Top 100 Heavy Metal and glam rock acts from the MTV era - it's still real to me (1 Viewer)

[Todem]

90. Saigon Kick

If anybody has any good stories about Saigon Kick, please weigh in, because I don't know much except:

Not to be confused with Hanoi Rocks, we'll see them later 
Not to be confused with Candlebox, another post-grunge arrival, coming later here and I think a similar band
They were from Miami which was different enough
I liked their record The Lizard enough that they eeked in here

Love Is On The Way late era MTV slow sappy hit, post Extreme/Mr Big 

Feel The Same Way

I am a longtime musician (Guitarist). My first band was in 1984 at the age of 14. I played in an original project for almost 15 years starting in 1991 thru 2006 and then we had a huge benefit reunion show in 2012. Now I just jam with my son who is a beast of a prog rock drummer. Long story short I also sang in my band...mostly back up vocals but lead on a few tracks and also wanted to branch out with some solo stuff so.....I am from South Florida. Matt Kramer lead singer from Saigon Kick....very very cool guy. I did a lot of vocal training with his mom. And she had probably 30 cats....I lost count...living in her house LOL. She was a really cool lady and she helped me a lot. That is my Saigon Kick Story 

Moving along before I get busy

81. Autograph

Not much of a story here, other than a pretty huge hit smack dab in the first half of 1985, "a last minute addition to the record" blah blah, nobody cares.  

A song so ubiquitous in its essence that it still pops into my head on a regular basis, without ever hearing it.

Turn Up The Radio  
Cover of We're An American Band that nobody asked for  

Saw them open for Van Halen I believe (kinda foggy) in 85 and they were promptly booed off the stage within 10 minutes of their set.

Welcome to the Last Crack club, population me you and @Punk

Appreciate all the input, friends!  On to the next quadrant, looks like a healthy balance of big hair and more metal, but first

75. King's X

Doug Pinnick was a little like Phil Lynott back from the dead.

On most lists, these guys place higher than some of the jokers we're about to see, but you know, we're aiming at that metal/hair vein.  So, a little iffy, genre-wise? but not really.. these guys were trotted out as a metal band, on Megaforce Records and toured with all the headbangers.  Also dUg makes records with George Lynch now.

Goldilox

Over My Head

Junior's Gone Wild - on the subject of soundtracks.. this was on Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, a good one.  Summer '91, right before the new shift

They are not metal guys at all......they are more towards the rock side of the isle and their first 3 records  (especially their second one) are excellent. Very heavy Beatles influence on that second record. Great guys too. 

71. Badlands

Very much a personal favorite, and taking us into a little Zeppelin-wannabe twofer.  Sad and frustrating (for me and potentially no one else) that this is no longer streaming anywhere.

I don't know why that is, not ambitious enough to dig that deep into the googlesphere.

I invite you to read this guy's blog post and check out the album.  

Wikipedia on what brought Jake E Lee from Ozzy to Badlands

Singer Ray Gillen recorded The Eternal Idol with Black Sabbath in the mid-80's before being replaced with somebody else, during their whole mess.  Bounced around for a few years and ended up doing this project with Jake E. Lee.  Their follow-up was OK but really I'm all about the self-titled debut.  Who knows what their future might have been but SADLY.. and we say this too much around here.. Ray died in 1993 (of HIV related illness)

Winter's Call

Jake E Lee is one of the 10 most influential guitar players for me. He was royally screwed by Ozzy and Sharon....like WTF. Two great albums post Randy and he get’s #### on. Why? Because after Bark At The Moon (which he wrote everything) he had zero rights to the music. He made sure he had them for The Ultimate Sin......and of course that led to his firing. POS  is what Sharon is. She controlled everything. Badlands was a killer project. That debut album is fire. He is such a great player.

One more before a weekend break!  We'll pick up with 69 and maybe Doro will join us.

70. Kingdom Come

Almost feels cliche to say, when I heard this on the local rock radio station, it was a natural assumption for 16 year old me that it was a Zeppelin song I had never heard, there will still a few of those.  So as far as the single track that sounds the most Zeppy, these guys still hold the belt, sorry Greta Von Fleak

Besides that, it's hard to believe, thinking back, I heard something on central TX rock radio before I saw it on MTV but radio still did its job from time to time.. 

I picked up the tape, and it wasn't even the worst tape I bought that day.

Get It On - live!

The ballad: What Love Can Be  not particularly LZ, or particularly great either 

Kingdom Come opened Van Halen's 1988 Monsters of Rock tour.  Check out the NYT article posted here on Van Halen's website, in which the reviewer trashes the Scorpions

Their next album was called Kingdom Come In Your Face.  It was a load.

THEY ****ING SUCKED.

61. Mr. Big / Racer X

Teenage guitar prodigy Paul Gilbert's Racer X - Into The Night  

If not for Racer X this would be lower, but then again, hitting the top of the Hot 100 is a bump.

Buffalo NY bassist Billy Sheehan had cut his teeth with pretty well regarded local act "Talas", and then David Lee Roth's band, then started Mr. Big with young Mr. Gilbert and singer Eric Martin.  Drummer Pat Torpey was in Impelliteri! among others, and unfortunately, he died of Parkinson's, bless you Mr. Pat Torpey you are not forgotten.

Anyway, they were alright, ####ed around with power drills, had some flashy stuff but nothing particularly catchy.  They blew up in 1991 with a toss-off acoustic number.

Saw them open for Aerosmith, uh, I think they were good?

Addicted To That Rush
Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy  

HOT OFF THE PRESSES - Tom Breihan's Number Ones column on To Be With You

Tom, Mr. Big was huge in Japan because RACER X was huge in Japan.  Hooking up with Paul Gilbert was a pretty shrewd move..

OK, I guess so.. there has been plenty more hammy crap..

Saw these guys open for Rush and they were ridiculous. Great band that was a flash in the pan. 

54. Yngwie J. Malmsteen

The chosen one was born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck in Stockholm, Sweden.  Made this when he was 15..  which led to ---

And, exhale

Black Star
I'll See The Light Tonight

I saw Yngwie.. 15 years ago? at one of the places that tried to replace Hammerjacks.. and George Lynch opened!

Bonus beatz -- YJM was in Steeler with Ron KEEL -- Speed Demon ... KEEL, we salute you 

So our band rehearsed in the same space as a lot of big acts (when they came to town and some resided in South Florida). Well......one night we are jamming...and in walks Yngwie. Yeah he was a character. I was playing thru my JC 120 with rack system and  he loved the tone.....asked me if I wanted to trade him my JC 120 for one of his Carvin tube heads......He brought in the head and there was a 4X12 speaker on the stage (Mary's Place in North Miami Beach which was a great space) and I loved the tone of his amp as well....we traded amps that night. He was hilarious. Come to find out he had 12 of those heads in the studio LOL.  That is my Yngwie story. 

53. Candlebox

The most recent band on the countdown is one that I enjoy, always have.  With their debut album in 1993, strictly soundwise they straddled the line between the fading glam and the new wave of alternative rock, in solid fashion.  It didn't hurt that singer Kevin Martin still had that dolled up eighties yowl.  

One could easily argue, anyway, that they were a logical progression from Saigon Kick and Ugly Kid Joe.

Like so many of their peers in both camps, they faded fast.  Second album was super meh, and while the third album was a nice recovery, it was 1998 at that point and they were already passé.  

Fascinating that they came up in the Seattle club scene right at the time that grunge was going international.  Almost like a little local backlash.  

I feel like their success is an indicator that there was always plenty of room for good rock music of every strain.  Conventionally speaking they generally get lumped in now with the Lives and the Lemonheads, could have been left out of this group here entirely, but they popped on MTV a bit, another band I have to live with the shame of liking, so let's just call them the last of the mohicans.

Cover Me
 - not our last entry from the "With Honors" soundtrack

Far Behind

Woodstock 94 -- get in the pit!!

10,000 Horses (1998)  

A truly underrated band here. I had got to know these guys pretty well personally after their 4th album which very well may be their best work ever. Into The Sun. Check it out if you never heard it. Really.....it is freaking fantastic. Anyway hung out with Peter (Lead Guitar) and Kevin many nights and they are great human beings. It is a shame they broke up.....without Peter there is no Candlebox IMO. The music was never the same. Anyway I saw them open for Rush in 1993 and they killed it. Followed them ever since....and got to know them because my bass player works for Gibson and Peter played Les Pauls...etc etc and it went from there. Some fun times on their tour bus.....that's all I will say.

44. Winger

Stuart's favorites, only somewhat unfairly maligned, I mean, they're not NELSON.. but they are pretty damn wimpy.

Seventeen  you're such a macho risk taker Kip Winger, singing about banging a high school junior.
Madalaine | 2 tuff 2 tame
Hungry this isn't bad
Cover of Purple Haze because pissing on sacred ground is a great way to get respect

But their best song for real, and it's super wimpy -- Headed for a Heartbreak

Rob tears up that fretboard on Headed For a Heartbreak. 

36. KISS

1980.. Peter Criss is gone, Ace Frehley is leaving.  Anton Fig bangs the skins for a while, but he's just a session guy.  They bring in Eric Carr, and then in Ozzy-like fashion, they find a young virtuoso to play guitar.  Turns out he's insane.. what say let's make today a Vinnie day.

So, no grey area here, their "MTV period" is marked clearly by all these big dumb gobstoppers--

I Love It Loud  Vinnie Vincent wrote and played on Creatures but Ace appears on the cover and in the video

The makeup comes off.  These dudes are ugly.

Lick It Up

Vinnie Vincent is fired because like a feral dog he cannot be told to stop playing solos.  No ####.  This would continue to be a problem for Vin.

Heaven's on Fire
 This is KISS's third most popular song on Spotify.  Not sure how that is possible

Mark St. John is their guitarist for an album but he gets arthritis and has to leave.  Which sucks.  Enter Bruce Kulick, who had played with Meat Loaf - his name was Robert Paulson - and Michael Bolton, not the Office Space guy.

Tears Are Falling  I like this one best I guess.  Finger-cheek move is primo shtick
Crazy Crazy Nights from the short lived US version of Top of the Pops
Let's the X in Sex
 Smashes Thrashes and Hits also included a re-recording of their biggest hit ever - their old drummer's love song Beth, sung by their new drummer.  Only KISS would do this.

Forever - big dumb ballad co-written by the Big Bolton himself.
God Gave Rock and Roll to You II - Argent cover.  Around this time Eric Carr gets cancer and passes away :(

Meanwhile, Ace had his own adventures with the bottle but got his act together for a late eighties run with Frehley's Comet .. Anton Fig makes another appearance here.. my Fig boner comes from being a big Letterman dork..
Rock Soldiers

In the aftermath of all this, the original KISS members would reunite.. for a short while, and the saga would carry forward into the new millennium.  Their drummer has been former Badlander Eric Singer, for some time now.

I was a huge 70’s Kiss fan. They were my first band (and then Rush took over my life forever). The 80’s were very hit or miss for me. But I got to see them live several times in the 80’s and they always put on great shows. Nothing beats the original lineup in terms of songs. But they became better players in the 80’s.....much better actually. 

32. The Cult

@scorchy probably knows things about this band and their points of origin that I do not.

British band that started out more goth/post-punk but rocked their way into the mid-late eighties American metal mainstream.  In 1983 Southern Death Cult's Ian Astbury joined forces with Billy Duffy, whose resume had included a stint with a young Steven Morrissey in a second iteration of punk rock group the Nosebleeds (no luck finding recordings or videos of this). 

Third album Electric was produced by Rick Rubin...

Lil Devil  
Love Removal Machine  

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Fire Woman
Edie (Ciao Baby)

Fourth album Sonic Temple was a hit with just about every metalhead I knew.  With seemingly a revolving door at rhythm section - could nobody get along with these two? - they toured with a lot of big metal acts. Also, my #88 band were totally aping them.

They were certainly different then what was around them....and I found their sound to be very cool.

31. Living Colour

Born in London and raised in NYC, Vernon Reid cut his teeth in jazz and rock bands throughout the eighties, solidifying the Living Colour lineup after he met aspiring actor Corey Glover (spoiler- he lives!) at a party.

Cult of Personality
Middle Man  
Glamour Boys 
Open Letter (To A Landlord)

Sophomore effort Time's Up wasn't as successful, but was still damn good, perhaps lacking for a radio hit
Love Rears Its Ugly Head
New Jack Theme Live at the Grammies
Type

Stain had some good stuff too

Leave It Alone
Nothingness

Many years ago, @scorchy and I caught an older (than us, slightly) black rock band one night at the Sidebar, and we determined at the time that they must have been the FOURTH most successful black rock band in the late 80's / early 90's.  But we can no longer remember or figure out what they were called.
 

Debut album sizzles a lot of great tracks. Very underrated. 

GOOD SONGS LIKE THESE----

25. White Lion

I'm sorry OK but they had three albums with some really good stuff.  This is a band that really put out a subpar effort in 1991 and thwoop! down the drain they went.

Broken Heart 
All Burn In Hell  HERE WE ARE BURNING PEOPLE IN HELL AGAIN

All Join Our Hands  that's better 
Wait my friend in hs called these cockpants 
Tell Me play this and your wife will bang you

Radar Love is it controversial to love it?  
Little Fighter
If My Mind Is Evil   not enough cowbell

One of the better 80’s hair metal bands. They actually could play. Good ####.

24. Cinderella

I wanted to be able to take the time to do my boys right.. they were definitely one of my very favorites back then, and if this was just 100% personal they'd be higher, but I am trying to be as objective as I can manage, with the top 25..

So I had them above Skid Row for a while but I just thought no, Skid Row had better songs and I think they are also more etched in the public conscience.. or maybe that's just how it seems to me.  Anyway we're still a bit from Skid Row, and this feels like a good spot for these frilly warriors turned bluesy cowboys.

They were the first real rock band I saw live and they were like the freakin twin towers up there.  Awesome.  It was mostly the hair I guess, but I feel like Keifer and Brittingham must have some height.

Rob Halford came out later like a Keebler elf on a Harley

Tom Keifer's voice really worked, sounded more natural and less painful than most of the other throaty yowlers (Dean Davidson, Joe Leste...).  But it must have been painful and he sure as schitt brought it every night in concert as far as I can tell.  He started having problems and procedures after Heartbreak Station and it slowed them down for sure, what can you do...

I didn't think Heartbreak Station was particularly great but they did have momentum.

I was thinking about guys who sounded amazing but started having throat trouble relatively early, there's Tom Keifer and there's the Jawbreaker guy, maybe Cobain? not a top ten problem for him but I feel like it was out there.  

Eric Brittingham.. from Salisbury, MD, birthplace of legends.

Fred Coury, holy #### he wasn't even 20, if I knew that I forgot

18, filling in with Ozzy.  Master.  Of course, Ozzy also wanted Marq Torien to be his guitarist.

Doubles sadlies, you may know, Jeff LaBar passed away last year, not to mention their old touring keyboardist died on the same day. 

Statement from Jeff's family says enough..

Jeff LaBar's son Sebastian plays in the band Tantric now.  He wasn't with them in their "heyday", but if anyone remembers Tantric.. they were the band Days of the New except they all quit because the main guy was a #####, and they started Tantric.  The Slaughter of turn-of-the-millenium crud rock!

Night Songs was ###### great, I don't think there's a bad song in the bunch?, Long Cold Winter wasn't as great but started out with a couple of real jams and had plenty to offer still.  Heartbreak Station, 1990/91 overall to me.. I wasn't feeling the slower, bluesier vibe or really the lyrics either, so much anymore.

They weren't able to put a fourth effort out until 1995, Still Climbing, and it's not bad, totally listenable but again the lyrics feel forced.

Shake Me
Nobody's Fool
Sign me up for this Limited series, Netflix!

Gypsy Road
Long Cold Winter   zeppy number, Tom sells it

Bad Seamstress Blues/Fallin' Apart At The Seams Live MMP 1989 - this was the next lowest band on the bill after gorkies

Don't Know What You've Got  live around then

Japan 1987 full show!  

So my girlfriend in highschool and I saw these guys open for Bon Jovi in 87 and we rushed the stage to the front row.......they rocked the house. Played most of their debut album and really brought it. They seem to have faded after the debut....I like that they went more straight forward after that debut. But it did not help them achieve greater success.

So....just catching up in here....awesome thread. I am really stoked to see the top 20. This was my middle school and high school life here!!

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Shoot. I just realized I must the discussion of The Cult. Is it too late? They're still one of my absolute favorites and I listen to them a lot.

She Sells Sanctuary is one of THE top riffs ever. Great version here

Several good songs on Love - Nirvana, Big Neon Glitter, Brother Wolf/Sister Moon, Hollow Man, Revolution.

Electric has - Wild Flower, Lil' Devil, King Contrary Man (really like this one), Love Removal Machine

Sonic Temple - Sun King, Fire Woman, New York City, Soldier Blue

Ceremony - Wild Hearted Son, Heart of Soul

Beyond Good And Evil (a surprisingly good album even though the band was fractured at this point) - Rise (an awesome song!), Breathe, Nico, True Believers, My Bridges Burn

Two deep tracks are Spiritwalker and Bleeding Heart Graffiti. At opposite ends of their career, but both terrific.

 

[Todem]

Oh and Giuffria.....I really was heavy into their second album Silk and Steel. Yes...it oozes 80’s hair metal cheese and production....but there are a lot of killer killer tunes all over that album. Check that one out to be transported back to a time good mid 80’s excess in the studio. Just a wet sounding album with classic mid 80’s production. 

Lead singer David Glen Eisley was a beast of a singer. He had Steve Perry like pipes and tone. 

Their original guitarist Craig Goldy would move on to play with Dio in 1986 when Vivian Campbell left for Whitesnake. Lanny Cordola played guitar on Silk and Steel which again is a much better album front to back than their debut. 

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Quiet Riot was a great Slade cover band.

The Wild & The Young is an under appreciated QR song. Cool video too.

 

[zamboni]

13 hours ago, plinko said:
23. Quiet Riot  

Randy Rhoads was a SoCal musical wunderkind ---

I am not going to paste anymore but here's that whole story  in Garni's words

Kevin DuBrow would go on to have the same effect on more than one person.  But not Rudy Sarzo (yet), he had already become buds with DuBrow, and was brought on to replace Garni. 

In 1979, Dana Strum talked Randy Rhoads into auditioning for Ozzy's band, and the rest is history there..

So Quiet Riot actually broke up for a few years, Rudy Sarzo then goes with Rhoads to Ozzy's band.  Rhoads is killed by a coked up pilot, Sarzo helps pick up the pieces with the Ozz camp but he quits after the Madman tour and goes back to Quiet Riot.

Rounding things out with Carlos Cavazo and total badass Frankie Banali, they make Metal Health, a good album, first "metal" album to top the charts and everybody's happy.

Bang Your Head
Cum On Feel The Noize
Breathless

Their music went into decline after that, and it led to problems.  DuBrow's nonstop mouth got them in trouble with a lot of peers, Sarzo quit because of all that, then Cavazo and Banali ultimately fired DuBrow.  They didn't have much success after Metal Health but I did like "The Wild And The Young"

In later years, DuBrow was back a while, Banali was really the driving force for a long time, but they are both gone, to the great state fair in the sky.. Today, Quiet Riot is Rudy Sarzo, and singing is Jizzy Pearl, from our #97 Love/Hate..
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I actually liked Quiet Riot way more than most.

I was a huge fan when they first released Metal Health, and liked them even more when I found out that Randy was an original member. One cannot underestimate how big that album was at the time among us HS metalheads, and they definitely paved the way for other bands to follow. As others started hitting the scene, I found them to be very meh, but can't deny their place in the early/mid '80s metal scene.

Always got a kick out of Rudy Sarzo's signature lick-the-finger-wraparound move on his bass.  

 

[Todem]

I was a huge fan when they first released Metal Health, and liked them even more when I found out that Randy was an original member. One cannot understand how big that album was at the time among us HS metalheads, and they definitely paved the way for other bands to follow. As others started hitting the scene, I found them to be very meh, but can't deny their place in the early/mid '80s metal scene.

Always got a kick out of Rudy Sarzo's signature lick-the-finger-wraparound move on his bass.  

Oh yeah....1983 and Cum On Feel The Noise and Metal Health were HUGE on MTV. Then for me they faded into obscurity. And boy they did not age well at all. Pretty much bubble gum crap. I remember buying QRIII on vinyl (I always bought vinyl then made mixed tapes for the car with TDK SAX’s yeah I was a audiophile too at a young age) because I actually liked The Wild and The Young. The albums opener Main Attraction starts with sequenced keyboards (MIDI).....lol Quiet Riot was trying in vein to stay relevant.....it failed. That album was a major flop despite a more serious tone in the song writing. 

 

[zamboni]

Oh yeah....1983 and Cum On Feel The Noise and Metal Health were HUGE on MTV. Then for me they faded into obscurity. And boy they did not age well at all. Pretty much bubble gum crap. I remember buying QRIII on vinyl (I always bought vinyl then made mixed tapes for the car with TDK SAX’s yeah I was a audiophile too at a young age) because I actually liked The Wild and The Young. The albums opener Main Attraction starts with sequenced keyboards (MIDI).....lol Quiet Riot was trying in vein to stay relevant.....it failed. That album was a major flop despite a more serious tone in the song writing. 

Yeah, they weren't very good after MH. I think their first mistake was the next year, when they went to the Slade well one too many times with Mama Weer All Crazy Now.

ETA: they did do a nice tribute to Randy on Metal Health with Thunderbird

 

[Bogart]

23. Quiet Riot  

Here is my short-ish Quiet Riot story, in two parts:

In the winter of 2012, my coworker, on a random Wednesday goes "you want to go see Quiet Riot play tonight? I got us on the list." My first reaction is, Quiet Riot is touring? My second reaction was, there is a list? Regardless, we go in our office attire of khakis and polos to a small club in Dallas to see Quiet Riot. We got there right at downbeat, were indeed on the list and shown our way into a club that could hold about 300, and there were about 50 people there. Two things stood out: the lead singer, the much travelled Keith St. John, was having to read the lyrics off of a music stand, and half of the small stage was taken up with Frankie Banali's drum kit, which broke halfway through the show and they stopped down for 15 mins to fix because "you came to see Quiet Riot, we are going to make sure you see Quiet Riot as it should be!!"

You may ask, how did Captain Khaki and Sargent Polo get on the list for a Quiet Riot show? Turns out that Frankie Banali's wife worked in the aerospace fastener industry and my buddy did business with her daily and she mentioned her husband was touring and she could get us on the list. The next week was even better, because she came into town and my buddy took me along to have lunch with her. She was older but attractive, also super smart and funny, definitely a groupie from the 80s that landed a big fish, but also had her own stuff together. I thanked her for the tickets, said how I was a big fan, really enjoyed the show, and then we talked about the lifestyle of a spouse on the road. She said they were happier when he was touring as opposed to being home all the time "under her feet". I got the guts to ask, "how do you handle the temptations that are on the road?" or something like that. She looked me dead in the eyes and said, "we have a rule: oral only. If he gets a b### job on the road, that's one less thing I have to do when he gets home."

RIP Frankie.

 

[plinko]

Quiet Riot was a great Slade cover band.

The Wild & The Young is an under appreciated QR song. Cool video too.

I was going to talk a little about Slade, throw a shout out just because of all the QR songs, influence, plus they actually had a comeback hit in the 80's [but that was in no way metal]

But it felt like enough  

 

[plinko]

Saw Cinderella a few times and they never disappointed.  What irritated me is that to see them I had to see them open for Poison a couple of times.  Cinderella was so much better than that crummy bunch of posers in Poison.  

22. Poison

You would have thought these were Cali guys, as gussied up as they were.. but no, they hail from right up the highway in Mechanicsburg, PA.  Here's a tidbit, named after a KIX SONG -- these guys cut their teeth behind Kix..

The look I would expect out of guys from Mechanicsburg

All four guys move to LA to pursue their dream, original guitarist throws in the towel and goes back home, and they hook up with New Yorker C.C. DeVille.  Similar to QR and DuBrow.. they don't much like the guy but the band dynamic works.

Look What the Cat Dragged In was practically a demo.  Hey, I don't love these dudes but they got it done.  Open Up and Say AAH was a little more fleshed out, and by the turn of the decade they were just about as big as anybody in glam.

Flesh & Blood, 1990, they had two more hits on that and like fellow Keystoners Cinderella, they still had momentum.  What sunk the ship - bad behavior and inability to get along. C.C. leaves in a huff and they bring in a young up and comer named Richie Kotzen for their fourth album , Native Tongue.  The record blows, and here is what Kotzen has to say on the matter...
 

Well when I was in Poison I was the only one making any music so yes I fit musically. I'm not really sure if those guys even played on their own records before I got there, I know C.C. did. I know I played the bass on a few songs on NATIVE TONGUE. When I went on tour with them did I fit musically? #### no. I think if Rikki could have counted to four without getting confused it would have been easier to fit in.

It was nothing personal ... I think my mind was starting to rot away....g, c, d, over and ####### over - AHHHHHHH... The best thing about being in Poison was #######... A lot of #######.... I couldn't stop #######... At first it was fun but then I started to get so weak. At one point I was worried about my health... I'm so much better off now.

####### = shtupping Rikki Rockett's girlfriend apparently.  OK then.  So, bad blood?  I will play devil's advocate and suggest that chops or no, these dudes wrote a bunch of songs that people want to hear and in 30 years Richie Kotzen never wrote #### anybody wanted to hear.

Seems to go without saying that the 3 other guys were pretty burnt out at this point.  I think there was a lot of regret on Bret's part for the early pretty-boy stuff, and he made up for it by getting wasted and fighting with everybody.

Flash forward, they make nice with CC eventually and join the nostalgia circuit.  Saw them ~5 years ago and frankly.. they were pretty ####in' great

Talk Dirty To Me

From Less Than Zero, Rock and Roll All Nite cover >>> Mama Don't Dance

Fallen Angel  
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - written for a stripper who broke poor country Bret's heart
Tom Breihan's Number Ones on Every Rose

Unskinny Bop still rocks
Something To Believe In  I believe I'll listen to something else

Always a relief when everyone is still alive

Another twist of fate, Eric Brittingham plays with Bret Michaels primarily now..

 

[FairWarning]

Another band who who did a lot of warming up for big names back in the Earl-mid 80’s.  Never really took them seriously.

 

[zamboni]

22. Poison

You would have thought these were Cali guys, as gussied up as they were.. but no, they hail from right up the highway in Mechanicsburg, PA.

Yeah, I've passed through Mechanicsburg several times on the way to see my son in college (University of Pittsburgh) and always think of them when I do. Surprised that they hailed from there.

 

[plinko]

I recall trying to listen to Quiet Riot's lesser known stuff and didn't really dig it.  The ranking seems appropriate as they had some bangers and were pioneers of sort.

For me, Cinderella > Quiet Riot but that could've been a generational thing. 

Big impact and first #1 "metal" album was a big push, but in hindsight I do regret not having Twisted Sister a little higher 

Unofficially, due to the Badlands gap I am going to be inserting The Band I Forgot* at #50, and moving the Sisters up, at least above the second tier hair glut.  I think that post got more Likes than anybody?

*(feel free to take stabs, they would not be this high, and they are not glam ... not being on any of my hairy playlists is how they were left out)

 

[Todem]

22. Poison

You would have thought these were Cali guys, as gussied up as they were.. but no, they hail from right up the highway in Mechanicsburg, PA.  Here's a tidbit, named after a KIX SONG -- these guys cut their teeth behind Kix..

The look I would expect out of guys from Mechanicsburg

All four guys move to LA to pursue their dream, original guitarist throws in the towel and goes back home, and they hook up with New Yorker C.C. DeVille.  Similar to QR and DuBrow.. they don't much like the guy but the band dynamic works.

Look What the Cat Dragged In was practically a demo.  Hey, I don't love these dudes but they got it done.  Open Up and Say AAH was a little more fleshed out, and by the turn of the decade they were just about as big as anybody in glam.

Flesh & Blood, 1990, they had two more hits on that and like fellow Keystoners Cinderella, they still had momentum.  What sunk the ship - bad behavior and inability to get along. C.C. leaves in a huff and they bring in a young up and comer named Richie Kotzen for their fourth album , Native Tongue.  The record blows, and here is what Kotzen has to say on the matter...
 

####### = shtupping Rikki Rockett's girlfriend apparently.  OK then.  So, bad blood?  I will play devil's advocate and suggest that chops or no, these dudes wrote a bunch of songs that people want to hear and in 30 years Richie Kotzen never wrote #### anybody wanted to hear.

Seems to go without saying that the 3 other guys were pretty burnt out at this point.  I think there was a lot of regret on Bret's part for the early pretty-boy stuff, and he made up for it by getting wasted and fighting with everybody.

Flash forward, they make nice with CC eventually and join the nostalgia circuit.  Saw them ~5 years ago and frankly.. they were pretty ####in' great

Talk Dirty To Me

From Less Than Zero, Rock and Roll All Nite cover >>> Mama Don't Dance

Fallen Angel  
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - written for a stripper who broke poor country Bret's heart
Tom Breihan's Number Ones on Every Rose

Unskinny Bop still rocks
Something To Believe In  I believe I'll listen to something else

Always a relief when everyone is still alive

Another twist of fate, Eric Brittingham plays with Bret Michaels primarily now..

Poison was a fun 80’s glam metal band. I saw them open for Motley Crue on the Girls Girls Girls tour and they rocked the entire house down. 

Speaking of Richie Kotzen......ummmmm dude is a extremely talented guitarist and singer songwriter. Check out:

The Winery Dogs. They have two albums (Mike Portnoy on drums and Billy Sheehan on bass).....their first album smokes anything Poison ever could even dream of writing.....obviously a totally different vibe...but yeah it’s like reading a brilliant novel listening to Winery Dogs then reading Go Dog Go when listening to Poison. 

Kotzen was way too good for them at that time......but people love crap. In fact most people’s taste in music in this country is pretty bad. Us Hard Rock and Prog Rock guys are a cult these days.

And don't get me wrong.....Poison has a place in rock history....a small but fast and furious part from 1986 thru 1990. But overall? They stink as musicians and people. Total dirt bags. And for the exception of CC Deville.....hacks on their instruments. Total hacks. 

 

[SteevieG]

22. Poison

You would have thought these were Cali guys, as gussied up as they were.. but no, they hail from right up the highway in Mechanicsburg, PA.  Here's a tidbit, named after a KIX SONG -- these guys cut their teeth behind Kix..

The look I would expect out of guys from Mechanicsburg

All four guys move to LA to pursue their dream, original guitarist throws in the towel and goes back home, and they hook up with New Yorker C.C. DeVille.  Similar to QR and DuBrow.. they don't much like the guy but the band dynamic works.

Look What the Cat Dragged In was practically a demo.  Hey, I don't love these dudes but they got it done.  Open Up and Say AAH was a little more fleshed out, and by the turn of the decade they were just about as big as anybody in glam.

Flesh & Blood, 1990, they had two more hits on that and like fellow Keystoners Cinderella, they still had momentum.  What sunk the ship - bad behavior and inability to get along. C.C. leaves in a huff and they bring in a young up and comer named Richie Kotzen for their fourth album , Native Tongue.  The record blows, and here is what Kotzen has to say on the matter...
 

####### = shtupping Rikki Rockett's girlfriend apparently.  OK then.  So, bad blood?  I will play devil's advocate and suggest that chops or no, these dudes wrote a bunch of songs that people want to hear and in 30 years Richie Kotzen never wrote #### anybody wanted to hear.

Seems to go without saying that the 3 other guys were pretty burnt out at this point.  I think there was a lot of regret on Bret's part for the early pretty-boy stuff, and he made up for it by getting wasted and fighting with everybody.

Flash forward, they make nice with CC eventually and join the nostalgia circuit.  Saw them ~5 years ago and frankly.. they were pretty ####in' great

Talk Dirty To Me

From Less Than Zero, Rock and Roll All Nite cover >>> Mama Don't Dance

Fallen Angel  
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - written for a stripper who broke poor country Bret's heart
Tom Breihan's Number Ones on Every Rose

Unskinny Bop still rocks
Something To Believe In  I believe I'll listen to something else

Always a relief when everyone is still alive

Another twist of fate, Eric Brittingham plays with Bret Michaels primarily now..

There are very few bands I hate, but this is one of them.  Bret seems like a decent guy (though I could be very wrong about that) but CC comes off as a complete ###.  Theirs is the only concert I have ever walked out on and they are an instant channel change if they come on.

 

[plinko]

I've heard Winery Dogs.. I watched AALLL the That Metal Shows..

I might even prefer Winery Dogs to anything by Poison, just due to taste, but I also know a hook when I hear it.. and I give Poison full credit for that instinct, whoever was bringing it..

 

[Todem]

I've heard Winery Dogs.. I watched AALLL the That Metal Shows..

I  might even prefer Winery Dogs to anything by Poison, just due to taste, but I also know a hook when I hear it..

100% agree. Poison had some monster tunes and I enjoyed the really good stuff they wrote. But it was in limited supply.  

 

[Todem]

I think we all grew up in the 80’s in here and we all had our tribes when it came to rock music. 

I was a Rush fan.....it is no secret here at FBG they were and will always be the absolute monster band for me. But Rush aside. Here was my big time groups in the 80’s MTV era Metal and I guess some glam (was not huge on the hair metal)

Maiden

Dio

Ozzy

Dokken 

Whitesnake

Ratt

Queensryche

Van Halen 

AC/DC

Def Leppard (pre Hysteria)

Fates Warning 

I would say those were the real big time heavy weights for me and my group of friends. 

 

[raidergil]

Speaking of Richie Kotzen......ummmmm dude is a extremely talented guitarist and singer songwriter. Check out:

The Winery Dogs. They have two albums (Mike Portnoy on drums and Billy Sheehan on bass).....their first album smokes anything Poison ever could even dream of writing.....obviously a totally different vibe...but yeah it’s like reading a brilliant novel listening to Winery Dogs then reading Go Dog Go when listening to Poison. 

 Starting with Winery Dogs I've become a big fan of Kotzen. I get mesmerized by his finger picking.

Impressively released a 50 track solo album couple yrs ago for his 50th birthday. Also released album last year with Adrian Smith from Maiden.

 

[plinko]

This might be my last quickie...

21. Alice Cooper

TOTAL STRETCH, this 80's catalog or hell, even 70's catalog for that matter isn't much to get excited about, in my book.. but what an influence, magnanimous human being, just a ####### great guy.  I'd have wedged him in at 18 but I just couldn't bring myself to put him above anybody else.

This is the kind of person who did so much for other people that you don't hear about because he doesn't need the ring kissing.

Always around, touring, working with people, he managed to get Desmond Child to write him a huge ballad and here we are.  

POISON 

 

[[scooter]]

23. Quiet Riot  

Metal Health was my first album. And my introduction into rock and roll. It will always have a special place in my heart, because without that album then I'm probably over at frisbeeguys.com doing a countdown of the top 200 Dave Matthews songs or something.

Anyway, there isn't a clunker on Metal Health. It's not metal but it's a perfect indoctrination for anyone under the age of 18. But even as a kid I recognized the cartoon factor in both the image and the sound of the band. (If I had been conscious for the rise and fall of KISS then I might have realized that QR was just filling a demand created by that vacuum.)

I knew it was over for QR when I saw a quote from DuBrow where he basically admitted to dumbing down the songs for Condition Critical. It was the kind of peek behind the curtain that I wasn't prepared for; I wanted to believe that their music -- that all music -- was organically created from the perspective of an artist. And here's some blowhard old dude admitting that his band just spits out random arena rock themes that pander to the audience. Ugh.

Anyway, the two Randy Rhoads albums are pretty good, and certainly not any worse than the dozens of late '70s sleaze rock albums that got released on major record labels. "Slick Black Cadillac" had a lot of potential and could have been a hit with a little bit of polishing.

 

[SteevieG]

I think we all grew up in the 80’s in here and we all had our tribes when it came to rock music. 

I was a Rush fan.....it is no secret here at FBG they were and will always be the absolute monster band for me. But Rush aside. Here was my big time groups in the 80’s MTV era Metal and I guess some glam (was not huge on the hair metal)

Maiden

Dio

Ozzy

Dokken 

Whitesnake

Ratt

Queensryche

Van Halen 

AC/DC

Def Leppard (pre Hysteria)

Fates Warning 

I would say those were the real big time heavy weights for me and my group of friends. 

Good list.  Off the top of my head I would add:

Rainbow

80's Deep Purple (Perfect Strangers, etc)

MSG (Michael Schenker Group)

Scorpions

Telsa

I'm sure there are more.  I didn't actually grow up in the 80s (I graduated HS in 80), but I came into my musical tastes in the 80s, if that makes sense.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I guess I still like Poison.

Talk Dirty To me is seminal 80's. Cry Though is another i really like. 

Please stop playing Every Rose, though.

 

[Skipdog77]

Currently in process of repainting and reflooring my home office this weekend, and plinko's Spotify playlist is making the task much more enjoyable..thanks, man. 

 

[Uruk-Hai]

This might be my last quickie...

21. Alice Cooper

TOTAL STRETCH, this 80's catalog or hell, even 70's catalog for that matter isn't much to get excited about, in my book.. but what an influence, magnanimous human being, just a ####### great guy.  I'd have wedged him in at 18 but I just couldn't bring myself to put him above anybody else.

This is the kind of person who did so much for other people that you don't hear about because he doesn't need the ring kissing.

Always around, touring, working with people, he managed to get Desmond Child to write him a huge ballad and here we are.  

POISON 

I finally saw him live about 10 years ago at Jiffy Lube Pavilion in Manassas. He opened for Iron Maiden. There were 5 of us around-50-ish and we all went there for Vince, except one guy who was a big Maiden fan.

Alice Cooper killed it. He wasn't able to use the whole stage (because Maiden had a bunch of their #### up there), but it was still a great show. He had a fantastic band, including that lady guitar player (Oriantha or something like that, is her name) - good God, she could play. He played quite a few of his 80s stuff, IIRC, and it all sounded great.

All accounts I've read and seen about Cooper talks about how generous he is with younger musicians and how many he helped get started. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

This might be my last quickie...

21. Alice Cooper

TOTAL STRETCH, this 80's catalog or hell, even 70's catalog for that matter isn't much to get excited about, in my book.. but what an influence, magnanimous human being, just a ####### great guy.  I'd have wedged him in at 18 but I just couldn't bring myself to put him above anybody else.

This is the kind of person who did so much for other people that you don't hear about because he doesn't need the ring kissing.

Always around, touring, working with people, he managed to get Desmond Child to write him a huge ballad and here we are.  

POISON 

Big fan of Cooper, mainly for his mid 70s albums. Saw him at a club once in the 90s, great stage show to go with the music. Could have been a pro magician if he wanted to.

 

[Todem]

Good list.  Off the top of my head I would add:

Rainbow

80's Deep Purple (Perfect Strangers, etc)

MSG (Michael Schenker Group)

Scorpions

Telsa

I'm sure there are more.  I didn't actually grow up in the 80s (I graduated HS in 80), but I came into my musical tastes in the 80s, if that makes sense.

Love their first three records. Really great band man. Agree.

Deep Purple was also good.....Perfect Strangers is such a great tune and album. Rainbow was also a cool group. 

 

[zamboni]

This might be my last quickie...

21. Alice Cooper

TOTAL STRETCH, this 80's catalog or hell, even 70's catalog for that matter isn't much to get excited about, in my book.. but what an influence, magnanimous human being, just a ####### great guy.  I'd have wedged him in at 18 but I just couldn't bring myself to put him above anybody else.

This is the kind of person who did so much for other people that you don't hear about because he doesn't need the ring kissing.

Always around, touring, working with people, he managed to get Desmond Child to write him a huge ballad and here we are.  

POISON 

Alice has always seemed like one of the most genuine, smart, down to earth guys in rock history.

And who knows more about Milwaukee than he does?

 

[Todem]

I guess I still like Poison.

Talk Dirty To me is seminal 80's. Cry Though is another i really like. 

Please stop playing Every Rose, though.

I always enjoyed Mama’s Fallen Angel. Great riff and chorus. 

 

[scorchy]

I am a longtime musician (Guitarist). My first band was in 1984 at the age of 14. I played in an original project for almost 15 years starting in 1991 thru 2006 and then we had a huge benefit reunion show in 2012. Now I just jam with my son who is a beast of a prog rock drummer. Long story short I also sang in my band...mostly back up vocals but lead on a few tracks and also wanted to branch out with some solo stuff so.....I am from South Florida. Matt Kramer lead singer from Saigon Kick....very very cool guy. I did a lot of vocal training with his mom. And she had probably 30 cats....I lost count...living in her house LOL. She was a really cool lady and she helped me a lot. That is my Saigon Kick Story 

I started down a wormhole the other day that included a deep dive into the genesis of Saigon Kick.  I was telling my son about Clinton/Gore doing a campaign stop at UF in 1992 and River Phoenix's band Aleka's Attic played a few songs before the speeches.  Aleka's Attic were honestly pretty terrible, but I remembered that their drummer (Josh Greenbaum) also played with one of my favorite Gainesville Bands - Big White Undies.  In googling Big White Undies, it turns out that Greenbaum was best friends and bandmates with future Saigon Kick guitarist Jason Bieler.  Greenbaum apparently left Miami to chase fame with Rivers' band but didn't end up with a ton to show for it.

Weird that I hadn't thought about Saigon Kick in years (maybe ever) and then they pop up in different contexts twice in one week.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I might be a tad older than most of you, but one of the big rumors when I was a kid was that Alice Cooper (the guy, not the band) was Eddie Haskell on Leave It To Beaver. When you're in like 6th or 7th grade, that kind of stuff is catnip, even when you know it's not true (OR IS IT?).

 

[beer 30]

22. Poison

You would have thought these were Cali guys, as gussied up as they were.. but no, they hail from right up the highway in Mechanicsburg, PA.  Here's a tidbit, named after a KIX SONG -- these guys cut their teeth behind Kix..

The look I would expect out of guys from Mechanicsburg

All four guys move to LA to pursue their dream, original guitarist throws in the towel and goes back home, and they hook up with New Yorker C.C. DeVille.  Similar to QR and DuBrow.. they don't much like the guy but the band dynamic works.

Look What the Cat Dragged In was practically a demo.  Hey, I don't love these dudes but they got it done.  Open Up and Say AAH was a little more fleshed out, and by the turn of the decade they were just about as big as anybody in glam.

Flesh & Blood, 1990, they had two more hits on that and like fellow Keystoners Cinderella, they still had momentum.  What sunk the ship - bad behavior and inability to get along. C.C. leaves in a huff and they bring in a young up and comer named Richie Kotzen for their fourth album , Native Tongue.  The record blows, and here is what Kotzen has to say on the matter...
 

####### = shtupping Rikki Rockett's girlfriend apparently.  OK then.  So, bad blood?  I will play devil's advocate and suggest that chops or no, these dudes wrote a bunch of songs that people want to hear and in 30 years Richie Kotzen never wrote #### anybody wanted to hear.

Seems to go without saying that the 3 other guys were pretty burnt out at this point.  I think there was a lot of regret on Bret's part for the early pretty-boy stuff, and he made up for it by getting wasted and fighting with everybody.

Flash forward, they make nice with CC eventually and join the nostalgia circuit.  Saw them ~5 years ago and frankly.. they were pretty ####in' great

Talk Dirty To Me

From Less Than Zero, Rock and Roll All Nite cover >>> Mama Don't Dance

Fallen Angel  
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - written for a stripper who broke poor country Bret's heart
Tom Breihan's Number Ones on Every Rose

Unskinny Bop still rocks
Something To Believe In  I believe I'll listen to something else

Always a relief when everyone is still alive

Another twist of fate, Eric Brittingham plays with Bret Michaels primarily now..

A staple of any party tape I made in the 80's. They epitomize 80's glam metal right down to the fact that couldn't play a lick other than CC. Their feud with GnR? was pretty epic.

 

[zamboni]

I started down a wormhole the other day that included a deep dive into the genesis of Saigon Kick.  I was telling my son about Clinton/Gore doing a campaign stop at UF in 1992 and River Phoenix's band Aleka's Attic played a few songs before the speeches.  Aleka's Attic were honestly pretty terrible, but I remembered that their drummer (Josh Greenbaum) also played with one of my favorite Gainesville Bands - Big White Undies.  In googling Big White Undies, it turns out that Greenbaum was best friends and bandmates with future Saigon Kick guitarist Jason Bieler.  

Strangely, I got the tune "Spirit In the Sky" in my head with "I got a friend in Bieler". Anyway...

 

[DJackson10]

22. Poison

Anther one of my favorites. I met Brett a awhile back. He played a solo show at the Tower close to my house which is located in Upper Darby (Ironically LeBar and Keifer's old stomping ground) and it was Black Friday I believe. Hell of a show and because of where the place is located the tour bus is usually on the side street in front of a local bar. Some of the band members go in sometimes after shows for a drink or two before getting on the bus to the hotel and where I met  Andy LaRocque of King Diamond after their show back in Nov of 2019 after their show. Either way Brett was awesome and I had a nice cool story to tell at my 10 yr HS Reunion the next night. 

Rikki does a lot of stuff on social media these days. He's another one of those guys who interacts well on Facebook 

I believe Slash was suppose to be the original guitar player or had an audition with Poison before joining GNR 

 

[DJackson10]

This might be my last quickie...

21. Alice Cooper

TOTAL STRETCH, this 80's catalog or hell, even 70's catalog for that matter isn't much to get excited about, in my book.. but what an influence, magnanimous human being, just a ####### great guy.  I'd have wedged him in at 18 but I just couldn't bring myself to put him above anybody else.

This is the kind of person who did so much for other people that you don't hear about because he doesn't need the ring kissing.

Always around, touring, working with people, he managed to get Desmond Child to write him a huge ballad and here we are.  

POISON 

Alice Cooper one of my favorite Shock Rock acts other then a band who I'm sure will come up soon with Chris Holmes. Cooper guitar player is Nita Straus Former Iron Maidens (All Female Maiden Tribute band) member. She's amazing. I haven't seen Alice in Concert but have seen both his live performances from Wacken Streamed. 

I've never had the privilege of meeting Alce but everyone who I do meet or have read quotes from can't say enough what a great guy he is. Nita is always praising him for his acts of kindness. He's one of the few Rockers with no ego at all. Does a lot of community out reach stuff too 

 

[scorchy]

Rikki Rocket is a frequent contributor on some AXS TV show that I seem to accidently binge a couple of nights a week.  Top 10 Songs with a Color in the Title or Top 10 Artists from Canada or some other clickbait theme.  I'll just be flipping channels, stop on AXS at 8:10 to hear what the guitarist from Foreigner or Eddie Money's daughter has to say and then, next thing I know, it's 3 hours later.   Rikki Rocket actually comes off as pretty well-spoken compared to some of the other goofballs.  

 

[SteevieG]

This might be my last quickie...

21. Alice Cooper

TOTAL STRETCH, this 80's catalog or hell, even 70's catalog for that matter isn't much to get excited about, in my book.. but what an influence, magnanimous human being, just a ####### great guy.  I'd have wedged him in at 18 but I just couldn't bring myself to put him above anybody else.

This is the kind of person who did so much for other people that you don't hear about because he doesn't need the ring kissing.

Always around, touring, working with people, he managed to get Desmond Child to write him a huge ballad and here we are.  

POISON 

My brush with Alice was at the 2006 Masters Tournament.  He and a woman were walking towards my friend and I and I knew who he was and he knew I knew but I didn't bother him.  We made eye contact, did the obligatory head nods and he continued on his way.  

 

[Binky The Doormat]

TOTAL STRETCH, this 80's catalog or hell, even 70's catalog for that matter isn't much to get excited about, in my book.

wow ...

enjoying the thread, but I haven't seen a band that is worthy of bringing Vince a Budweiser so far ...and don't expect more than a handful

 

[zamboni]

Rikki Rocket is a frequent contributor on some AXS TV show that I seem to accidently binge a couple of nights a week.  Top 10 Songs with a Color in the Title or Top 10 Artists from Canada or some other clickbait theme.  I'll just be flipping channels, stop on AXS at 8:10 to hear what the guitarist from Foreigner or Eddie Money's daughter has to say and then, next thing I know, it's 3 hours later.   Rikki Rocket actually comes off as pretty well-spoken compared to some of the other goofballs.  

I've seen that top 10 show on AXS more times than I should. Usually with the perky blonde Katie Daryl

 

[plinko]

wow ...

enjoying the thread, but I haven't seen a band that is worthy of bringing Vince a Budweiser so far ...and don't expect more than a handful

my deepest apologies

This next one is going to take a while to piece together.  Mix and match 21-25 to your liking... we're on to the top 20!!

 

[DocHolliday]

I finally saw him live about 10 years ago at Jiffy Lube Pavilion in Manassas. He opened for Iron Maiden. There were 5 of us around-50-ish and we all went there for Vince, except one guy who was a big Maiden fan.

Alice Cooper killed it. He wasn't able to use the whole stage (because Maiden had a bunch of their #### up there), but it was still a great show. He had a fantastic band, including that lady guitar player (Oriantha or something like that, is her name) - good God, she could play. He played quite a few of his 80s stuff, IIRC, and it all sounded great.

All accounts I've read and seen about Cooper talks about how generous he is with younger musicians and how many he helped get started. 

I liked a few Alice Cooper tunes but was not really much of a fan and didn’t get the love until I saw him live. I only saw him by accident.   A coworker had tickets to see Crue and couldn’t go and offered me the tickets for almost nothing so I went just for something to do.  It was 2015 and  I didn’t want to see Crue again because they weren’t good the last time I had seen them a few years earlier.  

Cooper was a fantastic performer and was fantastic.  The hot female guitarist was killer.   The show was interesting with all the stage tricks.   Crue sucked as predicted since Vince can’t sing. 

 

[plinko]

Should just make this the short one because who gives a rat's ###

20. Whitesnake

Here I Go Again

I feel so free!

Just kidding, I still have to figure out the Sykes stuff, and whether everyone is just dancing around a coke issue..

 

[DocHolliday]

I always enjoyed Mama’s Fallen Angel. Great riff and chorus. 

I hate Poison since they were exactly what was wrong with hair bands.  They were pretty guys that couldn’t play music very well and acted like clowns.    There were so many better bands with better songs and chops.  As much as I hate to admit it though, I do enjoy a few of their songs and love the guitar sound on the first album.

I have mentioned this before but my acoustic duo does Every Rose at certain bars because the crowd loves it and the crowd sings it for me most nights.  The song is annoying but it’s great to see people have fun.  

 

[scorchy]

I've seen that top 10 show on AXS more times than I should. Usually with the perky blonde Katie Daryl

She certainly wears those really tight dresses very well.

 

[Todem]

Should just make this the short one because who gives a rat's ###

20. Whitesnake

Here I Go Again

I feel so free!

Just kidding, I still have to figure out the Sykes stuff, and whether everyone is just dancing around a coke issue..

Whitesnake were monsters......David Coverdale IMO is one of the top 3 best voices of 80’s power rock. The guy has serious pipes and such a tone.....lord. What a lead singer. 

Funny one their greatest songs would come in 2011 with the title track called:

Forevermore

https://youtu.be/t1_KJxqAhn4

This is the mother of all Power Ballads people. Give it a listen....and crank this ##### to 11

So freaking awesome.

Doug Aldrich and Reb Beech on the guitars......man this is a magical song and so magnanimous!!!

 

[zamboni]

Definitely a bigger fan of the early Whitesnake days with Jon Lord and Cozy Powell in fold.

I thought the very Zeppelin-esque Slow an' Easy was them at their best.

 

[plinko]

Definitely a bigger fan of the early Whitesnake days with Jon Lord and Cozy Powell in fold.

I thought the very Zeppelin-esque Slow an' Easy was them at their best.

Just caught me listening to Need Your Love So Bad

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Should just make this the short one because who gives a rat's ###

20. Whitesnake

Here I Go Again

I feel so free!

Just kidding, I still have to figure out the Sykes stuff, and whether everyone is just dancing around a coke issue..

I'm still scarred from downloading Here I Go Again in the early days of ITunes and getting the earlier version where the line is "like a hobo, I was born to walk alone" instead of "like a drifter . . . "  They definitely should have consulted their Roget's a little earlier.  

 

[Todem]

I'm still scarred from downloading Here I Go Again in the early days of ITunes and getting the earlier version where the line is "like a hobo, I was born to walk alone" instead of "like a drifter . . . "  They definitely should have consulted their Roget's a little earlier.  

Contrast that garbage tune with "Is This Love". Now that was a gorgeous power ballad that defined the 80’s love ballads for me personally. 

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Gun to my head, I'm a Still of the Night, Slow and Easy type of Whitesnake fan.