top 10 hair bands of the 80's on AOL's homepage...

[D]

Yes no Bon Jovi

Told u they werent a hair band!


WTF is GNR on that list for?

[Bodhi]

Bon Jovi WAS a hair band...now they are a shitty pop band along the likes of Daughtry, Nickleback and Ashlee Simpson.....i like Bon Jovi though im seeing them in July...but their last few records BLOW

[misterID]

One last thing.

GNR does have a connection with the Glam scene, I've accepted it, but the thing that seperates them from the hair metal pack is the music. And it took balls to go the "anti glam" route at a time when polished pop-hair metal ruled the airwaves. That look was against the grain and really was a risk, because they were raw and raunchy, and very unpretty. Not only did their music exude this, but their image did as well. They did start the view that showed the uncoolness of that scene. I know they did for me.

I think Axl deserves a lot of credit for that.

[aliveonI65]

what about Ratt, Winger and even Nelson...hahahaha!

[Jay Tea]

Early Guns N Roses was not hair metal

but LA Guns and Hollywood Rose totally were.

hmmm

[IndiannaRose]

Bon Jovi WAS a hair band...now they are a shitty pop band along the likes of Daughtry, Nickleback and Ashlee Simpson.....i like Bon Jovi though im seeing them in July...but their last few records BLOW

I would consider Bon Jovi a hair band all the way up to Slippery When Wet. After that, with the release of New Jersey, Keep the Faith, and subsequently These Days, they basically became what I call an 'American Hard Rock' band. Although, beginning with Crush in 2000, they went back to their Pop/Rock roots and added a modern edge/twist to their sound (whether one likes this change or not is purely opinion).

But anyways...

I have never considered Guns N' Roses a 'Hair Metal' band. They might have looked the part in 1985-1986 but they certainly did not have that particular sound. They had what fans smell instantly, and that is realness. For fuck's sake, just look at this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Poi9zDM1wY

Hair Metal? I think not. While GN'R not being that defining blow to Hair Bands' credibility in the '80s, they definately did bring to the spotlight something different to the table as mainstream Rock had been deluded to a mere 'party-like' artform. What I'm speaking of is freshness; freshness to a homogeneous Rock atmosphere. Music fans knew they had something different with Guns N' Roses. Though, while the Seattle movement of late '91 certainly fleshed out a definate Guitar-led culture entrenched by substance unto the limelight, GN'R's success did foreshadow a sort of coming for this type of music.

Like many have said, thought GN'R did not choke Hair Metal's air supply; they provided for the moment.

[mrpukie500]

On the front page of Yahoo right now:

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/32122/the-25-best-hair-metal-bands

At least they are number 1!!!!

[GNRreunioneventually]

YEAH whooooooo KISS #1



thats right






even though my favorite band is number one on that list i have to say that its bullshit

[mrgnrdvd]

1) Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction ensured this volatile bunch of ne'er-do-wells their place in hair-metal history. (And Axl was pretty quick to tone down the aqua-net.) Combining punk, metal and pop in one slamming freight train, Guns n' Roses in one brief flicker of tension jumped to the head of the class and apparently will spend the rest of their days doing other things. Even if Chinese Democracy ever does surface, who will really think of it as the work of Guns N' Roses? Without Slash? Without Izzy? Without Duff? It's like getting a peanut-butter cup with no chocolate, no peanut butter and only an oily rapper.

2) Van Halen
3) New York Dolls
4) Def Leppard
5) Aerosmith
6) Kiss
7) Ozzy Osbourne
Motley Crue
9) Spinal Tap
10) Twisted Sister

[Snafu]

Even if Chinese Democracy ever does surface, who will really think of it as the work of Guns N' Roses? Without Slash? Without Izzy? Without Duff? It's like getting a peanut-butter cup with no chocolate, no peanut butter and only an oily rapper.

Brutal.   

[mrgnrdvd]

The die hards like us will be on board but without the orginial lineup the hype won't be there

[slashisvr]

GNR and "hair metal"