what kind of rock music you like better and why?
I much prefer the 80s hair bands cause the music was a lot more fun, carefree, has more of an upbeat, high energy feel to it, the musicians and the vocal harmonies were also a lot better
The hair bands were awful, and although I'm sure many will agree, some of them will deny that they were huge fans back in the day. I wasn't. Hair band clubs were the worst music scenes ever, unless you enjoyed walking around in puke.
Hair bands were a manifestation of corporations gaining a larger control over music, imo. Alternative offered a brief respite and was the last great scene in rock music.
R.I.P. Rock & Roll.
Hair band clubs were the worst music scenes ever, unless you enjoyed walking around in puke.
As far as the decades go, the early 80's started out great with lot's of good music, but it began going downhill in 1983 and had reached the awful point by 1985. There was a rival of sorts during the 90's, but it didn't last long.
share80's baby Cinderella and Bon Jovi, that energy.
shareDepends. I was a teen in the 80s and love a lot of the hair bands, but by the end of the 80s it had become so watered down with bands like Warrant, Trixter, Firehouse, Slaughter, etc. It was starting to become a joke of itself. 90s had some killer music with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Dinosaur Jr., Nirvana, etc.
I'd give the edge to 80s glam though.
Depends. I was a teen in the 80s and love a lot of the hair bands, but by the end of the 80s it had become so watered down with bands like Warrant, Trixter, Firehouse, Slaughter, etc. It was starting to become a joke of itself. 90s had some killer music with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Dinosaur Jr., Nirvana, etc.
I'd give the edge to 80s glam though.
I couldn't stand Bon Jovi, and I still can't! Some of the new ones that came around near the end that I did like were the Bulletboys and Steelheart. The Bulletboys were produced by Ted Templeman (of Van Halen fame) and they gave off that early VH vibe.
shareI was never big on Bulletboys but did like Steelheart and always felt they could have been huge if they came out a few years earlier.
shareGood god man, 80s hair bands by a mile.
Maybe they seem a little ridiculous but they could actually sing and I'll take some energized fun-loving music any day over some angstry depressing garbled random noise much about how the world sucks and you should just as well end it.
Plus hair metal didn't end the bright, fun loving 80s. Dark, dingy, angsty, depressing grunge did. Went from cute 80s girls to flat, greasy hair and dingy don't give a crap style.
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shareI also find it strange that Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" only went to #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 yet it gets far more airplay than many Top 10 hit singles of the early 1990's.
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