Who Was The Most Creative Hair Metal Band Ever? (blues, punk)

Rainard Jalen · 02-29-2008, 03:06 PM

Discuss. I'm currently going through an old collection.

Alfred · 02-29-2008, 03:20 PM

Van Halen, if you ask me.

jackhammer · 02-29-2008, 05:12 PM

You have to define Hair Metal Rainard. I like your posts more each day!

~~The Unfan~~ · 02-29-2008, 05:14 PM

Early on I'd say Def Leppard but they didn't exactly start as "hair metal"

jackhammer · 02-29-2008, 05:15 PM

No definitely not. Their roots were in Thin Lizzy and T-Rex.

Comus · 03-01-2008, 05:22 AM

wait wait wait wait, CREATIVE hair metal? Sure I love me some cheesy 80's anthemic riffs but it's not too creative.

Rubber · 03-01-2008, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Comus

wait wait wait wait, CREATIVE hair metal? Sure I love me some cheesy 80's anthemic riffs but it's not too creative.

thats why she's asking which was the most creative...

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-01-2008, 12:18 PM

I can't think of any that I would consider creative.
There are some bands that are better than others. It's unfair to lump all hair metal bands together.
The best of them such as Lords Of The New Church , Kill City Dragons , Uncle Sam , Hanoi Rocks & Dogs D'amour mixed the trashy blues side of the Rolling Stones & mixed it with a punk rock attitude rather than actually being creative.

jackhammer · 03-01-2008, 12:25 PM

I do have a soft spot for Dog's D'amour. I like a couple of Ratt tracks too but as Urban says I don't think there was much genuine creativity it was as much about image as it was music.

Rainard Jalen · 03-01-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I can't think of any that I would consider creative.
There are some bands that are better than others. It's unfair to lump all hair metal bands together.
The best of them such as Lords Of The New Church , Kill City Dragons , Uncle Sam , Hanoi Rocks & Dogs D'amour mixed the trashy blues side of the Rolling Stones & mixed it with a punk rock attitude rather than actually being creative.

I think there's at least an element of creativity in combining certain premade ideas together in order to construct something new.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	No definitely not. Their roots were in Thin Lizzy and T-Rex. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I can't think of any that I would consider creative. There are some bands that are better than others. It's unfair to lump all hair metal bands together. The best of them such as Lords Of The New Church , Kill City Dragons , Uncle Sam , Hanoi Rocks & Dogs D'amour mixed the trashy blues side of the Rolling Stones & mixed it with a punk rock attitude rather than actually being creative. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I do have a soft spot for Dog's D'amour. I like a couple of Ratt tracks too but as Urban says I don't think there was much genuine creativity it was as much about image as it was music. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	Van Halen, if you ask me.

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~~The Unfan~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Methville Posts: 2,116	Early on I'd say Def Leppard but they didn't exactly start as "hair metal"