The band KIX from Maryland was an underrated band, and didn’t have a lot of videos on MTV. They are still playing to this day, and haven’t lost a step!!
@@RockNewsDesk I am too, but Steve Whiteman still was going strong being 65+ years old. I used to live in Baltimore, and saw them a few times in concert. They really knew how to put on a show!! ❤️
Cinderella, Great White, FireHouse, Danger Danger, and Kix. Though the only true "hair bands" on my list are FireHouse & Danger Danger. Cinderella, Great White, and Kix are kick ass hard/blues rock bands that got thrown in with that sub genre.
Saw Cold Sweat, all the original members, at Monsters on the Mountain in 2022. It's not just Roy / Rory that still has it. That whole band is still incredible live. For bands that didn't get what their talent deserved, check out Lillian Axe.
@@RockNewsDesk Oops, I lied, I did see Cold Sweat but looking back through my concert tickets, I never saw Roxx Gang, I think I confused them with Rough Cutt, who I saw in 85 right after Keel so I have saw Marc Ferrari twice.
Funny I have never heard of any of these bands before and I was a big metal fan through the 80's and still am. I will check them out now because of this.
That's awesome! When you listen, try to remember it's now 2023. Ha ha! You may have to listen to them a few times to really get it. That's how I am when I discover new OLD music.
There were so many bands back in the 80's... there was a monthly publication called BAM magazine... all the bands were there . From successful famous bands to obscure garage bands..
Not in order, just...5: Lillian Axe Wildside Shotgun Messiah War Babies Babylon A.D. And because they're (sorta) from my hometown, honorable mention goes to Hericane Alice. 1 disc and it was all damn good tunes.
Glad to see Roxx Gang on the list, I always thought the guitar players were absolutely smoking, The video for No Easy Way Out was very different from what other hair bands were doing at the time, another band that needs a mention was XYZ their song Inside Our, that riff was killer, King Kobra would be another with mentioning too, great channel, keep up the good work!
Always disappointed when I don’t see Junkyard in list like this, with songs like Blooze, Hollywood, Simple Man, Hands Off, All The Time In The World, Slippin’ Away and Clean The Dirt. I’m amazed they never broke through. Salty Dog good one my friend, Come Along is a great song. Hardline with Hot Cherie is another under appreciated hair band but I think they were early 90’s if my memory is correct
Ok, so, Bullet Boys were one of the original five bands I listed for this video. I switched them out last minute. Maybe I will include them in the next video. I love that band.
Dirty Looks was my favorite band from that time & still is. Criminally underrated. They were not from L.A. which I liked. Henrik Ostergaard was a bad ass. Very unique voice. Paul Lidel excellent guitarist. Cool from the wire is great from start to finish. Cool album cover also. Turn of the screw not bad either & their later albums are respectable. Thanks for keeping them relevant. RIP Henrik
@RockNewsDesk I painted The cool from the wire album cover on the back of my jean jacket with white house paint & black magic marker. It looked identical to the cover. I got lots of comments on how cool it looked. Still have hanging in my closet. 🍻🤘
@RockNewsDesk it's been said they were an AC/DC knock off. Not true. Henrik sounded a little Bonn Scottish but that's it. Musically they sounded nothing like AC/DC.
Shy the British band really great band who never got recognition they deserve... and a prog metal band who got called hair metal LEATHERWOLF one of the best bands in rock again horrendously overlooked... Boom 2 right there buddy
@@RockNewsDesk yeah whoever does their sound is of the charts #1 everytime I've gone no matter where I sat the sound was just like listening to the album🤌 Also every single song they have is so good there's no skipping over songs while listening🥳🥳🥳
Even though it seems that MOST any and every "hair band" were being signed back in the day, God I miss that era TREMENDOUSLY. 1 band you did not mention was Heavens Edge, but they came in at the end of that era, far to late to gain notoriety. I guess Every Mothers Nightmare and Danger Danger could qualify under your vids topic
Love Dirty Looks, though, I think their post 80s material were their better material. Some of these are hair, some are more metal but imo all are underrated. 01. Katmandu (remember Fastway? Same singer, Dave King. Too bad they only did one album) 02. Herman Ze German & Friends (more of one off than a band per se. Guest vocalists include Jack Russel of Great White, Don Dokken, and Steve Marriot of Humble Pie) 03. Killer Dwarfs (kind of toe the line between hair and metal. Dirty Weapons album is a must have) 04. Pretty Maids (More metal than hair but are versatile. Probably best known for their Future World album but have a big discography. Spooked is probably my favorite which includes a really good cover of "Hard Luck Woman") 05. Chateaux (definitely metal. Nwobhm to be exact. If you like Grim Reaper, you'd like Chateaux. Particularly their first album, Chained And Desperate, with vocals by Steve Grimmet of Grim Reaper)
Black N Blue Southgang Pretty Boy Floyd Big Bang Babies Tora Tora Trixter Danger Danger Just to name a few...I absolutely adore Roy Cathey and everything he does!! 💜💜
Ha ha! There are some good ones on thatisy. Big Bang Babies is one I don't know. You love you some @RoyCathey67, huh? I happen to know he has Subscribed to this channel. Maybe you'll run into him on here. 😄
@@RockNewsDesk different band.. they were called Risque' at one time.. they opened for Warrant on the cherry pie tour in a few places.. they did a cover of ,,"piece of my heart" and they had a couple videos out.. one was "down on your knees" (not what you think.. it was about domestic abuse) great album..I loved it.. anyway the video for down on your knees.. had Jani Lane as a limo driver cameo.. he also did backup vocals on a song or two.. he may have had a hand in their recording or contract..I can't recall.. Dave Brooks was the vocalist..
Roxy Blue was in consideration for this video. I saw Tangier open for Cinderella and White Lion on the "Long Cold Winter" tour. My ears rang for six days. Ha ha!
Like all of these guys sans maybe Salty Dog. My choice, although they had a top 10 hit once, is KIX. Super high quality songs with an "electric" current theme.
Have you ever listened to The Hangmen? Not the British punk band. They did the song Rotten Sunday and have been putting out albums since the 80's. Metallic IOU is definitely an album I would recommend. I always say they are the best band you never heard of.
I think a lot of these bands fell victim to the so-called grunge movement. I never understood why the music business wasn’t big enough for both metal and grunge…essentially it’s all blues based rock anyway!
They did have some good music. I remember the "Summertime Girls" video on Headbangers Ball. I always hated the productiin on their records, but they had some really good songs.
I've seen Enuff Z Nuff a couple times. I say then on one of the Monsters of Rock Cruises and on a KISS Kruise. I didn't see them back in the day, though.
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1:12 One of the dudes in The Fifth is rocking an old-school Cactus Jack t-shirt. That alone is enough to get me to give them a shot.
Ha ha! They're a really good band
love/hate,
every mothers nightmare, sleeze beez, killer dwarves, dangerous toys tho gotta be a fave of mine.
Good ones!
The band KIX from Maryland was an underrated band, and didn’t have a lot of videos on MTV. They are still playing to this day, and haven’t lost a step!!
They're great! I'm sad to see they are retiring.
@@RockNewsDesk I am too, but Steve Whiteman still was going strong being 65+ years old. I used to live in Baltimore, and saw them a few times in concert. They really knew how to put on a show!! ❤️
@@sassykaren7587 I have seen them about five times in the past three or four years.
@@RockNewsDesk I’m glad that you got to see them live. It just sucks that they didn’t get the recognition that they deserved!
@@sassykaren7587 I agree. They have always been so fun!
ICON is another band that was underrated.
KILLER MACHINE 🤘
Great band i got their debut album and it is a killer album. Another great detroit band is Weapons with their album captive audience.
Cinderella, Great White, FireHouse, Danger Danger, and Kix. Though the only true "hair bands" on my list are FireHouse & Danger Danger. Cinderella, Great White, and Kix are kick ass hard/blues rock bands that got thrown in with that sub genre.
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I think Jackyl was another underrated band .
Absolutely! And one of my favorite. I've probably seen them live about 10 times.
I would go with Vain, Rough Cutt, Love/ Hate, and Junkyard.
Rough Cutt and Junkyard almost made this video.
Saw Cold Sweat, all the original members, at Monsters on the Mountain in 2022. It's not just Roy / Rory that still has it. That whole band is still incredible live. For bands that didn't get what their talent deserved, check out Lillian Axe.
Yes! They still do a great job. I saw them when they reunited for the Monsters of Rock Cruise. They're still kicking ass!
Fast way
@@darrellrodriguez334 They almost made this first video. 😁
Spread Eagle, Shotgun Messiah, Vain
Good ones! Thanks for the suggestions.
I remember all of those, bought all those cd's they day they came out and saw Coldsweat and Roxx Gang in concert back then.
Wow! I saw Cold Sweat recently, and would loved to have seen Roxx Gang back in the day.
@@RockNewsDesk Oops, I lied, I did see Cold Sweat but looking back through my concert tickets, I never saw Roxx Gang, I think I confused them with Rough Cutt, who I saw in 85 right after Keel so I have saw Marc Ferrari twice.
@@tbury2516 Rough Cutt almost made this list, too!
Let's not forget often overlooked and underappreciated Leatherwolf.
Funny I have never heard of any of these bands before and I was a big metal fan through the 80's and still am. I will check them out now because of this.
That's awesome! When you listen, try to remember it's now 2023. Ha ha! You may have to listen to them a few times to really get it. That's how I am when I discover new OLD music.
@@RockNewsDesk thanks
There were so many bands back in the 80's... there was a monthly publication called BAM magazine... all the bands were there . From successful famous bands to obscure garage bands..
I'm not sure I remember Bam. It sounds familiar.
This was in southern California... All the bands on the sunset strip... I remember motley Crue before fame and fortune .
@@DanielCastillo-cn3pp Ooooh, ok.
Not in order, just...5:
Lillian Axe
Wildside
Shotgun Messiah
War Babies
Babylon A.D.
And because they're (sorta) from my hometown, honorable mention goes to Hericane Alice. 1 disc and it was all damn good tunes.
I'm with you on those! Babylon A.D. almost made this list! War Babies is one I haven't listened to before. I'll be sure to check them out.
Kik Tracee was also great.
@@nahnotsomuch2292 I have one Kik Tracee CASSETTE. Ha ha!
Great picks, I saw Lillian Axe, Babylon AD and Kik Tracee in concert.
Roxy Blue
They almost made the cut for this video.
I know Cold Sweat - great band - it's definitely underrated same as Blue Tears, Silent Range, XYZ, Sleeze Beez, Babylon A.D. Greetings from Poland!
You listed some good ones.
Heavy Pettin, Y&T, Black N Blue, Bonfire
All good ones.
Glad to see Roxx Gang on the list, I always thought the guitar players were absolutely smoking, The video for No Easy Way Out was very different from what other hair bands were doing at the time, another band that needs a mention was XYZ their song Inside Our, that riff was killer, King Kobra would be another with mentioning too, great channel, keep up the good work!
It took me years to find Roxx Gang's second CD. XYZ has some cool music, too. It's good to hear "Inside Out" get played on SiriusXM regularly.
Pretty Boy Floyd, Rhinobucket, Circus of Power, White Trash, a lot more more that I would have to go back into my tape collection to dig up
Good ones!
Lord Tracy. When first saw them live their name was Tracy Lords.
Ha! I'm assuming the record company didn't want a lawsuit from the porn star by the same name.
Yes they got a cease and desist letter from her lawyers, They used to play her movies on a sheet as their backdrop during their shows.
@@memphokid That's funny stuff!
Lead singer was the original singer for Pantera
Got two from Baltimore for you KIX had moderate success but were very under rated. The other band is Child's Play their debut album RatRace was fire.
Kix is great! Someone else mentioned Child's Play. I need to give them a listen.
Child's Play just never got the exposure they should have.
Your right about that.@@paulkimber6028
Always disappointed when I don’t see Junkyard in list like this, with songs like Blooze, Hollywood, Simple Man, Hands Off, All The Time In The World, Slippin’ Away and Clean The Dirt. I’m amazed they never broke through.
Salty Dog good one my friend, Come Along is a great song.
Hardline with Hot Cherie is another under appreciated hair band but I think they were early 90’s if my memory is correct
Junkyard almost made the list.
Bullet Boys count or too mainstream?
Ok, so, Bullet Boys were one of the original five bands I listed for this video. I switched them out last minute. Maybe I will include them in the next video. I love that band.
Great band F#9 is my favourite out of their catalogue.
Dirty Looks was my favorite band from that time & still is. Criminally underrated. They were not from L.A. which I liked. Henrik Ostergaard was a bad ass. Very unique voice. Paul Lidel excellent guitarist. Cool from the wire is great from start to finish. Cool album cover also. Turn of the screw not bad either & their later albums are respectable. Thanks for keeping them relevant. RIP Henrik
I saw them at a club around 1991 or 92. Loved it!
@RockNewsDesk I painted The cool from the wire album cover on the back of my jean jacket with white house paint & black magic marker. It looked identical to the cover. I got lots of comments on how cool it looked. Still have hanging in my closet. 🍻🤘
@@stevensauvageau4394 Nice!
@RockNewsDesk it's been said they were an AC/DC knock off. Not true. Henrik sounded a little Bonn Scottish but that's it. Musically they sounded nothing like AC/DC.
@@stevensauvageau4394 Yep. The vocals were the most part compared to AC/DC.
Shy the British band really great band who never got recognition they deserve... and a prog metal band who got called hair metal LEATHERWOLF one of the best bands in rock again horrendously overlooked... Boom 2 right there buddy
I have heard of both, but need to give them a listen.
@@RockNewsDesk please please start with Rise or fall from leatherwolfs 2nd album
@@gunneralivr7558 Thanks for the info.
Danger Danger, Every Mother's Nightmare, Pretty Boy Floyd, Tuff, Hardline, Blackfish, some not from 80s but you should check em out
Most of those I've listened to. I have heard of Blackfish, but haven't checked them out yet.
I forgot Alleycat Scratch, Tigertailz, Sleeze Bees, Hardcore Superstar, 21 Guns, Dogs d'Amour, Vains of Jeena
@@vicchavez4649 Was Hardcore Superstar around back then?
They were formed in 97 and their 1st album from 99 but anyway a great hair band
@@vicchavez4649 I saw HS on the Monsters of Rock Cruise.
Roxx Gang was very underrated
I agree. I love their first album, and their second one is really good as well.
@@RockNewsDesk Singers voice was so unique and different.
@@rugermossberg9221 yep. That's what I was saying in the video. He had style.
Great list!!! Rough Cutt also should have been bigger!!! Check out their debut!!! Paul Shortino has one of the best voices!!!
I love that first Rough Cutt album.
Wrathchild UK had some good stuff!
Yes!! I almost included them in this video. Thanks for tossing their name in the hat.
SPREAD EAGLE and SHOTGUN MESSIAH... Two kick ass bands
Yes!
Kix... Blow my fuse! Probably most famous song. Maryland boys B-more #BringbackHammerJacksman
I hate that they're retiring.
@@RockNewsDesk I should pick up a guitar again but I'm more Metallica,forbidden death angel,testament. But I'd play a couple kix's songs
@@troyallen8223 I just saw Metallica on the opening night of the new tour. They still kick ass!
@@RockNewsDesk yeah whoever does their sound is of the charts #1 everytime I've gone no matter where I sat the sound was just like listening to the album🤌 Also every single song they have is so good there's no skipping over songs while listening🥳🥳🥳
Love/Hate, Child's Play, Junkyard, and XYZ are my picks.
Junkyard almost made this list.
TT Quick from out east XYZ. Leatherwolf.
TT Quick is one I don't think I have ever heard.
Even though it seems that MOST any and every "hair band" were being signed back in the day, God I miss that era TREMENDOUSLY. 1 band you did not mention was Heavens Edge, but they came in at the end of that era, far to late to gain notoriety. I guess Every Mothers Nightmare and Danger Danger could qualify under your vids topic
There were so many bands that popped up in 91-93 that just never had a chance to get real traction.
Wow never heard of any of these bands before
There are some good ones in there.
How about Icon, Heavy Petting, Vinnie Vincent's Invasion, Shotgun Messiah, Kix, Babylon AD, Child's Play, Beau Nasty, XYZ...
Some good ones in there. VVI and Babylon A.D. almost made this list. Child's Play is one I need to check into. A few people have mentioned them.
Love Dirty Looks, though, I think their post 80s material were their better material.
Some of these are hair, some are more metal but imo all are underrated.
01. Katmandu (remember Fastway? Same singer, Dave King. Too bad they only did one album)
02. Herman Ze German & Friends (more of one off than a band per se. Guest vocalists include Jack Russel of Great White, Don Dokken, and Steve Marriot of Humble Pie)
03. Killer Dwarfs (kind of toe the line between hair and metal. Dirty Weapons album is a must have)
04. Pretty Maids (More metal than hair but are versatile. Probably best known for their Future World album but have a big discography. Spooked is probably my favorite which includes a really good cover of "Hard Luck Woman")
05. Chateaux (definitely metal. Nwobhm to be exact. If you like Grim Reaper, you'd like Chateaux. Particularly their first album, Chained And Desperate, with vocals by Steve Grimmet of Grim Reaper)
I never listened to any of the Dirty Looks stuff past 1990. I'll have to look that up.
Yasssss! COLD SWEAT! THE FIFTH!
Black N Blue
Southgang
Pretty Boy Floyd
Big Bang Babies
Tora Tora
Trixter
Danger Danger
Just to name a few...I absolutely adore Roy Cathey and everything he does!! 💜💜
Ha ha! There are some good ones on thatisy. Big Bang Babies is one I don't know. You love you some @RoyCathey67, huh? I happen to know he has Subscribed to this channel. Maybe you'll run into him on here. 😄
@RockNewsDesk Yes,Roy is good people,have seen The Fifth several times over the years!! 😊😊
@@RcksAngl He's a good dude.
i remember dirty looks for sure, what about tora tora, i was into them back in the day.
Love Tora Tora!
Hericane Alice and tyketto!
Good ones.
Slammin Gladys.. awesome awesome awesome vocalist.
I remember SMASHED Gladys. Same band, or different band?
@@RockNewsDesk different band.. they were called Risque' at one time.. they opened for Warrant on the cherry pie tour in a few places.. they did a cover of ,,"piece of my heart" and they had a couple videos out.. one was "down on your knees" (not what you think.. it was about domestic abuse) great album..I loved it.. anyway the video for down on your knees.. had Jani Lane as a limo driver cameo.. he also did backup vocals on a song or two.. he may have had a hand in their recording or contract..I can't recall.. Dave Brooks was the vocalist..
@@gregoriodecker2692 very cool.
Keel, Mark Ferrari was in it and Killer Dwarfs.
Marc Ferrari definitely paid his dues in the hard rock scene, huh?
Honorable mention to...
Heaven's Edge
Roxy Blue
White Trash
XYZ
Baton Rouge
Hericane Alice
Arcade
Blackeyed Susan
Spread Eagle
Tangier
Roxy Blue was in consideration for this video. I saw Tangier open for Cinderella and White Lion on the "Long Cold Winter" tour. My ears rang for six days. Ha ha!
You forgot “ Baton Rouge “ Album 💿 Shake your Soul !!!! Look 👀 into it , they were FABULOUS!!!!
I remember those guys!
80's Metal Bands You Don't Remember But Should.
Odin
London
Hanoi Rocks
Odin is one I have heard about many times, but never listened to. I'll have to change that soon.
You forgot krokus
They're considered Metal and were a great band.
They were definitely an underrated band. They were pretty well-known, though.
Too well known, i mean their singer even got asked to join AC/DC after Bon Scotts death.
Jetboy- thoughts?
Ya know, I gave Jetboy a listen years ago, and couldn't get into it. I think I need to go revisit that band.
Glad i never heard of these 5 bands
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Like all of these guys sans maybe Salty Dog. My choice, although they had a top 10 hit once, is KIX. Super high quality songs with an "electric" current theme.
Kix is one of the best hair bands out there. I'm sad to see they are calling it quits.
@@RockNewsDesk Also I remember the Dan Reed Network. Not exactly "Hair" but an eclectic mix of hair, funk and synth.
@@robtech341 Dan Reed? Hmmm... Gotta look that one up.
@@RockNewsDesk You're gunna be happy you did!
"Get to you" "Baby Now I" among many others.
Have you ever listened to The Hangmen? Not the British punk band. They did the song Rotten Sunday and have been putting out albums since the 80's. Metallic IOU is definitely an album I would recommend. I always say they are the best band you never heard of.
I will check them out.
Dirty Looks, Cinderella, Roxx Gang, and Circus Of Power.
Cinderella was huge
What about Circus Of Power? I came across them on UA-cam. Love their music. Lead singer can really belt out tune. I think his name is Alex Mitchell.
@@Carolyn815 I need to give them a listen.
I loved Cats in Boots and Dirty Looks. It's a shame Cats in Boots hit right about the time time Grunge was getting going.
Yep. That happened to do many bands. The bands were good, but MTV abandoned them.
@@RockNewsDesk MTV, Radio stations, record labels, touring managers etc
@@thunder5x yep. They saw the next big thing, jumped ship on the hair bands, and put all their eggs in the grunge basket.
I have one for you, SouthGang.
That was Butch Walker's band! I remember the song, "Aim for the Heart," but never have them a proper listen. I need to!
Bangalore Choir!
STRYPER 🤘🖤
Lillian Axe. They just came along a little too late. If they had emerged 5 years earlier, they would have been huge.
Good one.
Sweet FA
I think a lot of these bands fell victim to the so-called grunge movement. I never understood why the music business wasn’t big enough for both metal and grunge…essentially it’s all blues based rock anyway!
ICON
TIGERS OF PAN TANG
VANDENBERG
LOUDNESS
STONE FURY
HURRICANE
ORION THE HUNTER
Bang Gang was also equally rejected at that time in history
I don't know that one.
Check them out
Child's Play.
I remember that name. I'll have to look them up.
Good stuff?
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Paul dianno
Rhino Bucket
They almost made this list. Great band!
Well……the fact you mentioned Faster Pussy Cat and GnR in the same sentence as if they are even close to being equals explains this list to a T.
Those bands share DNA, man.
I never said they were equals.
@RockNewsDesk you are absolutely correct as well as L.A guns
Lizzy borden
Another good one!
YNT
They did have some good music. I remember the "Summertime Girls" video on Headbangers Ball. I always hated the productiin on their records, but they had some really good songs.
Trixter
Dirty looks was a basic heavy rock/metal band.
Yeah. I saw them at a small club around 1991. They were fun.
enuff z nuff had amazing songs that were a mix of beatles, cheap trick and van halen but their look put many off from enjoying them
Chip was actually a good songwriter.
Howard Stern loved them.
I've seen Enuff Z Nuff a couple times. I say then on one of the Monsters of Rock Cruises and on a KISS Kruise. I didn't see them back in the day, though.
TT Quick
House of Lords.
Signed to Simmons Records, and with Greg Giufrria. They had some good music on those records.
@@RockNewsDesk welsh band tigertailz
@@gessabrek I need to check them out.
@@RockNewsDeskthe album Bezerk is their best
@@rooster6 Hmmm... I'll look that up. They did a great cover of "Can't Find My Way Home."