Hair Metal DOMINATES America In 1987 

I've always considered 1987 my favourite year of music. I was at gigs every week, life was great, I was 19, still had my hair! Awesome times.

Hair nation on Sirius needs to give you guys a morning show. You two have a really good chemistry together. I’m cracking up over here. I hadn’t heard about the cult in forever. Great band.

Seen great white in 1997 at a small club in Bay City Mi fantastic, Jack is an incredible singer

If anyone's looking to step up their screen presence backgrounds, give the Guru a shout. He's got more rock memorabilia than the rock and roll hall of fame. He hooked me up big time with plaques and posters. Thanks G.

Crazy Nights will always be my favorite KISS album. I love all the era's of KISS but Crazy Nights was the first KISS I ever heard and the chorus in Crazy Nights or Turn On The Night pump me up to this day like its my first time hearing them. Absolutely love the first Faster Pussycat album, I love the first Tigertailz album....but I am more of a fan of Kim Hookers vocals over Steevi Jaimes.

a heavily overlooked, but awesome record from 1987 is loverboy's wildside. i got that album when i was in the 4th grade...as the notorious video was played a lot. during dial mtv each day, i remember seeing the top 5 as kiss -reason to live loverboy - notorious poison - i won't forget you bon jovi - you give love a bad name white lion - wait alas, the loverboy album is a fantastic record, and one of the best songs, love will rise again, was actually a bon jovi song that they bought from jon and richie. it is bizarre to me that most loverboy fans hate the notorious record...and i don't really understand why. its rocking, and it seems like the next logical move in their catalog. the album basically ended their run as a top band in the rock genre, and there would be no new material for a very long time. the singer would make some pretty noteworthy soundtrack appearances over the years (top gun, dream a little dream).

Another great show guy's. Here's some albums you missed that i have in my 87 collection. Sleeze Beez - Look Like Hell (Howd'ya miss this Guru?) Michael Monroe - Nights Are So Long Y&T - Temptation Twisted Sister - Love is for suckers Finally Johnny Depp's first band, Rock City Angels self titled.

Just woke up to this, it's going to be a desent 42nd birthday

"Don't know what you got" has 180 million views on RU-vid. I think that's kind of impressive for a genre that was written off for so long.

lol trying not to comment all through your video, this will be the last one. Jack Russel and Tracii Guns put out a CD together and it was disappointing that Russel had writing credits on one song only, Tracii had none. HOWEVER, auto tuned or not, this is the best I’ve heard Russel sound since leaving GW. Really a surprisingly great CD. Keep up the good work guys, been enjoying your videos!

*Cold Sweat was Marc Ferrari' s band, not Ron Keel's *GnR supported The Cult , not the other way around. My top 10 would be: Whitesnake 1987 Hysteria Appetite for Destruction Raise Your Fist And Yell Back From The Attack Permanent Vacation Pride Crazy Nights Love Is For Suckers Once Bitten Keep on rockin ' dudes! 🤘🏻

Great White rules🤘🏻 It’s called Great Zeppelin tribute to led zeppelin. Psycho city & let it rock are 2 fantastic albums that should have & get more recognition 🤘🏻glad you all are mentioning them.

I'm a bit stunned Bryan knows about Bonfire! One of my fave bands, the first track I heard from them was Hard On Me from the 3rd album Point Blank, saw it on our Headbangers Ball. Our MTV was MTV Europe so we had different presenters and shows, we had some of the American shows direct, like Remote Control and some of the music shows. Our Headbangers Ball was presented by a German gal Kristiane Backer, (my 3rd love) and our Headbangers Ball was mostly European bands, so we had Europe, Scorpions, Helloween, TNT, etc... and Bonfire, another German outfit! Of course we heard about the big American bands also. So I got their 3rd album first then got their first 2. The 1st album Don't Touch The Light was a bit hit and miss but Fireworks was absolute dynamite!! Some serious good tracks on that! Best being Don't Get Me Wrong and Fantasy. The intro, main riff and solo on Don't Get Me Wrong have no business being that good!!! The whole album is a blitzkrieg........ (Too soon??? 😏) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L9Uf12pePuU.html

I was like 10 , and heavily into Moltey Crue . This ( think May) would be the year of Girls 3 . Seeing that video , the bikes the strip bars , them going from drag queens on TOP to these bikers with razor stubble . I still love Girls record . All in the Name Of , All I Need , Dancing Glass , Bad Boy Boogie . Girls was a big time rebound from Theatre 🎭. White Lion debut was fantastic . Was this the year Bang Tango came out .. Faster Pussycat were killer , and would make a masterpiece on the second record . Seeing them on the Decline Western Civilization Doc , I started to follow them. Still dig parts of Whipped ..

Was going to mention Love Is For Suckers but someone else already did. Another good one and it didn’t sell either but Autograph-Loud and Clear

Great year in I was 22 in the summer of 1987. What a beautifully rocking year !!

I just discovered your channel about a week ago and I'm trying to catch up on previous videos lol. Went on a CD buying binge over the weekend and picked up: Wildside Roxy Blue Love/Hate Cold Sweat Trying to hunt down Lillian Axe and Slik Toxik, but no luck so far. Cheers!!

Electric was an awesome record and if memory serves....GNR actually opened up for them on that tour

I know you hate the Use Your Illusion albums, but I'd recommend re-listening to Use Your Illusion II. The album is almost 76 minutes long and has some amazing songs IMO. Civil War, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Breakdown, Pretty Tied Up, Locomotive (massively underrated), Estranged (my fav song ever), You Could Be Mine (overplayed, I know), and Don't Cry (alt lyrics). This is right up there with Appetite as one of my favorite albums of all time. As a whole, I enjoy it more than Use Your Illusion I.

Always enjoy when HBB is on! A few honorable mentions for me: Lion- Dangerous Attraction, Treat- Dreamhunter, EZO - S/T, Lizzy Borden - Visual Lies, and Rock Candy - Sucker For a Pretty Face (only heard this album in the last 5 years, but its very catchy). I also gotta mention Malice - License to Kill, definitely on the heavier side, but I think most hair metal fans would love this album. Other amazing heavier albums that are my favorites from this year include those by Savatage, Warlock, Running Wild, King Diamond, Helloween etc.

It was such a good year Steel Panther wrote a song about it!!!

I do like the Star Wars stuff in the background of Bryan's

I have always loved Alice Cooper's Raise Your Fist and Yell album. Freedom should have been a huge hit. The second half of that album is a masterpiece.

Another awsome episode, love any excuse to time travel back that period of rock 👌

Obsession-Methods of madness released 10/25/1987 Badass album from start to finish!

Great year if your a dokken fan like me,back for the attack a true classic

A most excellent show guys !! That BONFIRE - Fireworks album is fricking awesome, not a bad song on it. A couple I would add are: FREHLEY'S COMET - S/T Y&T - Contagious Thanks for another great watch !!

Hawk Tuah reference not ignored my friend 🤟

My List 1 Appetite for Destruction 2 Faster Pussycat ST Album 3 Girls, Girls, Girls 4 Permanent Vacation 5 Raise Your Fist and Yell 6 Whitesnake ST Album 7 Pride 8 Hysteria 9 Crazy Nights 10 Back for the Attack

No certain order 1. Mötley Crüe- girls album… mtv didn’t play the girls video much unless it was on late and they eventually stopped playing it soon after and banned you’re all I need and never showed it one time so really all the crue had that got played on this album was wildside. 2. Great white-once bitten…always been one of my favorite albums of the 80’s. 3. GnR- appetite…I don’t need to say anything here 4. White lion- pride…Vito Bratta is fantastic and the rhythm section was underrated 5. Aerosmith- permanent vacation…great all around album that doesn’t get enough love 6. Whitesnake- s/t… still sounds great and it is a definite mood in a good way 7. Dokken- Back for attack…my favorite Dokken album 8. Faster pussycat- s/t…they instantly became a favorite of mine from the beginning. Of course love bathroom wall and don’t change that song but also love smash alley, got no room for emotion and bottle in front of me 9. Def Leppard-Hysteria…I know it got overplayed because of all the hits which doesn’t mean they aren’t good tunes but songs like gods of war, love and affection,don’t shoot shotgun, hysteria, run riot are great. Still a great album 10. Tuff Luck- S/T…I bought this in 87 at the age of 15 just because of the cover and for me it didn’t disappoint. They are a band out of Florida and wished they would’ve got a better shake. They have a second album that is cool as well but for me this recording reminds me of motley’s too fast for love album because of the raw recording and it just makes it that much better to me. I love the more under produced albums sometimes. Some great tunes are Take it or leave it.. sleaze if you please…up and down. Seriously love the whole album. Hopefully more people will at least check it out. Hey I’m 52 years old and as far as I’m concerned it’s still 1987 lol🤘🏼Another great episode Guru. Keep them coming 🙏🏼 Sorry I forgot my alternate albums. Alternates: 1. Keel-s/t…my favorite keel album 2. Kiss-crazy nights… I liked it better back then than now 3. Bonfire- fireworks… cool album. Their album Don’t touch the light is great. It has a cool ballad called you make me feel. Love that tune but it came out the year before lol 4. Y&T- contagious…I used to like this album way more than now but still revisite it here and there. A good 4-5 songs that I still love

Great video dude!

That cult album is great

Great video guys🤟

One of my RU-vid highlights channel. I love this stuff!! Rocking Vibes from UK 🇬🇧 🤘🏼

Great lists, nothing really to add. I really like 1987 it's a year full of bangers. It also had some good stuff from the Thrash metal bands. I love the Sammy Hagar pick, it's one of my favorites from 1987. I would like to mention an album that's not Glam, but it's a really good one from '87 - Richard Marx - S/T, really good pop rock/AC record.

Thanks again 🤘

Great pick Guru with Tigertailz and great picks Brian with Faster Pussycat and TNT...and I totally agree with Brian on Tony Harnell's voice...one of my favorite voices in Rock and they had a great 3 album run with Tell No Tales,Intuition and Realized Fantasies...u guys had plenty of other great choices as well but I love when u guys pick great albums from the bands that didn't quite make the big time!Also loved the Crazy Nights pick, big fan of that album getting some love cos it gets shit on a lot..and what u guys both said about Great White describes me as well...got a lot of great songs but I'm not the biggest Great White fan either... Overall great episode as always...take care and Rock On guys🤘

Yup, mine prime days :)

Kane Roberts is a cool guy. I follow his Facebook page and he often talks to us fans. I've been a fan since he played with Alice Cooper. 'Raise Your Fist and Yell' is my favorite Alice album. Kane's guitar tone is awesome and his solos are nicely constructed. I like his solo albums as well. I can't seem to get into his "The New Normal" album though. I've tried listening to it a few times but I still prefer the earlier stuff. Love the discussion about The Cult also. 'Electric' was the intro album for me to the band. I then went back and bought the earlier 'Love' album. Electric is more blues-based sounding while Love is more alternative based. Then 'Sonic Temple' comes out and it is also an amazing album with all great tracks. The critics were kind of unfair on 'Ceremony' saying it sounded uninspired but it's still a solid album. Billy Duffy is an under-rated guitarist. A little while later they put out a self-titled album that I really loved too.

I like Crazy Nights

Dont change that song and Bathroom Wall were video's off that album

1987 is perhaps my favorite year. I was still relatively new to the heavier side of music. Up to around '85, I primarily listened to pop music. Dire Straits and ZZ Top were about as heavy as it got. '86-87 were my transition years. 01. Autograph - Loud And Clear 02. Black Sabbath - Eternal Idol 03. Dio - Dream Evil 04. Killer Dwarfs - Stand Tall 05. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King 06. Shy - Excess All Areas 07. Twisted Sister - Love Is For Suckers 08. Deep Purple - House Of Blue Light 09. Pretty Maids - Future World 10. Warlock - Triumph And Agony

This is James Anthony another great freakin episode you two are always gold great year 1987 my albums for 1987 are Kiss Crazy Nights GNR Appetite For Distruction Def Leppard Hysteria Keel Keel White Lion Pride Faster Pussycat Faster Pussycat Motley Crue Girls Girls Girls Alice Cooper Raise Your Fist And Yell Great White Once Bitten Whitesnake Whitesnake Dokken Back For The Attack TNT Tell No Tales Y&T Contagious Lizzy Borden Visual Lies Aerosmith Permanent Vecation Sammy Hagar I Never Said Goodbye Helix Wild In The Streets Bonfire Fireworks Twisted Sister Love Is For Suckers Mcauley Schenker Group Perfect Timing Another great freakin episode Anthony I am a fan of you Anthony cause you keep it real you always put out great content you appreciate your viewers and I appreciate you keep up the great content love it

My #1 from 1987 was Whatever Happened To... by Soho Roses. If you take Hanoi & mix in The Buzzcocks and a little Descendents you have Soho Roses. Look them up, you'll love them. As far as Tigertaliz Young & Crazy ...that record was a bitch for the regular US record buying public to get in '87. If you weren't into underground glam, traded tapes or read Metal Forces & Kerrang, you wouldn't even know it existed. It was an import at first then it was eventually released in the U.S. on Combat, Which was a NYC label, that put out thrash and hardcore bands except for Sweet Pain (from queens) & Tigertailz. Aside from Bleeker Bob's the only stores I ever recall seeing a copy of it in was Zigzag's & this place on 86th st. (both in Brooklyn) that I can't remember the name of.

Lets go baby!!!

Guns N Roses opened for The Cult on the Electric tour

If you haven't heard TNT's debut album Knights of the New Thunder, you need to give that one a spin before you check out on them. They had a video for the song Seven Seas off of that album get pretty good air time on Headbanger's Ball. Chickenfoot rocks! Some great vocals on those albums with Mikey and Sammy harmonizing!

You know, with everything you have framed, there could be a house tour video in the future! Would be kind of cool

Rock Doll was the Kane Roberts song and video that made me buy his album, was hoping for more songs of that nature but yeah, wasn’t there. He and Kip Winger were with Alice for two albums, Constrictor and Raise Your Fist. Freedom was a great song, Kane shredded on it and the whole album was really solid. Was sad to see them both leave Alice and go solo.

Van Halen has played 55 & Eagles Fly as a full band in concert. They have NOT played Give To Live. The Give To Live version on the VH live record is just Sammy playing it solo acoustic.

Glam rules. My favorite genre

87 was the best year for this music

2 good looking dudes not models but close lol😂 love these top albums from all the years. My favorite years 87 to 89 best music.

Big recommend is Steevie Jaimz my private hell (2022) remaster some really good songs , great work as always

Can you put up a graphic of whatever album you are discussing at the time, to stay onscreen the entire time you are discussing it? It would be really helpful. Thanks!

Check out Stormwave and there 1988 album hero’s of the night

Once Bitten is the best Great White álbum

Hey guru an episode of the best live albums by hair metal bands might be an idea for an episode. And don’t worry if something got changed in the studio after because they all did to a point some just more than others but might be an idea brother 👍🏼

I like the alternate version of wait

Keel disappointed me when that band disappeared the lead singer I seen in a interview and he said he is going back to his roots of music and said he's going country now that is a joke it was just for money trying to change into a country artist, Kane Robert's when he had that guitar in his hands it looked like a toy that guy was ripped,I remember he is in the raise your fist and yell video,Alice Cooper

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Great year for the heavier stuff also Metallica garage days,exodus, testament, king diamond, just to name a handful that had released music in 1987,great year

dudes you gotta wear some wigs if you're gonna do a HAIR metal channel, I'm for serious! lol

1. Appetite for Destruction 2. Permanent vacation 3. Hysteria 4. Whitesnake 5. Once Bitten 6. Girls, Girls, Girls

I always find it hard to disagree deeply with you 2.... Maybe it's because you're such good looking guys... The halo affect they call it!! 😅 😂 For me, The number 1 album of 87 has to be Whitesnake '87... It was referred to as Whitesnake '87 here in the UK. Appetite For Destruction was something else, I still have the original banned album cover version which I prob got the weekend it came out! lol... Little 15 year old me going down to the record shop in the town centre wearing my Bon Jovi T-shirt and picking up AFD!! The passers bye looking at me and thinking to themselves, 'look at that young boy with such an offensive album artwork'! lololol! But, you are right how G&R just dropped off a cliff.... Incredible debut album, sheer devastation. Lies was great, but then they just dive bombed.... Maybe that's the drugs and egos getting in the way, like you said, living off the glory of that 1 album, but time passes you bye and so does the industry!! But Whitesnake '87 is the epitome of that era, the whole album is 80's rock excess. If anyone ever asks you is there a single song that can put across the whole rock/hair metal era, you say yes, and you play them Still Of The Night! Every 80's trope is there, it's got like, 32 different riffs that are used during the song, meandering screeching solos, keyboard melodies Beethoven would be jealous of and that world famous rock cello solo!!! This 1 song IS the 80's distilled into a tour de force of hair, jeans, leather and sexual tension!! LOL! Whitesnake '87! Greatest album of the year, decade, era!!! Always great to listen to you 2 shitlords meme on each other for an hour and half.... Keep up the good work and we'll keep tuning in!!

I think Bonfire just had a great collective sense of humour. They also covered "I Wish I Was In Dixie" - acoustic and metal versions....

Guru..you are from MN, right? There's a pawn shop in Maplewood that has a signed gold record of Crazy Nights.....he'll take less than sticker price if interested

Crazy Nights did go platinum and obviously gold since that comes first. Speaking of KISS, since you asked about band members hanging stuff up, Gene has A TON of stuff up on walls and in display cases. I also know Erik Turner, Dee Snider, and Bret Michaels have stuff up. Dokken too. Honestly could never get into Helix. Same with Krokus. Just could never get into their stuff. Pyromania didn't go 10x platinum til 2004. It wasn't anywhere near that when Hysteria came out. Just saying. It was maybe platinum or double platinum at that point. What's sad is that even with the success of Hysteria and Pyromania, it didn't add too many sales to "On Through'" or High N Dry" as neither of them has certified beyond 2x platinum. Both deserve much better. Witchboard is the movie you were thinking of.

Guru..was that at Met Center? Hot in the Shade show? I was there...mainly for Faster

Curious, is Lizzy Borden just not known outside of Los Angeles or do you guys not like them? Or do you not consider them glam metal? Here is my Top 10 Guns N Roses Lizzy Borden The Cult Faster Pussycat Great White Dokken White Lion Whitesnake Aerosmith Def Leppard

1987... Was third form at high school in Taranaki, New Zealand. 13 years old... Hysteria man

DIRTY LOOKS Rip It out

I loved in 1990 when I heard Mudhoney - nirvana - sound garden - mother love bone - I was like thank god In 87’ Janes addiction was so refreshing. And Metallica then. Guns N’ Roses was the only kinda hair metal. And who was real. They saved the genre. But yeah grunge coming in and changing the whole thing was amazing really

Hawk Tuah be a good band name