Part 2: Are These HAIR METAL's Heaviest RIFFS?
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2022
- -Just went over 100K views on the first one so I thought I'd do a follow up video. Part 3 will be based on the comments we get on the first 2 videos. ;)
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There's always gonna be controversy over who and who isn't "Hair Metal." That's why I put it in quotes. I wouldn't call Skid Row, Savatage, or Van Halen Hair metal, but many people do as well as many top ten lists. Doesn't mean they're right but it means I have license to use them in these videos. ;) hehe
totally hair metal. great playing!
I wouldn't call Loudness hair metal either, they were a normal metal band who had a hair phase. Come the 90s they went back to their roots, their song Firestorm sounds like a long lost Megadeth tune.
@Ushio Yes! White Lion and Stryper. "Soldiers Under Command" has a great intro. White Lion's "Out With The Boys" and "Lets Get Crazy" also.
@Ushio Agreed. Stryper has songs like The Reign that are practically speed metal.
Cool, just like everything else you do! I was just surprised to hear Savatage there. One of my favourite bands.
Lay it down gives me chills everytime that opening riff comes in.
Everything considered: It's my choice for Riff Of The Entire Genre.
It's a sick lick for sure.. 🤘
The intro is my ringtone on my phone.
Killer riff
Warren was a guitar ninja
they have sooo many killer tunes, and this is one of the pinnacle efforts for sure.
I don't care what anyone says, 80s 'hair metal' high-treble rock is the best melodic guitar era. Such good writing from all of those bands.
What do you mean by high treble rock? Never heard that term before
@@mexstrat96 The tone, the treble is high. In the 90s and today the popular tones got darker.
Yes! 🤘🔥
@@mexstrat96 It refers to the high treble guitar tone of that era. It's not really a phrase, just a description.
There were a ridiculous number of bands, great songs and riffs.
Loudness kick ass!
M! Z! A!
Akira does not get the recognition he deserves. He is a legend!
RATT had some of the most underrated guitarists of the 80s. Especially in terms of writing riffs that just plain sounded cool.
Robin Crosby: Wanted Man, Round and Round, and Looking for Love
Warren DeMartini: Never use love, Lay it Down, and Shame Shame Shame
And Juan Croucier wrote some bangers too surprisingly though he was primarily the bassist.
Lack of Communication, You're in Love, and Body Talk.
Shame shame shame is a GREAT song!
I dig Juan croupiers vocals on lack of communication and your in trouble
JUAN CROUCIER WROTE THE RIFF FOR BODY TALK???!!! I love that song, by far my favorite Ratt song
The Lay it Down riff is fire. One of the best riffs ever recorded. 🔥
XYZ - Inside out
White Lion - Hungry
Firehouse - Overnight Sensation
Motley Crue - Piece of Your Action, Live Wire
Great White - Step on You
Dokken - Kiss of Death
Scorpions - The Zoo, Animal Magnetism, China White, Lovedrive
I love XYZ. So underrated! Harem Scarem too.
good picks
Piece of Your Action and Animal Magnetism for the win!
Hell yes! Now that is a list! \m/ \m/
XYZ has amazing riffs!! Almost anything from their “hungry” album could be in these videos!
You got some Firehouse in there! Dude, I am a HUGE fan of their first album. I’d love to see you play/analyze some of the tunes off that album. Especially the soloing. 🤘
Yeah me too Bill Leverty is AWESOME!!!
@MJR, Jason, if you like Firehouse, go hunt out a self titled album by the Irish band, No Sweat.
Heart and Soul being the standout track, which even has one Joe Elliott getting a producer credit.
Their first record was my favorite record for a long time. Great memories!
damn, that Lay it Down opening riff is just one of the best riffs out there
Loudness is such an underrated metal band. they are amazing. Theres an insane solo in rock n roll gypsy wow mind blowing
M.Z.A.!!!
Crazy Nights by Loudness & Hall of the Mountain King by Savatage, awesome!
Akira Takasaki & the late Criss Oliva are absolute legends and very underrated.
But yeah, I wouldn´t classify neither of these 2 bands as Hair/Glam Metal.
Wow, did not expect such an amazing job on the drums
💥 🤯
LOVE you covered Siagon Kick. They were really underrated....incredible band
I LOVE SAVATAGE!! SO HAPPY TO SEE THEM HEAR. I used to have severe OCD and listening to that album was one of my escapes. Haven't heard that track in years.
I agree. One of my favorite groups to play back after high school. Especially Hall of the Mountain King.
STILL my favorite band! RIP, Criss Oliva!
Lay it Down is great, but the opening riff for Lack of Communication is easily Ratt's heaviest riff ever.
Never use love is is also quite heavy. It's sort of polished version of Lack of.. I like it more.
Shit, first few Ratt albums were riff fests.
It's in the first video
Yes, every time I hear it is like heavier and heavier.
Wildside for the part 3! Their riffs are badass
Love Loudness! They are so underrated. Their first few Japanese records are amazing. Would love to see you do a whole video on Akira Takasaki!
Love the fact that you threw in Saigon Kick and Savatage in the mix along with Loudness.
On your next one throw in some Bonfire, Lillian Axe and Stryper.
The heaviest lillian axe song I know would probably be misery loves company
Finally Saigon Kick getting some recognition. Such an underrated band and Jason Bieler is such an amazing player
The Lizard is an absolutely amazing album. I remember when I picked it up 30 years ago. On my first listen front-to-back I was floored how good each song was. A vastly underrated gem at the tail end of glam/hair metal for sure.
@@MossTheBoss 100% right. Amazing and unique album that is overlooked since it came out at a bad time for that style.
@@MossTheBoss Ditto. Excellent band.
Still one of my favorite bands!
This! I saw them open for Extreme back in 92 or 93. Killer show.
Not sure if it’s hair metal but try and find a song from a band, W.A.S.P. fucking epic
Chainsaw Charlie🤘
Definitely hair metal and one of the best at that
@@BraydenM014 There's no such thing as "Hair Metal," as it was a derogatory term used by the grunge pu$$ies. W.A.S.P is definitely one of if not the best bands of all time, imo.
Great selections. Notable mention that would be qualified for a future Part 3. . . . . 'Bang Go the Bells' by Babylon AD (from their 1989 self titled release)
Maryann from they debut album also has a really badass and heavy guitar riff
Babylon AD kicks ass!
Babylon AD "Hammer Swings Down" as well as "Bang go the Bells!", Wild Side "Hang on Lucy", White Lion "Lonely Nights".... so many, many more....
Babylon AD is the way to go! Underrated af
Bells don't go "bang"...they go "ding dong"
LOVE all of these! I feel a playlist coming on haha. Looking forward to Part 3! 🤘🏻🔥
This hair metal series has been great! I love how you do so many different styles and era's of rock/metal on your channel. You really do have something for everyone. It's great!
These videos are great! Perfect song selections! Keep 'em up!
This sounded soooo gooood!! Can't wait for Part 3!
I'm gonna go with the following for Part 3....Winger-Big World Away, Stryper-Caught in the Middle, 5th Angel-Midnight Love, Malice-Breathin' Down Your Neck, Wildside- Hang on Lucy, Ice Water Mansion-The Swing. Throw is some Extreme as well. Maybe some Von Groove, Saints n Sinners, Badlands, Baton Rouge, oh and like someone said, definately Spread Eagle.
Another vote from me for Wildside.
Part two was awesome! Part 3 possibly in the near future? Thanks for sharing! Digging your channel BIG TIME! 😉👍😎
Another great list - love that “Lay It Down” was included! I’d still like to throw the intro riff from “Kiss of Death” from Dokken out as a riff to be included in #3. George Lynch is a beast!
Also “Valley of the Kings” from Blue Murder (a very under-appreciated band).
John Sykes such a great player.
Blue Murder/ John Sykes are amazing!
Nope nope nope. Just nope. Yes John Sykes is amazing. Those two whitesnake albums were the best ones. But Blue Murder….that was a stitch up. Absolutely abysmal. Go back and have a look and listen. Really hard to get thru a whole song these days without realising how bad that entire genre had become.
George Lynch is awesome.
Great video =). I'd suggest WASP's "Harder Faster", "Shoot from the Hip", and/or "Animal (F.L.A.B.)".
Videos like this from Mike and others have introduced me to so many bands I probably wouldn't have really listened to otherwise. I always enjoy these.
I've been a hair band fan all my life. They are always overlooked as great musicians
Kiss animalize was a damn good album from start to finish… when I first heard that .. I said to my self.. the same kiss who wrote songs like firehouse, Detroit rock city.. I also thought that album was a bunch of other musicians who filled in for gene and Paul .. but nope.. gene Paul mark St. John and Eric carr played heavy… I’m a fan of animalize..
Never was a kiss fan but I loved that album too!
Animalize was Kiss's finest hour, IMO.
Here’s another great HEAVY Kiss moment:
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"I've Had Enough" is one of my favorite KISS songs. The energy is insane, and Paul's vocals are unmatched to me.
Really great. Awesome sound and awesome playing!
That Saigon Kick album, all of it, was so damn good!!
Love the Hair Metal! Waiting for part 3, 4, 5 and more.
Another great video. Love the sound quality 🤘🏻
That whole Saigon Kick album has got some kickass guitar. I was always kind of partial to "Body Bags".
I’m surprised that nothing from Mötley Crüe’s self titled album has been in these videos. It’s really heavy compared to their older stuff
Their first two albums are heavy
@@TheOnlyHollywood1 kickstart
Ikr, the riffs that lee wrote should've been on here imo
@@TheOnlyHollywood1 true, but self titled is even heavier
THANK YOU. I said that on the last video he put out. The album-opening riff on "Power To The Music" is one of the heaviest riffs Motley ever did. That self titled record was their heaviest by far.
Ohhhh man! Throwing some Savatage in there at the end was awesome! Great series Mike! Loved the 1st one as well. Talk about some awesome memory flashbacks! Haven't seen ya in a while. Good to see you still rippin it! 🤘
Glad to see this genre getting some love! Keep 'em coming
This series is incredibly entertaining!
This is fantastic!
In high school, my friend and I used to set up at the church we went to when no one was there, because the acoustics were so freakin' good. He played electric guitar and I had two drum sets (Tama and Ludwig). We played just about all of the songs from your Hair Metal series. One Sunday, we went to get my drum set and there was a potluck dinner going on. They asked us to play. We just went off! There were some 80-year olds that looked somewhere between energized and terrified. 🤣💀
Awesome!! Thanks for including @3:27 Saigon Kick, and @4:07 Savatage.
These are really cool riffs! And your guitars sound and look great! 😁 Solid drumming, too!
Just like to add that you play those riffs insanely well. Good job fella.
Great video set! Thank you! It would have been nice to see longer than .5 second shots of you and your studio. But hey, great song selection and thanks again for sharing.
Man, you are a BEAST on that ax! Love this stuff.
Love that Firehouse album. Good stuff man!
Great job as always! Hadn't heard a few of these before.
Killer playing and tone. Your drum sounds and overall mixing are really, really good.
man your tone is spot on both the drums and geetar and mixed perfect
Love it! Takes my back! Back in the club days, used to see a band called Maxx Warrior and a couple of their members went on to Firehouse.
I’ve enjoyed the first 2 volumes and am already looking ahead to the next volume
What a great selection of riffs! Takes me back to high school.
Thanks for adding loudness!
Awesome that you included Saigon Kick...grew up with them in Coral Springs, Fl...:) Jason taught guitar lessons for quite awhile down there..
The drums are executed excellently as well : )
I always liked the main riff from Crazy Nights by Loudness
Great video man. Good subject. 🤘❤️🤘
Thank you for not doing some long, drawn out, and totally unnecessary intro! Such a breath of fresh air.
You put so much into your videos - respect, bro. 😌🙏
My favorite genre!🤘🤘. You can make one of these every week and I won't get bored!
Your tones are very accurate... well done.
Great tone, love the charvel
I have to say what really caught my eye was the Charvel with the antique white crackle paint job. I have one I bought in the late '80's and this is the first I've ever seen another one. 🤘😎🤘
Stryper had some pretty heavy runs especially in the newer albums.
The people who don't check out Stryper because they get put off by the Christian themes and the sappy ballads are missing out on some scorchers for sure. Probably one of the top guitar duos from the era.
'Caught in the Middle' from Against the Law 1990 is a perfect example. Dead heavy
The Rock That Makes Me Roll has a killer riff
To this day Stryper still rocks all them other bands suck now
Yes the first Motley Crue is an incredible album I love the sound and the guitar is unbelievable
Glad to see Lay it Down in there this time. Love that riff.
I have been part of this channel for a long time and completely missed this video. A few things are extremely clear in this video. First, it can be argued (very easily) that the 80s was a titanic peak of guitar composition and execution. Second, it is always a treat to see Mike's playing, especially as free and open as this. It's so *clean.* Lastly, I know that Mike acknowledged that Van Halen is not necessarily a hair metal band; though I will mention that Van Halen always called their genre "big rock," back in the day.
Lay It Down is to me one of the best, thanks from France for mentionning it 🤘😘
Ratt and Saigon Kick are my two fav. bands from this genre. These would be their heaviest songs:
Ratt - Tell The World, You're in Trouble
Saigon Kick - Peppermint Tribe, Hostile Youth, New World, I.C.U., Month of Sundays, .....etc. they had plenty of cool heavy riffs!
+1 on the Saigon Kick!
Loudness!!! Wow, that takes me back. I was in high school when Thunder in the east came out. Not sure I'd call them a "hair metal" band but that was the '80s. excellent choice, also Wasted. That was the 1st riff I ever learned. And Savatage?!?! Hell Yes!!!
I’m waiting for part #3 now 😊
Cool video! I really like the heavier side of hair metal. I miss W.A.S.P. on this list tough ;) They have some heavy songs too.
These riffs are fire!
I don't know if you're planning on doing a part 3 to this or not, but def leppard can really provide a clinic on cool/heavy riffs. Tear it Down, and Stagefright being among my personal favorites. Also another band you could definitely think about riff wise is Extreme. Rest in Peace is such an underrated gem of a song and would love to see you feature it on your channel.
Lay it down is so savage. Fckin love that riff!
It’s so good
Cool to see Saigon Kick in there. Great band. Heavy guitars and vocal harmonies.
would have been so much fun doing that research. Lots of great heavy tunes.
Always loved the Crazy Nights riff by Loudness.
This compilation was killer.
Late to the party this week, but I have a touch of the Covid, so wasn't up to much music. I love most of these riffs, I was in my 20's during the hair metal daze, and every week it seemed like a better album was being released! Brings back great great memories, especially since I've seen almost every one of those bands live!
Lay it down is still one of my favorite riffs ever.. such a groove
Finally someone mentioning Firehouse :) They're amazing!
Nice choices love all those songs…yeah that Heavens Trail by Tesla is heavy as you know what glad to see Savatage getting some respect that’s not easy to play.
I have not heard most of these riffs but dang your right I’ll have to check out the songs
So happy to see Savatage getting recognition. Criss Oliva was a guitar god. RIP.
Excellent list and playing as always!
AWEsome! So glad to see and hear Bill Leverty from Firehouse get a mention here. Besides being an absolute monster of a player, he's SUCH a nice guy in real life. Totally underrated/overlooked as a player, IMHO.
Anyway, when you inevitably do Part 3 of this fantastic series, I'd offer up the following as rightful candidates, complete with two options per artist:
When Darkness Calls, Dance of the Dogs - Lynch Mob
Lights and Thunder, She's Got Everything - White Lion
Valley of the Kings, Ptolemy - Blue Murder
Kid Ego, He-Man Woman Hater - Extreme
High Wire, Sun Red Sun - Badlands
What a fantastic combo of songs! Was excited for the choice of Kiss And Crue song! Plus, the inclusion of Every Mothers Nightmare, Firehouse, Loudness, Savatage absolutely made my day!
Loudness, Savatage, Tesla, Saigon Kick.!!! Fantastic picks!!
Part two outpaced part one...can't wait for a possible part 'tree
great videos! Harem Scarem's No Justice and Hardline's Taking me Down should be considered for Part 3!
Nice adding Loudness. I saw them in 1985 at the Kabuki Theater (it's now a movie theater) in San Francisco. AMAZING.
Love all those beautiful guitars, especially the cracked Charvel! I have to say, though, the sounds you get with all your instruments really make me jealous. Everything sounds extremely powerful and clean. Some of these cuts sound better than the originals
Mick Mars is such an underrated guitarist!
Absolutely
I’d say underappreciated…he’s gotten his shine, just not on a pop culture level.
But, then again…you don’t wanna be as well known as Tommy Lee for HIS reasons!!
I know right?! He never gets the recognition he deserves.
some great choices
The first riff on the Whitesnake song reminds me of the second level in Super Mario Bros. Great video!
Cool choices, now I gotta get me a fix of Loudness & Savatage today !
Great fun!!! Thanks 👍😃🤘😎
Thanks Mike great video definitely want a part 3. Very happy to see some of my fav bands (Ratt, VH, Mötley Crüe, Def Lep) also made me discover new bands (Next time you should do Faster P_ssycat they hame some fckin great riffs)
You really suprised me with throwing I've had enough (into the fire) in there, that song has always been one of my favorites off of animalize