It's 1988... And Hair Metal Is EVERYWHERE 

This channel is a lot of fun. Glad I found it.

L.A. Guns debut has a ballad Cry No More/One Way Ticket. Another great show guys. Cheers from Australia

I had a few of those cassette singles. Poison had a song..... living for the minute..... on one

Glad to hear Kix gets love. I saw Kix and Britny Fox open for Ratt. Philly, Pa. Great show.

A new benefit to getting up at 5AM. A new Guru video.

When you mention all the Top 40 hits these bands had, don't forget that this is was on pop radio. The kind of stations that now play Taylor Swift, etc. were playing Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Van Halen, Whitesnake, Poison, Bon Jovi, GnR, etc. all day long.

Holy shit… we got some love for Living Color. That was a surprise. My older brother got tickets to see The Rolling Stones and Living Color opened. The old white guys who are stones fans had no idea what they were watching. 😂

Krokus-Heart Attack from this year is criminally underrated. Check it out if you haven’t already

AC/DC is like eating comfort food when you don't feel well. A firm, steady and comforting presence. Sad what's going on health wise with them. They are knocking on 80 and no one lives forever but its hard to see your heroes get old and pass on.

Was wondering when Operation Mindcrime was released then literally Brian announced it ! Absolutely awesome album from possibly my all time favourite band. Yes , you have to listen to it from start to finish Mr Guru and you won’t regret it. Cheers for another cracking episode

Great episode as always! Got my Glitter Litter CD last week :) I know ive mentioned it before but a video focusing on the whole bubbleglam sub genre would be awesome. It may never have gained mainstream attention but bands like Glamour Punks, Tryx, Queeny Blast Pop, The Mistakes,Champange Suicide, Heart Throb Mob, Revlon Red, The Peppermint Creeps, Bubblegum Mafia and Sugar Shock (featuring Andreas of Glitter Litter) among many more are a unique and often overlooked part of hair metal and glam history.

Bobby Rock has been playing drums with Lita Ford lately...live shows.

Smashed Gladys is amazing, for some reason I always thought is was a male singer for years , another great show

The big song from Girl School was their collaboration with Motorhead "Please Don't Touch" on the St. Valentines Massacre EP. Great stuff!

Great episode as always...great picks from both you and Brian...you guys pretty much covered everything I'd put in my top 10 of 88 except for 1 album...I love Ratt's Reach For The Sky! I know the album isn't widely looked at as one of Ratt's best, but I'm a big fan of it!🤘 Great job guys. Can't wait till the next episode! Take care and Rock On🤘

Although I do like the first 4 Ozzy albums "No More tears" & "No Rest for The Wicked" are still my favorites. Zakk was so hungry when he joined. Just watched on YT "ozzy osbourne live moscow 1989" he KILLED it. Queensryche's "Operation Mindcrime" is probably my best concept album of all times. It sounds like we are of the same age. You said you turned 16 in Oct 1988. I was born on Oct 28th '72.

No one ever talks about Smashed Gladys! Bravo! 👏

Love this channel…rock on Guru 🤘

Awesome-another HearMetalGuru episode!

This was a fun one guys! Hope Enuff Z Nuff made the 89 one

Sorry for so many comments but your channel has got me on a roll.LOST BOY'S. How come they were on a major label and nobody talks about them. We need to do a deep dive because I already in one song can hear the cult Cinderella and Bang Tango

If a band was ever featured in METAL EDGE magazine between 1986-1992, it could be discussed in a conversation concerning hair metal. Might be hair metal adjacent but still should be considered when these glory years are discussed.

Another excellent video with HBB! 1988 has so many classics. Honorable mentions for me would be House of Lords- S/T, Brighton Rock- Take a Deep Breath, Circus of Power - S/T, China- S/T, Ratt- Reach for the Sky, Jetboy - Feel the Shake, Killer Dwarfs- Big Deal, Zodiac Mindwarp - Tattooed Beat Messiah, Europe - Out of this World, Yngwie- Odyssey, and King Kobra III. In the vein of Operation Mindcrime, I also love Crimson Glory- Transcendence, Fates Warning - No Exit, King's X - Out of the Silent Planet, King Diamond - Them, and Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (though I can live without hearing Can I Play With Madness ever again).

'First, naked Kip; now, my ass!' 😂 Watching and chuckling along to the show in Portugal. Keep it up, boys! (I'm referring to the show) ;)

My favorite Ozzy album is "Diary of A Madman" but "No Rest for the Wicked" is really good too. Zack's guitar tone is so heavy. One of the later Bon Jovi albums that's really good is "The Circle".

Mindcrime YES! I’m a comic book writer/artist/publisher. I’ve reached out to Geoff’s agent to do it as a comic book.

Love this channel. Keep it coming @hairmetalguru

God this was such a great year in my life the music was so awesome going to Rock clubs every weekend the girls looked so good the bands rocked I couldn't imagine being you g these days no rock bars no good music jesus you can't even talk to people everyone is zombified on there phones sorry kids you have no idea what you missed

Best album of 1988 was Wingers debut. Band blew everyone else away . Finally mentioned Smashed Gladys!! Great band. Ozzy No Rest is my second fave ozzy, and always loved Girlschool. Nice Kiss shirt Guru!!

"Even more chick-ish!"... This is the quality content we're here for! What magazines are under your pillow Guru????

Great list. Not much to add so I'll share some random-but related-thoughts. I saw Girlschool in 1983, opening for Quiet Riot. Very good live act. They were actually "mentored" by Lemmy from Motorhead. My band opened for Slammin' Gladys in 1992. They were cool guys. Hang on to that Mississippi Nights flyer. That was THE club to play back in the day (it's gone unfortunately). Just a partial list of bands I saw there between 1989 and 1993--- Sleeze Beez Britny Fox Great White Enuff ZNuff Faster Pussycat Tora Tora Bang Tango Danger Danger Lillian Axe That's all the hair bands I could remember off the top of my head, I'm sure there were more. I even played there myself a couple times. Mississippi Nights wasn't strictly a rock club because I saw quite a number of new wave type bands there too.

Bryan, Lilian Axe (Poetic Justice) was the band that I discovered from not sending my Columbia House card back in time😂

So stoked for this. Check out Hagfish. The album: Rocks your lame ass It’s an incredible fun punk album that has some glam metal hooks. I could see CC being in their band lol I also made a playlist on my RU-vid page with the Ambush songs I suggested that you may like so you can find the tracks easy. One song is missing but I can’t find it uploaded on RU-vid.

Speaking of Bon Jovi, he’s been accused of including fake autographs in his special edition new release.

1988 Zodiac Mindward & the Love Reaction release "Tattooed Beat Messiah". This album pre-dates G&R by a full year.

Fucking Stage Dolls, man. The ENTIRE catalogue is worthy. They're still at it too. Love Cries changed my life.

Regarding Kip Winger - This guy was nominated for a Grammy for his classical composition

I completely agree W/ both you’re #1s🤘

Smashed Gladys is fucking awesome! Ozzy’s The Ultimate Sin is my favorite! CT

I always tell people for a comparison that Smashed Gladys is like a female fronted L.A. Guns

Another great video from my favorite Channel I'm in my alter ego mode today..the grunge guru... 1988 was the year of mudhoney Tad and Melvin's.😊 The real nasty grunge that did not get populated...but that's another story.. I came here to do one thing.... mention JOHNNY CRASH SLAVE RAIDER and LOST BOYS

I always thought that Beau Hill dude from all those Ratt records , polished up Poison Open Up too much . The roughness , Cheap Trick swagger Poison had on debut was the best part . Bulletboys debut was solid , LA Guns became a favorite, I was like 11 and would have been immersed in Guns n Roses , Appetite and around Christmas 88 , Lies hit . I dig thiis channel , I need this stuff . I have yet to hear yall talk about a record I had , The London Choirboys.. it was a blatant Faces rip off , but later in my teens , I would really get into Faces .

Yall should do a segment on the producers that ruled the genre . The Mutts and Beau Hill and Ted Templetons , Tom Werman . I never knew Hill did Warrants debut ..

Kip either won a award or was nominated for one for his classical or opera music a while back. I always liked Winger

We need to team up on a project concerning the industrial hair metal thing.. starting in 1999 there was hair metal musicians teaming up with other hair metal musicians to cover yet more hair metal songs.. and we recording their own songs.. are you doing weird remixes with skinny puppy and kmfdm.. St Clair records is responsible.. but it gets a lot darker and deeper.. because I started finding these CDs at truck stops along the way to a vacation to Florida.. and then all the sudden they start popping up on deadline and Cleopatra records and then the hair metal box set Hollywood rocks.. which I have and you would absolutely have an orgasm over

Dirty looks' cool from the wire is the best '88 hard rock/metal album period. For me anyway 🤘🏻 RIP Henrik

Lets go!!!!!!!

I'll stand up for In Heat by Black N' Blue

It's your arch nemesis the grunge Guru here to remind everyone when they sit down to dinner to eat their meat and potatoes of Warrant RATT and dirty looks.. don't forget tha grunge veggies..Skin Yard L7 and my sister's machine.. wear a flannel bib over the top of that Kix shirt

Nice pick I remember The Stage Dolls and they're from Trondheim Norway.

Check out Warlock. Another female fronted band that is very good.

Check out the Motörhead/Girlschool split. They had been around for a while before take a bite.

If you listen to hair metal more than likely you got ozzy and ACDC in your collection

MELVINS "Honey Bucket" I will upload it soon today

Kix is my favorite band, and while I of course love Blow My Fuse, Hotwire is my favorite. Brian Forsyth is still in Rhino Bucket as far as I know

Seen Girlschool a couple of times recently and they still cut it live, defo not the original lineup as the original guitarist has passed away and I think a different bassist now. Also saw winger at Download ( maybe 18 or 19, not sure of the year ) and they were excellent, the bassist from Dillinger Escape Plan did a guest appearance for a song

Prophet cycle of the moon from 1988! Fun fact the early incarnation featured Ted Poley from Danger Danger so really check out the band and that album and keep these videos coming

You would love The melvins and tad

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All jokes aside I think you should really check out some of the later Venom. Fallen angels and up from the depths

How the hell could anyone not watch after that intro 😁🤘 edit: many thanks guys!

Kings X - Out of the Silent Planet

This is James Anthony once again my brother freakin aswome episode my albums from 1988 are Ace Frehley Seconed Sighting Vinnie Vincent Invasion All Systems Go House Of Lords House Of Lords Bon Jovi New Jersey Poison Open Up And Say Ahh Cinderella Long Cold Winter Krokus HeartAttack Kix Blow My Fuse Van Halen OU812 Ratt Reach For The Sky LA Guns LA Guns Quiet Riot Quiet Riot Stryper In God We Trust Metallica And Justice For All Flotsam And Jetsam No Place For Disgrace Ozzy No Rest For The Wicked Lita Ford Lita Stage Dolls Stage Dolls ACDC Blow Up Your Video Hurricane Over The Edge Vixen Vixen Britny Fox Britny Fox Bullet Boys Bullet Boys Dirty Looks Cool From The Wire Winger Winger LeatherWolf Street Ready Lillian Axe Lillian Axe Queensryche Operation Mindcrime Silent Rage Don't Touch Me Their I have said it before keep what your doing Anthony freakin love it my brother

Nirvana PJ Soundgarden AIC.. they were good sleazy garage bands before play fell victim to the same play that killed hair metal.. 10 years for the good guys 2 year run for the flannel

It is absolutely mind boggling when I see a remix of great white doing a Van Halen song but it's remixed by kmfdm.. or one of those industrial bands.. and then somebody throws a Dweezil Zappa guitar solo on it

Surprised you haven't mentioned Spread Eagle on your channel. Or have you?

DIRTY LOOKS post CFTW TURN OF THE SCREW FIVE EASY PIECES BOOTLEGS RIP IT OUT ONE BAD LEG SLAVE TO THE MACHINE After that when there was a break.. then there was a bunch of albums. And now the singer of dangerous toys is singing for dirty looks

I bought Bon Jovi's New Jersey when it first came out and maybe listened to it twice. It bored the hell out of me and I haven't bought an album of theirs/his since. Slippery on back were great though.

What Garth Brooks that’s not hair metal😅

Love hurricane, but smiles like a child makes me cringe....

Oh god I do not like “all systems go” at all compared to the debut . Horrible production and just kinda boring/annoying . I prefer Robert fleschman over mark in VVI imo 😁, and I prefer slamming Gladys or smashed gladys🤘 Bryan with a rant , I’m alittle scared now 👀😁