I honestly dont know if the music industry has ever seen a shift so sudden and so devastating: One day, a band like Extreme was selling millions of albums, and the next, they couldnt sell a line of coke to a prostitute. and Classic Rock, Associate Editor on Q magazine and staff writer/tea boy on Raw, not necessarily in that order. The band still records and has a great following in their home country to this day. The band featured former Pantera vocalist Terry Glaze, who performed with the band during their glam era before Phil Anselmo joined. Where Are They Now? The debut album is still sought after by collectors and is considered a hidden gem. However, they arrived on the scene too late to really make it big. Most experts put its beginnings in the late '60s and early '70s. The band reached the pinnacle of their success with MTV airplay for the song Ill Be There For You. Slade. REALLY? Prince wrote this massive hit for the Bangles and the original version as recorded by Prince has been un-earthed and was released on the 80 For Brady is inspired by the true story of four best friends living life to the fullest when they take a wild trip Today, Madonna announcedMadonna: The Celebration Tour, in an iconic viral video with a wink to her groundbreaking film Truth or Dare. When you think of hair metal, Mtley Cre might be the first band to come to mind. Pair-A-Dice, a band from Los Angeles seen here in 1988, was a typical hair metal glam band. For every Motley Crue, Def Leppard, and Van Halen, There were many other bands that were really good, but somehow didnt quite make it to the top. However, despite that fact, the band never found mainstream success. Quick is a great band for those looking for hidden gems that they somehow missed years ago. The band opened for bands like Poison and Ratt, but never quite caught on with glam metal fans. Big Deal would be their last album during the 1980s and it also did moderately well. Omen has released three studio albums since then. While it came closer to fitting the sound of the grunge movement of the 90s, it never found enough success to continue long term. Even if you have never heard of the term, we promise you will know a number of the names that pop up in this list of the 31 best hair metal bands of all time. (You must log in or sign up to post here. No Respect is still a favorite of mine and their follow-up albums, including their most recent release, are all great additions to any hair metal fans collection. Billydvette1234, CC BY-SA 4.0. More like burn this album cover! They seemed to be a band on the rise with the release of their second album Rock Aint Dead(1985) but their sound became more commercial and keyboard-heavy by the time they released Big Bang in 1989. Quiet Riot. Foreigner hits the tour circuit to bid farewell to a long-running career. Vocalist Joel Ellis provided a gritty vocal style and the guitarist and bassist were from the Japanese metal band Seiki Matsu, now known as Seikima. Coming from New York, the band had a street-tough attitude with music to match. The band went into obscurity from 1992 onwards but got back together 2000 to 2008. The track inexplicably defined what1980s hair metal was. Sound Barrier broke the color barrier in heavy metal by being one of the first metal bands to have all black members. Bon Jovi, Warrant, Poison, Motley Crue and many more play all hour to get you in the mood to have a great Saturday night. These guys had much more success in the UK than here in the states, and from what I understand, they're still together in some fashion, and putting out new music. For every Axl Rose or Nikki Sixx, there were hundreds of also-rans, buffoons and no-hopers who crashed and burned before they had a chance to leave any lasting mark. Swedish glam metallers Shotgun Messiah impressed a lot of people with their trashy, sleaze sound on their self-titled debut in 1989. Masi was a band created by guitarist Alex Masi to showcase his abilities. This was the only album released by White Tiger. Glam metal band, Cry Wolf released their self-titled album in 1989. During the 80s they released Living on the Edge (1980), Offering (1982), and Nemesis in 1983. The album is still sought after by collectors and fetches top dollars in auctions. In Which We Remember 10 Hair Metal Bands So Crappy Youve Probably Completely Forgotten About Them, GloRilla, Ice Spice, And The Carefree Black Girl Backlash, Karol G Tells Us About Her Most Personal Album Yet, Maana Ser Bonito, And Collaborating With Shakira, The Rundown: Between Cocaine Bears And Maple Syrup Heists, Margo Martindale Is Absolutely Thriving In 2023. 3) Company Of Wolves - Company Of Wolves released their debut in 1990, and honestly aren't really a "Hair" band. This German band led by Mat Sinner is often compared to another great metal band, The Pretty Maids. In 2012, they reunited and signed a record deal, releasing a live album. Obviously, that's simply my opinion, but to me these guys seemed like they were poised to become the next big household name. Plus their music was catchy and memorable too. Odins entire catalog was re-issued on EMP/Universal/SPV worldwide in 2018. East Coast glam metal was darker and weirder than its Californian cousin. The band was formed by Jeffrey Hoad and Clifford Hoad in 1986. But the public proved resistant to the hard sell, and Vain were left sitting forlorn and alone on the sidewalk while lesser groups were whisked behind the velvet rope of fame. The single All Lips and Hips was a minor hit, but success eluded them. That's just how the ball bounces. Alex Masi moved on to release his first solo album Attack of the Neon Shark (1989) which was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Instrumental Rock album category. Black N Blue is one of those bands that you just simply have to scratch your head as to why they never hit the top. They were more like a 70s band with a little turbo on guitar and bass. Prophet released two albums in the 80s: Prophet (1985) and Cycle of the Moon (1988). Originally based in San Francisco, Jetboy relocated to L.A. in the 80s to be a part of the growing glam/hair metal scene at the time. Slaughter- After Mark Slaughter left his position as lead vocalist for the Vinnie Vincent Invasion, he started his own band, simply called Slaughter. Unfortunately, their geographic location probably kept the band from being big. Everyone knows the big hair metal bands: Poison. Skin To Skin, Daddys Little Girl, and the live, acoustic-tinged, Is That All You Want are my absolute favorites, but its a great cohesive album thats awesome from beginning to end. Holy Soldier was one of the other bands that should have made a bigger impact but didnt. Original vocalist Zinny J. Zan released a solo album and two albums with his band The Zan Clan. The band's debut was produced by Bob Rock, and he's kind of got a great track record, so what was the problem? Shark Island has since reformed with different lineups and released the albums Gathering Of The Faithful (2006) and the critically acclaimed Bloodline in 2019. Theres almost nothing separating these guys from a boy band except their long hair, but My God, what glorious locks they were. Hawk was the band founded by Doug Marks, which you may remember from all of the 80s Metal magazine ads for his Metal Method Guitar Lessons. Where Are They Now? This record, in my opinion, still stands up today with songs that are simply great, well written rock n' roll songs. Unfortunately, the band could never seem to duplicate the same formula in later releases. While its hard to find, collectors pay top dollar for this one. John Bonham, the drummer of a little band called Led Zeppelin, who died in 1980he had a son named Jason Bonham. Slaughter A huge band in 1990 thanks to three massive glam hits, Slaughter managed to be prettier than most of the make-up glam bands even without the cosmetics. Some of it is just so cheesy that you can't help but love it, either (then again some of it is so bad it's unbearable). 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