Originally Posted by fritter

Not all hair metal is cheesy. Early Motley Crue is way less cheesy than the kind of stuff Dio is known for, like "Holy Diver" or "Heaven and Hell."

But honestly there's no point in me defending hair metal or you dismissing it. No one here thinks it's great art. I like it for what it is: trashy fun.

However, unlike hair metal, Dio's work gets way more praise than it deserves, now more so than ever. Dio-era Sabbath doesn't deserve even the 12.50% of the vote it currently has.