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Old 09-20-2013, 03:31 PM   #79 (permalink)
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In my opinion most bands were extremely commercial in the period of music that we are talking about.
Sammy just made the band sound more refined..........
Sure nearly all the major metal bands at that time were both highly commercial and glossy at the same time.

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That's all the VH you need right there IMO. And while I do think DLR is a better frontman than SH (whom I personally don't care for at all), that's not why the albums are better. Those albums just have 8000 percent more fecking BALLS. Eddie, Alex and Michael. /story
That's the issue I find for most people rather than the actual albums. Personally I always really liked the pop metal sheen of the Sammy Hagar albums, but then I'm a fan of Sammy Hagar.
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