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Warrington

I was thinking at work today if my lust for tv,s came from being into the likes of poison, Hanoi rocks,la guns..Brett michaels was a stunner in his prime lol

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By *etitesaraTV/TS
7 days ago

Rochdale

Mike Monroe of Hanoi Rocks was a style icon for me, I dressed like him as much as I could.

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By *dstefiMan
7 days ago

Solihull

And New York Dolls were the template for all of em. Terrible musicians (mock rock as Whispering Bob memorably called them) but all attitude and camp, piss and vinegar.

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By *utcock61Man
7 days ago

glasgow

they were shit.

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By *dstefiMan
7 days ago

Solihull

G'n'R were the only true inheritors of New York Dolls in the sense of having punk attitude allied with actual musical ability the Dolls never had, and they did truly kick ass around 1988 or so and Appetite For Destruction and could have been the new Stones, but they were one-album wonders and disappeared up their own asses once the money came in like so many others.

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By *appychappy12345 OP Man
7 days ago

Warrington

Mike tramp from white lion had everything the looks,voice,charisma

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By *owen8871Man
7 days ago

RUNCORN

Totally get the topic. I remember seeing a pic of a young John Sykes in Whitesnake with no top on, and his jeans open. Couldn't work out why I felt so confused

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By *oxymusicMan
7 days ago

Cowbridge

Chris De Burgh had Lego man like hair.

And tall big hair blond one from Bananarama was a tranny

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By *tokerY2OMan
7 days ago

Bournemouth

Jon Bon Jovi in cut-off short short denim shorts....

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By *etitesaraTV/TS
5 days ago

Rochdale

Hanoi Rocks were the step in-between.

Hanoi modelled themselves on NYD (but could sing and play) and GnR have said that without Hanoi they wouldn't have formed.

The GnR song Welcome To The Jungle references a line in Hanoi Rocks' song Underwater World from the Two Steps From The Move album.

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By *dstefiMan
5 days ago

Solihull

Girl were before their time too (feat. Phil Collen later in Def Leopard). Super glam and rather camp, and slated by most of the NWOBHM crowd for their distinctly unrugged looks

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By *dstefiMan
5 days ago

Solihull

"Chris De Burgh had Lego man like hair.

And tall big hair blond one from Bananarama was a tranny"

Chris de Burgh the legendary metal mayhem party animal!

That bit where he literally squawks "Don't pay the ferryman!" is metal gold. And Lady In Red Leather is basically heavier than Judas Priest.

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By *iassloverMan
5 days ago

Rugby

"Chris De Burgh had Lego man like hair.

And tall big hair blond one from Bananarama was a tranny

Chris de Burgh the legendary metal mayhem party animal!

That bit where he literally squawks "Don't pay the ferryman!" is metal gold. And Lady In Red Leather is basically heavier than Judas Priest."

To be fair, Don't Pay the Ferryman is a great track.

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By *ose_QuartzTV/TS
5 days ago

Berkshire

NYD shaped it for sure, Poison , Motley Crue , GnR, Bon Jovi etc and all that shite were everything I fucking detested back then. Utter nonsense and the world was a better place without them. I was more Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Social Distortion, Cro Mags & so on. I loved hardcore but didn’t mind the big 4 when it came to metal.

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By *dstefiMan
5 days ago

Solihull

Hüsker Dü and Dead Kennedys for me. And Teenage Fanclub were noise monsters early on (Kurt Cobain idolised them before he was famous).

Girlschool were fucking nails too, and Kelly at least had big metal hair.

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By *nnie mosityTV/TS
5 days ago

tranniesylvania

How many of them still have hair now though..?..😹

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By *iassloverMan
5 days ago

Rugby

To my mind the archetypal 'Hair Metal' bands would have been Motley Crue, Poison, possibly Ratt, Tygertailz and that kind of band. Maybe add in Warrant and Cinderella.

Around the same time, Thrash Metal was coming through which was much more to my taste in the sense of what Heavy Metal ought to sound like

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By *cottishstevexMan
4 days ago

Edinburgh

Cinderella Tom keifer wat a voice looked good as well

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By *hyna HutchMan
4 days ago

valleys

I liked Dokken with George Lynch.

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