Vain was less poppy than most cock rock bands, and they just had a serious vibe in their sound. The glaring sin here is to leave out the godly Heavy Pettin as well as Q5. Their follow up has some of the best songwriting in Cock Rock, in my opinion. Yes the vocals are an acquired taste, but, hell, I got used to Scott Jeffreys once, and I was able to get used to Steve Hayman after that. And I still think Sole Survivor is just one of the greatest rock songs ever despite the ear-splitting treble caused by a shitty mix at the end of the song.
Q5 had two albums that would simply destroy you. The whole damn thing. Totally different album, and utterly, completely epic and emotional awesome.
It was formed by the same dude who invented the most popular and inherently-flawed-leaving-endless-bullshit-marketing-for-upgrades-rather-than-just-make-a-great-product-in-the-first-place piece of guitar technology, Mr.
Thanks for the excellent comment! Real Steel well done for resisting Reel are the pick of the bunch for me, almost hints of Manowar circa Fighting The World on there… 2 thumbs up! The vocals are really an obstacle moreso on the second album. He seems to be singing about an octave and a half lower on the first one, and the overall energy on Lettin Loose is far greater. Wildside is still one of my faves simply because it was so much heavier than all the bands at that time and darker too.
I totally agree with Q5 and Heavy Pettin for sure! Not sure why Ann from NRR sits on it to this day. It needs to be out there and readily available.
Excellent article. Thanks for the reminder! Cool, many thanks. Totally with you on many of your other suggestions. That Dangerous Toys disc rules, and despite them getting so much shit back in the day those first two Winger albums are very solid. Google, here I come!
When it comes to underrated hair metal, I always sing the praises of Kik Tracee. Oh, man, yeah, checking out Leatherwolf now and I need this for sure! Let the bargain hunting begin…. That Beau Nasty is kicking my ass right now! I hope they do come back. Q5 are now called Nightshade and still play out every once in a while. Another decent glam band that came out of Chicago was Holland. They had Michael Angelo Batio on guitar. He went on to start Nitro which was a horrible band.
It has been over 20 years since I have heard it. It sounded to me like the record company saw their potential and stuck their 2 cents in and tried to get them to do a more commercial sound. Gotta do some digging there. I tend to be a huge sucker for catchy songs, so some degree of commercialism probably flies past my radar, heh. Care to elaborate? Great article, as usual! If people only listened to bands whose lyrical content was largely aligned with their own views it would be quite limiting.
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Thank you for becoming a member. Score Distribution. Your Account Isn't Verified! I'm all about the leather. The more the better. Absolutely, the harder the better. I like a good mix of ballads and hard stuff. I would rather the band kept it more popular and light. I prefer things to be a bit more hard when it comes to rock.
It's highly unlikely. Off the stage, I'm keeping things pretty mellow. There might be some minor stuff that pops up over the years.
It's pretty much inevitable. It might happen, but I try to avoid such things. We are pretty legendary for our parties, so the groupies are bound to come. We would be incredibly popular with intense fans in every town. We would have a cult following. We might have a few groupies here and there. It is pretty amazing and will turn a bunch of heads. I have a pretty awful singing voice. My signing voice is alright. I'd have to make up for it in some other way. I can carry a tune, but it's nothing too special.
Concert hall. County fair. I'd give it a solid decade of my life. Probably just a few years. Off and on for many years. Day in and day out for as long as I can. It might take a while, but I'd get in. Yep, absolutely. I'd get in on the first ballot. It's doubtful that I would make it in.
There might be a shot. That's not going to happen, ever. It's highly unlikely that I would do that. There might be some subtle references in there. Oh, it's happening, and quite a lot. I generally don't like them, but a few are okay. I like a good mix of ballads and harder stuff. I despise ballads. I love a good rock ballad. Yeah, it's pretty likely, but we'll pay for it.
We would never trash a hotel room. It might happen, but we get our energy out on the stage mostly. Of course we are. I don't have any tattoos.
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