What killed Hair Metal?

[Frigo89]

Don Dokken is one of the weakest singer I've ever heard, he should have been in AOR band... he's got the melody but no balls whatsoever.
He held his band back so much it's fucking ridiculous. I thought they couldn't groove to save their lives but when Mick played on the first Lynch Mob album I was like... holy fuck Mick can really play... why the fuck he spent that much time with Don.

Some Dokken songs are pretty good... like Sleepless Nights... and some of their albums have some of the best guitar tones ever... that being said they were still pretty lame.

we have a lot of different opinions, but I enjoy your honesty, not too many people are honest these days

Lynch Mob was fantastic, Heaven If Waiting has the coolest sound too it!


one awesome band that got fucked?

UGLY KID JOE

[Incster]

2 things linger on in the air: a fart and good music

The band Europe killed the hair movement. If you don´t believe me, listen to Final Countdown. That synthesizer vamp haunts me and the rest of my generation for 20 years now. It´s ringing again ... Stop Stop Stop.

The solo is cool. I'm working on it - Boy, that John Norum is good!

Try to play the intro on a guitar, cum testes and with smoth distortion dialed in and the cheese goes away. Of course it comes back when the dude starts to sing.

[sonicsamurai]

its a pretty heavy song. not as heavy as reign in vblood tho, but songs ike that, lightning strikes again, and kiss of death were very metal tunes

[Codyyy]

Logic. Logic killed hair metal.

[SouthPlatteDemon]

Did I really read that Tooth and Nail was as heavy a song as anything on Reign In Blood? Tell me I didn't read that. I'm gonna ignore that one...

I spit soda on my computer screen when I read that too!

[Bengal]

Don Dokken has one of the weakest voices in Hair Metal. Just put him against... Who?... Hum... Say Sabastian Bach. That guy had balls. That guy could belt it out with serious attitude. That guy had pipes...

Don Dokken could be drowned out by my electric toothbrush his voice is so weak....

Don't get me wrong, I like the sound of his voice and I dig Dokken. But strength is not one of his strong suits...

Did I really read that Tooth and Nail was as heavy a song as anything on Reign In Blood? Tell me I didn't read that. I'm gonna ignore that one...

Hey, I dig Dokken. But I wouldn't as much if Lynch wasn't in the band. I saw "Dokken" this past summer and they blew. Dons voice sounded like a 3 day old Lamb. Very weak and unsteady. And he had 3 hired guns with him. Yawn...

What killed Hair Metal? Your mom...

Kidding, it killed itself. It had become a joke of what it was. It became a lame parody of itself. Pretty Boy Floyd anyone?

[jacksoncsplayer]

I think the thrash metal killed the hair metal... lol
I still love these bands that came very late 80's such as Bullet Boys, Extreme, Mr.Big, XYZ , L.A. Guns and the list goes on.
They were all excellent live bands as well and saw em all at the Palace, Santa Monica Civic, Hollywood Palladium .. good old days...

Yup, Gazzarri's and the Starwood too. Good times were had by most. The 80 were an ass factory.

[atilla]

thanx marc!! yes and kiss of death - those high notes are incredible especially on lightnin.... he's a very versatile singer

I liked the way Don sounded on the live Beast from the East album best. I thought the studio stuff was too overproduced. He had a lot more attitude on Beast.

[jacksoncsplayer]

lol @ all you fuckers defending the "primp, preem and perm" generation.

To give up your manliness just to score on chicks... Um. If you can't be yourself and get women and have to dress like a pretty girl, then that's gay. As gay as emo, IMO, and we can all pretty much agree that emo guys are homos even if they don't like guys.

You don't have to suck cock to be gay. Wearing tight spandex, makeup and making up your hair like a pop metal band is just as popular with the trannies in SF.

Any of you want to get made up like a girl and post your picture here?

Halloween is one day a year. Hair metal extended that for too many years.

So what really killed it? The image of guys dressing in the right neon paisley color combinations of spandex, belts and vests, and spending more time on their hair and makeup than their girlfriends.

:ROTF: Your'e out of you mind, You were one of those guys who wasn't comfortable with his own masculinity and would probably send your girl to the show without you cause you were too cool.:ROTF: while you were at home bashing our lipstick and eyeliner wearing asses we were giving your girl the banging you couldn't backstage or on the bus:ROTF: If you have any of the old passes she had see if they say DNK? :ROTF:

[dinkyjacksonman]

I think the thrash metal killed the hair metal... lol
I still love these bands that came very late 80's such as Bullet Boys, Extreme, Mr.Big, XYZ , L.A. Guns and the list goes on.
They were all excellent live bands as well and saw em all at the Palace, Santa Monica Civic, Hollywood Palladium .. good old days...

[SouthPlatteDemon]

I'm guessing you have very narrow traditional views on gender roles and the like. The idea that guys all have to dress and act a certain way or else be labeled "gay" is ridiculous.

Or use certain colored font...right?

[jacksoncsplayer]

thanx marc!! yes and kiss of death - those high notes are incredible especially on lightnin.... he's a very versatile singer

I got your back on this one Sonic :ROTF: He's on a crack binge.:ROTF:

Marc

[thetroy]

lol @ all you fuckers defending the "primp, preem and perm" generation.

To give up your manliness just to score on chicks... Um. If you can't be yourself and get women and have to dress like a pretty girl, then that's gay. As gay as emo, IMO, and we can all pretty much agree that emo guys are homos even if they don't like guys.

You don't have to suck cock to be gay. Wearing tight spandex, makeup and making up your hair like a pop metal band is just as popular with the trannies in SF.

Any of you want to get made up like a girl and post your picture here?

Halloween is one day a year. Hair metal extended that for too many years.

So what really killed it? The image of guys dressing in the right neon paisley color combinations of spandex, belts and vests, and spending more time on their hair and makeup than their girlfriends.

I'm guessing you have very narrow traditional views on gender roles and the like. The idea that guys all have to dress and act a certain way or else be labeled "gay" is ridiculous.

[sonicsamurai]

thanx marc!! yes and kiss of death - those high notes are incredible especially on lightnin.... he's a very versatile singer

[jacksoncsplayer]

Don Dokken is one of the weakest singer I've ever heard, he should have been in AOR band... he's got the melody but no balls whatsoever.
He held his band back so much it's fucking ridiculous. I thought they couldn't groove to save their lives but when Mick played on the first Lynch Mob album I was like... holy fuck Mick can really play... why the fuck he spent that much time with Don.

Some Dokken songs are pretty good... like Sleepless Nights... and some of their albums have some of the best guitar tones ever... that being said they were still pretty lame.

You Ho you ! :ROTF: Don belted out some awesome vocals. Listen to lightning strikes again, the maze, til the living end, and just about all the other heavy stuff they did . You are right about Mick, he is an underrated drummer and an exceptional one at that. BTW Don and Mick have known each other for many years before Dokken and played in a band called Airborne in the late to mid 70s in L.A. til this day they are very close.

Marc