Billy Squier - The StrokeBilly Squier - My Kinda LoverBilly Squier - Emotions In MotionStarz - Detroit GirlsStarz - Cherry BabyRex Smith - Do MeRex Smith - Ten Seconds Of LoveRex Smith - Call Her "Easy"Teaze - Hot To TrotTeaze - Red Hot ReadyTed Nugent - Wango Tango
Who's gonna host the pole dancing competition? I hear they're all the rage.
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 21 August 2010 12:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah, funk-pop-metal. Was just looking at "Cherry Pie" on the list and thinking how White Trash - "Apple Pie" is my favourite crassly jerkish comparison of possibly-underage girl to baked fruit+pastry product by a band beginning with W in that brief pre-Nevermind stretch of the 90s
(ok, I was reminded of it because I always have to stop and think for a minute to remember which is which. this post is not a nomination, I guess, just a musing)
― vampire headphase (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 21 August 2010 13:08 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL - White Trash.
― meat by mistake (kkvgz), Saturday, 21 August 2010 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah been caught stealing totally belongs. They were glam. As with the manics and redd kross, you can be glam & alt rock at the same time, but glam fans still liked them. Janes were the alt rock band glam fans, who generally hated alt rock, liked.
How about Enuff Z Nuff?Im guessing Jellyfish is a no? (i never liked them but knew loads who did)AOR bands I assume can qualify? I knew people who inexplicably liked Crown Of Thorns (google the singers hair!!)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 21 August 2010 13:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://images.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGPORTRAITS/music/portrait200/drp000/p046/p04664y76j8.jpghttp://myplay.com/files/brightcove_stills/272967_14208860.jpg
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 21 August 2010 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Sad for GLJ but that was probably a fair call. Maybe not sufficiently glam but...
Survivor - Eye of the TigerRainbow - I Surrender
― Chaim Poutine (NickB), Saturday, 21 August 2010 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 21 August 2010 13:42 (thirteen years ago) link
If nothing else, "Jealous" certainly belongs in this poll. That track was LA glam all the way.
― Sun Tea (Pillbox), Saturday, 21 August 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Nominations for Thin Lizzy, White Zombie, and (for fuck's sake) the Manic Street Preachers almost makes me not want to participate in this thread. Clearly, some of you were jamming Mr. Mister when Bon Jovi ruled the airwaves.
Also, no mention of Trixter? Skid Row fer chrissakes?
Trixter - Give It To Me GoodSkid Row - Youth Gone WildSkid Row - I Remember YouWinger - Miles Away
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 21 August 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Might as well complete the GNR singles...
Guns N' Roses - November RainGuns N' Roses - EstrangedGuns N' Roses - Don't CryGuns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
― sofatruck, Saturday, 21 August 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
xp: if you don't think Thin Lizzy belongs here, I just don't know.
― meat by mistake (kkvgz), Saturday, 21 August 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
it's funny how just 1 or 2 bands can make people froth at the mouth at a poll with hundreds of others in it.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 21 August 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Trixter were so precious with their dirtbikes and barbecues.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 21 August 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
AC/DC - It's a Long Way to the TopOzzy Osbourne - Flying High AgainVan Halen - Panama
― Darin, Saturday, 21 August 2010 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Wildhearts - My Baby Is A Headfuck
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 22 August 2010 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Foreigner - Cold As IceForeigner - Feels Like The First TimeVan Halen - Runnin' With The DevilToronto - Your Daddy Don't KnowWinger - Seventeen
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:01 (thirteen years ago) link
ZZ Top - LegsVan Halen - Top JimmyMichael Jackson - Beat ItPrince - Let's Go Crazy
― Ioannis, Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Is there a limit on nominations? I may have exceeded it by now I think
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Matt, you can have mine.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 22 August 2010 10:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Quiet Riot - Love's a Bitch Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 22 August 2010 11:15 (thirteen years ago) link
See, the thing is, I prefer Thin Lizzy to pretty much every other band on this thread. What I'm saying is it's totally revisionist to put them on any list that also includes Cinderella and Ratt. If the shit wasn't on Dial MTV, wasn't from LA, and wasn't played at every redneck senior prom from 82-90, it probably doesn't belong here.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 22 August 2010 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link
For proto hair-metal purposes ...
UFO - Doctor DoctorUFO - Only You Can Rock MeUFO - Lonely Heart
Also some pre-Slippery JBJBon Jovi - Runaway
― ithappens, Sunday, 22 August 2010 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess I'm against the 'proto' thing here. Doesn't make a lot of sense. You could argue that Sabbath was an influence on these guys, but so was fuckin' Springsteen and Southside Johnny. Where does it end?
Anyway, has anyone nominated "Don't Close Your Eyes" by Kix?
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Sunday, 22 August 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I take your point, and had originally thought of limiting the requirements to "Dial MTV, LA, etc" like you suggest, but if you exclude "proto hair-metal", do you exclude KISS, AC/DC, etc.? Those were some of the groups who weren't getting enough attention in the other poll because they didn't fit the mass definition of metal. I mean, the "If only more strippers voted" joke was in response to You Shook Me All Night Long not making it.
Now, I know there are problems because not every Thin Lizzy song could be called hair metal. Perhaps I'm a little prejudiced because my introduction to Thin Lizzy was through Bon Jovi's cover on "Stairway to Heaven, Highway to Hell." Anyone else have any thoughts?
― meat by mistake (kkvgz), Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I learned about Thin Lizzy in the first place by reading mags like Circus and Hit Parader in the '80s, when hair metal bands would talk about them with reverence. They don't fall in the Sunset Strip category for sure, but thankfully it's a HARD ROCK and Hair Metal poll.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I think that stripper compatibility is the deal-breaker here. Could you imagine a stripper gyrating to, say, Immigrant Song? Just about. Stairway To heaven? No. So, one counts and the other doesn't (ballads are I different matter I admit). There were plenty of bands on the previous poll who had a few songs that fitted the remit even if they weren't generally metal / hard rock bands, so the same can apply here in my opinion. Also, this :
By performers wearing makeup/hairspray/spandex/leather/gypsy scarves and jewelry
which excludes CCR, Springsteen etc but allows for Thin Lizzy, AC/DC (just) and the rest.
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, Phil Mogg's nephew was in The Quireboys so UFO are in just on that.
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Sunday, 22 August 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
gypsy scarves and jewelry
which excludes CCR, Springsteen etc
http://images.radcity.net/6718/3317440.jpg
: )
― meat by mistake (kkvgz), Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Phil Mogg was happy to wear a white jacket with spandex trousers. That's surely a hair metal combo. UFO were hair metal before it was defined - much more than Lizzy, because they had none of the taste for epicry that Lynott had.
― ithappens, Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Ozzy Osbourne / Lita Ford - Close My Eyes Forever
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 22 August 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Joan Jett - I Love Rock n'Rollum, Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer?
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Sunday, 22 August 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Before chuck does it. And it pains me to nominate celtic frost in this, but they did go full on hair metal, so wtf not.
Celtic Frost - Cherry Orchards
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 22 August 2010 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's to hoping they receive zero votes.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 22 August 2010 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Just watched the video in the other thread. So terrible.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 22 August 2010 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://spendingloudnight.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/celtic-frost-cover-2web.jpg?w=600
It wont get any from Celtic Frost fans. Any votes it gets will be for the lols.
1st heard it in like 1992, saw it on Raw Power. It put me off checking their older records for a couple of years. By good luck i knew someone who had them and recorded them for me .
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 22 August 2010 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, the timeless acid-washed jeans, oily bare chest w/ red suspenders look
― Sun Tea (Pillbox), Sunday, 22 August 2010 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Britney Fox - GirlschoolBritney Fox - Long Way to LoveBulletboys - Smooth Up in YaCircus of Power - MachineThe Cult - Fire WomanThe Cult - She Sells SanctuaryDangerous Toys - Teas'n Pleas'nDef Leppard - HysteriaEnuff Z'Nuff - Fly High MichelleEnuff Z-Nuff - New ThingGene Loves Jezebel - JealousGorky Park - BangGreat White - Once Bitten, Twice ShyJoan Jett - I Hate Myself for Loving YouLA Guns - Never EnoughLA Guns - One More ReasonLA Guns - Sex ActionLizzy Borden - Me Against the WorldRatt - Way Cool Jr.Stryper - To Hell with the DevilUgly Kid Joe - Everything About YouVixen - Edge of a Broken HeartWhite Lion - WaitWinger - MadalaineY Kant Tori Read - Cool on Your IslandY Kant Tori Read - The Big Picture
― Sun Tea (Pillbox), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Queensrÿche - EmpireQueensrÿche - Eyes of a StrangerQueensrÿche - Jet City WomanIggy Pop - Cold Metal
― Sun Tea (Pillbox), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
LA Guns - Ballad Of Jayne
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Dudes, there is probably no fucking way I can do this poll. I got a lot of shit going down both at work and at home - I just won't have time in the near future to keep bumping this thread and getting people's emails and tabulating results and shit. If someone else wants to take over, that's cool. If not, we at least have a pretty decent list of awesome songs. Sorry, y'all.
― lavender hotel kumquat (kkvgz), Monday, 30 August 2010 12:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Aerosmith – What It TakesBilly Squier – Lonely Is The NightBilly Squier – In The DarkDio – Holy DiverDio – Rainbow In The DarkDio – The Last In LineLou Gramm – Midnight BlueThe Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called LoveRush – Tom SawyerRush – FreewillRush – LimelightRush – Spirit of RadioSammy Hagar – Three Lock BoxSammy Hagar – I Can’t Drive 55Twisted Sister – We’re Not Gonna Take It
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 30 August 2010 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Fine with me. I'm not permanently burned out on polls, but I'm definitely still recovering from the several we all had back-to-back-to-back.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 August 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Bon Jovi-You Give Love A Bad NameBon Jovi-Born To Be My Baby
― micheline, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I love how you guys ignore kkvgz and just keep posting nominations. One of you could surely volunteer to take over.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
johnny has an excuse, he ran one recently
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm pretty busy myself right now.
― Mr. John "Manalishi" Abbott (Viceroy), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 01:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah dudes, sorry. It's just the only time I can foresee myself ilxing in the near future is from my phone on the bus to and from work, which just isnt optimal conditions to run a poll under.
― landover menace (kkvgz), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 10:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I was looking forward to this.
― Moka, Friday, 22 October 2010 07:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, this poll looked/looks awesome. If it does fall back in the queue of ballot polls, I propose lopping off anything that charts in balls's 70s ROCK tracks - should help separate the stripper-hair-party stuff a little I think. Also, would like to add:
Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 28 October 2012 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
Might not be a good idea if he's doing a top 666. That's a lot of disqualifications!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 28 October 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link