80s Hair Metal Bands - Retrospective

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stickem wrote:i miss hair metal, good times. i'm a sucker for rock ballad solos. never really thought about it but i guess the crue is lumped into that sub genre? almost sounds negative to say motley crue= glam rock.


Motley Crue is like the definition of a hair metal band. Big hair, make-up, rebellious attitudes, fast guitar driven metal with high-pitched vocals, and living in drug-induced excess.


yeah i guess. i guess what i meant is you could get away with wearing a crue shirt. get your ass kicked wearing a warrent, white lion, poison shirt. know what i mean? :)
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stickem wrote:
BurningDoom wrote:
stickem wrote:i miss hair metal, good times. i'm a sucker for rock ballad solos. never really thought about it but i guess the crue is lumped into that sub genre? almost sounds negative to say motley crue= glam rock.


Motley Crue is like the definition of a hair metal band. Big hair, make-up, rebellious attitudes, fast guitar driven metal with high-pitched vocals, and living in drug-induced excess.


yeah i guess. i guess what i meant is you could get away with wearing a crue shirt. get your ass kicked wearing a warrent, white lion, poison shirt. know what i mean? :)


Not my bands of choice exactly (especially Poison). But I would rock a Ratt, W.A.S.P., Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, whatever 80s band I liked t-shit with no shame.
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stickem wrote:get your ass kicked wearing a warrent, white lion, poison shirt. know what i mean? :)


Maybe in the 80s, but I'm surprised how often I'll see kids in Highschool now rocking aviator sunglasses and Poison shirt now. Funny how the trends come back around...
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stickem wrote:get your ass kicked wearing a warrent, white lion, poison shirt. know what i mean? :)


Maybe in the 80s, but I'm surprised how often I'll see kids in Highschool now rocking aviator sunglasses and Poison shirt now. Funny how the trends come back around...


Yeah, so you know what you must do! Shoulder check them into a locker, rip the shirt off, kick their asses, and then tell them you're going old school by getting into the 1980s metal spirit. Then walk away singing some shit like Safety Dance or something.
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stickem wrote:get your ass kicked wearing a warrent, white lion, poison shirt. know what i mean? :)


Maybe in the 80s, but I'm surprised how often I'll see kids in Highschool now rocking aviator sunglasses and Poison shirt now. Funny how the trends come back around...


well, yeah i meant back then. now it's retro so it's cool i guess.
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stickem wrote:
Metal Jesus wrote:
stickem wrote:get your ass kicked wearing a warrent, white lion, poison shirt. know what i mean? :)


Maybe in the 80s, but I'm surprised how often I'll see kids in Highschool now rocking aviator sunglasses and Poison shirt now. Funny how the trends come back around...


well, yeah i meant back then. now it's retro so it's cool i guess.

Being of the age, I can say its frowned upon unless you are truly a fan. I get pissed seeing people wear Asking Alexandria shirts one day then wearing a Poison shirt the next, despite not knowing one Poison song...
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BurningDoom wrote:
stickem wrote:
yeah i guess. i guess what i meant is you could get away with wearing a crue shirt. get your ass kicked wearing a warrent, white lion, poison shirt. know what i mean? :)


Not my bands of choice exactly (especially Poison). But I would rock a Ratt, W.A.S.P., Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, whatever 80s band I liked t-shit with no shame.


Just to set the record straight here, since everyone's bringing up high-school kids wearing the t-shirts: I'm turning 30 this year. Not a high school kid. And I still feel no shame wearing these t-shirts. Heck, I have no shame wearing Avengers and Spider-Man t-shirts.
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