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Post by koolkat on Nov 1, 2005 17:59:40 GMT -5
My vote goes to the Crue... \m/
btw, anyone who votes for Bon fuckin' Jovi must explain why they did such a thing. ;D
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Post by Rit on Nov 1, 2005 18:00:20 GMT -5
no Guns n' Roses?
in that case, i vote for the Def Lep.
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Post by koolkat on Nov 1, 2005 18:04:46 GMT -5
I was gonna put GNR, but I don't think of them in the same vein as those other artists [despite having a lot of hair and making it big in the late 80s, I think of them as more classic rock, less hairspray too]. Besides, they would've won by a landslide, so what would be the point? I know I would've voted for them. I just hope no one complains for not including Night Ranger.  |
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Post by Rit on Nov 1, 2005 18:24:21 GMT -5
Night Ranger is on the list.
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Post by koolkat on Nov 1, 2005 18:28:11 GMT -5
Oops. I thought I took it off... I'm pretty sure I know of someone on these boards who will probably vote for them. |
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 1, 2005 18:46:27 GMT -5
This is sort of like voting for the best tasting poison ... they're all deadly. Damn near killed rock and roll (thank god for Nirvana).
And Night Ranger were probably the worst of the bunch ... I swear if I hear Sister Christian again, I'm gonna hurt somebody. God I hate that song.
Obviously, I'm not voting for any of these bands ... Flock of Seagulls had better hair anyway, as did Duran Duran, and Spandau Ballet, and ...
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Post by Dr. Drum on Nov 1, 2005 21:47:50 GMT -5
Tempted to vote for Bon Jovi, if only to aggravate Riley. Gotta go with Twisted Sister, though, cause I have to admit, dunderhead it may be, but I can still get a kick out of "We’re Not Gonna Take It". |
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Post by phil on Nov 1, 2005 22:53:41 GMT -5
Did they ever recorded another song ... ??
Because if it wasn't for that one
nobody would even remember the name of that band !!
As for the survey here
they're all terrible bands
playing terrible music ...
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Post by phil on Nov 1, 2005 22:59:55 GMT -5
Of course they were a requisite rite of passage
for pimply hormones imbalanced horny teenagers !!
Thank god I was already in my 30's in the early 80's ...
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Post by phil on Nov 1, 2005 23:03:16 GMT -5
We used to call those "Hair and Spandex" bands
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Post by luke on Nov 2, 2005 0:31:42 GMT -5
no Guns n' Roses? in that case, i vote for the Def Lep. Not a hair band! Skid Row had the most talent out of this bunch, unquestionably. Sebastian can fucking wail, and Rachel and Snake are pretty unstoppable. Not to mention that they actually have some metal cred, touring with Pantera. I saw Skid Row minus Bach in town a few years back (I've seen Bach minus Skid Row, too, on KISS' eight kadrillionth farewell tour...but never seen them all together.) They totally fucking rocked out this club, and then we saw them standing outside of some hotel on our way home. I was totally fucking wasted on whiskey, giving these huge high fives to the band and all hugging Rachel and shouting, "fuck Sebastian, ya'll don't need that fucking dude." But even with a story like that, I have to go with the Crue. Shout at the Devil has been one of my favorite albums of all time since I was about four years old. And Too Fast For Love is solid, too. The rest of the career was a watered down version of the beginning, but they kept having kick-ass moments all the way. So I had to vote for them. |
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Nov 2, 2005 4:08:04 GMT -5
This is no fucking contest. While most of those bands are a joke, Slave to the Grind is a great balls-out rock anthem from start to finish; a 4-star album to follow a three-and-a-half star debut. Skid Row were great.
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Post by riley on Nov 2, 2005 7:28:44 GMT -5
I voted for Dokken I can still put on one of their embarassing albums and get caught in the hooks and melodies. George Lynch was the most underated of all the guitarists in those respective bands.
Skid Row would otherwise have been my choice for all the reason Luke and JLLM have mentioned. Bach's wail was untouchable and they walked the line of pretty boys with solid chops and cred better than any of the other hair merchants. To drop Slave to The Grind after selling a zillion copies of their debut based largely on ballads is pretty cool.
I still like Dokken better though.
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Post by Mary on Nov 2, 2005 12:31:14 GMT -5
Absolutely no contest. The Crue fucking OWN this category. Forget Vince Neil and Tommy Lee - it's all about NIKKI SIXX (drool) and MICK MARS (weirdest human being EVER??) I don't really know if I'm voting based on the music (although the thing that can be said for early Crue, at least, is that these boys did not forget the all-important legacy of the New York Dolls - and Shout at the Devil pretty much rocks), the ridiculously over-the-top image, the most decadent of all the decadent hair band lifestyles, or the wonderfully ludicrous Motley Crue "Uncensored" documenary my friend made me watch once. Ooooh not to mention that Motley Crue book that's out now.
C'mon. Hair band = Motley Crue. Their picture ought to be in the dictionary under the word "hair" - there's no fucking contest at all here.
Cheers,
M
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Post by RocDoc on Nov 2, 2005 12:48:00 GMT -5
At what point did 'Glam-rock' morph into 'Hair-metal'? Because to my thinking, there was a linking thread of bands like Mott The Hoople, Bowie's Spiders, late T-Rex...into bands like Hanoi Rocks, possibly the New York Dolls(tho 'glam-punk' would work better there)...and then seemingly suddenly the 'low rent' late-blooming Glam guys (some despite some prog leanings, like Warrant) were saddled with the obviously pejorative 'Hair-metal' term.
Saddled with it probably by folks like those someone here just derisively spat 'Well, they pret' near killed rock and roll' while championing the anti-technical one-chord wonderchild, punk.
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Incidentally(to my question here):
My vote goes for the band who began and actually knew how to play, while in their teens, the sloughed to hell Def Leppard...
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