Best 80's Hair metal musicians

Look past all the hair and make-up and who do you think were the best musicians.

Vocal - Mike Maj*** ...That dude in (Steel Heart)
Guitar - George Lynch (Dokken)
Bass - Billy Sheean (Mr Big)
Drums - Alex Van-Halen
Keyboards - ? Blank

Tesla.... :D

Man when I think back to the good old hair bands GnR has to be tops of my list. What a great list it is though.

I'm not too keen on most hair bands - in my opinion, the only band from that scene in which every member was significantly talented is Queensryche. But there are some other good musicians scattered amongst the other bands - I'll second George Lynch, he's great; like him or not, Jon Bon Jovi (and Ritchie Sambora is a pretty damn good guitarist as well); the drummer from Journey (can't remember his name) is great, too.

Originally Posted by: MAVERIC777Man when I think back to the good old hair bands GnR has to be tops of my list. What a great list it is though.

When I think of "hair bands" I dont really think of GnR. But anyways, I like the guitarists from Skid Row a lot. And the guys from Ratt...Warren DeMartini i believe.

lol... ohhh I sooo remember GnR. I rember getting into a fight after school over who was the better band GnR or Metalica... ahhh ... ohhh wait now im fealing old.... lol

Skid Row most definitely. Slave to the Grind is one of my favorite albums of all time. Every track on there is great.

I think either Paul Gilbert or Reb Beach(Winger Guitarist) was the best guitarist of the 80's.

Reb rocks balls

Metallica...

All you have to do is look up some of their vids from their early days on youtube and you'll agree.... Back when Metallica was actually metal.... and cool.

Originally Posted by: aschlemanMetallica...

I never really thought of Metallica or the other thrash groups as hair bands per se... but if they're counted, I'll put down Megadeth as my favourite.

Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesusI never really thought of Metallica or the other thrash groups as hair bands per se... but if they're counted, I'll put down Megadeth as my favourite.

Ooooh, SNAP! Take that, Lars!

Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesusI'm not too keen on most hair bands - in my opinion, the only band from that scene in which every member was significantly talented is Queensryche. [/QUOTE]

There you go!! I ALWAYS loved Queensryche! Especially Operation Mindcrime. We used to cover the 'Needle Lies' in my band years ago.

[QUOTE=jiujitsu_jesus]I never really thought of Metallica or the other thrash groups as hair bands per se... but if they're counted, I'll put down Megadeth as my favourite.

Still love Megadeth! Seen them many many times in concert over the years.


I did not consider Metallica or Megadeth hair metal either! Best guitarist's of the 80's??? hummm....

Reb Beach
George Lynch
Richie Sambora
Vito Bratta (from White Lion)

Can think of anymore at the moment....

I honestly don't know the difference between hair metal and metal.... I thought hair metal was just any metal band that had big hair? :rolleyes:

I guess I don't know what technicalities there are to distinguish a hair metal band from any other metal band of the 80's...

I guess when I look at 80's music I generally leave "hair metal" out of the classifications all together and just lump them into either glam rock or metal.... Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and GnR are glam/hard rock more than anything...

But as far as 80's metal (hair, or otherwise) goes I'd say my fav musicians are:

Drums: Neil Pert (Rush)
Bass: Cliff Burton (Metallica) or Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big... now of Steve Vai Band)
Lead: Randy Rhoads (Ozzy), young Zakk Wylde (Ozzy), or Slash
Rhythm: Izzy Stradlin (GnR) or James Hettfield
Vocals/Frontman: Axl Rose (minus the ego)...


Hard to narrow all those down since the 80's produced such a wide variety of musicians.... but Eddie Van Halen, Richie Sombora, all of Iron Maiden, Paul Gilbert, Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine, Jason Becker, Steve Vai, George Lynch... on and on... were all great musicians... whether or not they fell into the strange category of "hair metal" I don't know...

Ahhhh hair, metal, glam/hard rock..... any way you look at it that was a great decade of music.

LOL, I dont remember alot PARTY PARTY PARTY :D

Originally Posted by: MAVERIC777lol... ohhh I sooo remember GnR. I rember getting into a fight after school over who was the better band GnR or Metalica... ahhh ... ohhh wait now im fealing old.... lol

If I had a nickel...

Wow, great thread, but sure does make me feel old. LOL
There were several that were not mentioned.
VanHalen without a doubt. (it was mentioned but I just had to say again)
Poison
Winger
The Nuge, Ted that is :)
Faster Pussycat
Boston, Great band, well if you can call it a band, they didn't last long.
J Giels
And one of the best to ever hit the stage.........Queen
Dan

I've always thought of Hair bands as the ones that teased their hair up and kinda looked like Lita Ford. Warrant, Poisen, etc.............
One Band that I thought was alright was Cinderella, who fit the Ballot.

Originally Posted by: dvenetianI've always thought of Hair bands as the ones that teased their hair up and kinda looked like Lita Ford. Warrant, Poisen, etc.............
One Band that I thought was alright was Cinderella, who fit the Ballot.

I liked Cinderella as well (Long Cold Winter) is their best work.

Ahhh wow havent heard Cinderella or faster pussycat in for ever... use to love that song "house of pain". Man this post makes me feal old .....er. lol