there are so many other good bands that i havent seen mentioned much here LIKE firehouse, tesla, britny fox, damn yankess, saigon kick, dokken, europe (unbelievably.. they do have catchier songs than the final countdown), and nazareth that id like to see more of. artists like alannah myles and lita ford were also really good.
i think they deserve some applause for making not great, but good music.
yes? no?
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The less popular (but still awesome) 80s Glam Bands thread
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fallenangel33
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motleyguy
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So totally agree with you. Perhaps we just haven't gotten around to talking about them seeing as there already are so many things to discuss.
But you are right. The bands you mention are very good but I'm not sure too about Europe.
Rock & roll over babePosted 4 years ago # -
fallenangel33
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ok europe had some catchy songs. fine. nevermind... nevermind europe
Posted 4 years ago # -
carroll13
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Lita made some good songs in The Runaways...
Otherwise(with the possible exception of Dokken...haven't heard them in years, will research), these really aren't very Glam bands...more "Pop Metal".Edit: OK, there's a bit of Glam in there.
I just watched Breaking The Chains on YouTube, and both musically and visually it's so campy and homoerotic that it gets a few Glam points.
I kept laughing...not just at the song, but at myself when I was 12...why did I think THAT was "edgy" music?
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fallenangel33
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theyre still good bands none the less. and generally, most people that ive met that listen to glam listen to these bands too just as much. just wanted to see if anyone else liked em. and by the way, pop metal is the biggest oxymoron on earth. easily.
Posted 4 years ago # -
glamster
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"there are so many other good bands that i havent seen mentioned much here LIKE firehouse, tesla, britny fox, damn yankess, saigon kick, dokken, europe (unbelievably.. they do have catchier songs than the final countdown), and nazareth that id like to see more of. artists like alannah myles and lita ford were also really good.
i think they deserve some applause for making not great, but good music.
yes? no?"
- fallenangel33Nazareth is poignant given the time of year.
*cheerz&glamrock.com*bobbyPosted 4 years ago # -
fallenangel33
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the time of year?
Posted 4 years ago # -
carroll13
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pop metal is the biggest oxymoron on earth. easily."
- fallenangel33Not really, Pop isn't a style of music so much as a structure....even Iron Man has a Pop structure...any "verse/chorus/verse" song has a pop structure.
What I meant by "pop" here was "softened and made friendly to a mass audience".
Most Glam does that to some extent, because one of the main themes of Glam is fame, but there's a lot of 80s Hair Metal bands that took that "pop sensibility" to extremes, and sacrificed both the Glam and Metal aspects of their music....if they ever had any..to make money and bang chicks.
...not that I'm against making money or banging chicks...but, you know, work on making the music a bit and get MORE of both...don't play macho and pretend you have anything to do with Glam rock..*cough*SkidRow*cough*Posted 4 years ago # -
carroll13
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I loved a Nazareth song when I was 15...
But then Def Leppard made a song of the same name and ruined it for me.Edit:
Damn I'm old(and have had beer)
OK, the Def Leppard song is Love Bites..but it still wrecked Love Hurts for me for years.
Love Hurts sounds pretty good tonight, really..
...but nothing to do with Glam.Posted 4 years ago # -
glamster
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Pop culture
Pop psychology
Pop MusicPOP = Popular
Don't overthink it. Calling something pop can only be done after the event. The event being achieving popularity.
There's ain't no structure to it nor can it be predicted. It happens and after it does and it is popular, can then the Pop prefix be applied.
*cheerz&glamrock.com*bobbyPosted 4 years ago # -
fallenangel33
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just the idea of pop metal sounds funny to me when i think thrash, black, death, or heavy metal.
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carroll13
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"Pop culture
Pop psychology
Pop Music
POP = Popular
Don't overthink it. Calling something pop can only be done after the event. The event being achieving popularity.
There's ain't no structure to it nor can it be predicted. It happens and after it does and it is popular, can then the Pop prefix be applied."- glamsterActually no..(but also yes)
Pop(ular) music has been around for over a hundred years now.
The structure of a Pop song has been evident almost as long. Structuring a song in that way is what makes the difference between a Pop song, like Girls Girls Girls or Love Me Do, and a non Pop song like In The Beginning or Revolution #9.
"verse/verse/chorus/verse"="A/A/B/A"= a "I/IV/V" chord progession...that's a Pop song, because the structure of the song is made in a way that is accessible to the widest audience possible.
Most Rock(all genres), Country, and modern Blues has a Pop structure.
Going beyond that, many 80s Metal bands(Glam/Hair and not) worked hard to sound "aggressive" but used a lot of production to make themselves "accessible", smoothing out the rough edges, and covering up dissonance(missing that dissonance can lend a bit of "edge")in the guitar sound.
Why? Because they wanted to be "radio friendly" and POPular.
"Pop" can be as much or more about the goal of the musician(or the writer) as the end result.I think we'd both be hard pressed to think of any Pop songs from the last 90 years that didn't follow this structure.
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Syndrome477
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I thought the Culture Club made some good music. Nobody mentions them either. They were very camp. Especially Boy George - completely "out there". LOL
George Clinton too."I even had a little mini skirt and waistcoat made for Wig Wam Bam. The skirt was so short, my undercart hung beneath the hem. I thought it best to keep my underwear on"-Steve PriestPosted 4 years ago # -
carroll13
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Boy George has enough Glam in his few remaining nosehairs to kill Don Dokken...
Posted 4 years ago # -
Syndrome477
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Few remaining nosehairs...lmao...yeah he does!"Boy George has enough Glam in his few remaining nosehairs to kill Don Dokken...
"
- carroll13"I even had a little mini skirt and waistcoat made for Wig Wam Bam. The skirt was so short, my undercart hung beneath the hem. I thought it best to keep my underwear on"-Steve PriestPosted 4 years ago # -
carroll13
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...I'm glad someone caught that.
Posted 4 years ago # -
Syndrome477
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Yeah I caught it...he doesn't look too good lately does he?
"I even had a little mini skirt and waistcoat made for Wig Wam Bam. The skirt was so short, my undercart hung beneath the hem. I thought it best to keep my underwear on"-Steve PriestPosted 4 years ago # -
AniseedRock22350
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the time of year being christmas is my guess--why is there no band called Bethlehem lol?
"I Want Some Glam RockingZ in My StockingZ!!!" Posted 4 years ago # -
JerseyBoy
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Firehouse brings back good memories. I used to nightstock at a grocery store back when they were popular. Everytime "Don't treat me bad" would come on we'd run to the backroom and crank it up. Those few customers in the store at 2am would look at us like we were nuts but you couldn't but crank up that song
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AniseedRock22350
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the losers at the supermarket i work at...generally sneak and turn it lower when something half decent comes on...meanies!
"I Want Some Glam RockingZ in My StockingZ!!!" Posted 4 years ago # -
niki
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"I thought the Culture Club made some good music. Nobody mentions them either. They were very camp. Especially Boy George - completely "out there". LOL
George Clinton too."
- Syndrome477If you could see my closet, you would think that George Clinton had raided mine.
I have been told this more than once and its always the "normal" people that tell me so. Then I smile and nod my head to continue about my day or night.
Posted 4 years ago # -
dimmuborgirgal
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I agree, I adore Tesla, Dokken and Damn Yankees. I never was much of a Britney Fox fan though.
Posted 4 years ago # -
RcksAngl
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Tesla,Firehouse,Damn Yankees are all Great Bands,I've seen all three in concert and all of them put on a great live show!!I've met the guys from Firehouse all 3 times that I've seen them most recently was just last year!!I also met Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades from Damn Yankees!!All the guys in Firehouse are Sweethearts,Michael Foster gave my daughter a drumstick(handed it to her from the Stage,so we got it autographed)!!
Lovin' Keri KelliPosted 3 years ago # -
GlamRose
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Wig Wam and TNT are both really underrated.
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metalrulesall
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alannah miles was rite sexy back in her day !....and she had a really good sounding raspy voice i love it !
" into the flood again same old trip it was back then "Posted 3 years ago # -
RockLibertyWarrior
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Yeah I don't see mentioned the Cult, Living Colour or Ugly Kid Joe! All good bands, there are a plethora of minor glam bands that were great or only released one album. Coney Hatch, a Canadian hair metal outfit released a pretty cool album that never really saw the light in the States, I don't know if it saw the light in Britain. Or Krokus? Black n' Blue? Bango Tango? All great acts. I added three threads for these hardly known bands: The Cult, Living Colour, and Ugly Kid Joe. Broncotwerp posted a Living Colour and Cult video if you haven't experienced either band yet. I would post a Ugly Kid Joe video but my computer takes way to long and acts funny whenever I try to upload or download videos.
Posted 3 years ago # -
BillyAcid
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Bang Tango is awsome I just heard them 2 months ago and have been obsessed with them ever since, Joe Leste has a great voice. Another good one is Love/Hate.
it puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose againPosted 3 years ago # -
RockLibertyWarrior
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Yeah Bango is a pretty awesome band! My friend had a collection of Love/Hate songs he downloaded, the band was pretty awesome from what I heard. I am trying to get those songs on a CD.
Posted 3 years ago # -
BillyAcid
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sweet man! I finally thought of a few more. EZO,Shotgun Messiah and Trixter. Oh yeah you'll probally like Love/Hate. I think their best songs are Black out in the red room and Why do you think they call it dope.
it puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose againPosted 3 years ago # -
RockLibertyWarrior
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Yeah I totally can't wait to hear Love/Hate. My friend hasn't e mailed them to me yet but I am actually thinking about just downloading them off this site. It is a pay site but its only like a buck 50 which isn't too bad, some other bands I came across that were pretty wicked were The Hangmen but be careful to look for the 80's band not the psycobilly band by the same name, Junkyard, Steelheart, Dangerous Toys definitely check out their self titled, it is one of my favorite records in my collection and you won't be disappointed, Tigertailz, Lizzy Borden, Ugly Kid Joe's album "America's Least Wanted", Living Colour's Vivid, King's X, and Mother Love Bone's self titled, you won't be let down by any of these bands, some you won't be able to find on music sites, but there is probably mp3 sites that you can download off of, just don't do anything illegal. wink, wink.
Posted 3 years ago #