Mick Mars Home Tour

[Byrdman]

Oh. I thought it was the hairspray, make-up, spandex, and light-weight pop songs that were the problem

That and all the music started sounding the same. Then grunge came along and put the final nails in the coffins for all the spandex, hairspray, pretty-boy music. I liked it all, but IMO, MC was one of the bands that did last longer than the rest of that genre, so they did have something going on the rest did not.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Shout At The Devil is really all that you need.

 

[Frodebro]

Motley are the reason jagoffs in the 90s slagged off hair metal. They have all of the stereotypes. Yet, for some reason, they were allowed to continue on. Regardless, I love Mick's playing. I just wish he was able to play with a group of guys who weren't total fucking creeps.

They were the ones that put the whole glam/hair metal thing on the map. Once the Home Sweet Home Video exploded, the formula was cast. Spandex, makeup, and the power ballad. The record companies scrambled to capitalize on the trend while it was hot, and the result was all of these pretty boy bands with the big hair, lipstick, and the obligatory power ballad.

 

[TubeStack]

Shout At The Devil is really all that you need.

Too Fast For Love has its moments, too.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Too Fast For Love has its moments, too.

Couple of good tracks. Vince Neil's voice is younger and even more atrocious.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Couple of good tracks. Vince Neil's voice is younger and even more atrocious.

Its what I imagine that image of that weird kid that has been in use lately sounds like.

 

[TubeStack]

Couple of good tracks. Vince Neil's voice is younger and even more atrocious.

He does sound a bit like a cartoon character on that album, especially in "On With The Show"...

 

[JiveTurkey]

He does sound a bit like a cartoon character on that album, especially in "On With The Show"...

Smart brains think alike. Exactly the I was thinking of.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

That and all the music started sounding the same. Then grunge came along and put the final nails in the coffins for all the spandex, hairspray, pretty-boy music. I liked it all, but IMO, MC was one of the bands that did last longer than the rest of that genre, so they did have something going on the rest did not.

The hair metal albums worth talking about in the early 90s were starting to move away from palm muted A string and triads on the D, G and B string thing, though. Stuff was getting somewhat heavier or bluesy, depending on the band.

 

[Frodebro]

He does sound a bit like a cartoon character on that album, especially in "On With The Show"...

Yeah, almost like they slowed the tape down while tracking the vocals to make it easier for him to hit the high notes. Nowadays he’s not hitting ANY of the notes.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

The hair metal albums worth talking about in the early 90s were starting to move away from palm muted A string and triads on the D, G and B string thing, though. Stuff was getting somewhat heavier or bluesy, depending on the band.

There is no early 90s hair metal worth talking about

 

[DrewJD82]

IDGAF, I love a shitload of Motley Crue. Never considered them a hair band, though the obvious glam thing is obvious, I always looked at that as more of a New York Dolls influence. Vince is the only one who could ever be mistaken for a dude in Poison.

 

[TubeStack]

Yeah, almost like they slowed the tape down while tracking the vocals to make it easier for him to hit the high notes.

Yes! Never thought of that. Very good possibility.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

They were the ones that put the whole glam/hair metal thing on the map. Once the Home Sweet Home Video exploded, the formula was cast. Spandex, makeup, and the power ballad. The record companies scrambled to capitalize on the trend while it was hot, and the result was all of these pretty boy bands with the big hair, lipstick, and the obligatory power ballad.

Eh, they are a poor man's attempt at replicating the Van Halen formula. The formula was cast quite earlier than the Home Sweet Home music video, and without Metal Health, the whole thing would not have taken off like it did.

The only thing Motley did was yet another negative stereotype for hair metal.

 

[Frodebro]

There is no early 90s hair metal worth talking about

It had already become a caricature of itself by the time Appetite For Destruction was released (1987).

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Girls. Girls! GIRLS!!!! Stop bickering about meaningless crap!

 

[JiveTurkey]

It had already become a caricature of itself by the time Appetite For Destruction was released (1987).

I'd rather listen to select MC, Dokken and Ratt albums a BAZILLION times over that G'N'R turd

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

There is no early 90s hair metal worth talking about

Sure, Jan.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

that G'N'R turd

Mr. Brownstone indeed

 

[Frodebro]

Eh, they are a poor man's attempt at replicating the Van Halen formula. The formula was cast quite earlier than the Home Sweet Home music video, and without Metal Health, the whole thing would not have taken off like it did.

The difference is that Home Sweet Home brought the women. Van Halen and Quiet Riot didn’t have that critical element of the formula.

See also: Bon Jovi, Def Leppard (post Hysteria)