Hair Metal bands that actually ROCKED (opinion war starts NOW!)

[ashstralia]

i'm hearin ya 78/84... what a waste. he was a monster. 'touch too much' is a personal buried gem.

[78/84 guy]

Dug them too! Damon Johnson is too talented to do the ol' band hoppin' routine. He needs to get the Cane back on it or do a solo CD. Is he really with Thin Lizzy now??

I think they asked him. They are doing a new album for sure with Gorham & that singer they already toured with. I don't like that idea at all. I was on his website last week. Not sure if he joined. He played with Alice Cooper for a few years. He had one of the best live guitar tone's I ever heard when I saw Brother Cane .Great player & singer.

[78/84 guy]

i'm hearin ya 78/84... what a waste. he was a monster. 'touch too much' is a personal buried gem.

Great song. I love it all. I think Powerage might be his best. And Dirty Deeds. SQUEALER !

[DLR Bridge]

I saw them at, of all things, a balloon festival around the time Wishpool came out. They would've been great if the other guitarist didn't have tech problems the whole way through. Pretty bizarre watching a band you like that 90% of the crowd never heard of with hot air balloons lifting off.

[78/84 guy]

I saw them open for Skynyrd & Bad Co. for their first album. They blew them both away. And all 3 bands were great. I just remember that thick tone he had. Some cool slide also.

[DLR Bridge]

It seems they chipped away most of their southern twang by the 3rd cd. I always loved And Fools Shine On off of Seeds. Just as my band was running out of gas, we did a cover of Lie In The Bed I Make. Another great one.

[78/84 guy]

I love all 3 albums. Wishpool might be the best.

[jhale667]

Last I heard he was in Vegas playing the odd gig in bars.

The Webmaster of his website posted once a while ago asking where he was because he had disappeared for months.

Looks like nothing has been added there since 2008...

Heard about him playing on the Enuff Z'Nuff record. Pretty sure the last thing I saw, besides him popping up at some friend's bar gig in Vegas and sitting in, was him selling the SG he played in the "Shot in the Dark" video. Oh, and Paul Shortino (also now living in Vegas) mentioned hanging out with him for the first time in 20+ years on FB recently.

[hambon4lif]

Here's one I haven't heard in a long time. Their self-titled album is one rude, brilliant motherfucker...

[DLR Bridge]

Heard about him playing on the Enuff Z'Nuff record. Pretty sure the last thing I saw, besides him popping up at some friend's bar gig in Vegas and sitting in, was him selling the SG he played in the "Shot in the Dark" video. Oh, and Paul Shortino (also now living in Vegas) mentioned hanging out with him for the first time in 20+ years on FB recently.

I was almost going to get his CD with different singers doing old cover tunes, but the few samples I heard just didn't grab me. I have his solo instrumental CD and it sounds nothing like him.

[Mr. Vengeance]

They are more glam than anything, but they still count. Hanoi ROCKS!!!!

[ashstralia]

we didn't get a lot of the stuff out here at the time... one band i do recall stopping me in my tracks one night on empty v was hurricane. being a guitar obsessed dude, i didn't care what the song was about. my god that doug aldrich fella ripped.

[DLR Bridge]

Hey ash, what would you clasify the Screaming Jets?

http://youtu.be/F5JaDPHbFs4

I always loved the riff in this one.

[Seshmeister]

The thing that kinda killed it for me were Coverdale's lyrics, which...I dunno, it seemed like he was intent on throwing in as many mundane rock cliches as he could in each song.

With Coverdale lyrics things only happen at night never during the day.

[Seshmeister]

They are more glam than anything, but they still count. Hanoi ROCKS!!!!

In case anyone missed his last solo album from 2011...