What killed Hair Metal?

[442w30]

Yeah, I have already predicted 2009 when we will be intro'd to Nu-Mullett music and style mainstream.

[Cygnus X1]

They could just be being ironic, but I could see the appeal of Party Hardy Hair Metal as a change from all that serious emo stuff!

Let's just hope we live long enough to see it happen...

[tanpsi]

Mind if I quote myself another time? Sheesh. tanspi.

Sorry, man, I missed that somehow, I'm looking for a job in the other browser window haha!

but your right of course. I actually live near Berklee in Boston and also see alot of kids with 80's bands shirts on. They could just be being ironic, but I could see the appeal of Party Hardy Hair Metal as a change from all that serious emo stuff!

[VitaminG]

Unskinny Bop killed it all, for me.

I never could get that bass line down.....

color-blind table dancer.

great song title!

[blindmuddy]

Lack of substance killed hair (pop) metal, there were a few decent bands and quite a few great guitar players but for the most part the music sucked. And like everything else nothing seems to last too long, now if rap would just go away.

[Cygnus X1]

The best thing is, what is built from the ashes? Some teens now are hooking up with the old metal, including hair bands, and using today's chops to make it better. Someone will come along and blend it all together, the stunning chops of death metal connected with the addictive hooks of hair metal,and life will be good.

Mind if I quote myself another time? Sheesh. tanspi.

[Cygnus X1]

According to the lead singer of Warrant, "Cherry Pie", plus too many
"ballads" that all sounded the same killed hair metal.
That's why I refer to myself as an "old metal" fan.

May I quote myself, and someone else....
Joe Steeler?
Hell, how do I mutli quote, anyways?

The other one was that show was "Heavy:The Story of Metal",
mentioned in another previous post.

[tanpsi]

Alot of genres and styles just kind of automatically run the course as being the most popular, I think that was part of it.


Actually hair metal is becoming popular again among young boys, I know that because I watch videos of young boys all the time, wait a sec, that don't sound right. What I mean is alot of the new school 18 - 25 year old bmxers mention in particular Ratt and Motley Crue as stuff they like.

[Axewielder]

The grunge "secret" of mystery is to take three dissimilar songs, interchange lines that make them seem to relate. You can even do it by writing a story and swapping either nouns or descriptors (adjectives/adverbs) to make it "deep" or nonsensical.

Man that's harsh! Ok you might write a post-grunge song that's as good as, say, Bush...but you're not going to create "Black" or "I Stay Away" that way, mister!

[Joe_Steeler]

hey you take that back!! cherry pie was an awesome record!! my fave is mr rainmaker!! tee hee.


but yes warrant needed better outfits

I just saw a show, over the weekend, on heavy metal, and the singer from Warrant said that if he had to write Cherry Pie of put a gun to his head he would've blown his head!!
The record Co. made them do it and to this day he's still holding a grudge.

[442w30]

Check it out:

Random thoughts:
I like saltine crackers with my cheese soup.

My dog is hairy, but he could bite everyone in the world.


Nothing to do + no friends = time, jumble sentences to get EMO/Grunge.

I like my saltine dog, just me and my cheese.

My hairy crackers bite everyone, I feel like eating the world.

Ooooh, so deep...

[442w30]

Also, the lyrics from those grunge bands were really good. I remember being like "wow, what is this song about?". Very dark and mysterious, and delivered by great vocalists. None of those Seattle bands sounded like each other, either.

The grunge "secret" of mystery is to take three dissimilar songs, interchange lines that make them seem to relate. You can even do it by writing a story and swapping either nouns or descriptors (adjectives/adverbs) to make it "deep" or nonsensical.

Then you have acheived great mystery. Try it! It's hilarious how well it works. You will have 14 year old zitty boys committing suicide over "your deep" lyrics.

[marcus]

I liked Alice in Chains, does that count?

Count for what?

[Cygnus X1]

I liked Alice in Chains, does that count?

[marcus]

I say Theater of Pain was the beginning of the end