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Offline Skeever

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Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« on: September 19, 2017, 05:47:30 PM »
I know the genre gets a lot of flack, but I tend to think it's a lot of fun in appropriate measures (like anything else).

Anyway, I think I'd have to go with Ratt. A lot of the other big players of the time came off as just kind of silly, but Ratt seem more like a poppy Judas Priest.

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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2017, 05:48:17 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2017, 06:19:38 PM »
I am still confused with which bands are under this label. Is Extreme a hair band? If so, then they are my favorite.

If not, I would go with Bon Jovi. They are a hair band, right?

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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2017, 06:26:33 PM »
Definitely not Ratt. They were a flash in the pan. They had one headline arena tour in 1985.


Bon Jovi is the answer, even though while I don't really consider them a hair band, they were responsible for Hair Metal's success.

Other than that, you're looking at Motley Crue and Poison.
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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2017, 06:30:09 PM »
I can't speak for everyone here, but I think I got a feeling that some people will say Winger around here as the best "hair" band.

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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2017, 06:30:39 PM »
Some people are crazy.
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2017, 06:33:39 PM »
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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2017, 06:57:56 PM »
I'm thinking White Lion or Ratt .

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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2017, 06:58:42 PM »
Extreme, although they really transcended the hair thing.

Motley Crue were pioneers of the style and probably the best for "pure" hair metal.
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« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2017, 07:06:04 PM »
Extreme, although they really transcended the hair thing.

Motley Crue were pioneers of the style and probably the best for "pure" hair metal.

Extreme with Nuno ( spelling ) , dude could shred . Early MC had some fun tunes actually .

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« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2017, 07:16:24 PM »
Or , if Racer-X can get in on this. Man their cover of " Heart of a Lion " is insane .

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« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2017, 07:26:06 PM »
In terms of talent, Winger would probably be it.  However, I think Motley Crue and Poison are the archetypal hair bands.
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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2017, 08:06:12 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: September 19, 2017, 09:15:52 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2017, 09:20:42 PM »
Based solely on this pic, I'd say Nitro.

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« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2017, 11:00:54 PM »
Winger, cause Tim says so.
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« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2017, 11:24:12 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2017, 12:20:46 AM »
If people consider Van Halen to be a hair band (mainly because every hair band of the 80's tried to rip off Van Halen's music), I'd say Van Halen by far. Though, I wouldn't call VH a hair band, I could see how someone who is uninformed could try to lump them into that category.
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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2017, 01:08:11 AM »
If Bon Jovi count, then Bon Jovi.
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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #20 on: September 20, 2017, 02:04:07 AM »
Wasn't the label "hair metal" and not just "hair"? Although most of the bands were rock, maybe hard rock but not really metal.

Van Halen is no hair metal band, they were around long before hair metal became a thing. Extreme is no hair metal band either. Sure they look like it on their first records (and so does even DT), but their music was way different.

For me White Lion, early Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Cinderella are the best.
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« Reply #21 on: September 20, 2017, 05:03:17 AM »
If people consider Van Halen to be a hair band (mainly because every hair band of the 80's tried to rip off Van Halen's music), I'd say Van Halen by far. Though, I wouldn't call VH a hair band, I could see how someone who is uninformed could try to lump them into that category.

I wouldn't consider them a hair band at all.

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« Reply #22 on: September 20, 2017, 05:20:15 AM »
The BEST Hair Metal band?

Ratt, because, Warren DiMartini.

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« Reply #23 on: September 20, 2017, 06:03:33 AM »
Def Leppard. At their peak (Pyromania and Hysteria) they were about as good as it gets (for 80's hair/glam bands).  Unless we class Guns and Roses as hair?  Then they win.

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« Reply #24 on: September 20, 2017, 06:25:17 AM »
Motley Crue for me. To my ears, their music seemed to have more balls than the rest of the hair bands. Dr. Feelgood alone puts them at the top.
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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #25 on: September 20, 2017, 06:36:06 AM »
Motley Crue for me. To my ears, their music seemed to have more balls than the rest of the hair bands. Dr. Feelgood alone puts them at the top.

I like Dr Feelgood. But I don't feel it's as consistently good as Flesh & Blood by Poison.
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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #26 on: September 20, 2017, 06:53:30 AM »
Motley Crue for me. To my ears, their music seemed to have more balls than the rest of the hair bands. Dr. Feelgood alone puts them at the top.

I like Dr Feelgood. But I don't feel it's as consistently good as Flesh & Blood by Poison.

Personally, I'll take Native Tongue over F&B.

"Best" is such a subjective measurement.

Best = most popular ??
Best = most talented ??
Best = most sales ??
Best = most releases ??

I'd certainly lean towards Crue and Poison as the defining "hair" bands.

Though as for the (imo) best individual album, I'd have to go with Skid Row s/t.
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« Reply #27 on: September 20, 2017, 06:56:36 AM »
You know, I was going to mention Native Tongue but figured it might be a little too obscure. I love Native Tongue, especially Kotzen's backing vocals. And guitar playing. Actually, he said in an interview, on the subject of Poison, that they basically let him write a whole chunk of the album (while boning Mrs Rockett, naturally). In hindsight, it does perhaps sound more like an early Kotzen solo outing rather than a Poison album.
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They certainly looked the part for that album, even though they never sounded like hair metal. But maybe that makes them the best of them all.
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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #29 on: September 20, 2017, 07:12:13 AM »
You know, I was going to mention Native Tongue but figured it might be a little too obscure. I love Native Tongue, especially Kotzen's backing vocals. And guitar playing. Actually, he said in an interview, on the subject of Poison, that they basically let him write a whole chunk of the album (while boning Mrs Rockett, naturally). In hindsight, it does perhaps sound more like an early Kotzen solo outing rather than a Poison album.

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« Reply #30 on: September 20, 2017, 07:21:18 AM »
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Obviously not always a hair band but I don't think many would dispute they were very much so by 1987
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They certainly looked the part for that album, even though they never sounded like hair metal. But maybe that makes them the best of them all.

Is that Hair band, or HEAD Band?

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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #32 on: September 20, 2017, 07:29:46 AM »
Winger..especially when considering their second act (which I consider even more impressive than their first).

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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #33 on: September 20, 2017, 07:32:07 AM »
My favorites:

- Night Ranger
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Re: Who were the best "hair" band? Why?
« Reply #34 on: September 20, 2017, 07:37:39 AM »
From a musical standpoint, I've always loved Dokken.   

But I always answer this question with Motley Crue.  They just completely exemplify the hair band scene.  They lived it, they ruled it, and they wrote great songs on top of it all.  True bad boys of rock and roll.