Well, hair metal was sort of poppy and they did make songs about love and sex. And they did make up and all that remember? So I guess that's why they called it "girl's" metal.
How gay is this?
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SLAYER85
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SLAYER85 said:
Unfortunately, it's basically the 51st State in the damn union.
Thanks Puerto Rico for such great acts as Rickey Martin &
his homies "Menudo." That shit is more pansey assed than
any of the glam shit from the 80's though, right?!
I think I would make a hair metal band now to impress the girlies.... Wait a minute I think I'm 20 years too late.
Ricky Martin!
Living the vie dai loco
Ricky Martin!
Living the vie dai locoI think the sex/sleaze appealed as much to a male audience as a female audience. The bands were pretty much living out the wild rock star fantasy and capturing that attitude/lifestyle in their music which was exciting and kinda like escapism for the listener. That's what metal has always been about right? Escapism. Whether its dungeon & dragons, Satan and witches, battles & swords, violence & horror, or sex & sleaze, metal has always been about escaping, unlike most current rock music which is very much about politics, society and serious contemporary issues.
I think it was the obligatory soppy love ballad that was there to melt the girls' hearts.
But I think this is one of the reasons hair metal became popular unlike true metal.... it wasn't "girls metal" as you say, but it was metal that both guys and girls both widely enjoyed, whereas most metal is very much targeted only at males. You still have metal chicks but the ratio of guys/girls in the metal scene is like 8 to 1 at most gigs! Because most girls don't wanna hear about steel and strength and dungeons and dragons and battles and war and violence and Satan and stuff.
Hair metal was more universal. The guys escaped into this wild rock & roll world of sex, whiskey, Harleys, sleaze, strippers, etc... and the girls had songs about sex and love as well which they could relate to and the musicians were wild bad boy sex symbols for them.
So in my opinion it wasn't girl's metal, it was just unisex metal whereas true metal is mainly aimed at guys.
I think it was the obligatory soppy love ballad that was there to melt the girls' hearts.
But I think this is one of the reasons hair metal became popular unlike true metal.... it wasn't "girls metal" as you say, but it was metal that both guys and girls both widely enjoyed, whereas most metal is very much targeted only at males. You still have metal chicks but the ratio of guys/girls in the metal scene is like 8 to 1 at most gigs! Because most girls don't wanna hear about steel and strength and dungeons and dragons and battles and war and violence and Satan and stuff.
Hair metal was more universal. The guys escaped into this wild rock & roll world of sex, whiskey, Harleys, sleaze, strippers, etc... and the girls had songs about sex and love as well which they could relate to and the musicians were wild bad boy sex symbols for them.
So in my opinion it wasn't girl's metal, it was just unisex metal whereas true metal is mainly aimed at guys.
Soul of a new Machine
I share the discovery!
Welll I used to like some bon jovi a while ago, and sometimes I spin a song or two... memories... :s
I'm not gay right?
I'm not gay right?
Soul of a new Machine said:Welll I used to like some bon jovi a while ago, and sometimes I spin a song or two... memories... :s
I'm not gay right?
Bon Jovi IS very GAY, but I think POISON has to be GAYER!
I doubt you're GAY, Bon Jovi IS though....
Bon Jovi are one of the best hard rock bands of all time. Their first 5 albums are just AWESOME... Slippery & Jersey especially are just masterpieces. Perfectly written and produced arena rock, can't really flaw it!
Neither Poison or Bon Jovi are gay at all in my opinion
Neither Poison or Bon Jovi are gay at all in my opinion
Okay. okay, I didn't MEAN they ARE GAY. Just pretty cheesey. I agree, Slippery & Jearsey were great records
in the era which they came out in....
I admit, I listened at that time.
in the era which they came out in....
I admit, I listened at that time.
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