The 50 Greatest Hair Albums EVER. (1 Viewer)

[pollardsvision]

a little before my time (i was in 6th grade) but wasnt Guns n roses nirvana to hair bands until Nirvana came along and sent GNR into obscurity.

In some circles Nirvana is solely responsible for killing hair metal.

I complete agree that Nirvana was the death of hair metal.

That and the fickle wussy fans that bailed.

Here are the hair band songs in the Billboard Hot 100 of 1991:

"High Enough" Damn Yankees

"Wind of Change" Scorpions

"Love of a Lifetime" FireHouse

"Hole Hearted" Extreme

"After the Rain" Nelson

"Signs" Tesla

"Something to Believe In" Poison

"Silent Lucidity" Queensrÿche

"I Saw Red" Warrant

"Miles Away" Winger

:X :

Can you blame anyone for abandoning the genre, especially when Nevermind came out?

I like most of those songs well enough.

Nevermind was a tough blow for young me. Here I was a precocious 12 year old sporting a mullet (like my older brother) loving hair metal (like my older brother) spending my nights watching Head Bangers Ball. Loving music that was about booze, #####, and not much else.

I didn't realize there was a brand of music on the horizon that was going to speak to the souls of tortured white suburban kids, and make my beloved hair metal obsolete.

It was a tough couple of years for young me to get my bearings straight again. The mullet got chopped off, but the pain never went away.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Does Kyuss qualify as a hair band? Thinking their guitars might be a little heavy for the genre

no

they are stoner metal and one of the fore fathers

 

[Warsteinner]

I drank and played video games all weekend. Will resume tomorrow at work when I'm less busy.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Does Kyuss qualify as a hair band? Thinking their guitars might be a little heavy for the genre

no

they are stoner metal and one of the fore fathers

Y'all are parsing #### awful close

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Does Kyuss qualify as a hair band? Thinking their guitars might be a little heavy for the genre

no

they are stoner metal and one of the fore fathers

Isn't it all kinda stoner metal? I mean I understand maybe separating out Norwegian Death Metal type stuff but ...

 

[Ministry of Pain]

[SIZE=16pt]34. Cinderella – Long Cold Winter (1988)[/SIZE] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/32/Longcoldwinter.jpg/220px-Longcoldwinter.jpg

For those that have loved and lost this sums it all up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fruwUj1OXfA

1. Bad Seamstress Blues/Fallin’ Apart at the Seams

2. Gypsy Road

3. Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)

4. The Last Mile

5. Second Wind

6. Long Cold Winter

7. If You Don’t Like It

8. Coming Home

9. Fire and Ice

10. Take Me Back

Great album!

Cinderella's debut album clearly has them as a major hair band on the Night Songs cover. I think it is a better album and it links them directly with Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet album which I mentioned should have been a very high chart topper just based on #1 songs.

Just some food for though but I agree Cinderella is a hair metal band but one with a couple really good ones that seem to withstand the test of time just a touch.

 

[Ash]

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction?

As hair as some others...

lol, I thought I might be the only person on earth who remembered Zodiac Mindwarp.

Loved this when I was 14.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction?

As hair as some others...

lol, I thought I might be the only person on earth who remembered Zodiac Mindwarp.

Loved this when I was 14.

That video rules.I think Planet Girl is their best song.

 

[AcerFC]

Junkyards first ballad:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TtXbrdDlA_4

What a great song...

brian baker of minor threat, bad religion fame

 

[cstu]

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction?

As hair as some others...

lol, I thought I might be the only person on earth who remembered Zodiac Mindwarp.

Loved this when I was 14.

Holy ####, how have I never heard of them?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction?

As hair as some others...

lol, I thought I might be the only person on earth who remembered Zodiac Mindwarp.

Loved this when I was 14.

Holy ####, how have I never heard of them?

Want to see something even more awesome? YouTube the backing performance they did with Belinda Carlisle.I would like to find a copy of the original Tattooed Beat Messiah on CD. Prime Mover sounded best on that one.

Edit: How about that. It looks like they remastered it.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Does Kyuss qualify as a hair band? Thinking their guitars might be a little heavy for the genre

no

they are stoner metal and one of the fore fathers

Isn't it all kinda stoner metal? I mean I understand maybe separating out Norwegian Death Metal type stuff but ...

 

[cockroach]

GNR sent themselves into obscurity. At no point during the time Nirvana was around were they remotely as big as GNR

True. Axel couldn't keep his #### together.

Watch You Bleed. Fun look into the ####ed up & totally dysfunctional life of GnR.

Just read Slash's book instead... it's way better.

Someone gave this to me recently and it's a pretty good read through the first 50 pages or so

 

[MindCrime]

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction?

As hair as some others...

lol, I thought I might be the only person on earth who remembered Zodiac Mindwarp.

Loved this when I was 14.

Holy ####, how have I never heard of them?

Want to see something even more awesome? YouTube the backing performance they did with Belinda Carlisle.I would like to find a copy of the original Tattooed Beat Messiah on CD. Prime Mover sounded best on that one.

Edit: How about that. It looks like they remastered it.

Still have it in my collection.

 

[Abraham]

Nirvana didn't kill hair metal, at least not on its own. I wrote this a few years ago and still believe it true.

https://techstbooks.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/startups-and-rock-n-roll-part-4-how-we-got-here/

 

[psychobillies]

Nirvana didn't kill hair metal, at least not on its own. I wrote this a few years ago and still believe it true.

https://techstbooks.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/startups-and-rock-n-roll-part-4-how-we-got-here/

I always thought Kiss doing "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" was the nail in hair metal's coffin. People heard that crap, did some serious soul searching and just moved on.

 

[Warsteinner]

[SIZE=16pt]25. Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy – (1985) [/SIZE]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/RattInvasion.jpg/220px-RattInvasion.jpg

I’ve always said the best workout song is “Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider – This however gives the Rocky IV soundtrack a run for the Money in terms of best workout album ever. If this doesn’t get you pumped, you’re wrong.

1. You’re in Love

2. Never Use Love

3. Lay It Down

4. Give it All

5. Closer to My Heart

6. Between the Eyes

7. What You Give is What You Get

8. Got Me on the Line

9. You Should Know by Now

10. Dangers but Worth the Risk.

 

[jamny]

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction?

As hair as some others...

lol, I thought I might be the only person on earth who remembered Zodiac Mindwarp.

I had the Tattooed Beat Messiah album. I bought it after seeing them at L'Amour in Brooklyn. Got into it a little but it didn't last long. Good stuff though.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Nirvana didn't kill hair metal, at least not on its own. I wrote this a few years ago and still believe it true.

https://techstbooks.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/startups-and-rock-n-roll-part-4-how-we-got-here/

This is an interesting read.

I agree with you that the genre grunge forced out wasn't hair metal, but group vocal pop. New Kids On The Block went away, acts like Boyz II Men and Bell Biv Devoe were relegated, the next generation of pop idols like Backstreet Boys were blocked from breaking out for a while.

I hadn't thought about the Fender Mustang in all this, but IMO that points to grunge as an alternative to hair metal. You didn't need pyrotechnics or stage choreography to perform grunge. Flannel was the choice instead of leather, and the frontmen weren't under an obligation to look out into the crowd to connect with the audience. Heck, Cobain's lyrics weren't under obligation to make sense. Hair metal may have been shallow, but at least it had a POV and stories to tell.

ETA: That came off more judge-y than I intended. I'm a music vagabond, a nomad whose tastes are often determined by mood, season, and weather. I'm more familiar with some styles of music than others, but claim no high ground.

 

[Warsteinner]

[SIZE=16pt]24. Poison – Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)[/SIZE]

Yes, they are a giant pack of Bubble Yum but these guys helped define a truly kickass era and must be recognized. Who here when they were younger didn’t go through a split up and play “I Won’t Forget You?”

1. Cry Tough

2. I Want Action

3. I Won’t Forget You

4. Play Dirty

5. Look What the Cat Dragged In

6. Talk Dirty to Me

7. Want Some, Need Some

8. Blame It on You

9. #1 Bad Boy

10. Let Me Go to the Show

 

[DocHolliday]

25. Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy – (1985) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/RattInvasion.jpg/220px-RattInvasion.jpg

I’ve always said the best workout song is “Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider – This however gives the Rocky IV soundtrack a run for the Money in terms of best workout album ever. If this doesn’t get you pumped, you’re wrong.

1. You’re in Love

2. Never Use Love

3. Lay It Down

4. Give it All

5. Closer to My Heart

6. Between the Eyes

7. What You Give is What You Get

8. Got Me on the Line

9. You Should Know by Now

10. Dangers but Worth the Risk.

Love Ratt and this album. Dimartini is a cool guitar player. Love his sound.

 

[jomar]

24. Poison – Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)

Yes, they are a giant pack of Bubble Yum but these guys helped define a truly kickass era and must be recognized. Who here when they were younger didn’t go through a split up and play “I Won’t Forget You?”

1. Cry Tough

2. I Want Action

3. I Won’t Forget You

4. Play Dirty

5. Look What the Cat Dragged In

6. Talk Dirty to Me

7. Want Some, Need Some

8. Blame It on You

9. #1 Bad Boy

10. Let Me Go to the Show

Poisons best album and it's not really close

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Nirvana didn't kill hair metal, at least not on its own. I wrote this a few years ago and still believe it true.

https://techstbooks.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/startups-and-rock-n-roll-part-4-how-we-got-here/

This is an interesting read.

I agree with you that the genre grunge forced out wasn't hair metal, but group vocal pop. New Kids On The Block went away, acts like Boyz II Men and Bell Biv Devoe were relegated, the next generation of pop idols like Backstreet Boys were blocked from breaking out for a while.

I hadn't thought about the Fender Mustang in all this, but IMO that points to grunge as an alternative to hair metal. You didn't need pyrotechnics or stage choreography to perform grunge. Flannel was the choice instead of leather, and the frontmen weren't under an obligation to look out into the crowd to connect with the audience. Heck, Cobain's lyrics weren't under obligation to make sense. Hair metal may have been shallow, but at least it had a POV and stories to tell.

ETA: That came off more judge-y than I intended. I'm a music vagabond, a nomad whose tastes are often determined by mood, season, and weather. I'm more familiar with some styles of music than others, but claim no high ground.

Hair metal died because people that liked it grew up and decided it wasn't for them anymore.

 

[tonydead]

25. Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy – (1985) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/RattInvasion.jpg/220px-RattInvasion.jpg

I’ve always said the best workout song is “Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider – This however gives the Rocky IV soundtrack a run for the Money in terms of best workout album ever. If this doesn’t get you pumped, you’re wrong.

1. You’re in Love

2. Never Use Love

3. Lay It Down

4. Give it All

5. Closer to My Heart

6. Between the Eyes

7. What You Give is What You Get

8. Got Me on the Line

9. You Should Know by Now

10. Dangers but Worth the Risk.

Love Ratt and this album. Dimartini is a cool guitar player. Love his sound.

Haven't checked in in a few days. Assuming Out of the Cellar is higher up on the list?

 

[Ministry of Pain]

[SIZE=16pt]24. Poison – Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)[/SIZE]

Yes, they are a giant pack of Bubble Yum but these guys helped define a truly kickass era and must be recognized. Who here when they were younger didn’t go through a split up and play “I Won’t Forget You?”

1. Cry Tough

2. I Want Action

3. I Won’t Forget You

4. Play Dirty

5. Look What the Cat Dragged In

6. Talk Dirty to Me

7. Want Some, Need Some

8. Blame It on You

9. #1 Bad Boy

10. Let Me Go to the Show

Excellent. I think that is their debut album but I would have to check. They did the hair glam metal thing to the max. And they released I believe 3 albums during the height of the hair metal run.

Most metal bands had long hair but if you permed it, teased it, hair sprayed it, or did anything that required hair products to it then you were classified in hair metal.

I saw Motley Crue listed earlier and the funny thing is they were only a hair metal band for 1 or maybe 2 albums. Their debut album and even Shout at the Devil were much edgier than most hair metal bands which actually relied on a ballad at some point to draw in fans especially girls. The Crue changed their style from album to album.

 

[Warsteinner]

[SIZE=16pt]23. Kix – Blow My Fuse (1988)[/SIZE] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/Kix-Blow.jpg/220px-Kix-Blow.jpg

An underrated band and an underrated album. These guys will rock your face off and also have one of the best ballads of the era with “Don’t Close Your Eyes.”

1. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT

2. Get It While It’s Hot

3. No Ring Around Rosie

4. Don’t Close Your Eyes

5. She Dropped Me the Bomb

6. Cold Blood

7. Piece of the Pie

8. Boomerang

9. Blow My Fuse

10. Dirty Boys

 

[jamny]

IDK, the ones on the list so far that I wouldn't classify as hair metal are Scorpions, Van Halen, Twisted Sister and Queensryche.

 

[Sabertooth]

[SIZE=16pt]23. Kix – Blow My Fuse (1988)[/SIZE] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/Kix-Blow.jpg/220px-Kix-Blow.jpg

An underrated band and an underrated album. These guys will rock your face off and also have one of the best ballads of the era with “Don’t Close Your Eyes.”

1. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT

2. Get It While It’s Hot

3. No Ring Around Rosie

4. Don’t Close Your Eyes

5. She Dropped Me the Bomb

6. Cold Blood

7. Piece of the Pie

8. Boomerang

9. Blow My Fuse

10. Dirty Boys

Now we are talking. This music totally does not hold up, which kind of makes it more awesome in an ironic way. Cold Blood is probably the best one on the album. Played a lot of Nintendo to this album.

 

[Eulogys]

[SIZE=16pt]23. Kix – Blow My Fuse (1988)[/SIZE] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/Kix-Blow.jpg/220px-Kix-Blow.jpg

An underrated band and an underrated album. These guys will rock your face off and also have one of the best ballads of the era with “Don’t Close Your Eyes.”

1. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT

2. Get It While It’s Hot

3. No Ring Around Rosie

4. Don’t Close Your Eyes

5. She Dropped Me the Bomb

6. Cold Blood

7. Piece of the Pie

8. Boomerang

9. Blow My Fuse

10. Dirty Boys

Great Album. Saw these guys open for Ratt and Britney Fox back in the day....best band on the bill that night.

 

[Statcruncher]

25. Ratt – Invasion of Your Privacy – (1985) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/RattInvasion.jpg/220px-RattInvasion.jpg

I’ve always said the best workout song is “Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider – This however gives the Rocky IV soundtrack a run for the Money in terms of best workout album ever. If this doesn’t get you pumped, you’re wrong.

1. You’re in Love

2. Never Use Love

3. Lay It Down

4. Give it All

5. Closer to My Heart

6. Between the Eyes

7. What You Give is What You Get

8. Got Me on the Line

9. You Should Know by Now

10. Dangers but Worth the Risk.

Love Ratt and this album. Dimartini is a cool guitar player. Love his sound.

Haven't checked in in a few days. Assuming Out of the Cellar is higher up on the list?

It's gotta be top ten, possibly top 5 IMO.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

23. Kix Blow My Fuse (1988) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/Kix-Blow.jpg/220px-Kix-Blow.jpg

An underrated band and an underrated album. These guys will rock your face off and also have one of the best ballads of the era with Dont Close Your Eyes.

1. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT

2. Get It While Its Hot

3. No Ring Around Rosie

4. Dont Close Your Eyes

5. She Dropped Me the Bomb

6. Cold Blood

7. Piece of the Pie

8. Boomerang

9. Blow My Fuse

10. Dirty Boys

Now we are talking. This music totally does not hold up, which kind of makes it more awesome in an ironic way. Cold Blood is probably the best one on the album. Played a lot of Nintendo to this album.

Whatcha mean, "doesn't hold up"?I WILL fight you.

 

[coyote5]

23. Kix Blow My Fuse (1988) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/Kix-Blow.jpg/220px-Kix-Blow.jpg

An underrated band and an underrated album. These guys will rock your face off and also have one of the best ballads of the era with Dont Close Your Eyes.

1. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT

2. Get It While Its Hot

3. No Ring Around Rosie

4. Dont Close Your Eyes

5. She Dropped Me the Bomb

6. Cold Blood

7. Piece of the Pie

8. Boomerang

9. Blow My Fuse

10. Dirty Boys

Now we are talking. This music totally does not hold up, which kind of makes it more awesome in an ironic way. Cold Blood is probably the best one on the album. Played a lot of Nintendo to this album.

Whatcha mean, "doesn't hold up"?I WILL fight you.

Just led me down the youtube rabbit hole to Ozzy/Lita Close my Eyes Forever

 

[Sabertooth]

23. Kix Blow My Fuse (1988) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/Kix-Blow.jpg/220px-Kix-Blow.jpg

An underrated band and an underrated album. These guys will rock your face off and also have one of the best ballads of the era with Dont Close Your Eyes.

1. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT

2. Get It While Its Hot

3. No Ring Around Rosie

4. Dont Close Your Eyes

5. She Dropped Me the Bomb

6. Cold Blood

7. Piece of the Pie

8. Boomerang

9. Blow My Fuse

10. Dirty Boys

Now we are talking. This music totally does not hold up, which kind of makes it more awesome in an ironic way. Cold Blood is probably the best one on the album. Played a lot of Nintendo to this album.

Whatcha mean, "doesn't hold up"?I WILL fight you.

All I can think of is Nobunaga's Ambition when I here Red Light Green Light TNT.

 

[Warsteinner]

[SIZE=16pt]22. Dokken – Under Lock and Key (1985)[/SIZE] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b0/Dokken_-_Under_Lock_and_Key.jpg/220px-Dokken_-_Under_Lock_and_Key.jpg

I may be a bigger fan than some may be , so fair warning you better put your Dokken britches on now.

1. Unchain the Night

2. The Hunter

3. In My Dreams

4. Slippin’ Away

5. Lightin’ Strikes Again

6. It’s Not Love

7. Jaded Heart

8. Don’t’ Lie to Me

9. Will the Sun Rise

10. Til the Livin’ End

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Big Dokken fan.

The guitar sound on the opening to It's Not Love is super cool.

 

[Warsteinner]

50. W.A.S.P. – W.A.S.P.

49 Scorpions – Savage Amusement

48. Skid Row – Slave to the Grind

47. Great White – Once Bitten – Twice Shy (Combined them)

46. Van Halen -1984

45. Motley Crue – Dr. Feelgood

44. Saigon Kick – The Lizard

43. Slaughter – Stick It To Ya

42. Warrant – Cherry Pie

41. Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry

40. Mr. Big – Lean Into It

39. Britny Fox – Britny Fox

38. Dangerous Toys – Dangerous Toys

37. Enuff Z’Nuff – Enuff Z’Nuff

36. Motley Crue – Girls, Girls, Girls

35. Quiet Riot – Metal Health

34. Cinderella – Long Cold Winter

33. Bon Jovi – New Jersey

32. Whitesnake – Slide It In

31. W.A.S.P. – The Last Command

30. Danger Danger – Danger Danger

29. Poison – Flesh & Blood

28. Faster #####cat - Wake Me When It's Over

27. Damn Yankees - Damn Yankees

26. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime

25. Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy

24. Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In

23. Kix - Blow My Fuse

22. Dokken - Under Lock and Key

 

[psychobillies]

IDK, the ones on the list so far that I wouldn't classify as hair metal are Scorpions, Van Halen, Twisted Sister and Queensryche.

Twisted Sister and Scorpions without a doubt.

TS

Scorpion

 

[psychobillies]

[SIZE=16pt]22. Dokken – Under Lock and Key (1985)[/SIZE] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b0/Dokken_-_Under_Lock_and_Key.jpg/220px-Dokken_-_Under_Lock_and_Key.jpg

I may be a bigger fan than some may be , so fair warning you better put your Dokken britches on now.

1. Unchain the Night

2. The Hunter

3. In My Dreams

4. Slippin’ Away

5. Lightin’ Strikes Again

6. It’s Not Love

7. Jaded Heart

8. Don’t’ Lie to Me

9. Will the Sun Rise

10. Til the Livin’ End

Rockin with Dokken!

 

[Statcruncher]

Straight to the toooooooooooooooop Tooth and Nail.

 

[coyote5]

[SIZE=16pt]22. Dokken – Under Lock and Key (1985)[/SIZE] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b0/Dokken_-_Under_Lock_and_Key.jpg/220px-Dokken_-_Under_Lock_and_Key.jpg

I may be a bigger fan than some may be , so fair warning you better put your Dokken britches on now.

1. Unchain the Night

2. The Hunter

3. In My Dreams

4. Slippin’ Away

5. Lightin’ Strikes Again

6. It’s Not Love

7. Jaded Heart

8. Don’t’ Lie to Me

9. Will the Sun Rise

10. Til the Livin’ End

Rockin with Dokken!

Not sure how I missed this video in my youth

that makes me all jumpy and quo

 

[jamny]

IDK, the ones on the list so far that I wouldn't classify as hair metal are Scorpions, Van Halen, Twisted Sister and Queensryche.

Twisted Sister and Scorpions without a doubt.

TS

Scorpion

If you're just going by appearance, I can't argue with that. TS was doing it before glam, almost in a mocking way. Scorpions fell into it to for popularity. Does Alice Cooper count?

How about Pantera?

 

[Ministry of Pain]

[SIZE=16pt]23. Kix – Blow My Fuse (1988)[/SIZE] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0c/Kix-Blow.jpg/220px-Kix-Blow.jpg

An underrated band and an underrated album. These guys will rock your face off and also have one of the best ballads of the era with “Don’t Close Your Eyes.”

1. Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT

2. Get It While It’s Hot

3. No Ring Around Rosie

4. Don’t Close Your Eyes

5. She Dropped Me the Bomb

6. Cold Blood

7. Piece of the Pie

8. Boomerang

9. Blow My Fuse

10. Dirty Boys

One of my all time favs. I was not listening to them but this girl in school who was kind of an outsider wanted me to have a listen and I was hooked. They were doing it before a lot of others. They got big because everyone in that genre who had a record label deal basically did. Excellent addition to the list.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

How far did the feud go between Poison and Kix?

Did the former really steal a bunch from the latter?

 

[Ministry of Pain]

How far did the feud go between Poison and Kix?

Did the former really steal a bunch from the latter?

KIX was around long before Poison exploded in '87-'88 me thinks. Poison came to Hollywood in '86.

KIX was around in the 70s but then they found their commerical success by going big hair. So maybe they did copy Posion and others to achieve notoriety but KIX was releasing albums long before Blow My Fuse. They started off as close to alternative really.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

How far did the feud go between Poison and Kix?

Did the former really steal a bunch from the latter?

KIX was around long before Poison exploded in '87-'88 me thinks. Poison came to Hollywood in '86. KIX was around in the 70s but then they found their commerical success by going big hair. So maybe they did copy Posion and others to achieve notoriety but KIX was releasing albums long before Blow My Fuse. They started off as close to alternative really.

I think you're mixing up former and latter.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

How far did the feud go between Poison and Kix?

Did the former really steal a bunch from the latter?

KIX was around long before Poison exploded in '87-'88 me thinks. Poison came to Hollywood in '86. KIX was around in the 70s but then they found their commerical success by going big hair. So maybe they did copy Posion and others to achieve notoriety but KIX was releasing albums long before Blow My Fuse. They started off as close to alternative really.

I think you're mixing up former and latter.

How far did the feud go between Poison and Kix?

Did the former really steal a bunch from the latter?

KIX was around long before Poison exploded in '87-'88 me thinks. Poison came to Hollywood in '86. KIX was around in the 70s but then they found their commerical success by going big hair. So maybe they did copy Posion and others to achieve notoriety but KIX was releasing albums long before Blow My Fuse. They started off as close to alternative really.

I think you're mixing up former and latter.

Did former(KIX) steal from the latter(Poison), did I read that wrong? And I would say KIX did jump on the bandwagon at some point.

 

[psychobillies]

IDK, the ones on the list so far that I wouldn't classify as hair metal are Scorpions, Van Halen, Twisted Sister and Queensryche.

Twisted Sister and Scorpions without a doubt.

TS

Scorpion

If you're just going by appearance, I can't argue with that. TS was doing it before glam, almost in a mocking way. Scorpions fell into it to for popularity. Does Alice Cooper count?

How about Pantera?

I'm not sure what your criteria for a hair band is, but to each his own. It's pretty well known that Pantera was Glam/Hair rock before they saw some Exhorder shows and decided to change things up a bit. So yeah, in that pic, I'd say Pantera qualifies.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

How far did the feud go between Poison and Kix?

Did the former really steal a bunch from the latter?

KIX was around long before Poison exploded in '87-'88 me thinks. Poison came to Hollywood in '86. KIX was around in the 70s but then they found their commerical success by going big hair. So maybe they did copy Posion and others to achieve notoriety but KIX was releasing albums long before Blow My Fuse. They started off as close to alternative really.

I think you're mixing up former and latter.

How far did the feud go between Poison and Kix?

Did the former really steal a bunch from the latter?

KIX was around long before Poison exploded in '87-'88 me thinks. Poison came to Hollywood in '86. KIX was around in the 70s but then they found their commerical success by going big hair. So maybe they did copy Posion and others to achieve notoriety but KIX was releasing albums long before Blow My Fuse. They started off as close to alternative really.

I think you're mixing up former and latter.

Did former(KIX) steal from the latter(Poison), did I read that wrong? And I would say KIX did jump on the bandwagon at some point.

In the sentence, it's Poison that's the former and Kix the latter.It's not former and LATER.

 

[jamny]

IDK, the ones on the list so far that I wouldn't classify as hair metal are Scorpions, Van Halen, Twisted Sister and Queensryche.

Twisted Sister and Scorpions without a doubt.

TS

Scorpion

If you're just going by appearance, I can't argue with that. TS was doing it before glam, almost in a mocking way. Scorpions fell into it to for popularity. Does Alice Cooper count?

How about Pantera?

I'm not sure what your criteria for a hair band is, but to each his own. It's pretty well known that Pantera was Glam/Hair rock before they saw some Exhorder shows and decided to change things up a bit. So yeah, in that pic, I'd say Pantera qualifies.

I guess if you want to say a band like Pantera had a hair band phase, ok. I base it more on the music. I didn't dislike hair bands so much because of their look, I just wasn't into the good time party music or tales of heartbreak ballads. If a band like the Scorpions jumped on the bandwagon for a bit, I don't think they fit the category. They had a huge catalog before they went to a more hair band style. JMHO.

 

[cstu]

Poison moved to Los Angeles in 1980, while Kix were still in Maryland (signed in 1981 there).