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Five non-GN'R hair metal albums I like, to give you a jumping-off point:

Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Enuff Z'Nuff - Strength
Cinderella - Night Songs
WildSide - Under the Influence
Fas Terp Ussycat - s/t

(Come at me, Tommy2Tone. I fucking dare you!!!)

Don't like: Extreme, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, W.A.S.P., Vain, Mr. Big

Inspired by the Heavy Bones thread, this post in particular:

daveg wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:39 am 4 AM Tm is great, rest of album is so so.

Cats in Boots on the other hand is awesome. Everyone has that band they think should have been huge. Cats in Boots is mine.

I used to own the Cats in Boots CD and I don't know that I ever listened to it. Rectalfying that now.

Did this guy just say "Somebody get her a Midol"?

T-ride s/t
Beau Nasty - Dirty but well dressed
Nevada Beach - Zero Day
Jesse Strange - Looking for some Strange
Jagged Edge UK - Fuel for your soul

MattleyCrue wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 6:09 pm T-ride s/t
Beau Nasty - Dirty but well dressed
Nevada Beach - Zero Day
Jesse Strange - Looking for some Strange
Jagged Edge UK - Fuel for your soul

Nice! I knew Mattley would come through!

I always liked the first Kix record, but their 3rd, Midnight Dynamite is sort of the more hair metal one...it's got Jim Faraci engineering, and sort of has that Ratt sound.

My all-time classic is Out of the Cellar, but you're not that big a Ratt fan, IIRC.

Banshee - Race Against Time
Hericane Alice - Tear the House Down
Jailhouse - Alive In A Mad World (EP)
Roxx Gang - Things You Never Done
Seduce - Seduce
Seduce - Too Much Ain't Enough
Silent Rage - Shattered Hearts
Silent Rage - Don't Touch Me There
Trouble Tribe - Trouble Tribe

Dillinger - Horses and Hawgs
Guardian - Fire and Love

Roxy Blue: Want Some
Lion: Dangerous Attraction
Hardline: Double Eclipse
Shotgun Messiah: both albums

Britny Fox-Bite Down Hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYMLCtY ... 24FF531875

Asphalt Ballet- Self Titled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6u2PYcX2UM

Sweet F.A. Stick to Your Guns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6u2PYcX2UM.

Sister Whiskey "Liquor and Poker'
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sister+whiske ... mrllbBLXmU

You should all include one that doesn't exist, and see who finds out.

Penny Serenade: Rococo parlour

jens wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 1:18 am You should all include one that doesn't exist, and see who finds out.

Not a bad idea, but I really do want people to listen to Silque Tiger's Steel You Can Feel LP.

jens wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 1:18 am You should all include one that doesn't exist, and see who finds out.

Barfly - No Place Like Home
Whitefoxx - Come Pet the Foxx
Love Grenade - Weaponized
Incrowd - Deadman Syndrome
Straight Up - Faster and Deeper

No, I didn't make all of them up... I even have sone of them on cd.

Sea Hags - s/t

Maybe not... totally hair metal, but... an 80's classic for sure!

Orion The Hunter "So You Ran" > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxAH9VZCR34

Great song and a killer album > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoB_kyc ... OvMqYtCZ0L

Also... the song "Dreamin'" is bad ass!

$tEvil

Sleek wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 6:39 pm I always liked the first Kix record, but their 3rd, Midnight Dynamite is sort of the more hair metal one...it's got Jim Faraci engineering, and sort of has that Ratt sound.

That’s a great album.

Icon - Night of the Crime and/or s/t - two totally different sounds, but both good
Southgang - Group Therapy
another vote for Hardline - Double Eclipse
Danger Danger - Revolve (not really classic, fairly recent comparatively speaking, but good)
Bulletboys - s/t
TNT - Tell No Tales

VinnieVincentsVag wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 2:13 pm

Sleek wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 6:39 pm I always liked the first Kix record, but their 3rd, Midnight Dynamite is sort of the more hair metal one...it's got Jim Faraci engineering, and sort of has that Ratt sound.

That’s a great album.

Thirded. Midnite Dynamite rules.

dmbrocker wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:04 pm My all-time classic is Out of the Cellar, but you're not that big a Ratt fan, IIRC.

I think he is quite familiar with that album and the Kix album.

MetalSludgeCEO wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:54 pm Maybe not... totally hair metal, but... an 80's classic for sure!

Orion The Hunter "So You Ran" > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxAH9VZCR34

Great song and a killer album > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoB_kyc ... OvMqYtCZ0L

Also... the song "Dreamin'" is bad ass!

$tEvil

Thanks for the tip, I’ve never heard about them before. So You Ran at least sounds like a top notch classic AOR cheese, in a great way.

The video is also awesome, Haha The guitarist who is the star of the story is definitely not portayed as a traditional confident 80s alpha guitar hero.

EDIT: Damn, my bad. Only now I actually realised who the guys in the band are and rememberd that this is actually Boston related. Not familiar faces for me. Well, you learn something new every day.

Shark Island - Law of the Order

Bang Tango - Psycho Cafe

Shotgun Messiah - Second

BLUE TEARS is always the first one I think of. They are an obvious cross between Bon Jovi and Def Leppard. Some great songs! They only put out one "official" album but there are a couple demos albums and a "reunion" album with just the singer, one other guy and a drum machine (poor production but good songs on that one).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUkSgee94cE

RIP Gregg Fulkerson!

From the late 90s, Jester - Tales From the Boogieman.

The Throbs - The Language Of Thieves and Vagabonds
Cats In Boots - Kicked and Klawed
Bang Gang - Love Sells
The Ultras - The Complete Handbook Of Songwriting
The Bounty Hunters - Threads (A Tear Stained Scar)

I would recommend Funhouse “Generation Generator “ but someone is obsessed with that cd..ya probably aware of it
One Funhouse > any Queensryche song

TNT - Tell No Tales
Icon - Night Of The Crime
Y&T - Contagious
Strangeways - Walk In The Fire
Giant - Time To Burn

pieceofme wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 10:01 pm

dmbrocker wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:04 pm My all-time classic is Out of the Cellar, but you're not that big a Ratt fan, IIRC.

I think he is quite familiar with that album and the Kix album.

Ratt, yes; Kix, NO. Never really checked anything out pre-BYF. Songs here and there but I'm not sure I've ever listened to a whole album front to back.

Super impressed with the responses here. A handful of these I've never even heard of, looking forward to checking them out.

I should've mentioned I'm slightly resistant to AOR type stuff but I'm fairly open-minded about anything that isn't ska-punk or reactionary politics.

Kings of the Sun - Serpentine

Great band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyEwj4E ... gsofthesun

Chip Z'Hoy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 11:30 am
Ratt, yes; Kix, NO. Never really checked anything out pre-BYF.

This is why I mentioned it. I kind of feel like people only know their BYF era of faux AC/DC hair metal.

The first (ST) and third (MD) records are my favorites.