Hair Metal

Last thing Michael Starr wants is to have a band that influenced him like Mötley Crüe be mad at him

27 May 2020

Last thing Michael Starr wants is to have a band like Mötley Crüe that influenced him be mad at him Steel Panther frontman Michael Starr was recently interviewed by Elliott Fullam of Little Punk People in advance of the band’s live stream concert on June 7, 2020. Starr addressed the online feud that he became […]

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15 Essential Hair-Metal Videos – The New York Times

27 May 2020

“Rock of Ages” took throbbing rhythms, metal guitars, hip-hop cadences, biblical references and the nonsense German phrase “gunter gleiben glauchen globen,” and blended them into an anthem. The video similarly chewed up Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal,” an absurdly phallic glowing broadsword and the shirtless drummer Rick Allen’s Union Jack shorts. “Rock of Ages” defined […]

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Hair Metal, the CIA, and a Cold War Plot: Wind of Change Is a Thrilling Ride – Vulture

27 May 2020

The elevator pitch is exquisite: What if I told you that “Wind of Change,” the sorta corny but kinda great 1990 power ballad from Scorpions, the German rock band best known for “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” might have actually been written by the CIA? And furthermore, that the song, which upon its release became […]

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Tesla – Signs (Live At Abbey Road Studios)

10 March 2020

Tesla visited famed iconic recording studio Abbey Road Studios for a one-night musical event capturing the band performing songs from their legendary arsenal including “Love Song” and “What You Give” along with their classic covers of “Signs” and “We Can Work It Out.” Additionally, the band performed live for the first-time-ever their new song “California […]

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Dirty Looks – Oh! Ruby

05 March 2020

Official video from their major label debut “Cool From The Wire” in 1988 by Atlantic Records. Before signing to Atlantic, Dirty Looks released independently three albums and one EP. The above video got substantial airplay on MTV and got them established as a major force within the California Hair Metal scene Baby is good. Baby’s […]

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Saigon Kick – I Love You

05 March 2020

Official video from the album “Water” released by Atlantic in 1993. “Water” is the first Saigon Kick album to feature bassist Chris McLernon and the first to feature guitarist Jason Bieler on lead vocals I may not be the man I wanted to I may not be the king of wit I may not know […]

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Steel Panther – Heavy Metal Rules

10 January 2020

Couldnʼt make no money as a singer Didnʼt seem to get too far So I sell pot brownies and Vicodin From the back seat of my car Movinʼ back to Chicago Gonna rest my achinʼ head Spotify took my last 2 cents And the butter for my bread Gene Simmons said it Rock and roll […]

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W.A.S.P. – Still Not Black Enough (Full Album)

02 January 2020

Still Not Black Enough is the sixth studio album by W.A.S.P., first released in June 1995 in Japan only. It was not released in the U.S. until August 1996 through Castle Records. Still Not Black Enough was originally slated for release as a Blackie Lawless solo album, but due to the heavy content, Lawless changed […]

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