Ranking the '80s albums of Dokken, Ratt, Motley Crue, Great White, and Quiet Riot (w/Martin Popoff) 

“Wasted Rock Ranger” from Great White is one of the BEST b-sides ever! Check it out if you’ve never heard it 😂

Cool theme today. My top 5 1 Ratt- Out of the cellar 2 Ratt- Invasion of your privacy 3 Great White- Once Bitten 4 Dokken- Under lock and key 5 Motley Crue- Shout at the devil

I think Great White definitely stands the test of time. Does anyone else think that they had great musical arrangements? No one ever mentions that. House of Broken Love with that guitar open. So underrated.

Dokken and Ratt had the best overall well rounded sound. Guitars, bass, drums and vocals. It mostly all came together so good.

5:39 I'm reasonably sure that "Five Years Dead" and "Dancing on Glass" are on "Girls, Girls, Girls", not "Theatre of Pain" (though I see that they are ranked back-to-back). Great episode, in general !

1. Shout at the Devil 2. Too Fast for Love 3. Out of the Cellar 4. Great White 5. Tooth and Nail 6. Metal Health 7. Back for the Attack 8. Invasion of Your Privacy 9. Theatre of Pain that's all i got...

Popoff and Pardo are at it again with another (what is personally referred to as a) blender episode. An interesting mix of bands here which reminds me that there are some songs by each of these bands that have really been enjoyed when they came out and over the years. But once again, no depth of catalogue or albums to match up with Martin and Pete to attempt a personal ranking but their top choices align somewhat with those memories - particularly as to Ratt. Thank once again, gents, for these continuingly fascinating episodes. There ya go!

I like 16 songs on the initial 2 Crue albums...I like 14 songs they did from 1985-2024.

How about doing the 80’s albums of Priest, Maiden, Sabbath and Motörhead, gentlemen?

Nice job guys, love my 80s glam metal, you're in my wheelhouse 🤘🏻

One day I would love to see ranking shows from Great White and Quiet Riot. Both bands have good records in the 90’s and beyond.

1. Dokken-Back For the Attack 2. Ratt-Out of the Cellar 3. Ratt-Invasion of Your Privacy 4. Dokken-Under Lock and Key 5. Motley Crue-Too Fast For Love 6. Quiet Riot-Metal Health 7. Motley Crue-Shout at the Devil 8. Great White-Once Bitten 9. Dokken-Tooth and Nail 10 Ratt-Reach For the Sky 11 Great White-Twice Shy 12 Great White- Shot in the Dark 13 Quiet Riot-Condition Critical 14 Dokken-Breaking the Chains 15 Ratt- Dancing Under Cover 16 Great White-s/t 17 Motley Crue- Girls, Girls, Girls 18 Motley Crue- Dr Feelgood 19 Motley Crue- Theater of Pain 20 Quiet Riot- 3 21 Quiet Riot-QR

Great show as usual. I love the mix bag album rankings from all these genres. I hope people who don’t listen to Great White anymore go back and check them out. Great band. I actually love all the bands in this group so this was enjoyable!

Currently for the first time I really am really considering taking a deep dive into hair Metal / 80s Glam Hard Rock. Already listened to Skid Row, Bon Jovi, Tesla but now I've been checking out Warrant and Ratt and I've been digging it. I remember listening to Cinderella, I might give them another try. Winger and Dokken are next in line.

Absolutely thrilled seeing this one showing up this morning!! I love this theme but these bands in particular are at the top of my list al time!! THANKS, gents!!

1. Mötley Crue - Shout at the Devil 2. Mötley Crue -Too Fast For Love 3. Ratt - Out of the Cellar 4. Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy 5. Mötley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls (Top 5)

Great White were awesome! Their early 90’s albums were their best.

I've only heard one album of this bunch but the Martin & Pete duo is always a must watch👍👏

I’m not sure why people would be upset with the iron mask Dubrow figure on their album covers. It became the bands mascot: no different from Dio’s mascot Murray, Maiden’s Eddie, Elric of Melnibone on Cirith Ungol, etc.

Nice to see Pete displaying the Original Album Series Ratt CDs. I already have the originals, but if I didn't this is the way to get them all for 20 bucks or so.

1. Too Fast For Love (MC) 2. Under Lock and Key (Dokken) 3. Invasion (Ratt) 4. Twice Shy (Great White)

Enjoyed this. Perfect way to kick off summer.

Great White........................... Rules

Top 21 songs these albums combined 21. Love's a Bitch - Quiet Riot 20. Lost Behind The Wall - Dokken 19. Round And Round - Ratt 18. Give It All - Ratt 17. Starry Eyes - Motley Crue 16. Streetkiller - Great White 15. Breaking The Chains- Dokken 14. Back For More - Ratt 13. Breathless- Quiet Riot 12. Looks That Kill - Motley Crue 11. What You Give Is What You Get - Ratt 10. Come OnFeelTheNoize - Quiet Riot 09. Tooth And Nail - Dokken 08. House of Broken Love - Great White 07. Shout At The Devil- Motley Crue 06. Kiss Of Death- Dokken 05. Body Talk- Ratt 04. Live Wire- Motley Crue 03. Lay It Down- Ratt 02. Unchain The Night- Dokken 01. Never Use Love- Ratt

I saw Great White open for Judas Priest in 1984 for GW’s debut album and Priest’s Defenders Tour. That’s probably the same tour.

21. QR3 20. QR 19. Shot In The Dark 18. Condition Critical 17. Theatre Of Pain 16. Reach For The Sky 15. Dr Feelgood 14. Breaking The Chains 13. Once Bitten 12. Great White 1st 11. Girls Girls Girls 10. Twice Shy 09. Dancing Undercover 08. Shout At The Devil 07. Tooth and Nail 06. Back For The Attack 05. Metal Health 04. Too Fast For Love 03. Out Of The Cellar 02. Under Lock and Key 01. Invasion of Your Privacy

Totally love this show. Great to hear Pete give motley some love. Ratt does not always get name checked with great 80’s bands but live invasion of your privacy and out of the cellar . Love breaking the chains Dokken.

Love great white ,motley crue, ratt, quiet riot decent, DOKKEN IS MY FAVORITE BAND OF ALL TIME GREAT BAND FULL OF FOUR TALENTED MUSICIANS

Under Lock and Key is my favorite Dokken album. Love the opening track, and Will the Sun Rise. Lightning Strikes Again is killer!

I'll start off by saying, I own all of these albums: 21. Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls (This album has one great song in Wildside and one good song in Five Years Dead. Otherwise, it's awful) 20. Quiet Riot - QR III (I love The Wild & the Young, enjoy Twilight Hotel and the Main Attraction (though very poppy) 19. RATT - Reach for the Sky (I thought the beginning of the ending started with Dancing Undercover to a varying degree. This one, though it took me forever to own is a bit better than I remembered. Really like Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds You and No Surprise. I like Martin hate Way Cool Jr. When I heard this, I probably lumped everything together with that song. I was knee deep into Thrash during this time, so there's that.) 18. Great White - ...Twice Shy (I love the Angel Song and House of Broken Love. There are some other good tunes. I hate the cover with a fucking passion) 17. Quiet Riot - Condition Critical (Love Red Alert and Bad Boy, a couple of other good songs. This band took a nosedive and a nosedive quickly). 16. Great White - Shot in the Dark (Sandwiched between their two best records in my opinion. I agree with Martin, The Angels cover is the best tune on here and Run Away is awesome) 15. Quiet Riot - QR (I used to think this album was their worst of the '80s and I've come around to it a bit) 14. Mötley Crüe - Theatre of Pain (I used to hate this album so much. Can't stand the cover but there were more than a few songs that I warmed up to. I actually really like Mick Mars guitar tone on this album. Love City Boy Blues, Louder than Hell and Tonight (We Need a Lover), and like a few other songs on this album. 13. Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (I love Dr. Feelgood and Kickstart my Heart and then the other radio songs are decent. I hate the rest of this record. I love deep cuts and I don't think this record showcases this at all. Way too slick of an album for me as well). 12. RATT - Dancing Undercover (This is where the list sort of gets a bit harder for me to rank. I used to loathe this record like Theatre of Pain but have come to appreciate it a bit more over the years. Love Dance, It Doesn't Matter, 7th Avenue and there are some other cool ones as well. Having said that, the twin guitar sound of Crosby and DeMartini started to take a hit, along with the lyrics). 11. Dokken - Breaking the Chains (I never liked the original until a couple of remasters showed up. One being the Steinhaus remaster and then the Rock Candy remaster. Love the title track, Paris, In the Middle, Stick to Your Guns and then there are a few others that are damn good). 10. Quiet Riot - Metal Health (I'm probably being a bit more kind to this then what I need to. It was a critical album regarding what my listening habits were shifting to as a 12-year-old, so based on that, I'll be kind. I hate the cover! Love Metal Health, Love's A Bitch and Danger Zone, which was added later) 09. Great White - Once Bitten (This is where it gets really tough. This one could be a few spots higher on any given day. I absolutely love Rock Me, Never Change Heart, On the Edge, and Save Your Love. I played this on cassette all of the time back in the day). 08. RATT - Invasion of Your Privacy (I absolutely love the first side of this record but find the 2nd side to just be okay. I love You're in Love, Never Use Love, Lay It Down, and Give It All!) 07. Great White - Great White (From this album on, I could say this might be #1 for me on some days. This is my favorite version of Great White. I love how heavy this fucker is. Stick It, Streetkiller, Hold On, and Nightmares are fantastic.) 06. Dokken - Under Lock & Key (This album was my favorite of Dokken's for years. It still might be on certain days. Unchain the Night, In My Dreams, Lightnin' Strikes Again, It's Not Love and Don't Lie to Me and a few other really good tracks). 05. Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love (Hard to believe this is only at #5. Having said that, of all the bands on this list, it's hard to talk about this band. I literally wouldn't go see this band if one gave me a free ticket to see them. Neil is embarrassing and yeah are they really even playing live?) Having said that, the first two records were beyond instrumental when it came to my early listening habits from in the early 80's. I pretty much like this album beginning to end, with Piece of Your Action and the title track being my favorites.) 04. Dokken - Tooth & Nail (Even while typing this, I questioned if this was second favorite from them. This is a fabulous album and there is no filler on this one. Favorites are Without Warning ~ Tooth and Nail, Into the Fire, When Heaven Comes Down and Don't Close Your Eyes). 03. Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil (Maybe should be my #1 based on the template it set for me as a 12-year-old back in 1983. It was one of the first metal albums I owned. I remember going through Circus and Hit Parader magazine and cutting out images of this band and putting them up in my locker. Love Knock 'em Dead Kid, Too Young to Fall in Love, Looks that Kill, the title track, Red Hot and the forgotten about Danger. I'm still not sure how that one has never been played live, though it's a bit too late for that). 02. Dokken - Back for the Attack (It's sort of weird to think that this one has passed up other great Dokken albums on my list. 13 songs and they're all good to great! You add the title track, which was part of the remastered edition on Rock Candy and you have a killer album of 14 tracks. Favorite tracks, the title track, So Many Tears, Kiss of Death, Standing in the Shadows, Cry of the Gypsy, Dream Warriors, and Burning Like a Flame. All killer, no filler). 01. RATT - Out of the Cellar (I love every track except one track, She Wants Money). Everything otherwise is perfect on this album. It's the perfect follow up from the very heavy E.P. This album has my favorite guitar tone of any L.A band from back in the day. This is fucking perfection!!!

My Top 5 - 1. Out Of The Cellar - RATT 2. Under Lock And Key - Dokken 3. Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue 4. Tooth And Nail - Dokken 5. Invasion Of Your Privacy - RATT

Ratt EP from 83 was amazing, I think.

The first Rough Cutt album is awesome!!! Paul Shortino has an amazing voice!!! So passionate!! I bring it up because he is still relevant today.

Main Attraction from QRIII is one of the best songs they ever did, Carlos solo is constantly in my head.

My top 10 would be… 1. Too Fast For Love 2. Shout At The Devil 3. Great White (debut) 4. Out Of The Cellar 5. Dr Feelgood 6. Invasion Of Your Privacy 7. Theater Of Pain 8. Metal Health 9. Girls Girls Girls 10. Dancin’ Undercover

Ive always been surprised Pete didn't seem to like Great White. And yeah, i love "Rock Me",😅

Martin, Five Years Dead and Dancing On Glass are not on Theatre Of Pain, but on Girls, Girls, Girls.

Here’s my top 10 1. Ratt Out of the Cellar 2. Dokken Under Lock and Key 3. Dokken Tooth and Nail 4. Dokken Back for the attack 5. Motley Crue Shout at the Devil 6. Ratt Invasion of your Privacy 7. Motley Crue Too Fast for Love 8. Motley Crue Dr Feelgood 9. Great White Once Bitten 10. Quiet Riot Metal Health Even though it’s not in my top 10 it’s pretty close but I really like the Ratt EP a lot. You think you’re tough a kick ass song

Whereas most of these bands were breaking up, or putting out mediocre albums in the 90s, Great White seemed to amp it up and were better than ever. I love that 84 self-titled Great White, and then was disappointed until Twice Shy. HOOKED for me, is their masterpiece. Its very 70s rock sounding, even in the production, and not heavy like the debut, but its so cohesive. Its funny that Quiet Riot did a cover of Afterglow on their 2nd japan album,, and Great White also covered it on Hooked. Psycho City from 92, also pretty good, and their cover of " somebody to love" is almost better than the orig. It was a b-side from Psycho City. Let It Rock from 96, was also really strong

1. Under Lock and Key 2. Shout at the Devil 3. Invasion of Your Privacy 4. Back for the Attack 5. Great White 6. Tooth and Nail 7. Out of the Cellar 8. Once Bitten 9. Metal Health 10. Breaking the Chains 11. Theatre of Pain 12. Too Fast for Love 13. ...Twice Shy 14. Shot in the Dark 15. Dancing Undercover 16. QR 17. Dr. Feelgood 18. Reach for the Sky 19. Girls, Girls, Girls 20. Condition Critical 21. QR III God this was hard! Love all these bands immensely. This is totally in my wheelhouse. I genuinely like and own all 21 of these albums. Some are definitely Weaker than others, but decent nonetheless.

My top 12: 1. Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil 2. Ratt - Out of the Cellar 3. Dokken - Tooth and Nail 4. Great White - Great White 5. Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy 6. Dokken - Back for the Attack 7. Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love 8. Quiet Riot - Metal Health 9. Ratt - Dancing Undercover 10. Dokken - Under Lock and Key 11. Ratt - Reach for the Sky 12. Dokken - Breaking the Chains

Very fun topic for sure. As always, I like to post my choices before I watch the show so I can see how things compare with Pete and Martin. 1. Tooth and Nail - Dokken 2. Invasion of Your Privacy - Ratt 3. Metal Health - Quiet Riot 4. Back for the Attack - Dokken 5. Out of the Cellar - Ratt 6. Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue 7. Under Lock and Key - Dokken 8. Dancing Undercover - Ratt 9. Breaking the Chains - Dokken 10. Too Fast for Love - Motley Crue 11. Reach for the Sky - Ratt 12. Great White - Great White 13. Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue 14. ...Twice Shy - Great White 15. Once Bitten - Great White 16. Girls, Girls, Girls - Motley Crue 17. Condition Critical - Quiet Riot 18. Theater of Pain - Motley Crue 19. Shot in the Dark - Great White 20. QR III - Quiet Riot 21. QR - Quiet Riot Don't know if you used the Ratt E.P. if so, it would be at 10 and everything else would slide down a slot. Now to find out what Pete and Martin selected!!

Seen great white in 1997 at a small club in Bay City Mi. That held about 500 to 700 people they were fantastic Jack Russell was an amazing vocalist and I really like Great white

This one was difficult. 1. Invasion of your privacy 2. Under lock and key 3. Out of the cellar 4. Tooth and nail 5. Back for the attack 6. Shout at the devil 7. Metal health 8. Too fast for love 9. Once bitten 10. Breaking the chains 11. Theater of pain 12. Dancing undercover 13. Reach for the sky 14. Twice shy 15. Girls 16. Condition critical 17. Great white 18. Dr feelgood 19. Shot in the dark 20. QR 3 21. QR

Great idea for a show - thanks! Off the top of my head, my Top 12: 1. Out of the Cellar - Ratt 2. Metal Heath - Quiet Riot 3. Invasion of Your Privacy - Ratt 4. Too Fast for Love - Motley Crue 5. Once Bitten... - Great White 6. Dancing Undercover - Ratt 7. Reach for the Sky - Ratt 8. Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue 9. Tooth and Nail - Dokken 10. ...Twice Shy - Great White 11. Under Lock and Key - Dokken 12. Back for the Attack - Dokken

Great White album called Let It Rock on Compact Disc is Very Expensive

Invasion of Your Privacy is such a good album.

Great show gents! Much of this stuff is definitely in my upper echelon all-time! Here's my 2 cents: 1. Dokken - Back For The Attack 2. Dokken - Tooth And Nail 3. Ratt - Out Of The Cellar 4. Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy 5. Dokken - Under Lock And Key 6. Great White - Once Bitten 7. Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil 8. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood 9. Ratt - Dancing Undercover 10. Great White - Twice Shy 11. Motley Crue - Theatre Of Pain 12. Dokken - Breaking The Chains 13. Ratt - Reach For The Sky 14. Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls 15. Great White - S/T 16. Great White - Shot In The Dark 17. Quiet Riot - Metal Health 18. Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love 19. Quiet Riot - QR III 20. Quiet Riot - Condition Critical 21. Quiet Riot - QR What can I say...never was a big Kevin DuBrow fan. Which leads them to the basement on this list (boggles the mind how "they" were the ones that broke the barrier on the west coast...though a few classics are in their repertoire). Dokken & Ratt are the class of the 80's hard rock scene in LA! Enjoyed guys! Keep Rockin'!!

Great white IMO was way better than all these other great bands

1) Ratt-Out Of The Cellar 2) Quiet Riot-Metal Health 3)Motley Crue-Shout At The Devil 4)Dokken-Under Lock And Key 5)Great White-Shot In The Dark. If you have these five you've got what LA metal at its height was all about. Add 6)Ratt's Timecoast EP, 7)Motley Crue-Too Fast For Love, 8)Dokken-Tooth And Nail, 9)Great White ST, and 10)QR-Condition Critical and you've pretty much got all you need. Add Invasion Of Your Privacy, Back For The Attack, Once Bitten, and QRIII for extra credit.

Ranking the albums of mime artists Mutley Crud. That will be a laugh as Pete’s not a fan

Good show Martin and Pete. Made me go and listen to that first Great White album which was called "Stick it" here in the UK . Saw them support Whitesnake at St Austell Cornwall Coliseum on March 6th 1984 and both Great White and Whitesnake were excellent.

I suggested Priest, Scorps,Maiden and Accept - we’ll see

Great show as usual gents.

Great White is great , such an underrated band.

I can give my top 10 1 - Out of the Cellar 2 - Back For the Attack 3 - Shout at the Devil 4 - Under Lock and Key 5 - Invasion of Your Privacy 6 - Metal Health 7 - Tooth and Nail 8 - Dr Feelgood 9 - Once Bitten (mostly because of Rock Me;) 10 - Reach For the Sky

Shout/Cellar/2 Fast/Dancing/Tooth + Nail/Ratt EP/94 Crue/Detonator/....pretty much all I liked.

Great show guys. I remember seeing all of the bands. Most were opening acts. My favorite band of them was Dokken. Then Ratt. Next would be Great White. I'm just disappointed great white did one metal album.

1. Ratt - Out of the Cellar 2. Ratt - Dancing Undercover (this record reminds me of what it must've been like bar hopping through the L.A. club scene in the 80's) 3. Is a Tie > Motley Crue- Too Fast for Love and Ratt's first EP (1983). (They both have that LA Metal/Punk sound.) 4. Dokken - Tooth and Nail 5. Quiet Riot - Metal Health 6. Dokken - Back for the Attack 7. Ratt - Invasion of your Privacy 8. Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls 9. Great White - Once Bitten 10. A Shot in the Dark Shocked how bad Critical Condition was as a follow up to a Number #1 album. Management and Record company really messed up. They could have hired a better producer and come up with a better follow-up product.

1. Dokken - Tooth and Nail 2. Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil 3. Quiet Riot - Metal Health 4. Dokken - Under Lock and Key 5. Ratt - Out of the Cellar 6. Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love 7. Great White - Great White 8. Dokken - Breaking the Chains 9. Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy 10. Dokken - Back for the Attack 11. Quiet Riot - Condition Critical 12. Motley Crue - Theater of Pain 13. Great White - Once Bitten 14. Ratt - Dancing Undercover 15. Ratt - Reach For the Sky 16. Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls 17. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood 18. Great White - Twice Shy 19. Great White - Shot in the Dark 20. Quiet Riot - QRIII 21. Quiet Riot - Quiet Riot

My ranking 21. Quiet Riot - QR III (1986) 20. Quiet Riot - QR (1988) 19. Great White - Shot In The Dark (1986) 18. Quiet Riot - Condition Critical (1984) 17. Great White - Once Bitten (1987) 16. Dokken - Breaking The Chains (1983) 15. Ratt - Reach For The Sky (1988) 14. Great White - Great White (1984) 13. Great White - Twice Shy (1989) 12. Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy (1985) 11. Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil (1983) 10. Ratt - Dancing Undercover (1986) 9. Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love (1981) 8. Dokken - Back For The Attack (1987) 7. Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983) 6. Dokken - Under Lock And Key (1985) 5. Motley Crue - Theatre Of Pain (1985) 4. Dokken - Tooth And Nail (1984) 3. Ratt - Out Of The Cellar (1984) 2. Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls (1987) 1. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (1989)

1- Out Of The Cellar 2 -Back For The Attack 3 Invasion Of Your Privacy 4 Under Lock and Key 5 Tooth And Nail My top 5 of these

Great topic

Martin --- 21) Quiet Riot - QR III (1986) @2:16 20) Quiet Riot - QR (1988) 19) Mötley Crüe - Theatre of Pain (1985) 18) Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls (1987) 17) Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (1989) 16) Dokken - Breakin' the Chains (1981) 15) Quiet Riot - Condition Critical (1984) 14) Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983) @18:13 13) Great White - Shot in the Dark (1986) 12) Great White - Once Bitten (1987) 11) Great White - ...Twice Shy (1989) 10) Dokken - Under Lock and Key (1985) 9) Ratt - Reach for the Sky (1988) 8) Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love (1981) 7) Dokken - Back for the Attack (1987) @35:11 6) Ratt - Dancing Undercover (1986) 5) Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil (1983) 4) Dokken - Tooth and Nail (1984) 3) Great White - Great White (1984) 2) Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy (1985) 1) Ratt - Out of the Cellar (1984) Pete --- 21) Quiet Riot - QR III (1986) @12:17 20) Quiet Riot - QR (1988) 19) Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls (1987) 18) Mötley Crüe - Theatre of Pain (1985) 17) Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (1989) 16) Quiet Riot - Condition Critical (1984) 15) Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love (1981) 14) Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983) 12) Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil (1983) @28:30 11) Great White - Once Bitten (1987) 10) Ratt - Reach for the Sky (1988) 9) Ratt - Dancing Undercover (1986) 8) Great White - Shot in the Dark (1986) 7) Great White - ...Twice Shy (1989) 6) Great White - Great White (1984) 13) Dokken - Breakin' the Chains (1981) @45:50 5) Dokken - Back for the Attack (1987) 4) Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy (1985) 3) Dokken - Under Lock and Key (1985) 2) Ratt - Out of the Cellar (1984) 1) Dokken - Tooth and Nail (1984)

For my tastes, GREAT WHITE ranks higher than ALL of these bands, and “…Twice Shy” was the right record at the right time (for a hair metal fan like myself about to graduate from high school). I was never a straight up blues fan, but Great White’s ‘House Of Broken Love’, ‘Rock Me’, ‘Move It’ et al. had enough blues, licks without sounding dated (or what I would have considered “old man rock” at the time). They still made good records well into the 90s too. SUCH a shame to see how the band eventually split from Jack and what became of his awesome talent.

Too Fast for Love is always Top 5 for me regardless of the other choices 🤘

Rock Me...one of the epic 80s tunes.

47:22 The riff for "In My Dreams" is great but _the guitar solo_, Pete, THE SOLO! It is top-5 of all guitar solos in the 1980s. I also put "Under Lock and Key" way up in the list.

Shout At The Devil, Out Of The Cellar and Night Songs were the only 3 hair metal albums I would consider great,unless counting Wasp,Def Leppard, WhiteSnake within that label.

I was today years old when I learned that Great white had two albums that went platinum! Wow. Unfortunately, they’ll always be associated with the Station nightclub fire. Rest in peace to the victims.

Not a fan of any of these bands but enjoyed your discussion on them! You kept me interested!

The funhouse !!

Over all best catalog 1 great white 2 ratt Then the rest.

Quiet Riot's first 2 albums were only released in Japan so technically QR 3 is their 3rd US release

Tooth and Nail is also my fave here. What a killer album. Also, am I the only one who thinks Crue's Too Fast for Love album sounds like Sweet? Just me or no?

Wow, Back For The Attack was a single LP with 63 minutes. Didn’t know you could fit that much music on two vinyl sides. Must have been very quiet.

Great show as always guys. Do you think that not so great sounding records could be the fault of bad mastering? Cheers!

Dokken is definitely the best of the bunch here. I quite enjoy QR 3 actually my favorite one from them. And those first couple Great White albums are highly underrated. Ratt rules too just put Crue at the bottom and do what you will after that lol

The extended version of Face the Day by Great White is so awesome.

I think Great White is criminally underrated. Love the vocals and guitar tone. And, alittle surprised Pete had Too Fast for love so low. I knew he wasnt a fan, but wow. Lol. Great show again, guys. Always look forward to friday at the funhouse !

-Dang! Dokken ULAK made it to the mid-7s? I would have rated it higher. [thanks Peter]. Loved it! -Yes! I loved Motley Too Fast For Love's Punk edge! -Great White never hit my radar. -Saw the Ratt/Poison Tour. Hated it also. Their mix was awful! -Dokken BFTA George Lynch unleashed! -Ratt "Cellar" and Invasion are my favorite Ratt albums.

What is the Ratt song ?? (Tell The World ??) that Looks That Kill sounds so mich like ,,that riff....and also similar to You Don't Have To Be Old by Judas Priest...

George Lynch is a monster on the second to fourth Dokken albums. Unfortunately, he just follows trends, and I question his authenticity. Remember Lynch Mob's "Smoke this"? 😂

I only have four albums and one comp out of all five bands. Only three of them, in fact.

No Stryper? To Hell With Sea of Tranqulity. 😉 Good episode guys. A reminder that I really haven’t listened to Great White anywhere near as much as these other bands and I need to remedy that.

I would have put theater of pain above girls girls girls and above a Doctor feel good. IMO Their best album will always be Too Fast For Love the Elektra version, #2 Shout at the Devil, #3 Theatre of Pain.

Outside of the "perfect" album,( aka Hair Metal/Glam bands of the sunset strip) - Under Lock & Key by Dokken....GreatWhite's Once Bitten👌. A close third: Shout @ The Devil; albeit still with their dark/punkish groove. Didn't pay much attention to Ratt after the Invasion of Your Privacy album. Or Crue after the first 2 releases. Of course;there's NOTHING "thin" about Back For The Attack,Martin!

My top 5 : 1) Motley Crue - Shout at the devil 2) Motley Crue -Too fast for love 3) Dokken - Back for the Attack 4)Dokken - Under lock and key 5) Ratt - Dancing Undercover Bottom 3 : 19) Motley Crue - Theatre of Pain 20) Great White - Twice Shy 21) Great White - Once Bitten. Not a huge fan of that blues rock style of Great White. I love the debut, but the rest I find a bit boring

I remember when you did your ranking of the Ratt albums pete. I was wondering, didyour opinion of them become a bit more favorable since that video? I remember you came out at the beginning of that video talking about how much some of your viewers were begging for that ranking. It was almost like you did not care to do the ranking. I could have got the wrong impression. Haha you really do not have to explain youraelf if you do not want to. I just noticed you had a lot of good things to say about them.i agree with you personally, I think their best albums, along with Dokken's best are the best of these bands. Those bands had two of my favorite guitar players. Even Robin Crosby on those early Ratt albums was great before he got hooked on the H.

I love tooth and nail great album

I was never a big fan of any of these 4 bands lol I guess the first 2 Crue albums are pretty good, Ratt Great White & Dokken all had a few songs I liked but that’s about it.

QR is an amazing album. Shortino has much more soul in his voice than Dubrow and it has some of Carlos’ best playing.

Do Wasp have more in common with Metal Church,Venom,Ratt or Lizzy Borden lol...Idk what genre they fit most ,but they perhaps could replace QR in this...

Body Talk is Live Wire!

Under lock and key is considered their best work anyway....even at the time

Great show guys tough to rank some of these & some definitely didn't age well at all (QR ) Out of The Cellar Shout At The Devil Tooth And Nail ( definitely agree w Martin production by Tom Werman sucked) Under Lock & Key Too Fast For Love Back For The Attack Invasion Of Your Privacy Dancing Undercover Once Bitten Shot In The Dark GW - GW

Is there a good live performance of Breaking The Chains on RU-vid ?? I've always thought that little riff was the best thing they did.

FIve Years Dead my favorite.....on Girls Girls GIrls.

The best Great White album is their Led Zeppelin tribute album. Absolutely awesome!!!!

Motley crue grew alot from too fast for love and shout at the devil