Help me find some awesome Hair Metal albums!

[Jason]

All of those are very good choices. I think Diver Down is great, and I'd go with the DLR Eat Em And Smile, too, for good measure. In my opinion, Eat Em And Smile shows just how much of the VH sound Dave really brought to the table....the "sound" and feel is very similar to the early VH swagger....Twisted Sister Under the Blade is great and so is the Poison you mentioned....all in all you've got some very great titles there to add to your collection! You really can't go wrong with any of those...but please oh please get SHOUT AT THE DEVIL!!!!!!!!! It is such a great album from start to finish....no filler whatsoever. That's the album that showed me there was another band besides KISS that was ok to like.....I guarantee you'd love it. By the way...how old are you? I'm just curious as you're obviously a metal/underground metal fan...but I think most folks started out liking "hair metal" and then went more extreme into the realms of Slayer, etc....sounds like you're a Slayer fan going backwards...haha I think it's cool either way because I love ALL music even country and bluegrass and it's great to hear someone have an open mind....lots of people wouldn't dare admit to liking POISON and SLAYER in the same breath....
You're a great American.
Ted

Thanks! Actually you're right. My metal journey actually began when I started getting into both Gothenburg and Death Metal bands like Dark Tranquillity, Dismember, Suffocation (I hear this is an unusual place to start). Then I heard Iron Maiden, which really turned me on to 80's metal, and I started to discover all sorts of great bands like Metal Church, Helstar, Rage, Dio, Y&T, WASP, and hundreds more. Then I heard Vinnie Vincent's "Back on the Streets", and that's when I began to realize how great Hair Metal is. And now I've begun my quest to discover as many Hair Metal bands as possible.

I'm almost 20 BTW (bout two months away), so I actually had a small taste of what the 80's was like. But I wish so bad that I could go back and relive that decade being older, because I've pretty much developed a love for all things 80's. The whole Vice City soundtrack was great and brought back some memories I didn't know I had.... Anyway though, I'll definitely make "Shout at the Devil" one of my selections.

 

[Jason]

I didn't know Diver Down was all covers.

And I really like Neal Schon, so I'm gonna have to keep an eye out for Hardline's "Double Eclipse".

 

[JonnyD]

- Also, I found a really cool CD in the used bin the other day. I found Shotgun Messiah's "Second Coming". And when I opened it up, it was signed by three of the band members on the CD and inside the booklet by each of their pictures. It's a great CD too. I found out about them when I saw they were listed as a similar artist to Vinnie Vincent on Allmusic.com. They don't sound very similar imo, but they're still a great band with some great solos.

WOW now theres a name I havnt heard in YEARS I have a 2 song sampler That Somehow got sent to me like 12 years ago And I had A vid for one of the songs of of Second Coming ...... Thats Fukin Cool Excelent Find Man

 

[Ayeka]

Dude If ya want a good H/G Album Pick up "Extreme-Pornagrafitti" It has some of the BEST guitar playing on it And its Very heavy in a funky kind of way Avoid the Ballads and you should Really enjoy this one

Fucking hell! that album is in one of my nearly record shops! I shall buy it in two days I considered it but the cover was crap and one of the band members was barefoot - both bad signs....

My fave hair metal albums:

W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
Europe - The Final Countdown
Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In

Assorted great hair metal songs:

Def Leppard - Animal, Photograph, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Rock Of Ages
Skid Row - 18 & Life, Youth Gone Wild
Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock (actually, get a Best Of of 'em...)
Warrant - Cherry Pie

 

[JonnyD]

Fucking hell! ! that album is in one of my nearly record shops! I shall buy it in two days I considered it but the cover was crap and one of the band members was barefoot - both bad signs....

There are some songs on it you will HATE I know that for sure
but on the other Hand there are some AWSOME songs that you will
Fall in love with Its a pretty good album and If ya like that one
Ya might wanna pick up Extreme 3 sides to every story

 

[GASOLINEDREAM]

I didn't know Diver Down was all covers.

And I really like Neal Schon, so I'm gonna have to keep an eye out for Hardline's "Double Eclipse".

That's funny. I actually have that double-eclipse CD. I don't think I know anybody else that owns it. LOL.

Did anybody mention Guns n Roses?

 

[GASOLINEDREAM]

Fucking hell! that album is in one of my nearly record shops! I shall buy it in two days I considered it but the cover was crap and one of the band members was barefoot - both bad signs....

My fave hair metal albums:

W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
Europe - The Final Countdown
Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In

W.A.S.P. is one of my favorite bands. Blackie's the best.

 

[Ayeka]

W.A.S.P. is cool

There are some songs on it you will HATE I know that for sure
but on the other Hand there are some AWSOME songs that you will
Fall in love with Its a pretty good album and If ya like that one
Ya might wanna pick up Extreme 3 sides to every story

How does this man know my tastes so well?!

 

[tedvanfrehley]

This is such a great topic. Hair metal and 80's metal. I love it!
Ted

 

[tedvanfrehley]

Actually....a great band that nobody has mentioned yet...not exactly hair metal or even metal but hard rock?!?! TESLA!

 

[Ayeka]

Comin' Atcha Live?

 

[sixxswine]

Comin' Atcha Live?

The Way It Is?
Modern Day Cowboy?
Heaven's Trail(No Way Out)?
also killer tracks.
I can't stand Love Song & Signs, both highly overrated tracks...

 

[sixxswine]

One band that isn't under the Hair Metal catergory is The Black Crowes, good rock 'n roll if you're into the blue collar type rock dished out like Tesla & Guns N Roses....

 

[JonnyD]

Actually....a great band that nobody has mentioned yet...not exactly hair metal or even metal but hard rock?!?! TESLA!

Yes dude I dont know how but I totally forgot about Tesla I love Tesla awsome band Great hard rock If you dont have any GET SOME

 

[Bryant]

While I wouldn't call either of these bands hair metal, they both had commercial success and were two excellent releases....

Scorpions - "Love at First Sting"
Tesla - "Mechanical Resonance"

Bryant

 

[sixxswine]

How about the new term that hs been thrown around for the old "Glam & or Hair bands," have you heard the term "Buttrock?!"

 

[JonnyD]

How about the new term that hs been thrown around for the old "Glam & or Hair bands," have you heard the term "Buttrock?!"

HAHAHAHAHAHA I have not heard that, Thats pretty funny

 

[arborist]

Kix is one of the best rock bands ever imo. Get "Blow My Fuse".

 

[Ayeka]

Scorpions - "Love at First Sting"

Here I am, Rock You Like A Hurricane!

C'MON C'MON C'MON C'MON BABY!!!!!!!!!!!! :hotjump:

Fucking hell, that song is METAL up your ASS

Scorpions uber alles! Seig heil! Scorpions rock!

 

[Cold Gin]

Scorpions: try Lovedrive and Blackout, these albums rule .... but is that what you call hair metal ????? Anyway, my favorit would be

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