Duarte, CA
The first two Def Leppard records are the best, especially High 'n' Dry. The blend of melody and aggression on that album is unbeatable, and while I like Pyromania and Hysteria quite a bit, they never got better than High 'n' Dry.
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Quoted from VanishingVision:they never got better than High 'n' Dry.
I agree with that. We did a lot of hearty partying with that one blaring.
Alcona, ON
Quoted from cdnpinbacon:David Bowie the original
And his buddy Mick Ronson. A way underrated guitar player who was light years ahead of his time.
Quoted from VanishingVision:The first two Def Leppard records are the best, especially High 'n' Dry. The blend of melody and aggression on that album is unbeatable, and while I like Pyromania and Hysteria quite a bit, they never got better than High 'n' Dry.
Yes!! One of my favorite albums to play in it's entirety every time. I got to see them when i was 15 on the Pyromania tour. Wish I still had the T-shirt 
I went back and looked through a bunch of my old music from the 80's. Wow, I didn't realize how much hair metal i had 
Here are some of my favorite songs that weren't mentioned:
Tora Tora - Guilty
Every Mother's Nightmare - Walls Come Down
Love/Hate - Black Out In the Red Room
Electric Boys - Lips And Hips
I dug up some of these gems as well!
Little Caesar - Down and Dirty
Babylon AD - Bang Go The Bells
Keel - The Right To Rock
Pretty Maids - Future World
Childs Play - Day After Night
Hericane Alice - Tear The House Down
Tyketto - Forever Young
XYZ - Inside Out
Quoted from gabegabegabe:I dug up some of these gems as well!
Little Caesar - Down and Dirty
Babylon AD - Bang Go The Bells
Keel - The Right To Rock
Pretty Maids - Future World
Childs Play - Day After Night
Hericane Alice - Tear The House Down
Tyketto - Forever Young
XYZ - Inside Out
Wow what kind of sheltered life did I live. I’ve never even heard of any of them.
Quoted from o-din:I agree with that. We did a lot of hearty partying with that one blaring.
I’m sure you would of enjoyed one of our Canadian bush parties back in the day.., long hair, Jean jacket Filled with batteries Smokes and weed. Couple pleasure packs.. (fellow Canadians remember those beer cases). A Big roaring fire, 80s rock cranked ..good ol days.
Technically not hair metal or glam rock but near enough , a fucken' great song most of you guys probably have never heard .
Really good song Man thanks for sharing...ironically Lead singer sounds a bit like Frank Starr (four Horseman) R.I.P Frank.
Still my favorite type of music. Your list is great and I am going to have to check out some of the suggestions in this thread that i haven't heard. Just recently discovered this song from 1988. The whole album is great
Killer Dwarfs.
I remember this band due to my buddy in art class who painted a killer Dwarfs album but spelled it killer dwafs...he for got the R ..lol
Anyone know Lion? They're most known for their cover of the Transformers theme for the 1986 animated movie, but they had two albums and an EP as well. Doug Aldrich on guitar, later to play with Dio and Whitesnake, and vocals by Kal Swan of the NWOBHM band Tytan.
Took me some time to figure out this not so known Swedish band, released their first album in 1989 and made a follow up album last year 
Steelwings - Stand up and shout loud
Steel Panther, taking the genre to its most ridiculous logical conclusion (possibly offensive):
(They even managed to get the “Behind the Music” treatment, with no less than Scott Ian, Dave Navarro, and Dee Snider citing them as influences.)
Quoted from bssbllr:I’ve never even heard of any of them.
I never missed a Headbangers Ball episode, despite Rikki Rachtman.
Quoted from Methos:Don't forget these guys....
I was going to list them, but I didn't consider them to be Hair Metal.
Another band i forgot to list is Badlands.
Quoted from cdnpinbacon:TEENAGE HEAD
The Canadian Ramones!! More of a Pop punk band, but great! Interesting history too.
Quoted from Methos:A short lived project with multiple members coming and going, but the debut of John Skye's solo work is one of the best albums in the genre. If only he and Coverdale were compatible.....
Hell yeah, was about to post a song from Blue Murder. Picked up that album about five or so years ago and was extremely surprised by how good it was. Pretty damn heavy, too.
Fantastic list! Thanks. Would you consider "I Want Out" by Helloween?
A little more metal, but definitely have the look and feel of Hair!
Quoted from VanishingVision:Hell yeah, was about to post a song from Blue Murder. Picked up that album about five or so years ago and was extremely surprised by how good it was. Pretty damn heavy, too.
We loved John's work with Whitesnake and knew he wrote a lot of the 87 album, so when BM came out we picked it up and were lucky to see the incarnation of that line up (John, Carmine, Tony). They were incredible and for John to sing AND play those riffs...wow. Still sounds great today.
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