i was just seeing if anyone liked any rock bands from the 80's. heres a few i like guns n roses, l.a. guns, ratt, dokken, def leppard, black crowes, quireboys, bon jovi, twisted sister, quiet riot, bulletboys, poison, motley crue, cinderella, warrant, skid row, enuff znuff, every mothers nightmare, bang tango. anyones thoughts on these bands or any other band you like from the 80's/ maybe this will help keep the setlist complaining down and you can complain about these bands.



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yes i like some rockbands from the 80's like Def Leppard,Guns'n'Roses,Twisted sister,Van Halen,Dire Straits,Bon Jovi,Traveling Wilburys:-D

Annah!!!

well van halen and dire straits were from the 70's. i forgot the travelin wilburys even though it was comprised of musicians from other decades.

x



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THE FIRM ,that might not count for 80s but there two albums were out 85/86.At the time people complained it wasn't Zepp. or FREE! the Blind Faith of the 80s

Beelyboy Wrote:
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> if you're talkin' priest or ac/dc kinda hard
> stuff... hellya!
>
> of all that hollywood hairband stuff...
> ...my guilty pleasure is the first crue album 'too
> fast for love'
> very early 80's...think it's brilliant...roy
> thomas baker re-mixed, and put an overdub or two
> upon their 'leathur' records indie release...and
> it was powerhouse killer...
> totally off it's nut out there...down to the
> ultra-glam sticky fingers cover art...the band was
> great...tommy lee a relevation...master of
> punctuation and power...what the hell happened so
> relatively fast???
> a cut or two on the second album...the rest
> cartoons...
> i am relatively very ashamed to admit this...
> cause most everything else they did was, for me...
> very mediocre to very heavy-bad, to just
> irrelevant...
> another one album; but what an album, kinda band.
>
> but historical props are due based on this debut.
> ok. slam away.
> but i have to stand by
> too fast for love.
> every track.

i remember you saying that about the crue when i had a thread askin if anyone liked twisted sister. each band had at least 1 big album that was important to music. anyone noticed at the beggining of the 80's the bands who were big were more metal than at the end. at the begining was judas priest, iron maiden, motley crue, twisted sister, w.a.s.p., dokken, ratt, quiet riot, def leppard, motorhead, ozzy osbourne, saxon, venom. then at the end of the 80's it was bon jovi, poison, warrant, winger, skid row, great white, enuff znuff, firehouse, guns n roses, l.a. guns, slaughter, cinderella, whitesnake, white lion. other than guns n roses and l.a. guns all the newer bands were softer. motley crue, iron maiden, judas priest, ozzy, w.a.s.p., ratt, dokken def leppard were all softer too or had a period were they were less metal sounding. twisted sister and quiet riot had broken up. the thrash metal bands were keeping the heaviness going though. i'm gonna put up a list of what i think is essential 80's hard rock albums on this thread.

essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's.
quiet riot-metal health
ozzy osbourne-'blizzard of ozz' and 'diary of a madman'
twisted sister-'stay hungry' and 'you can't stop rock n roll'
motorhead-ace of spades
whitesnake-s/t
poison-open up and say ahhhh
motley crue-'shout at the devil' and 'dr feelgood'
metallica-'master of puppets' and 'and justice for all'
megadeth-'peace sells' and 'rust in piece'
anthrax-among the living
slayer-'reign in blood' and 'seasons in the abyss'
bon jovi-'new jersey' and 'slippery when wet'
warrant-cherry pie
ratt-out of the cellar
judas priest-'british steel' and 'painkiller'
iron maiden-'the number of the beast' and 'seventh son of a seventh son'
w.a.s.p.-'s/t' and 'headless children'
cinderella-long cold winter
guns n roses-appetite for destruction
l.a. guns-'cocked and loaded'
def leppard-'pyromania' and 'hysteria'
van halen-'1984' and '5150'
david lee roth-eat'em and smile
sammy hagar-standing hampton
skid row-s/t
winger-in the heart of the young
white lion-pride
firehouse-s/t
dokken-back for the attack
slaughter-stick it to ya
aerosmith-pump
black crowes-shake your money maker
quireboys-a bit of what you fancy
hanoi rocks-two steps from the move
ac/dc-back in black
enuff z'nuff-s/t
yngwie malmsteen-rising force
every mother's nightmare-s/t
manowar-fighting the world
pantera-cowboys from hell
the cult-sonic temple
KISS- creatures of the night
alice cooper- trash

yes i know a few of these are from the year 1990 but i think they still count.



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judas priest screaming for vengance; like the double git action a lot. and the vokes...
and it was in the 80's that 70's band Ramones were still out on the road blowing almost everything else away imo...that loco live (barcelona) concert drives me wild. do you remember rock and roll radio...
not really an 80's band...the ramones snuck up on meh there for a sec...

ratt; interesting band but i've only heard their first LP....

saw G&R warm up for The Rolling Stones in the L.A. stop SW tour.
i was truly amazed at the power, volume and earth shaking soul of that rock and roll band...back when adler was the drummer (that's was the "roll" factor that helped make them so powerful imo...they were really incredible; i was surprised and knocked right out. they shook the entire coliseum; it was pretty amazing and the sound was just amazing.



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Motley Crue kicks ass, rocks and rolls... one of the very greatest rock bands of all time, and easily one of the best American...

just keeping my fingers crossed that Mick Mars can do another MC tour, the guy is so talented...

GNR was cool in the 80's, what Axl's doing these days is a travesty. Izzy Stradlin has a cool career, but very low key.
Hanoi Rocks was the COOLEST hard rock band, and it's good to have 'em around again.

Hanoi Rocks
The Cult
Guns'n'Roses (wouldn't have made it if it wasn't for Hanoi Rocks though)

oh, Cult... very good

Jesus dude, yeah, I pretty much like all the bands you mentioned.

If you like Bang Tango, have you heard Joe Leste's new band 'Beautiful Creatures'? their eponymous debut album is killer - if you ain't got it got get it, you won't regret it. the follow up 'Duece' is ok but not as good as the first.

Have to admit, I can't understand why you haven't been cricified, yet, usually, any mention of dreaded 80's rock, get surged upon with venom on this board.

keefriffhard4life Wrote:
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> i was just seeing if anyone liked any rock bands
> from the 80's. heres a few i like guns n roses,
> l.a. guns, ratt, dokken, def leppard, black
> crowes, quireboys, bon jovi, twisted sister, quiet
> riot, bulletboys, poison, motley crue, cinderella,
> warrant, skid row, enuff znuff, every mothers
> nightmare, bang tango. anyones thoughts on these
> bands or any other band you like from the 80's/



yes - theyre all shite

> maybe this will help keep the setlist complaining
> down and you can complain about these bands.


why should I or anyone need to 'complain' about bands I dont like, dont care about or wouldnt know if I fell over them on a Rolling Stones site?



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80's hair bands were a bad joke in the 80's...nothings changed.

well not everyone i named was an 80's hair band especially when you read that list of albums to get from 1980-1990. aerosmith, pantera, metallica, black crowes, megadeth are 80's hair metal?


and to the guy who said what axl is doing name is a joke or travesty or whatever, guns n roses were popular from '86-'94. thats 8 years and while working on the next album everyone has quit. if axl wrote music for guns n roses and they quit cause he was taking to long why should he call it a different name? the rolling stones have been a popular band for 44 years and they are down to 3 original members, maybe only 2 after this year yet they still call themselves the rolling stones. and wasn't brian the original leader and creative figure when they first started he formed the group i think but what happened when he quit? still called the rolling stones. i love them but it did turn into the keith and mick show with a backing band after jones quit,mick taylor quit and especially bill wyman quiting.



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The Cult - good call. Electric is still one of my favorite albums ever.

I prefer the early 80's bands that were part of that British metal invasion like Priest, Maiden, Whitesnake, Leppard, Saxon, Motorhead and Scorpions (German). I realize some of these bands started in the late 70's but they didn't get popular until the 80's.
The only LA hair bands that I like were Crue, G'N'R and LA Guns.

boy i think only a few are essential..but tastes vary




keefriffhard4life Wrote:
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> essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's.
> quiet riot-metal health

garbage...best song is a cover of a slade song if memory serves

> ozzy osbourne-'blizzard of ozz' and 'diary of a
> madman'

crap compared to sabbath's first four which are seminal

> twisted sister-'stay hungry' and 'you can't stop
> rock n roll'

crap

> motorhead-ace of spades

fabulous

> whitesnake-s/t

is this the one with "is this love"?? its a joke to include this right? who listens to this?

> poison-open up and say ahhhh

i can't take this seriously..

> motley crue-'shout at the devil' and 'dr
> feelgood'

crap.. too fast as has been mentioned is good..

> metallica-'master of puppets' and 'and justice for
> all'

personall i like kill them all the best..by far.. master of puppets is good..and justice is where the end begins..

> megadeth-'peace sells' and 'rust in piece'

now you're talking

> anthrax-among the living

not familiar

> slayer-'reign in blood' and 'seasons in the
> abyss'

not familiar

> bon jovi-'new jersey' and 'slippery when wet'

unlistenable

> warrant-cherry pie

crap

> ratt-out of the cellar

crap

> judas priest-'british steel' and 'painkiller'

not terrible

> iron maiden-'the number of the beast' and 'seventh
> son of a seventh son'

seventh son was the worse album yet though can i play with madness was cool...but seventh son signaled the end was near..

> w.a.s.p.-'s/t' and 'headless children'
> cinderella-long cold winter

has its moments even for me..

> guns n roses-appetite for destruction

well.. a perfect album

> l.a. guns-'cocked and loaded'

overrated cause of the gnr connection

> def leppard-'pyromania' and 'hysteria'

pop metal

> van halen-'1984' and '5150'

i like van halen but van hagar sucks

> david lee roth-eat'em and smile

great band... if memory serves both steve vai and tommy sheehan were on this..smoking band!

> sammy hagar-standing hampton

see van hagar

> skid row-s/t

crap

> winger-in the heart of the young

close to as bad as it gets

> white lion-pride

close to as bad as it gets

> firehouse-s/t

this is a joke right?

> dokken-back for the attack

not familiar

> slaughter-stick it to ya

as bad as it gets

> aerosmith-pump

has its moments

> black crowes-shake your money maker

pretty good

> quireboys-a bit of what you fancy

not familiar

> hanoi rocks-two steps from the move

very importante

> ac/dc-back in black

the greatest hard rock album of all time? just may be


> enuff z'nuff-s/t

oh no

> yngwie malmsteen-rising force

never got the malmsteen... but i know some swear by it..

> every mother's nightmare-s/t
> manowar-fighting the world
> pantera-cowboys from hell
> the cult-sonic temple

electric is 10 times better! sonic temple was the beginning of the end

> yes i know a few of these are from the year 1990
> but i think they still count.

i'm actually glad you agreed with the megadeth choices stoned_in_dc. everyone says metallica is so much better when in fact megadeth always seemed to offer more. you should give the few that you were unfamilar with a listen. now how can quiet riot's metal health, the album that broke metal into the mainstream, be unessential? it was the first "metal" album with a number one hit and first to hit number one on the album charts. twisted sister is awesome and lemmy from motorhead adores them thats how they broke big in england in 1983 before they made in big in america in 1984. listen to the first two albums, pure metal. i put the second and third albums because stay hungry in a genre defined album. how can whitesnake not be taken seriously? coverdale sings his ass off. the others you said could go either way as essential. if you are a fan of pop metal they are ,if not then they are not. but why bad mouth enuff z'nuff? they were cheap trick mixed with the beatles and only the image got them a bad rep because they were fitting in with pop metal look even though they aren't.



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Pat Benetar last wk. chippy pic from da 6th row , her lungs sound great

I liked the early 80's bands..Priest,Iron Maiden.Too fast For Love was a great album and then Motley Crue had a few good songs on later albums.
Metallica and Slayer,Motorhead..great
AC/DC..Back In Black..perfect
Ozzy..I'll always love Ozzy
Guns and Roses may have come a little later but I' love them.
Then there was a whole lotta bad
BonJovi
Poison
Warrant
need I go on
Twisted Sister was a guilty pleasure...The video for I Wanna Rock was funny
For those of us in our early to late teens at that time I suppose we will have fond memories of some of that music even if alot of it was awful

keefriffhard4life Wrote:
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> essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's.
> quiet riot-metal health
> ozzy osbourne-'blizzard of ozz' and 'diary of a
> madman'
> twisted sister-'stay hungry' and 'you can't stop
> rock n roll'
> motorhead-ace of spades
> whitesnake-s/t
> poison-open up and say ahhhh
> motley crue-'shout at the devil' and 'dr
> feelgood'
> metallica-'master of puppets' and 'and justice for
> all'
> megadeth-'peace sells' and 'rust in piece'
> anthrax-among the living
> slayer-'reign in blood' and 'seasons in the
> abyss'
> bon jovi-'new jersey' and 'slippery when wet'
> warrant-cherry pie
> ratt-out of the cellar
> judas priest-'british steel' and 'painkiller'
> iron maiden-'the number of the beast' and 'seventh
> son of a seventh son'
> w.a.s.p.-'s/t' and 'headless children'
> cinderella-long cold winter
> guns n roses-appetite for destruction
> l.a. guns-'cocked and loaded'
> def leppard-'pyromania' and 'hysteria'
> van halen-'1984' and '5150'
> david lee roth-eat'em and smile
> sammy hagar-standing hampton
> skid row-s/t
> winger-in the heart of the young
> white lion-pride
> firehouse-s/t
> dokken-back for the attack
> slaughter-stick it to ya
> aerosmith-pump
> black crowes-shake your money maker
> quireboys-a bit of what you fancy
> hanoi rocks-two steps from the move
> ac/dc-back in black
> enuff z'nuff-s/t
> yngwie malmsteen-rising force
> every mother's nightmare-s/t
> manowar-fighting the world
> pantera-cowboys from hell
> the cult-sonic temple
> yes i know a few of these are from the year 1990
> but i think they still count.


Ok Riff- out of all the bands you named, the only ones I like is the Black Crows and AC?DC. Aerosmith has a few songs I like. Other than that, no interest. I'm not knockin what you dig, but its not for me.

don't give me that ole one two, one two three four

My opinions basically coincide with stoned_in_dc's, though I have a few more "unfamiliar." riffhard's list is amazingly broad. I don't see how anyone could like both bon jovi and vintage metallica, let alone classic motorhead.

cc Wrote:
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> My opinions basically coincide with
> stoned_in_dc's, though I have a few more
> "unfamiliar." riffhard's list is amazingly broad.
> I don't see how anyone could like both bon jovi
> and vintage metallica, let alone classic
> motorhead.


so you're saying my list encompesses a lot of 80's hard rock music? i love all of that stuff. all rock and metal from any decade. i like country too but only the older stuff. hate rap. but rock is rock and not everyone loves it like that.

well keefriff (love the handle btw) i definetly can see your points... i just think a lot of that stuff that in the 80s passed for heavy metal or hard rock was really just poseur metal or hair metal or whatever and it did not rock or roll or do anything (other than sell a lot of records of course)..

i think i will admit that def leppard was pretty cool and by all accounts still are.. should not have slagged them... and i guess, now, i can confess i liked whitesnake back in the day!.. but bands like white lion, firehouse, slaughter etc are a disgrace! lets just forget them! the sooner the better!

rust in peace was great album.... they really nailed it on that.. hangar 18 is just a killer track...holy wars too...if memory serves they had a killer new lead guitarist on that (friedman i think)..

stoned_in_dc Wrote:
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> well keefriff (love the handle btw) i definetly
> can see your points... i just think a lot of that
> stuff that in the 80s passed for heavy metal or
> hard rock was really just poseur metal or hair
> metal or whatever and it did not rock or roll or
> do anything (other than sell a lot of records of
> course)..
>
> i think i will admit that def leppard was pretty
> cool and by all accounts still are.. should not
> have slagged them... and i guess, now, i can
> confess i liked whitesnake back in the day!.. but
> bands like white lion, firehouse, slaughter etc
> are a disgrace! lets just forget them! the sooner
> the better!
>
> rust in peace was great album.... they really
> nailed it on that.. hangar 18 is just a killer
> track...holy wars too...if memory serves they had
> a killer new lead guitarist on that (friedman i
> think)..

yes thats his name. megadeth is my second favorite band behind the stones. have you heeard the album from megadeth released in like 2004 i think called "the system has failed". its awesome even though its only dave mustaine now and backing people plus on that album chris poland from the peace sells lineup does guitar work to. btw if you liked chris poland's guitar work on peace sells get the remastered version of rust in peace. the bonus tracks are demos of 3 songs with chris poland doing the guitar parts and solos and they are way better than the friedman versions and the songs feel faster. chris poland was fired in '87 and briefly rehired at the end of '89.

How about:
Midnight Oil
The Angels (Angel City)
Lords of the New Church (Stiv Bators)

keefriffhard4life Wrote:
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> >
> and to the guy who said what axl is doing name is
> a joke or travesty or whatever, guns n roses were
> popular from '86-'94. thats 8 years and while
> working on the next album everyone has quit. if
> axl wrote music for guns n roses and they quit
> cause he was taking to long why should he call it
> a different name? the rolling stones have been a
> popular band for 44 years and they are down to 3
> original members, maybe only 2 after this year yet
> they still call themselves the rolling stones. and
> wasn't brian the original leader and creative
> figure when they first started he formed the group
> i think but what happened when he quit? still
> called the rolling stones. i love them but it did
> turn into the keith and mick show with a backing
> band after jones quit,mick taylor quit and
> especially bill wyman quiting.


Axl didn't write the GNR songs all by himself. Izzy Stradlin was at least as important a writer as Axl. As for the guys leaving the band, even when they were in Axl started bringing in extra players against their wishes, and he also obtained the rights to the name Guns'N Roses. In Helsinki he refused to sign stuff which had been autographed before by any of the original members. Otherwise it must be said he was very nice to the fans, according to the news.
I guess whether the current GNR is a travesty or not is a matter of opinion, I think it crosses the line, since I see it as band hijacked by Axl. It hasn't been nearly as natural an evolution as the Stones have had. (I'm not denying the Stones having had their power struggles as well, but there is a big difference in how it happened - not any prettier tho)
Peace.

Creatures Of The Night by Kiss is a bonafide drum classic.The bands and albums mentioned above all kick ass as did all 80's music,I even like pop bands too.