10 Great Hair Metal Albums (yes, really)
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Hair metal, glam rock, call it what you will but it gets laughed at in rock history. We need to remember just how great some of it was and how successful the albums were. This video looks at 10 great hair metal albums.
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Van Halen was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972.
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield.
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985.
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981.
Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey.
Poison is an American glam metal band formed in 1983, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978.
Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York.
Dokken is an American glam metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978.
Cinderella was an American rock band formed in 1983 in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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10 Great Hair Metal Albums (yes, really)
10 Great Hair Metal Albums
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Anything albums by KIX. Especially Blow my fuse and Midnite dynamite.
For those who want to sample a bite size 30+ minute podcast of Motley Crue, "Disgraceland" did one a few seasons ago in 2019 I believe.
No Kiss, I’m surprised.
Queensryche Rage For Order - the pictures of the band on the back of the album are hair metal gold.
Good Video👍 Rock music now is complete garbage, compared to these amazing bands
I’ll throw in an honorable mention for Skid Row’s self titled album. Sebastian Bach is one of the best vocalists ever.
@bloomtikbloom9593you don’t think so? I figure if Guns N’ Roses are classified as hair metal, Skid Row should be. How would you classify them?
Going back to Slave to the Grind was a pleasant surprise, genuinely great riffs and vocal performances but that might be stretching it in terms of hair metal.
@@SomerankeroffYTYes, Slave to the Grind was a really good album as well. I suggested the self titled because it was in the 80s and seemed more in the vein of hair metal, but Slave to the Grind was full of bangers, with “Monkey Business” being my favorite Skid Row song.
Skid Row is hair metal because I say they’re hair metal. Also listen to I Remember you and tell me that isn’t hair metal
I would've preferred seeing any Skid Row album on here over GNR.
I personally don't understand how Glam/Hair Metal is hated, I love the sound and look of it
Twisted Sister is my personal favorite Glam Metal band, Stay Hungry is an amazing album as well
I love the sound, but not the look. That applies to a lot of 80s music in general.
My guess is the 90s attitude toward the genre since Grunge took over after.
It's only " hated " in America though
Same man
Indeed
Def Lep's "High n Dry" is hands down their best album. While far from their biggest commercial success, it's their most raw and pure. Let It Go, Another Hit and Run, Mirror Mirror, You Got Me Runnin, Bringin On The Heartbreak...there's no track worth skipping
I was fortunate in early 2000s to catch the band start off a set list Let It Go straight through to Switch 625. Started repeating No, no, no when I realized they’d then play other songs, and I wouldn’t hear Mirror, Mirror.
Great album!
"You got me running" might be their best non single. Anyone think of a better?
@@rbruggeman7722 The last few years, I really liked a b-side from their first US single… Good Morning Freedom. Give the original a listen, then how they spiced that one up for their first live in Vegas residency album. I know they weren’t on the original, but the two new guys play phenomenal on that live version.
I'm totally in agreement with you on that. "High & Dry" was a masterpiece. "On thru the Night" is a close second
It’ll be a great day when rock music fans are finally able to talk about the hair band era unabashedly (instead of the usual “I don’t normally like this stuff, BUT…”) and we can be honest that a lot of this stuff, while certainly a product of its time, is still fun to listen to and some of it has actually aged well. I was a hardcore thrash metal guy as a teen and I remember how mind-blowing it was when I finally gave bands like Ratt and Skid Row a chance and realized I’d been missing out on some awesome music the whole time.
I blame grunge for this pretentious snobby attitude towards the 80s pop metal/hair metal.
Skid Row's "Slave To The Grind" is one of the best albums ever.
I love hair metal, i still listen to lots of it, it’s good music, the lyrics are often not very intelligent t but I don’t care, I dig the music!
@@Re-Todd_Howard No, I hated most of these bands in the 80s (I was into thrash/death/hardcore etc.)
@@JulianHBurchill why are you saying no? Hardcore and thrash was underground. I’m talking about music culture as a whole. Sure you hated hair metal but it was popular in the 80s, much more popular than thrash metal. My point is, when grunge came in the 90s they made 80s hair metal seem lame. Nirvana publicly clowned on hair metal and it became popular to shit on hair metal amongst young people in the 90s because of grunge’s influence on the youth.
Out of the cellar and invasion of privacy are both killer albums by Ratt, and are both some of my favorite hair metal albums
"Wanted Man" and "Back for More" sound amazing on a good stereo.
Ratt will always be one of my personal favorite bands in any genre, loved their sound. Their first 3 albums are always on my Playlist they are 🔥
You beat me to it! Came here to make this exact comment. Dual guitars from Warren Demartini & Robbin Crosby made for a very distinctive sound. Out of the Cellar and Invasion were both great albums!
RATT is a massive omission from this list!
They played a small venue where I lived and I saw a ton of black concert t-shirts and old fans who refused to admit that they were going bald and that their long hair was a weird mix
Dee Snider is also very intelligent. I mean he took on the PMRC, so his reputation in rock is set for his defense of free speech.
Dee Snider can definitely back up what he says.
I’m not a big fan of Twisted Sister, with the exception of one song (“Burn in Hell”), but you can always count on Dee Snider to give quality interviews.
Funko just announced a Pop! figure of Dee. I hope the rest of the band will get the treatment!!
40 years ago he was free speech.
People change. He's a whiney ass authoritarian now.
And I'd never call him very intelligent. He's not dumb either, just average at best.
The PMRC in their own goofy, inadvertent way was the best thing to happen to rock music in the 1980s. The more controversy they created, the more people went out and bought the “offensive” albums.
Hysteria is one of the best rock albums of all time, I will die on this hill.
You will be in a lot of good company then.
It still sounds fresh today.
All tracks are awesome in that album.
High N dry > Hysteria by miles.
Hair Metal is my fav type of music. 40 years after many of these bands started,they still tour and make a lot of dough. I'm not alone in supporting these bands. 🤟
You're right, you're not alone. I still listen to it. It's the music from my high school years. :)
It's still my favorite genre of music as well. Even now, I'm coming across forgotten bands, forgotten albums, and bands that had those albums that never took off. So, it's almost like still getting new music, even if it's just new to me.
“Let me get this straight, you think hair metal is good?”
“I do. And I’m tired of pretending it’s not.”
Does it make you want to dance?
Oh, this is a conversation I have had soooo many times.
🤘🤩🤘
I don't think it is, l know it is.
Surprised Quiet Riot's "Metal Health" album isn't on the list. both the title song and cover of "Cum On Feel the Noize" are iconic in pop culture
Cum on Feel the Noize by Slade, originally.
@@heliotrope6217 I know, but most people, at least in my circle, know the Quiet Riot version more
🤘🤩🤘
Not to mention they literally started the movement haha
the song Mental Health, is a serious rip off of Def Leppard's Let It Go... The similarities are uncanny. Great song though.
Slippery When Wet gave us both one of the best bass lines of all time (Living on a Prayer), and one best guitar riffs of all time in “Raise your Hands.” The latter wasn’t released as a single, but at least Mel Brooks included it in Spaceballs.
Barf... BAAAARRRFFF!!! (Cuts to John Candy eating Milk-Bone)
I'm so happy to see Cinderella on this list, my favorite hair metal band. Keifer is still sounding great too, saw him last year.
Luke discussed Cinderella in one other video about five years ago, so I expected to see them here.
I'd like to throw in Ratt's Out of the Cellar as another top contender. Round and Round, Back for More, Wanted Man, this album has some great highlights and if you've ever cruised to Hair Nation on Sirius XM you know that Ratt has some good stuff to them.
The biggest Hair Metal backlash is probably just the oversaturation of the genre and the amount of "meh" bands riding it in the mid-late 80s, but that doesn't change how good and how fun the best bands of Hair Metal are.
I will never be able to hear Ratt again without immediately thinking of Henry Rollins' story about going to see them live.
Well put...all valid points and accurate to boot.
Ratt made one great album and a few good but not great ones. If you saw the VH1 “Behind the Music” special the band had some of the worst problems among the band members in any band.
I guess Hysteria is an appropriate pick, since it's more "hairy", but Pyromania is their best album I think. Slightly heavier, and plus "Rock of Ages" is like one of the greatest songs ever.
I love the description of it being "hairy". That's great.
Was looking for Pyromania. Love that album, especially Rock Rock as an amazing opener, and Rocket is such a good cacophony of noise.
Edit: Just realized that I somehow mixed up Rocket with Too Late For Love. Oops.
Pyromania is the better of the two albums
Hysteria is my second favorite Def Leppard album. Retro Active is my favorite.
Totally agree! I like Hysteria but when Pyromania was released you could not find a copy of it in our city. It was the only thing I wanted for Christmas that year and I honestly didn’t think Santa was gonna deliver, lol. However, he managed to find a copy somewhere & it didn’t leave my boom box until it was basically worn out.
I don’t remember the same for Hysteria. All of my friends owned Pyromania. Hysteria? I can’t recall more than a couple of people, including myself.
Don’t get me wrong, Hysteria was still better than many other albums of the 80s. It just couldn’t compete with Pyromania.
I'm in your age demographic, so I didn't grow up in the 80s to see Hair Metal in their prime. But Hair Metal is what got me interested in Rock and Metal music to begin with, so it's a genre that always has a special place in my heart.
I think Skid Row's self-titled debut deserves a lot more credit than it got, despite coming right at the end of the 80s (the year I was born, in fact, 1989). It had the rebellious attitude of Twisted Sister and the melodic chops of Def Leppard all in one.
Shout at the Devil isn’t just a great “hair metal” album. In my opinion it’s one of the best hard rock albums ever. It was a life changing album for me 🤘🏻🔥
While I say their best album is ‘Dr Feelgood’ everyone can have their own opinion
I will always have a soft spot for "Skid Row." It's lasted the longest of any hair albums I've loved over the years. And somehow still holds up well today, even better than Appetite for Destruction in my mind.
I would have placed Skid Row's self titled on the list instead of Dokken or Poison, it holds up considerably better than those two.
@@franco1926 I do still enjoy Poison a lot, but beyond the singles its like...I can listen to Skid Row all the way through and recall every song, every riff, everything. Poison it the hits and not a lot more. They're some damn fine hits, but as an ALBUM Skid Row was better.
@@TenguTalks same, and it's crazy to think about how great the self titled despite the fact that Slave To The Grind is better. Skid Row were really impressive back then.
The solo from Midnight is awesome.
Nothing is better than appetite for destruction...
Sad commentary on my age is that I have about 60% of these albums on the three major formats of the 80s/90s: vinyl, cassette and c.d.
I'll throw in 2 honorable mentions for Firehouse's self titled and Slaughter's "Stick It To Ya". Both are quintessential glam metal although they came a little late to the party being released in 1990
Firehouse’s first 2 albums are killer!
Slaughter was a group from 90's group, one of my favorites
Honorable mention to Hanoi Rocks the band that influenced many of these huge 80’s bands. Two Steps From The Move is a classic produced by none other than Bob Ezrin. Sadly their story was cut short after Razzle’s tragic passing
I love them. Got to see Mike Monroe in a tiny club a few years back he was great and was kind enough to shake hands and have a chat with us after the show.
I believe Hanoi Rocks was the first legit glam band. Motley Crue totally ripped off their looks.
Def Leppard “hysteria” album is just timeless, the production in this album was so good, I think it could have been released today and not sound dated, besides the album released 7 radio singles, almost 8 but they decided to retire the album and work on the next “adrenalize”.
Classic, but not timeless at all. Production is 100% 80s. That's what you hear right away
@@ferox965 I don’t mean it doesn’t sound like the 80’s the songs are classics, I really mean when it comes to the production of the album, sonically it would hold up today.
8:30 the story behind Whitesnake 1987 is fascinating. Coverdale battled a sinus infection that required throat surgery. Then he had a falling out with John Sykes and the rest of the band members after they recorded their parts, meaning that the lineup in the music video and tour around Coverdale did not play on the album (except for Adrian Vandenburg’s solo on Here I Go Again)
coverdale alleged it was cos John sykes wanted to replace coverdale to finish the recording, which I find near impossible to believe
@@patrickbateman7769 I’ve heard that story too. Sykes has gone on record saying that never happened bc the idea of Whitesnake without Coverdale is insane. Seems like they had a big falling out making the album which is ashame bc their chemistry was incredible
Pre 1987 Whitesnake is absolute gold. That band was almost all Deep Purple at one point.
@@ferox965 I enjoy the later albums, but agree about their older stuff. It was so good.
So many honorary mentions: Any album produced by Beau Hill, Kix’s Blow my fuse, Leatherwolf (87 s/t sophomore), Great White (both ‘once bitten…’ & ‘Twice shy’) etc etc
Sweet jesus, YES!!
KIX and Great White made some of my favourite tunes and albums of that era!
Metal Health needs to be on this list. That album kicked down the door for all the others to pass through.
🙌 amen!!!
I'd say it was pyromania that did that. Released the same year and sold way more copies than mental health did. Two, three times the amount.
Word!✊️
@@TheRetroManRandySavage ....but Metal Health topped the pop charts (the very first to do so) and that is why it is so relevant.
Pyromania smokes it as an album (imo), but you can't ignore QR's achievement.
@@robplante8631 definitely not, bro. I love quiet riot.
It's just that if it wasn't for that darn thriller album, def leppard would've been no1 for a big chunk of 1983. They was (for me) the first cross over, "metal" band that appealed to the masses. Many bands tried to make a pyromania Mk2 after it's release.
But yeah, I definitely don't take anything away from quiet riot. They obviously made a huge contribution too.
Needed Out of the Cellar by Ratt and Skid Row. Both amazing. Maybe a part 2 is needed.
Had every one of these albums, listened to them all from front to back. Thank you for this list, it brings back great memories! One of my favorite albums from that time was Warrant's Dirty Rotton Filthy Stinkin Rich, great album all the way through, great hooks and melodies. RIP Jayne
Warrant all the way! Jani was an AMAZING songwriter. I actually prefer "Cherry Pie" and "Dog Eat Dog" over "DRFSR", but it's still a great album!
DRFSR was a great album, seriously unappreciated and underrated. People get lost in the Cherry pie stuff and completely miss great well crafted stuff like "Thirty -Two Pennies"
Agreed. And I saw all these bands in concert in the 80s. In fact, saw Def Leppard 3 times in 1988 on 2 different continents.
Les go I’m not the only person who like warrant
Skid Row’s self-titled album from 1989
Great choices here. Every album was at the respective bands' peak. I feel Pyromania was Def Leppard's musical pinnacle but Hysteria was the most important album for them as a band. What a triumph after Rick Allen's accident.
Also, imo Out of the Cellar should be on any list of top 80s rock albums.
I saw Cinderella on their Long Cold Winter tour. Opening acts were the Bullet Boys and Winger, so bad we thought about leaving. Cinderella came out and ruled the place. They played their hit songs, and some amped up blues songs. It was epic!
Saw the same tour. Bullet Boys were terrible, but Winger actually didn't suck. Cinderella was excellent. Gypsy Road and Falling Apart at the Seams were great performances.
I had Long Cold Winter on tape way back when it came out, I was maybe 10 years old. Solid album.
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I like hair metal unironically
Me too
Welcome to the best decade of music. Sorry you missed out on it the first time around, but hey, at least you are exploring it now.
I'm going to throw a vote in for Trixter's self-titled album. "Give it to me Good" and "One in a Million" are still in my rotation.
Yep! Mine too, though they really haven’t survived well in mainstream. If they had stayed together a bit longer and had a bigger discography I think they could have been on this list.
Glam is one of my favorite genres but I gotta say Trixter was weird lol
I liked that album too. Their followup "Hear" was great as well, but came out after grunge had hit so got ignored...
Showing my age here, but with every artist and album I said to myself “saw that tour”. I even saw Cinderella open for Bon Jovi, so, 2 for 1 on that!
I left my 8th grade graduation early to see Cinderella open for Bon Jovi.
YES I’m not alone in calling Van Halen glam! They had the guitar tone, they had the drum sound, they had the writing, they had the vocals, it only makes sense.
Some other great glam albums (gonna leave out the early 90’s stuff as much as it pains me):
Ratt - Out of the Cellar (1984)
Extreme - self-titled (1989)
White Lion - Pride (1987)
Winger - self-titled (1988)
EUROPE (fans of my channel will get the reference) - The Final Countdown (1986)
Stryper - To Hell With the Devil (1986)
Y&T - Mean Streak (1983)
Skid Row - self-titled (1989)
Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy (1989)
Extreme and Extreme II are both amazing, and yeah, VH did Pioneer glam rock/arena rock as we know it.
OMG! Stryper and Tesla should have been on this list!! You forgot Quiet Riot "Metal Health." First metal album to go to number 1 on their debut.
I was not expecting to see Stryper on your list. To Hell With the Devil is a solid album, perfect Christian hair metal in my opinion. I still listen to Honestly to this day. LOL
@@Radiogunner Thought I was forgetting something.
@@Pensfan5919 glam rock was before Van Halen
I love 1984. I still hear "I'll Wait" in regular rotation here in Ohio on some of our decade-spanning hits channels.
I’m from Ohio near Cedar Point and I can vouch for this statement. It’s definitely a staple here on those “hits from the 80’s, 90’s and now” stations
@@MusicJunkiePlus Especially 98.5 WNCX.
Dancing Undercover by Ratt is an underrated gem.
It absolutely is!
RATT, you cannot overlook this band
Good list, but these artist all did amazing work and brought it. Rarely did they ever put filler in their albums. I would add Skid Row debut, Firehouse debut, Kix "Blow My Fuse", Ratt "Out of the Cellar", L.A. Guns "Cocked and Loaded" or self titled,
Firehouse debut came out in 1990. He's said only 1980s albums.
@@Radiogunner L.A. guns so underrated
My 10 favorite 80's "hair" metal records (in no particular order)...
Twice Shy -- Great White
Look What The Cat Dragged In -- Poison
Invasion Of Your Privacy -- Ratt
Tooth And Nail -- Dokken
s/t -- Skid Row
Dr. Feelgood -- Motley Crue
You Can't Stop Rock And Roll -- Twisted Sister
Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich -- Warrant
Night Songs -- Cinderella
Thunder In The East -- Loudness
Jesus, '87 was an amazing year for music.
I think Dr. Feelgood is Motley Cure’s best album by far. I remember how
much hype there was around this album when it came out. The song, the photos, th art… everything about it was better.
There is no better rock than the 80s hair metal rock. ✨️
70s proto metal kick hair metal ass
Dream Warriors from Elm Street 3 is on the album that came after Under Lock and Key, Back for the Attack. It's also pretty solid if you're into that sort of thing.
Pretty solid?
Back for the Attack may be their best album...
The 80's were the best. Music, movies, everything.
Awesome video! Having "come of age" in the late 80s, I loved and still love all this music. Big fan of your channel and glad to see hair metal/glam getting some love!❤
I'd like to add Europe - Wings of Tomorrow or The Final Countdown
Those albums brought me to metal. So, I have a soft spot for them.
This brought back some memories and even gave me some suggestions for another 80s quiz I'm gonna do....great job
Skid Row debut album was great. I still remember listening the vinyl at the record store. I made up my mind about buying it, right after the attendant had let me listened to about. 30 seconds of the first three songs.
I think this is my favorite video of yours. I grew up on this music and still listen to some of it.
I was hoping for some Finnish representation! The band Hanoi Rocks would have been a great fit. The best might be their debut album Bangkok Schocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981).
Without Hanoi Rocks there would be no Guns 'n Roses. Axl will likely be the first to tell you that.
@@erichirschi315 a sad connection to Vince Neil/Mötley Crüe as well trough Razzles death. But definitely somewhat “unknown” gem in the genre
@@TuomoKallio1 Absolutely, pretty much killed the band too. Though Michael Monroe and co. have released a few things since then.
The even sadder part is that Vince didn't learn a thing (drove drunk multiple times after that) and the band even named their box set "Songs to Crash Your Car To"
I was watching Anthony Bourdain and he was in Scandinavia I looked at his guide and I thought this guy looks straight out of Hanoi Rocks and it was shortly revealed to be Sam Yaffa.
I hope you guys really take pride and introduce them to the young people there because they are a truly fantastic band.
It's a crime they never broke big.
Twisted Sister released a Christmas album a few years ago, and it probably gets the most listens during the holidays in my house every year. Their version of 12 Days of Christmas is a good time.
I still own and listen to all these great albums. Reminds me of a great hard rock station we had here in Cincinnati called the Power Pig that would play all these bands and thrash, I miss it.
Great White, partied to those records many times and the Hooked album closed the deal with my wife of 28 years. Their tribute album to Led Zeppelin is a true showcase of their talent.
My favorites: (in no particular order as it changes based on mood)
Warrant
Great White
Ratt
Firehouse
Kiss
Dokken
Poison
Def Leppard
Cinderella
Skid Row
Honorable mentions :
Kix, Trixter, Triumph, Bullet boys, L.A. Guns, journey, Boston, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, Forigner, Europe
Some great honourable mentions… loved LA Guns, Ratt, Dangerous Toys, Killer Dwarfs, Faster Pussycat, Firehouse and Slaughter as well.
I’d actually forgotten about Killer Dwarfs. Thank you!
1. GNR - Appetite For Destruction
2. Def Leppard - Hysteria
3. Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls
4. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
5. Whitesnake - 1987
6. Dokken - Back For The Attack
7. Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
8. Ratt - Out Of The Cellar
9. Quiet Riot - Metal Health
10. Poison - Open Up And Say Ahh
Honorable Mentions
Skid Row - Skid Row
White Lion - Pride
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
LA Guns - Cocked And Loaded
Great White - Once Bitten
Europe - The Final Countdown
Slaughter - Stick It To Ya
Pantera - Power Metal
Kiss - Animalized
I never saw GNR as a hair metal band. They are more in the vein of stuff like classic Aerosmith and AC/DC. I also think there isn't a single bad song on Shout at the Devil.
Thanks for the hair metal content. Really enjoyed it. Hysteria is definitely one of my top 5 80’s rock albums. I was lucky enough to see them live in the 90s and they were hands down the best concert I have been too!
Back in 1986 I bought Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet and actually thought it wasn't too bad. That Christmas, we were at a family gathering and one of my nephews had just got this album and proceeded to play "You Give Love A Bad Name" over and over for several hours. I never recovered.
It was a great album, but it did wear out it's welcome for me as well.
I love that DOKKEN made the list!!! Although my favorite album is Back for the Attack.
I'm bummed because RATT Invasion of your privacy or Out of the cellar didn't make it.
Other bands that are definitely in my top ten are STRYPER, WHITE LION, WARRANT and TESLA.
I love your channel .. But this one has a special place for me . The Glam / Sleaze scene was what got me into metal in general ( I was dressing like Nikiki Sixx but also listening to Metallica , Slayer and other bands that wouldn't have been expected at the time) .. Its great to see some appreciation for some of the actually good albums ( yes most of it was terribly cheese but some of it does deserve recognition) . So thankyou from an old Glammy ( I got better I promise lol)
I would personally swap out Cinderella Long Cold Winter with RATT Out of the Cellar. I remember constantly listening to Out of the Cellar, Shout at the Devil, Stay Hungry and 1984 as I was teaching myself to play drums.
I know a lot of people don’t consider these albums as hair metal, But Pantera’s first three albums: Metal Magic, Projects in the Jungle, and I Am the Night, are some great stuff that are definitely hair metal influenced!!
Great list!
Great list! I wouldn’t necessarily consider Van Halen and GNR as Hair Metal, but they are definitely hair metal adjacent. Also Hair Metal adjacent and an absolutely awesome album Queensryche “Operation: Mindcrime” (1988).
Oh! Operation Mindcrime! Another good one!!!
None of the bands on this list are 'hair metal'. These are Glam bands and 80s Hard Rock bands. 'Hair Metal' is just a silly derisive term to stigmatise these bands as lame and ridiculous. No musician with self-respect would want to be seen as a buffoon that cares more about his hair than his music.
VH and GnR are the bookends of glam metal in my opinion. VHI is the blueprint for all glam bands and Appetite launched the last sunset strip band to become huge. Both are valid on a list like this for me
I got into hair metal in the early 90s during high school (although I had definitely enjoyed some of the singles when they were released in the 80s. I LOVED Living On A Prayer and Nothin' But A Good Time). It started with Bon Jovi and Poison and blossomed from there. Sterling list here!
7:34 dream warriors may not have been on that album, but it did appear as the last track on the follow up release called Back for the Attack. Solid list. Personally my favourites of the genre are The Last Command by WASP and Tooth and Nail by Dokken.
Me sitting here listening to the segment on Under Lock and Key I'm thinking, "Oh if you like that album I hope you've heard Dream Warrio- okay cool he's on the same page as me"😄
Basically every W.A.S.P. album released in the 80's (except _The Headless Children_ which was way too dark to be "hair metal") could qualify for this list.
Headless Children had a killer ballad, Forever Free. I think the album is amazing.
Going to show my age, but I own all these albums and bought them on the day they came out, Being a teen in the 80s totally rocked the best decade ever.
Ratt's Out of the Cellar, W.A.S.P.'s debut, Faster Pussycat's debut, and LA Guns ' Cocked and Loaded.
I worked in a Metal shop for years, I couldn't get into the "hair metal" look, ever!! But, there was so much great music from that genre/era , and, I still play to this day!
When you get through the ballads and the radio friendly glam there is some great heavier stuff...and tbh I like a lot of the glam stuff to, warrant uncle tom's cabin and Dokken Mr scary springs to mind
Dokken's guitarwork definitely added to the heavy side.
Loved this one. My favorite era is the 90s, but this is definitely my favorite genre. Thank you for this!
W.A.S.P.'s first 5 albums are sleazy hair metal perfection, and The Crimson Idol is one of the greatest albums of all time. Granted, that came out in 1992, but damn, it captures all the sleaze of the 80s metal scene in amazing fashion (no pun intended). Yeah, everyone knows Fuck Like A Beast, but The Headless Children, Wild Child, Sleeping In The Fire, Chainsaw Charlie...RIFFS UP THE WAZOO!
It helps to read the lyrics. I didn’t get what was so good about Crimson Idol until I followed along with the lyric sheet for every song, then I totally understood and got it. One of the best and brutally honest concept albums of all time.
Thanks for this because having been there and listened to all of those albums , I want to thank you for including Dokken, who mostly got overlooked then and even still don't get their due. However, the debut Zeppelin and Boston albums usually rank as the best debut albums over Appetite for Destruction as you can hear the influence of both those bands (and others 70's rock, of course) on G' n R. True, they were a phenomenon which my rocker friends and I always believed was due to Slash's Gibson gitar sound and their song-writing style causing them to sound more like the rock from the 70's and is now referred to as 'classic rock'. Just sayin'. 😉
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If you liked The Dirt, you've got to read Nothin But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the 80s Hard Rock Explosion. Impressive book that shows just how much some of the bands had to strugle.
It’s a great book
I was waiting for this video. Thank you so much. I am from Perú.
I lived through the 80s as a teenager. I remember all of these sings, all of these bands, all of the stories. This Era makes me feel warm and fuzzy when I think about it. There were so many bands contributing to 80s hair metal but you nailed the list nonetheless. I can't argue with it. Thanks for posting it.
Metal Health by Quiet Riot, Out of the Cellar by Ratt and one the 80's albums by Hanoi Rocks discography for sure must be on the list.
Awesome video! It’s understandable why people might dislike this type of music/looks but hair/glam metal will forever be have a special place in my heart
Skid Row's self titled debut
Great video as always.
Ahhh. My childhood. I think the only album I didn't have or had access to was Shout At the Devil. Wasn't a Crue guy for the most part, but I do like some of their stuff. 1984 was the first cassette I ever bought, along with Tom Petty's Southern Accents. Hair metal helped pave the way for me to love Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc. Great list, my friend!
Truly some amazing hair metal albums! The ones you picked aren't my favorites by the bands often but it's great to see this! Adding Skid Row self titled Bon Jovi is just amazing and GNR isn't hair metal.
80s Hair Metal was and still is my life so many good bands were out there back in the day britny fox , vixen , ratt , steelheart, xyz also hood bands worth to mention
I was alive during the 80's, in grade school, lol! I have all of these on cassette tape and so much of it is great, powerful and fun music!
I know it's laughed upon nowadays, but I have a soft spot for Hair Metal and I'm about the same age as you. Two of my favourites were the debut album by W.A.S.P. and the debut from Skid Row. Ratt are also a favourite of mine.
Glad to see Cinderella getting some love. They're very under-rated.
Great video!
Wasp debut wasn't hair metal imo. It was better than all this cheese
Wasp; electric circus,
La guns: la guns
Stryper: to hell with the devil
Hell yeah! I’ve got all these albums on my workout playlist!
Cinderella's Long Cold Winter was such a step up from the first album. They adopted a Southern Fried sound that they were made for, and it fit the lead's voice so much better. They were in the zone.
My first concert was Van Halen 1984. Epic night. Saw them in Dallas. Michael Jackson was also playing in town and Eddie went there to play “Beat It” before coming on stage at Reunion Arena.
I agree with this list! All are valid albums! GNR, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, and Poison etc… awesome bands from an awesome decade and era/genre!
I still have a Hysteria CD in my car, so that is my top pick. Also Def Leppard is still great live, even in 2022.
Also this would have been the perfect video for a Keeps sponsorship.
Pretty solid list! I also recommend "Youth Gone Wild" by Skid Row and "Cherry Pie" by Warrant (yes I'm serious, don't let the title track fool you)
I lived through the 80's, listened to this music, went to the concerts, and everything. Thank you for this video. It's awesome. I would agree with some other commenters that Ratt "Out of the Cellar" should have been included, however. It was a huge success, Ratt played The Whiskey a ton in the 80's and it has gone on to be legendary (the film "The Wrestler" bears this out). But, still, thank you for this video, and rock on!
Same rules as you and not in any particular order:
Cinderella- Night Songs
Motley Crue- Girls Girls Girls (A very overlooked album)
Guns N' Roses- Appetite For Destruction
Dokken- Under Lock And Key
Def Leppard- Pyromania
Ratt- Out of The Cellar (both it and Invasion are tied for me)
Van Halen- 1984
W.A.S.P.- Self Titled (Its arguable if they are hair metal or not, but the glam elements are undeniable)
Twisted Sister- Stay Hungary
Judas Priest- Turbo (I actually really enjoy this experiment and consider Turbo a very underrated album)
Good list but Skid Row's debut deserved a spot with 18&Life and I Remember You were both big hits.
Honorable mention of:
Kix with *Blow My Fuse* being the title track & their big ballad, *Don't Close Your Eyes* , living in their part of the US, you heard a lot from them & then also Quiet Riot's *Metal Health* album...their ballad was their tribute to Randy Rhoads, *Thunderbird* , man do I ever miss those days!!!
1st time seeing one of your videos, I love your energy/enthusiasm about what you present.
I do like all of these picks & even agree with Bon Jovi & Def Leppard being in here as they were def hair bands of the era.
I think an honorable mention should go out to Kix & Blow My Fuse, with hits
My dad has read the dirt and finds it funny since he was a fan and went to concerts everywhere in Maryland, even going to Jersey. He was consumed with the 80s for a while, and I am shocked my dad came out of the 80s sober, alive, and shockingly no extra kids somewhere else.
My dad's a bit mad at the Crüe right now (due to the changing their mind after the last ever tour and basically pulling a ACDC and such) so he's geeking out on the Warning with my husband. So he's moved on from the Hair Metal days. Even though my hair although I was born in the 90s is clearly all 80s. And is as dangerous as 80s hair was.
Hearing The Dirt from everyone in Motley Crue not only opened my eyes to the band, but the 80's in general. 0.o
@@RockedNet My husband mentioned Journey to be a but munch but that's because that's the only 80s he knows. Yup still fixing that shit.
@Rocked I read the Dirt and given the shit I know my parents have done. I'm shocked I was even conceived given a lot of crazy shit they both did. And my mom hates Hair Metal! She was a skin head U2 obsessed woman that followed them to Ireland in the 80s