Why is it that most every time I see the band 'Trixter' mentioned in forums, people make fun of them?

Um...because they were pretty much godawful?

Wild guess.

Yeah, not to be snarky about it, but Trixter were the worst of the worst hair metal bands. They are the epitome of what was wrong with the music business in the late 80's/early 90's.

Other than the song "Give It To Me Good" which I like, the rest of their material is completely disposable IMO.

They actually wrote fairly catchy Pop Rock songs...they weren't Metal by any stretch of the imagination...but they knew how to write hooks. I can totally see why they get so much crap from people...but I don't always feel it's deserved.

Trixter were the worst of the hair metal bands, if people wanted to put out how artistically bankrupt the pop metal genre had become, Trixter was the band they pointed to.

Trixter wasn't trying to be artistic. They were trying to write catchy Rock songs...and they did.

Don't get me wrong, I've never owned a Trixter CD in my life...but I would not put them high on my list of bands who "suck". The singer had a decent voice, the hooks were catchy and they had fun...more power to them.

Record labels were signing any old thing back then especially if they thought the teenage girls would like 'em. They had that one hit and that was the last i heard of them until the 80's reunion stuff started up.

I just took a look at a couple of their videos and they definately were a fluffy arena band like Bon Jovi or Firehouse. Catchy but not great.

I will say that Trixter were a much better live band than they ever were on record. As some of you guys know, they were from my home town (Paramus, NJ) so even though I was never a huge fan I always kinda rooted for 'em as they were local boys. The albums were rather generic sounding but they were a very good, tight live band.

I suppose that is true, but Poison may have not been better musicians but that they had alot more stage presence than Trixter IMO, and I suspect alot more money was put behind Poison.

As far as songs go, Poison did not write the greatest songs in the world (understatement of the year) but their songs were catchy, I can still remember 'Unskinny Bop' "Talk Dirty to Me' , where I find it very diffcult to remember any Trixter songs.

Poison was a party anthem band and they did it well. I Want Action, Talk Dirty to Me and Nothin' but a Good Time were very catchy anthems and radio staples.

Didn't Trixter have a few radio hits before the whole movement died in the early 90's?