http://glamrock.com/forum/ GlamRock.com Forum » Topic: The less popular (but still awesome) 80s Glam Bands thread en Sat, 26 May 2012 13:10:48 +0000 http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17532 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:25:16 +0000 RockLibertyWarrior 17532@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>I've heard of Wrathchild but I will check out RTX and Heathen. I am always on the look out for bands I have never heard before. Mark is really awesome by the way. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17520 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:07:44 +0000 BillyAcid 17520@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Yeah I've heard of Slaughter, I agree they're pretty cool. I've poster of them in my room from an old Metal Edge magazine. I think Mark has to be one of the best singers I've ever heard.Hey have you ever heard of RTX, Heathen, and Wrathchild. They're all pretty cool. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17496 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:23:22 +0000 RockLibertyWarrior 17496@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Dude, I think I have heard Jackyl before, so your dad was in that band? My dad didn't make it big but he has alot of cool stories of all the bands and people he met in the 80's. I was just a kid so I didn't tour with him too much only sometimes, mainly stayed home with my mom. But I did get to see LA Guns where my dad opened for them at the Roxy in 1986! I was only six years old! Danzig, Ratt and Testament are awesome! I love glam but I also love classic rock, I was raised on all that stuff. My mom was a real religious type and she didn't really approve of my dad's career or the music we played and listened too. I know the whole drug thing with my dad, that is the reason why I avoided much of that stuff. In junior high and high school I was stoned 24/7, but when I got older I stopped. My dad was in a rock band in the 80's so of course there was liquor and drugs all over the place, you know what? It just fucking sucks, that shit is just plain stupid and I can't believe I almost made the same mistakes as my parents. Their both fine now and my dad works as a producer for a studio in LA called Sands Entertainment, he helps bands and stuff, as well as being a camera man in the Warner Bros. studios so he is doing fine. Keeping on the subject ever heard of the band Slaughter? Their OK. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17485 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:32:07 +0000 BillyAcid 17485@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Yeah my dad turned me on to alot of bands. He tried to make it musically but he was fired from a band called Jackyl when they we're a garage band. They made it big but he on the other hand is like me, he's stuck with a bullshit cover band. He turned me on to Danzig, Testament, Ratt, Judas Priest and a ton more. My mom was a metalhead in the 80s an so was my dad. My step father turned me on to Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Guns n Roses and Led Zepplin. See, he was one of those people that survived Woodstock. So he was basically a hippie pot head and my dad is just a drug addict period. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17474 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:18:22 +0000 RockLibertyWarrior 17474@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Oh no not at all! In fact I think the same thing about myself, I have a tendency to annoy people, always have. I pretty much gave up on trying not to because I end up being worse. <img src='http://glamrock.com/forum/bb-images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' /> Yeah alot of bands people aren't exposed to I found out mainly through my dad, his band mates and my cousin. My dad played records theat were really off the wall shit, and his band members were the same, we had one guy in the band, the bassist whose friend had a record store that imported foreign vinyl so I knew of some of these foreign metal bands before alot of Americans got hep to them. My pops was the one who played me Dangerous Toys, Junkyard, Bango Tango, Shark Island, Mother Love Bone etc. I am with you there, I was raised on all that stuff. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17455 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:00:08 +0000 BillyAcid 17455@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Yeah really, some of the bands I listen to such as Dangerous Toys, Junkyard, Manowar,and Bang Tango; not many people that I've talked to have really heard of them or like them for that matter. Wich is why to me it is a rareity to find a true metalhead such as yourself who has the same musical tastes as me. Oh yeah by the way I hope I don't annoy you, I seem to have a tendency to annoy people. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17406 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:09:30 +0000 RockLibertyWarrior 17406@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>You too, it looks like we have a shit load of the same tastes. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17359 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:25:49 +0000 BillyAcid 17359@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>I'll have to agree with you. You have an excellent taste in music my friend! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17356 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:09:16 +0000 RockLibertyWarrior 17356@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Yeah, Hangmen do sound alot like Junkyard, but their songs are pretty cool! Rotten Sunday I have loud in my car every Sunday I take a drive. Mother Love Bone is awesome, they came on the tail end of glam, Crown of Thorns is a pretty good song, my favorite is Stardog Champion. That song kicks major ass! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17352 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:49:49 +0000 BillyAcid 17352@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>I heard The Hangmen just now and I like'em! They sound a little like Junkyard, but I really like their songs Rotten Sunday and Last Drive. I like the song crown of thorns by Mother Love Bone, It's a cool ballad! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc/page/2#post-17351 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:40:18 +0000 BillyAcid 17351@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>I've hears of all of them except for The Hangmen and Mother Love Bone bt I'll defidently check 'em out! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-17310 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:27:43 +0000 RockLibertyWarrior 17310@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Yeah I totally can't wait to hear Love/Hate. My friend hasn't e mailed them to me yet but I am actually thinking about just downloading them off this site. It is a pay site but its only like a buck 50 which isn't too bad, some other bands I came across that were pretty wicked were The Hangmen but be careful to look for the 80's band not the psycobilly band by the same name, Junkyard, Steelheart, Dangerous Toys definitely check out their self titled, it is one of my favorite records in my collection and you won't be disappointed, Tigertailz, Lizzy Borden, Ugly Kid Joe's album "America's Least Wanted", Living Colour's Vivid, King's X, and Mother Love Bone's self titled, you won't be let down by any of these bands, some you won't be able to find on music sites, but there is probably mp3 sites that you can download off of, just don't do anything illegal. wink, wink. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-17292 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:50:21 +0000 BillyAcid 17292@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>sweet man! I finally thought of a few more. EZO,Shotgun Messiah and Trixter. Oh yeah you'll probally like Love/Hate. I think their best songs are Black out in the red room and Why do you think they call it dope. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-17034 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:57:34 +0000 RockLibertyWarrior 17034@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Yeah Bango is a pretty awesome band! My friend had a collection of Love/Hate songs he downloaded, the band was pretty awesome from what I heard. I am trying to get those songs on a CD. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-17020 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:41:40 +0000 BillyAcid 17020@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Bang Tango is awsome I just heard them 2 months ago and have been obsessed with them ever since, Joe Leste has a great voice. Another good one is Love/Hate. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-16443 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:46:59 +0000 RockLibertyWarrior 16443@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Yeah I don't see mentioned the Cult, Living Colour or Ugly Kid Joe! All good bands, there are a plethora of minor glam bands that were great or only released one album. Coney Hatch, a Canadian hair metal outfit released a pretty cool album that never really saw the light in the States, I don't know if it saw the light in Britain. Or Krokus? Black n' Blue? Bango Tango? All great acts. I added three threads for these hardly known bands: The Cult, Living Colour, and Ugly Kid Joe. Broncotwerp posted a Living Colour and Cult video if you haven't experienced either band yet. I would post a Ugly Kid Joe video but my computer takes way to long and acts funny whenever I try to upload or download videos. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-16265 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:40 +0000 metalrulesall 16265@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>alannah miles was rite sexy back in her day !....and she had a really good sounding raspy voice i love it ! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-16197 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:51:39 +0000 GlamRose 16197@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Wig Wam and TNT are both really underrated. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-10845 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:24:46 +0000 RcksAngl 10845@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Tesla,Firehouse,Damn Yankees are all Great Bands,I've seen all three in concert and all of them put on a great live show!!I've met the guys from Firehouse all 3 times that I've seen them most recently was just last year!!I also met Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades from Damn Yankees!!All the guys in Firehouse are Sweethearts,Michael Foster gave my daughter a drumstick(handed it to her from the Stage,so we got it autographed)!! <img src='http://glamrock.com/forum/bb-images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif' alt=':mrgreen:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-6956 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:33:24 +0000 dimmuborgirgal 6956@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>I agree, I adore Tesla, Dokken and Damn Yankees. I never was much of a Britney Fox fan though. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-5452 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:16:46 +0000 niki 5452@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>"I thought the Culture Club made some good music. Nobody mentions them either. They were very camp. Especially Boy George - completely "out there". LOL<br /> George Clinton too."<br /><strong>- Syndrome477</strong></p></blockquote> <p>If you could see my closet, you would think that George Clinton had raided mine. <img src='http://glamrock.com/forum/bb-images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> I have been told this more than once and its always the "normal" people that tell me so. Then I smile and nod my head to continue about my day or night. <img src='http://glamrock.com/forum/bb-images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-5443 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:53:37 +0000 AniseedRock22350 5443@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>the losers at the supermarket i work at...generally sneak and turn it lower when something half decent comes on...meanies! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-5439 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:49:30 +0000 JerseyBoy 5439@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Firehouse brings back good memories. I used to nightstock at a grocery store back when they were popular. Everytime "Don't treat me bad" would come on we'd run to the backroom and crank it up. Those few customers in the store at 2am would look at us like we were nuts but you couldn't but crank up that song <img src='http://glamrock.com/forum/bb-images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-5419 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:25:54 +0000 AniseedRock22350 5419@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>the time of year being christmas is my guess--why is there no band called Bethlehem lol? </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-5406 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:53:46 +0000 Syndrome477 5406@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Yeah I caught it...he doesn't look too good lately does he? </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-5405 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:50:38 +0000 carroll13 5405@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>...I'm glad someone caught that. <img src='http://glamrock.com/forum/bb-images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-5401 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:24:32 +0000 Syndrome477 5401@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>"Boy George has enough Glam in his few remaining nosehairs to kill Don Dokken...<br /> <img src='/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> "<br /><strong>- carroll13</strong></blockquote> Few remaining nosehairs...lmao...yeah he does! </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-5400 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:19:36 +0000 carroll13 5400@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>Boy George has enough Glam in his few remaining nosehairs to kill Don Dokken...<br /> <img src='/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-5397 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:09:08 +0000 Syndrome477 5397@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <p>I thought the Culture Club made some good music. Nobody mentions them either. They were very camp. Especially Boy George - completely "out there". LOL<br /> George Clinton too. </p> http://glamrock.com/forum/glam-forum/firehouse-tesla-etc#post-5395 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:01:10 +0000 carroll13 5395@http://glamrock.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>"Pop culture<br /> Pop psychology<br /> Pop Music<br /> <strong>POP = Popular</strong><br /> Don't overthink it. Calling something pop can only be done after the event. The event being achieving popularity.<br /> There's ain't no structure to it nor can it be predicted. It happens and after it does and it is popular, can then the Pop prefix be applied."<strong>- glamster</strong> </p></blockquote> <p>Actually no..(but also yes)<br /> Pop(ular) music has been around for over a hundred years now.<br /> The structure of a Pop song has been evident almost as long. Structuring a song in that way is what makes the difference between a Pop song, like Girls Girls Girls or Love Me Do, and a non Pop song like In The Beginning or Revolution #9.<br /> "verse/verse/chorus/verse"="A/A/B/A"= a "I/IV/V" chord progession...that's a Pop song, because the structure of the song is made in a way that is accessible to the widest audience possible.<br /> Most Rock(all genres), Country, and modern Blues has a Pop structure.<br /> Going beyond that, many 80s Metal bands(Glam/Hair and not) worked hard to sound "aggressive" but used a lot of production to make themselves "accessible", smoothing out the rough edges, and covering up dissonance(missing that dissonance can lend a bit of "edge")in the guitar sound.<br /> Why? Because they wanted to be "radio friendly" and POPular.<br /> "Pop" can be as much or more about the goal of the musician(or the writer) as the end result.</p> <p>I think we'd both be hard pressed to think of any Pop songs from the last 90 years that didn't follow this structure. </p>