Why are they the only hair metal band people remember?
Guns N Roses
for me its motly crue, skid row, hanoi rocks, guns and roses
i also secretly listen to poison and white snake.
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Wouldn't really consider them hair metal at all.
they were the second wave of hair metal, wanting to return to its roots, while everything on mtv, was like pop metal garbage
Because they made the only great hair-metal album.
because they were huge in the early 90's
white snake
same. sometimes I even listen to white lion
Fascinating. They're definitely hair metal though.
Their first album sold way more than other hair metal bands
I never understood why anyone liked hair metal. Such a cringe genre.
people dont like hair metal, but if you are true metal head, one day it might just click, stop taking it too seriously, its just dumb party music
this band and nirvana were relevant at the same time
wild
People remember Van Halen and Def Leppard.
because they had an edge that made them more hard rock and crossover to different crowds that wouldnt touch shit like poison with a 10 foot pole
they were gayer than most hair metal bands
That's why they were so good!
Imagine being David Geffen in the 1980s and going between prime Axl Rose and prime Tom Cruise. If it weren't for AIDS, the '80s would be the best gay decade ever.
70s rock made a comeback
80s synthpop made a comeback
90s alternative and grunge made a comeback
No comeback for hair metal. Why is this?
there was a half assed attempt in the 2000s to bring hair metal back, but it was called sleaze metal instead, most of the bands were swedish and it didnt go anywhere, bands like crash diet
They're a punky Led Zeppelin that gets lumped in with hair metal cause they existed at the same time
TPTB are worried a hair metal resurgence would cause young people to fornicate with each other.
it happened like 10 years ago
youtube.com
everyone died of AIDS
For a while if you went on youtube and looked up Guns N Roses songs you could find comments of people shitting on them who were apparently still invested in the Axl / Kurt feud 10+ years after Kurt was dead and Axl was irrelevant
The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
They weren't full on hair metal. They had a huge hard rock, bluesy, punk rock sound and attitude to them. Their first album actually holds up as a solid hard rock album with grit, with balls, with some rebellious fuck you energy. They were about drinking, smoking, and fucking, hardly any ballads until their 2nd and 3rd album. You can put on appetite for destruction and still enjoy the majority of the album save for 1 or 2 songs.
how does he smell?
No comeback for hair metal.
Terrible
This. They had a dirty, dark and scuzzy vibe with a gritty unpolished sound. Hair metal was all slick let's party, neon superstrats and synchronized stage moves. That all went out when Guns came in.
Did axl really ever keep his hair like that? I thought that was just for welcome to the jungle
TIL Guns n Roses fans seethe mightily when you call Guns n Roses hair metal
note to self: call Guns n Roses hair metal way more often
I didn't like much of it at all, but even I know better to equate them with hair metal. There's a reason why they didn't get the same blowback once grunge and the 90s rolled in.
Axl is one of those rare men who's really too pretty to be a guy, at least before he got old and fat. You can bet he took advantage of it for all it was worth while the getting was good.
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Cause they were actually good?
I thought he rocked the straight hair bandana look mostly, and that he had the big hair just for the video for WTTJ because it was about LA
The big-hair look takes a lot more effort to maintain. Hardly an everyday sort of hairdo.
The time has come to have sex with loads of young boys.