'80s hard rock/metal poll!

[Metalhead]

Def Leppard
Poison
RATT
Motley Crue
Guns N Roses
Bon Jovi

Guilty pleasures or earthly treasures?

Or are you not a fan at all?

 

[Outdated]

My misspent youth.

Cold Chisel
Jimmy Barnes
Joan Jett
Heart
Foreigner
Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
David Bowie
Queen
The Angels
Billy Idol
Black Sabbath
Black Sorrows
Eric Clapton
The Choirboys
The Divinyls
Men At Work
Eurythmics
Hoodoo Gurus
INXS
Midnight Oil
The Pretenders

Just to name a few.

In this clip note that when Jimmy leaves the stage to wander through the audience his microphone is not wireless. He did like a drink or two.

 

[tlc]

I like 80s hair/glam rock because it's often upbeat, melodic, and mixed cleanly. As opposed a lot of heavy metal, which IMO is too drowned by guitars, and is a display of chops vs emotion.

 

[RemyZee]

Saw ACDC live in 1980 when Angus Young was still using an oxygen mask in my tiny town civic center. They pulled canons onto the stage and did "For those about to rock, we salute you." It was incredible. All the kids just stood there wide eyed like we didn't know what to do.

acdc angus young kick schoolboy outfit at DuckDuckGo

 

[SusanLR]

'80's rock and hair bands keep me movin' and groovin' while driving.
My favorite decade of music. Probably because it was the decade of my twenties and that was the age, I had the most fun.

Foreigner
Styx
Def Leppard
Bon Jovi
Queen
Guns N Roses
Aerosmith
Journey
ZZ Top
Leonard Skinner
Tom Petty--Just a few

I always said a song needs some good screams and long- haired guys in tight pants to be good.
OR kinda strange....

Get a kick out of this one every time!

 

[Dagan]

I grew up on it. It led to harder and more down-tuned metal and eventually to all off-shoots / combo genres with metal, now.

Rush ...all of the way to... Maximum The Hormone. I'm with it.

 

[Judge]

Regardless of any interpretations of sub-genres. All sorts of hair lengths...take your pick:

Duran Duran
Nazareth
New Order
U2
Blue Oyster Cult
Aerosmith
Led Zepplin
Heart
Blondie
Boston
The Eagles
INXS
Depeche Mode
The Eurythmics
Kraftwerk
The Police
Genesis
Fleetwood Mac
Electric Light Orchestra
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Cars
Creedence Clearwater Revival
ZZ Top
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Golden Earring
The Rolling Stones