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This may be my last blog highlighting some of the great hair metal classics over the ages. I'd be remiss if I didn't include Motley Crue. That's one of my favorite band names ever and is so appropriate. Now with the other bands I'm trying to pick some of their great songs, just not the obvious ones. If you are a fan of this era, I highly recommend that you read "The Dirt" by Neil Strauss and the members of the band. Thanks to Strauss's help, this is a highly literate and engaging read. If you want to see into the mind of a heroin addict, read Nikki Sixx's "The Heroin Diaries". As you would guess it's very dark.
"Too Young Too Fall In Love":
"Home Sweet Home":
"Dr. Feelgood":
"Don't Go Away Mad, Just Go Away":
"Looks That Kill":
"Saints of Los Angeles":
Here are some other great bands from the hair metal era. Cinderella's "The Last Mile":
"Somebody Save Me":
"Nobody's Fool":
Skid Row "18 and Life":
This is not Beavis and Butthead's favorite band. Winger's "Seventeen":
Did you ever get the feeling that Stephen Pearcy was a bit of a d bag? Their first couple of CDs were both very good. This is "Lay It Down":
"Dangerous But Worth The Risk":
If I remember correctly, this was the first metal band that broke through in the early 80s. It still took a couple of more years before the hair metal phoenoma to fully flower. Sadly Quiet Riot's singer Kevin Dubrow was found dead in his Las Vegas apartment on November 27th, 2007. The two songs they are known for I think are two of the best songs from the hair metal era.
Quiet Riot's "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)":
"Cum On Feel The Noize":
Twisted Sister (Hard to believe, but now you can buy a CD of Dee Snider singing Broadway songs.)
"I Wanna Rock":
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