Moderators neil Posted March 5, 2019 Moderators Share Posted March 5, 2019 On 12/28/2018 at 4:04 AM, Gay as FOOK said: Glam metal sucks. That's not an opinion borne out of some "it goes against my metal code" bollocks, more something derived from the fact that the musicianship is usually a complete afterthought. You having a laugh? Glam metal has some of the highest technical proficiency in rock music. Watch the below and tell me you can keep that juggernaut of riffage coming while dropping the splits? Just wait until it gets to the solo where Michael Kelly Smith melts your face off with a sonic blast of hot licks.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted March 5, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted March 5, 2019 Glam metal is amazing. Most of the songs are catchy as fuck. The fact the singers are usually weirdos with no self awareness interests me greatly. There's always a payoff as well. Like Bret Michaels almost dying when the stage came down to early. That to me is as good as music gets. Bret nearly getting his head chopped off. "Take that weirdo" I yelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Glam Metal is a bunch of fun if you just donât take it so seriously, much like a bunch of other sub genres of Metal. It gets by on its reputation of debauched backstage antics, something thatâll no doubt become apparent when The Dirt comes on Netflix later this month, the stories of which are down to whether you choose to believe them or not, but there are some really tunes if you look for them and donât just put on Dolph Zigglerâs favourite Motley Crue album (âIâd have to say.......The Best of Mötley CrĂŒeâ). Thereâs still a fair amount of rot within the genre, but go to a glam show and youâll have a good time if you embrace it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 18 hours ago, IANdrewDiceClay said: Glam metal is amazing. Most of the songs are catchy as fuck. The fact the singers are usually weirdos with no self awareness interests me greatly. There's always a payoff as well. Like Bret Michaels almost dying when the stage came down to early. That to me is as good as music gets. Bret nearly getting his head chopped off. "Take that weirdo" I yelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 By "glam metal" we're talking about hair metal? Ratt, Twisted Sister, Poison and whatever else rocked the American suburbs in the mid-80s? They were all shit, and certainly not a patch on the real glam rock, which was fantastic bands like Slade and Mud, from whom the above copied anything good.  Now that's glam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Blog Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Slade are shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wideload90 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 @Joe Blog wrong.  Slade Alive and Slade In Flame are absolute belters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted March 6, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted March 6, 2019 9 hours ago, Brewster McCloud said: By "glam metal" we're talking about hair metal? Ratt, Twisted Sister, Poison and whatever else rocked the American suburbs in the mid-80s? They were all shit, and certainly not a patch on the real glam rock, which was fantastic bands like Slade and Mud, from whom the above copied anything good.  Now that's glam! No, we're taking about glam metal, which is neither hair metal nor glam rock. You can be forgiven slightly though as many ignorant youngsters these days label glam metal bands as hair metal, just because they often had big hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 5 hours ago, Nostalgia Nonce said: No, we're taking about glam metal, which is neither hair metal nor glam rock. You can be forgiven slightly though as many ignorant youngsters these days label glam metal bands as hair metal, just because they often had big hair. OK. So what's the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted March 7, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted March 7, 2019 Sorry, you want me to point out the difference between Twisted Sister and T-Rex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 8, 2019 Author Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2019 On 3/6/2019 at 6:52 PM, Joe Blog said: Slade are shite. Heard some shit in my time.How Does It Feel is an absolute banger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted March 8, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted March 8, 2019 That whole soundtrack and film are both class too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 15 hours ago, Nostalgia Nonce said: Sorry, you want me to point out the difference between Twisted Sister and T-Rex? No, but I would say Twisted Sister are hair metal and T-Rex are glam rock. I'm not sure of the difference between glam metal and hair metal is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 There is no difference, âhair metalâ in the 80s is an extension of what âglam metalâ was in the 70s. Before âhair metalâ as a phrase got coined in the 80s with the likes of Mötley CrĂŒe, Cinderella, Ratt et al, you had âglam metalâ, which has its roots in the 70s drawing from bands like KISS, Alice Cooper, The New York Dolls, Cheap Trick etc. Even calling those bands âglam metalâ was more of a way to distinguish them from their pop/rock counterparts. âHair metalâ tends to be used as a catch-all term to conjure up that spandex-clad image of a band rather than describing the music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FailedPromoter Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 To bring this thread back on to Paul Stanley, just came across this "gem" of an advert he was in, around the time he was doing Phantom of the Opera. Just before the 00-01 Farewell Tour he was trying to get serious as an actor... So bad it's good. Apparently Folgers dropped this ad pretty quickly after test runs in cinemas.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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