Your favorite 80's Hair / Glam Band is?

[Tasmen]

I don't know what it is about those diiiirty LA bands. Buck Cherry is a current band from there--and ewww, I wouldn't get near them with a ten foot pole.

Yeah Buck Cherry definitely has a very LA Guns feel. The first time I saw a video by Buck Cherry, I said to myself 'The singer wishes he was Phil'.

 

[ducklite]

Yeah Buck Cherry definitely has a very LA Guns feel. The first time I saw a video by Buck Cherry, I said to myself 'The singer wishes he was Phil'.

You know that he had been in what's now known as Velvet Revolver, right? He was doing some demo work with them when they were first putting the band together, until either Slash or Duff called him and told him not to come back 'cause he sucks.

I saw them a couple weeks ago, and have to agree.

Anne

 

[Tasmen]

You know that he had been in what's now known as Velvet Revolver, right? He was doing some demo work with them when they were first putting the band together, until either Slash or Duff called him and told him not to come back 'cause he sucks.

I saw them a couple weeks ago, and have to agree.

Hah. No I did not know that. That's all kinds of funny.

 

[ducklite]

Want to put your thinking caps on to help me out with some research?

I'm writing an article on the emergence of Christian Rock into the mainstream, and am starting it by tracing the roots of the genre. I've already discussed Bruce Cockburn, Petra, Stryper, and U2, and have jumped into Creed, but I feel like there's a paragraph missing inbetween. I want to add a paragraph about bands from the "hair band" era who never purported to be Christian rock bands, but had a song or three with decisively Christian or spiritual lyrics. Extreme's "Rock-A-ByeBye" and "Watching Waiting," or Kings X "Faith, Hope, Love" come straight to mind.

Anyone have any others?

Anne

 

[wvrevy]

Want to put your thinking caps on to help me out with some research?

I'm writing an article on the emergence of Christian Rock into the mainstream, and am starting it by tracing the roots of the genre. I've already discussed Bruce Cockburn, Petra, Stryper, and U2, and have jumped into Creed, but I feel like there's a paragraph missing inbetween. I want to add a paragraph about bands from the "hair band" era who never purported to be Christian rock bands, but had a song or three with decisively Christian or spiritual lyrics. Extreme's "Rock-A-ByeBye" and "Watching Waiting," or Kings X "Faith, Hope, Love" come straight to mind.

Anyone have any others?

Anne

You could compare and contrast them with bands like Dio and King Diamond.



Sorry, other than Stryper and Petra (the only two I remember from back in the day) I can't think of any others that really hit the mainstream. Maybe Slaughter with "Fly to the Angels"

 

[Monte Cristo]

You could compare and contrast them with bands like Dio and King's Diamond.



Sorry, other than Stryper and Petra (the only two I remember from back in the day) I can't think of any others that really hit the mainstream. Maybe Slaughter with "Fly to the Angels"

Don't forget Danzig. I wouldn't call them a hair band, but they were out at that time. I love them, Glen Danzig is a great musician. IMHO.

 

[ducklite]

Well, it's not really a compare and constrast type of article. It's truly an article about how Christian rock bands have worked their way into the mainstream in recent years.

It's about written. I wrote it in "chunks," and am now knitting it all together while I'm waiting on quote requests to various artists come back from the managers and publicists to be slid into place. I've just got a few gaps to fill here and there--one of them being a hole between U2 and Creed.

Anne

 

[got2lovedisney]

Back then I listened to Ratt, Def Lepard, Cinderella, The Scorps, Dio and many other bands...I voted for Motley Crue though. Loved them so much we used steamers to write "Crue Rules" on the windows of our grad night bus. Also, they had a "must wear jacket" clause (even for us girls) so I had my mom make me a Nikki Sixx jacket (black with white polka dots)! I still have the concert book from their Theater of Pain tour. Awesome concert!

 

[Aidensmom]

Well, it's not really a compare and constrast type of article. It's truly an article about how Christian rock bands have worked their way into the mainstream in recent years.

It's about written. I wrote it in "chunks," and am now knitting it all together while I'm waiting on quote requests to various artists come back from the managers and publicists to be slid into place. I've just got a few gaps to fill here and there--one of them being a hole between U2 and Creed.

Anne

What about Evanesence?

Sixpence None the Richer is a Christian band who has had mainstream success, but I don't know if I would consider them a "rock" band, they are more pop.

 

[ducklite]

What about Evanesence?

Sixpence None the Richer is a Christian band who has had mainstream success, but I don't know if I would consider them a "rock" band, they are more pop.

I was just trying to pick brains about bands of the "hair band" era.

Evanescence, Alter Bridge, Collective Soul, POD, Rob Rock, Reliant K, 12 Stones, PIllar, Skillet, yadda yadda of todays popular bands have all been included. It's actually turned out to be a pretty nice piece, I'm just tying up loose ends before I turn it in.

Anne

 

[CdnDisneyFan]

I chose Firehouse, but Slaughter comes in VERY close second to them. I'm still a huge fan of both, but not as much as I was in the day. I've seen them both in concert many, many, many times, and have met both bands, and they are all as sweet as can be.

Jules

 

[Stacerita]

Motley Crue was my fave, but growing up, I was sure I was going to marry Sebastian Bach.