The 20 GREATEST Album Openers In Hair Metal History 

My Top 10: 01. L.A. Guns - No Mercy 02. Kingdom Come - Do You Like It 03. Guns N‘ Roses - Welcome To The Jungle 04. Tesla - Hang Tough 05. Poison - Strange Days of Uncle Jack/Valley of Lost Souls 06. Cinderella - Bad Seamstress Blues/Fallin' Apart at the Seams 07. Roxx Gang - Scratch My Back 08. Ratt - You're In Love 09. Dangerous Toys - Teas'n, Pleas'n 10. White Lion - Hungry HM: Mötley Crüe - Wildside

Thank you for having me back, Guru. Such an honor!!

Sleeze Beeze "Rock in the Western World" is is like shooting caffeine into your vein. So true, bro. Great description!!!

Those first two Love/Hate albums are classics. Lets Rumble has it's moments but then things fall apart with Im Not Happy on.

Man, you guys covered so many great tunes. I quickly made a list for myself and just started crossing them off as you guys put them out there. That said, I still had a handful so here ya go Southgang - Boyz Nite Out from Tainted Angel Steelheart - Loaded Mutha from Tangled In The Reins Slamming Gladys - Bad Attitude from self titled Kik Tracee - Don’t Need Rules from No Rules Dangerous Toys - Teasn n Pleasn from self titled Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation from same Tesla - Change In The Weather from Psychotic Supper And to add to the Badlands mention, Last Time from Voodoo Highway.

Great show guys! Here are my top 10 in no particular order. I know you talked about a few of them… Blue Murder - Riot Ratt - Dance Faith No More - Land of Sunshine King’s X - The World Around Me Cinderella - Night Songs Kiss - King of the Mountain David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose Love/Hate - Blackout in the Redroom Def Leppard - Women TNT - 10,000 Lovers

FIREHOUSE - (Hold your fire Album): *Reach for the sky!!!* // Rest in peace, C.J. Snare

You are the only one i know that bring D.A.D up on a topic, their NFLFTP album is a killer, there is something very wrong why they did not make it. Keep going, watch every videos you make.

This was an awesome show down memory lane! And it started out with Salty Dog, the perfect opener for the episode. Well done men!

loving this channel. awesome keep the eps coming

Sleeze Beez still rock. Even that first one Look Like Hell is good but the following 3 albums are must haves.

Def Leppard High n Dry #1. Let it Go

Yasss!!! Love/Hate's Blackout in the Red Room is a gem. Legendary debut album. See also No Respect by Vain, and Psycho Cafe by Bang Tango

I get chills man when you talk about all these bands

Rock on the Radio from the first Firehouse album

Wanted man! Ratt! Your in love ! Ratt! God bless all the ratt n rollers! Jesus saves sinners! Thanks for sharing!

Babylon A.D- Bang Go The Bells Twisted Sister-Stay Hungry Stryper- Soldiers Under Command Bon Jovi- Runaway Quiet Riot- Metal Health Pretty Boy Floyd- Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz Vain- Secrets D’Molls- All I Want Lillian Axe- All’s Fair In Love and War Dokken- Erase The Slate

What a great subject to compile a list for. You both had good solid lists & the knowledgeable commentary that the two of you provide is nothing short of a history lesson on my favorite era of music. Thank you for that !! A couple I would add are: DANGEROUS TOYS - Teasn' Pleasn' - from debut BONFIRE - Ready 4 Reaction - from Fireworks album. Again, thanx for the great show !!

The Kids Are Back- Twisted Sister Night Songs- Cinderella Live Wire- Motley Crue Broken Heart- White Lion EZ Come EZ Go- Tesla Breaking The Chains- Dokken Wild Child- WASP Red Light Green Light TNT- Kix Wanted Man-Ratt Rockin With You- Malice HM: Fantasy- Aldo Nova Rock You- Helix

Sleez beez baby!

I still listen to love/hate .

Bang Tango Soul to Soul from Dancin on Coals.

Bought Salty Dog back in the day. Everyone I've played it for ended up being a fan.

Love the channel Guru! You need to check out a tune called Switchblade Serenade by Spread Eagle released in 1990. They were on MCA (Musicians Cemetary of America) so, not surprising they never went anywhere, but a totally killer opening track on their debut.

I listen to Wasted In America more that Blackout today. But i think they're equally good.

Some really good tunes there guys!

This was a meaty episode. I had to digest it in chunks. 😆 Rock! Rock! (Till you drop) might be my opening favourite track if it's considered hair metal. It sets the tone for the whole Pyromania-album wich in turn you could argue sets the tone for the whole MTV-movement. Great episode!

D.A.D still going 40 years on. Went back and got all their stuff. Even the obscurities.

Check out the demos of Bulletboys debut. They are here on yt. Breathes new life into those tracks hearing them in that raw form.

Let's go baby!!!

Night Songs is the best hair metal debut album ever.

Dokken of course. I bought in 87. I paid my paper route money and I was not disappointed

Great episode...great picks and honorable mentions...a few not mentioned...Hardline Life's A Bitch,McQueen Street When I'm In The Mood, Firehouse Rock On The Radio and Reach For The Sky,Slik Toxic Big Fuckin Deal,Bangalore Choir Angel In Black and Vince Neil Look In Her Eyes....take care Guru, can't wait for the next episode!

I would throw the following in: Boys R Gonna Rock - Vinnie Vincent Invasion Forever Young - Tyketto Runaway - Bon Jovi Extreme - Decadence Dance

I was around back in the grunge surge. All you had to do in 1992 was wear flannel and you were the shit. That's how stupid it got.

W.A.S.P. Wild Child

Kix-Red Light,Green Light(TNT), off of 1 of my favorite hair metal albums-Blow my Fuse.

My band opened for Love/Hate right after they toured with ACDC. That first album was killer!

1.Poison - Love on the Rocks 2.Dokken - Erase the Slate 3.L.A Guns - It don't mean nothing 4.Faster Pussycat - Where there's a whip , there's a way. 5.Britny Fox - 6 guns loaded 6.Quiet Riot - vicious Circle 7.Cinderella - Bad seamstress blues/Fallen apart at the seams 8.Winger - Deal with the devil 9.White Lion - Lights and Thunder 10.Skid Row - Hell or high water

SHOTGUN MESSIAH - Sexdrugsrock'n'roll!!!

Come Along - Salty Dog ( still rockin' it !! I have it on 3 formats !! )

I've had enough into the fire, inside out xyz, kiss of death dokken, wicked sentation. Greeting from central america.

shogun sally - cats n boots road of a thousand dreams - trixter paris calling - shark island notorious- loverboy

Blackout in the Red Room. Killer opener 👍🎸🎸🎸🎸

Blue Murder Riot.

I had the Wildside album.

Thanks guys🤘

I will get in touch Guru. We need to find the topic to discuss. Ideas I have is best live hair metal gig, worst follow up to a mega selling record, Top frontmen etc. I will never forget watching Poison at Donington as a 15yr old. Me and 2 mates went to Donington on a coach package. The line up was headlined Whitesnake with Steve Vai, Aerosmith, Poison, Quireboys and Thunder. I wanted to see Poison. When they came on my mate put me on his shoulders and I was amazed. I will never forget when they started ‘Every Rose’ the sun came out in the shitty English weather. It’s a moment I will never forget. To be honest when Aerosmith then Whitesnake came on it was an anti climax really.

The drumming on Ultimate Sin

Great show and agree with plenty those so will go for a different 10 in no particular order (love the big intros ;) The Cult Sun King White Lion Lights & Thunder Spread Eagle Broken City Tora Tora Wild America Beggars & Thieves ...Broken Dreams War Babies Hang Me Up Love Hate Wasted In America Kingdom Come Do You Like It Tyketto Forever Young Tangier Ripcord

"Best I Can" on Queensryche's Empire album was an absolute banger and definitely set the tone of what was to come. The band can be argued hair since they were big at the same time as so many other bands that were put under the same hair envelope. I also thought "Reach For The Sky" on Slaughter's The Wild Life was a strong song as well that showed a more serious side the album was going to present vs Stick It To Ya. And yes, I'd say "Welcome to the Jungle" is probably the definitive opening song for one of the best albums ever made. Such an in your face "here I am!" sound right from the start.

That Cold Sweat album is incredible. It was called Break Out.

The album Jizzy recorded with Quiet Riot is very cool. Its insanely hard too find anymore. The album has been completely taken off the web , i have no idea how too find it anymore. When i had it burnt on disc , i wore the track - Backside of water out...great track.

Girls, Girls, Girls came out before Appetite For Destruction, so Motley Crue had already evolved before Gn’R’s 1st release.

Lynch mob the open track wicked sensation great song and album from start to finish

Great list. Can't argue with it. So I'll just throw mine out there instead: SexDrugsRockNRoll- Shotgun Messiah (Second Coming) New Thing- Enuff ZNuff Sick Sex- Tygertailz (Bezerk) Look In Her Eyes- Vince Neil (Exposed) Nonstop to Nowhere- Faster Pussycat (Whipped) Girlschool- Britny Fox Decadence Dance- Extreme Wild Side- Motley Crue (Girls, Girls, Girls) Wicked Sensation- Lynch Mob (Wicked Sensation) Secrets- Vain (No Respect) Just off the top of my head......

50:35 No, that was I want action video. Your mama dont dance was the live concert footage from I think Nashville with skateboard stuff at the beginning.

The funny thing about poison is The record producer had C.C. deville play the guitar parts on I believe it was warrants first album in the studio ,I heard it in an interview

I agree 100% on your number one Guru brother

About to watch this...If Broken Home by Spread Eagle on the their debut isnt on here somethings gone wrong somewhere!

New Tattoo is as hair metal as it gets. I dig that album and saw that tour. I love the new Dogs of War Video. It is pretty fucking cool. Song is good. In my opinion. It is Heavy.

Hey buddy I would love if you can come on my show to talk some Hair Metal, It will be a blast!

The first two Lillian Axe albums aren't on the box set. It starts at Poetic Justice because they had already re-released them recently.

Kiss of death dokken off back for the attack great album,but yes bang your head is metal's anthem I 100percent agree

My favorite hair medals song on Mötley Crüe girls girls girls is wild side I know I’ve asked this before, but where can I find those two Badlands albums they had one in like 90 12 Called Voodoo Highway, I would like to find those albums, because I don’t have any way of listening to those without going on RU-vid. if you know, show me where to find them. Thank you. Love you guys.

Adler was the backbone of GNR. Without him Appetite is NOT the same album. Same with Affuso from Skid Row. His playing MADE those albums. it’s never been the same after those guys left the bands.

I bought the Salty Dog album on release and only played it once. It didn't grab me - I put it down as a poor man's G'n'R - and I don't think I've played it since. I love the Sleez Beez. Lillian Axe are a great band - even though they have changed alot over the years. I agree that Big Game was terrible.

I’d add Lynch Mob’s Wicked Sensation.

Agree you don't have to like everything by a band. Metallica is probably my fav of all time but I can't do St Anger. Even James jokes about it during shows.

Crash and burn don dokken great opener and a great album

I'm surprised No Mercy by L.A. Guns didn't come up. Not only a great album opener but a great live one. A couple of others Hot Wire - Kix, Stakk Attakk - Wrathchild, Secrets - Vain, I Wanna Be Somebody - WASP and even though it's out of the genre what i think is the best album opener *EVER* Angel of Death from Slayer.

This is James Anthony this is my list Krokus the song HeadHunter Great White Out Of The Night Warrant Inside Out Kiss I Love It Loud Winger Blind Revolution Mad SteelHeart SteelHeart Motley Crue Smoke The Sky WildSide Hang On Lucy Dokken Kiss Of Death

I remember hearing Love On the Rocks for the first time on cassette in 88 and thought it was great. Everything since was a huge letdown.

Realistically you could call Metallica a hair band. They took a lot of shit when they cut their hair in the 90s. And they put out an alternative adjacent album called load in 96. I may take shit about this and they are a favorite of mine. But non glam hair band all day.

A band i never hear mentioned anywhere is Trouble Tribe. Anyone remember them?

Besides my love for "hair metal" was the chick's were a hell of a lot hotter than the mid 90's and on. Man I miss those days. Everything was in excess....alcohol, drugs, sex and hair!!

Dokken unchain the night

Ironically, Jizzy (Jizzo) fronts Quiet Riot now.

BROKEN CITY SPREADEAGLE

Guru you probably know, but I dont know who exactly is doing this song. I think it would have been a hit after a producer polished it up back "the day"! Its called (Im a Hurricane) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rlrH3TNHyYU.html

Anyone heard the new Motley,garbage,John5 couldn't even save that song,solo was fire tho

You lost me when you start talking about how great Flesh And Blood is.

No, Bon Jovi is doing commercials for pain meds now.

My brotha. Youre South Dakota Cohort in metal. I have a disagree with Skid Row. There is no doubt that Slave is heavier but it full of garbage songs minus 2 or 3.where As I can listen to the debut front to back all day. Just beause it's heavier doesn't mean the songs are better. Thats one of the only things I will disagree with you on. I like the the first one better. That's the soundtrack to my late teen. Sorry.

Quiet roit hair metal?never,never,never!real heavy metal!

I'm not going through the comments so maybe someone already said this but get GNR off of this list. Not hair metal.

From the start, Brian's list seems to miss the whole topic point. Best hair metal album openers of all time. Like that actually mattered. Lol. Never heard of CHP or whoever. Love/Hate doesn't belong on this list. Cmon. Top 10 of all time? Get outta here 😂

HELLZZ YEAH GOT ME SUM NEW CONTENT ON A SUMMER LIKE SATURDAY HAVE A RIGHTEOUS WEEKEND BTRUUUUTHA🥃🍻XOXOXOXO'S FRUM CINCINNASTY,,TOEMOSS COCKVOMIT

Skid Row Slave to the grind is not a Hair Metal album😈