I love this kind of music, especially Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, GnR and Rainbow. And Queensryche. Prog Metal. A decent band if ever i knew one. Oh and Yngwie Malmsteen. He is like God, only Swedish.

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I wouldn't call any of them HAIR bands. You're talking legit metal there.

To me, hair bands (which could be defined as pop metal) were groups like Poison, Striper, Winger, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Ratt, Motley Crue, Night Rider.

I pretty much lived on that stuff. Those were the days when MTV rocked.

Wasn't White Lion the one that did a remake of the Ian Hunter song, "Once Bitten, Twice Shy?" I loved both versions of that one.

Wasn't White Lion the one that did a remake of the Ian Hunter song, "Once Bitten, Twice Shy?" I loved both versions of that one. [/B][/QUOTE]

That was Great White, you shouldnt get these bands mixed up, their styles are very different, but they are both great bands from that era. Personally, I never payed much attention to the song "Once Bitten Twice Shy" until Great White re-made it, if you ask me I think they topped the original version. A friend of mine recently gave me Great White's (Tribute To Zeppelin) cd, its great, those guys did a pretty good job covering my favorite tracks.

-Joseph

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Manowar - Are Kings of Metal and they are very much so 80's yet still kick'n
Brothers 0f Metal

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All I have to say is God bless Metallica.

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Guys, I saw Great White last weekend at a small club outside Tokyo (yes the REAL great white). The only members left from the hit band were the lead singer and the Rythem Guitar/Keys. They still kicked all ass though. I was at stagefront (less than 200 person venue)

80s Metal forever!

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You said it, you know its a shame that there aren't more new bands today who really take pride in their playing, and the complexity of their work. I'm not saying that its the complexity that makes a song, but for every musician its hard to believe that they wouldn't wan't to try and be the best that they can, mastering their instrumrents left and right. What it all comes down to is being impulsive (with enough knowledge to be satisfied with your work.) There are a lot of musicians today who have created a defence re-action where a few chords is all that they need to be happy, (thats true to a certain extent), but for a lot of people they have a habit of attacking something that they don't have. The ability to play those awesome 80's metal solos, its hard to believe that most guitarists today aren't drawn to these sounds, and the overall idea of feeling totally competent with their instuments.

I loved hearimng those long guitar solos on the radio, I never complained because with the much needed duration, it gave you an idea of what your favorite guitarists were all about, where they opened the doors of their personality. If you ask me theres more than a handful of new musicians today who don't know whwther or not they're coming or going. They should forget bout the hair back in the 80's, forget about the overall image and focus on the overall sound from that era, because it really said alot about their attitude towards their instruments. And it expressed a great deal of happiness, and optimism..

-Joseph

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