who are they?

1. Kix





2. Britny Fox





3. RATT

1. Dokken
2. Ratt
3. Vinnie Vincent Invasion

Hardcore Superstar



Wig Wam





Gemini 5





Honorable Mention:

Distorted Wonderland - they only have one album out but if subsequent albums are as good as the first one, they'll easily take over my #1 position.

1. Dokken

2. W.A.S.P.

3. White Lion

1.Stryper
2.W.A.S.P.
3.Ratt

Glam metal? Hmmmmmm....another genre that's hard to peg.

Gonna go with
CINDERELLA (Night Songs was definitely glam metal)
VINNIE VINCENT INVASION
STRYPER (if they be considered glam)
NITRO (glam to the extreme!)

Oh wait, that's four, oh well.

Stryper
Ratt
Dokken

I dont consider WASP glam, but if they count they would be number one.

Not to split hairs but I put most of the bands you guys are naming in the "hair metal" category. It's really nitpicking but it's how I distinguish the bands I mentioned (all recent bands) from bands from the hair metal era even though the look and sound between the artists is pretty much the same.

Sweet (if they count as metal)
RATT
And I want to say Van Halen, but I know people will jump all over me for that

I think Sweet definitely qualifies (great band!).



I'd question Van Halen but if they qualify in this category for you, that's really all that matters.

tough call....


1. Harcore Superstar
2. Cinderella
3. Distorted Wonderland

Ya know, I just re-listened to those clips I posted and I'm actually wondering why this type of music isn't just "metal". Is it the harmonies? "True" metal only has one singer?



Those clips sound like plain old "metal" to me. So does Kix, WASP and a bunch of other bands posted in this thread.

I agree.



I wasn't trying to "genre-patrol". I was more curious about how people determine where bands fall in their genre pantheon.

TheKing likes it all

And there's a whole bunch of bands out there that fall into what I call "glam/bar room rock".



Stuff like Dogs D' Amour, The Quireboys, The Wildhearts, Diamond Dogs, etc, etc. Not metal by any stretch but defeinitely "glammy".



EDIT: Sorry if I derailed your thread MB. I really was just trying to explain why I posted 4 band most people have never heard of.

TheKing is glam! With my apologies to Hardcore Superstar and 'We Dont Celebrate Sundays'


Come, smash up your booth tonight
Sippin'on coke
I'm fine
That clown keeps me up all night
Til he's back to being dust
Come with me
make that clown run for his life

I'm only lonely when the joint is closed
Lonely when everyone's going home

[Chorus:]
They don't celebrate Sundays anymore
(they don't celebrate Sundays)
McDonalds is not open on Sundays
(they don't celebrate Sundays)

Touched, touched by that stupid clown
My blood begins to boil
That clown keeps me up all night
Til he's back to being dust
Come with me
make that clown run for his life

There's no, no Mcdonald's in my house
No dumb clown in my house

[Chorus:]
They don't celebrate Sundays anymore
(they don't celebrate Sundays)

[Chorus:]
They don't celebrate...

Come, smash up that clown tonight
(McDonalds don't celebrate Sundays)
I said come to Burger King, celebration to the night
(McDonalds don't celebrate Sundays)
I said come, smash up that clown tonight
(McDonalds don't celebrate Sundays)
I said come to Burger King, celebration to the night
(McDonalds don't celebrate Sundays)

(McDonalds don't celebrate Sundays)

With that, I'm out.

Sometimes you really scare me exact.

Terry Glaze era Pantera
The first couple of Shotgun Messiah lps
Holy Rite, Elijah John or Eternal Ryte

Uh, without making distinction between glam and hair, and cheating a little with multiple choices, my pick would be:

1. DEF LEPPARD
2. KISS / WINGER / BON JOVI
3. CASANOVA / RATT / DOKKEN

You guys have some great choices!

And nobody is 'genre-patrolling' here. This is all in fun.