Glam Metal Blog - Only 80s Music Reviews http://eghts.com Best songs, bands and albums from 80s' - Glam / Hair / Pop Metal. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:39:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Song Of The Week #88 Love/Hate – Why Do You Think They Call It Dope? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eghtscom/~3/SDqSTypFgdU/ http://eghts.com/2012/02/22/song-of-the-week-88-lovehate-why-do-you-think-they-call-it-dope/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:39:16 +0000 Maciej 'Metody" Bis http://eghts.com/?p=1719 Buenas noches! I’m almost certain that you have never heard about this band, anyway I think that you should take a closer look at this band records.

Love/Hate

Love/Hate

When?

A this great song with a very long title was recorded and released with ‘Blackout in the Red Room‘ album in 1990. This was their second release after EP that was put out 5 years before in 1985.

Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room (1990)

Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room (1990)

Who?

  • Jizzy Pearl – lead vocals
  • Jon E. Love – guitar
  • Joey Gold – drumsl
  • Skid (Rose) – bass

‘Why Do You Think They Call It Dope?’ popularity

This song and whole album had a huge chance to become popular, first of all the album was released by Sony, secondly album peaked #154 on Billboard 200 1. So why it didn’t work? Mostly, the reason is collapse of glam metal popularity and grunge movement, anyway IMHO they’re great and shouldn’t be forgotten.

  1. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/love-hate/blackout-in-the-red-room/10769 ↩
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Winger

When?

‘Hungry’ was recorded with ‘Seventeen‘ song and released on eponymous album in 1988. Along with ‘Headed For A Heartbreak’ there are the most popular songs performed by Winger.

Winger - Winger (1988)

Winger - Winger (1988)

Who?

  • Kip Winger – bass guitar, vocals
  • Reb Beach – guitar, vocals
  • Rod Morgenstein – drums, vocals
  • Paul Taylor – keyboard, vocals

‘Hungry’ popularity

Happily, this song peaked #85 on Billboard’s Hot 100, 1 personally this is one of my most liked songs by Winger, because of its video and very emotive lyrics.

Winger – Hungry (Arsenio Hall Show ’89)

Winger – Hungry (Tokio ’91)

  1. http://www.billboard.com/artist/winger/discography/songs/6035#/song/winger/hungry/1780800 ↩
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Helix

When?

In short, the song comes from Helix 4th studio album named ‘Walkin’ the Razor’s Edge‘, released in 1984 with another well-known tracks such as ‘(Make Me Do) Anything You Want‘ and ‘Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’‘.

Helix - Walkin' the Razor's Edge (1984)

Helix - Walkin' the Razor's Edge (1984)

Who?

  • Brian Vollmer – lead vocals
  • Brent Doerner, Paul Hackman – guitars
  • Daryl Gray – bass
  • Greg “Fritz” Hinz – drums

Popularity

Neither song nor album charted in U.S. but thanks to this release they received enough attention mainly in their motherland – Canada. It allowed them to achieve even bigger success with next albums.

]]> http://eghts.com/2012/02/08/song-of-the-week-86-helix-rock-you/feed/ 0 http://eghts.com/2012/02/08/song-of-the-week-86-helix-rock-you/ Song Of The Week #85 Bang Tango – Someone Like You http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eghtscom/~3/uPILFIXWwH8/ http://eghts.com/2012/02/03/song-of-the-week-85-bang-tango-someone-like-you/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:59:42 +0000 Maciej 'Metody" Bis http://eghts.com/?p=1704 Welcome again after a short delay. I’d like to feature a specific glam metal band influenced by funk metal – IMO this combination sounds and looks fantastic.

Bang Tango

Bang Tango

When?

‘Someone Like You’ was released quite late, it was the first album released by Bang Tango band and the most popular at once. Album was named ‘Psycho Café’ and put out in 1989.

Bang Tango - Psycho Cafe (1989)

Bang Tango - Psycho Cafe (1989)

Who?

  • Joe Leste – lead vocals
  • Tigg Ketler – drums
  • Kyle Kyle – bass
  • Mark Knight, Kyle Stevens – guitars

Popularity

Unhappily, none of the Bang Tango songs was charted on Billboard alone, anyway ‘Psycho Café‘ album peaked #58 on Billboard 200. 1

Bang Tango – Someone Like You (Live ’91)

Bang Tango – Someone Like You (Live ’08)

  1. http://www.billboard.com/artist/bang-tango/chart-history/10083#/album/bang-tango/psycho-cafe/2051 ↩
]]> http://eghts.com/2012/02/03/song-of-the-week-85-bang-tango-someone-like-you/feed/ 0 http://eghts.com/2012/02/03/song-of-the-week-85-bang-tango-someone-like-you/ Song Of The Week #84 Ozzy Osbourne – So Tired http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Eghtscom/~3/sjpc9wdmCEE/ http://eghts.com/2012/01/26/song-of-the-week-84-ozzy-osbourne-so-tired/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:20:38 +0000 Maciej 'Metody" Bis http://eghts.com/?p=1700 It’s the second song by Ozzy Osbourne here, and it’s one of the most saddest song performed by him.

Ozzy Osbourne

When?

‘So Tired’ was released along with Ozzy’s third studio solo album – ‘Bark At The Moon‘. What’s more, during the video recording Ozzy was hurt accidentally by pieces of mirror glass. 1.

Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon (1983)

Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon (1983)

Who?

  • Ozzy Osbourne – lead vocals
  • Tommy Aldridge – drums
  • Bob Daisley – bass
  • Jake E. Lee – guitar
  • Don Airey – keyboards

Popularity

It’s the first Ozzy ballad that become successful, but despite that the song was never charted on Billboard.

Studio demo from 1983

  1. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1320 ↩
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Vain

Vain

When?

‘Beat The Bullet’ comes from Vain debut album called ‘No Respect‘ released in 1989. To be honest, they’re quite unique both in appearance and music style, but on the other hand it’s certain that they should be marked as a glam metal band.

Vain - No Respect (1989)

Vain - No Respect (1989)

Who?

  • John Sykes – lead vocals, guitar
  • Tom Rickard – drums
  • Ashley Mitchell – bass
  • Jamie Scott, Danny West – guitar

Popularity

I haven’t found anything about ‘Beat The Bullet‘ and it seems that none of Vain songs has been ever charted. Anyway, it’s very surprising for me that he never become even a bit more popular – maybe becuase glam metal bands flood, which thereupon went straight into whole scene collapse.

Vain – Beat The Bullet (Live ’89)

Vain – Beat The Bullet (Live ’11)

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Blue Murder

Blue Murder

When?

It shouldn’t be a big surprise, the song was released in 1989 along with self-titled debut album. What’s more the band collapsed soon, but it’s really nothing impressive, :)

Blue Murder - Blue Murder (1984)

Blue Murder - Blue Murder (1984)

Who?

  • John Sykes – lead vocals, guitar
  • Carmine Appice – drums
  • Tony Franklin – bass
  • Nik Green – keyboard

Popularity

None of their songs was charted alone and it seems that Blue Murder only bigger success was #69 place on Billboard 200. 1

Blue Murder – Jelly Roll (Live, starts from 0:55)

  1. http://www.billboard.com/artist/blue-murder/4126#/album/blue-murder/blue-murder/2782 ↩
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Bad English

Bad English

When?

This great song was placed on ‘Bad English‘ self-titled album which was released in 1989. Just as a curiosity, they released only one studio album later and disbanded soon – too bad.

Bad English - Bad English (1989)

Bad English - Bad English (1989)

Who?

  • John Waite – lead vocals
  • Neal Schon – lead & rhythm & acoustic guitar
  • Deen Castronovo – drums
  • Ricky Phillips – bass
  • Jonathan Cain – keyboard

Popularity

undoubtedly, it’s their most successful song and not without a reason. Maybe, they will be called by some people – one-hit wonder – but this album is IMHO opinion at least great. On Billboard Hot 100, song was charted #1 1

  1. http://www.billboard.com/#/song/bad-english/when-i-see-you-smile/316935 ↩
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Vinnie Vincent Invasion most-known line-up

  • Mark Slaughter — lead vocals, guitar, keyboard
  • Vinnie Vincent — lead guitar
  • Dana Strum — bass
  • Bobby Rock — drums

Who, where and when & debut album

The history of this band is short but very interesting. The band was formed in 1984 by ex-KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent who hired bassist Dana Strum and drummer Bobby Rock. After that and few temporary vocalists, they put out self-titled debut album which peaked #64 on Billboard 200 1. Only one video was recorded. Shortly before second studio album, Mark Slaughter new lead vocalist joined to band.

Vinnie Vincent - Vinnie Vincent (1986)

Vinnie Vincent - Vinnie Vincent (1986)

Vinnie Vincent Invasion – Boyz Are Gonna Rock

Vinnie Vincent Invasion – Back On The Streets

Vinnie Vincent Invasion – All Systems Go (1988)

According to the second studio album ‘All Systems Go‘, firstly it should be highlighted that it was the last official release. After it, vocalist Mark Slaughter along with Dana Strum formed another more popular glam metal band named ‘Slaughter‘ (…).

What is more, the album also peaked #64 on Billboard 200, it also contains ‘Love Kills’ song used in ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street‘ movie.

Vinnie Vincent - All Systems Go (1988)

Vinnie Vincent - All Systems Go (1988)

Vinnie Vincent Invasion – Love Kills

Vinnie Vincent Invasion – That Time Of Year

Vinnie Vincent Invasion History

Vinnie Vincent Invasion Discography

  1. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/vinnie-vincent-invasion/vinnie-vincent-invasion/17935 ↩
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When?

‘Island In The Sun’ comes from Alcatrazz debut album ‘No Parole from Rock ‘n’ Roll‘ released in 1983 by young Yngwie Malmsteen and ex-Rainbow vocalist Graham Bonnet.

Alcatrazz - No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll (1983)

Alcatrazz - No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll (1983)

Who?

  • Graham Bonnet – lead vocals
  • Yngwie Malmsteen – lead guitar
  • Jan Uvena – drums
  • Gary Shea – bass

Popularity

There’s no information about Billboard chart places, so it seems that neither song nor album peaked at any place.

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