what is your favorite 80's big hair band or rock band?

[WhiteSnake79]

uhh, Whitesnake has to be up there. All I know is that the 'Hair Nation' channel on XM is amazing.

[irocnroll]

No love for Def Leppard?????

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by irocnroll

No love for Def Leppard?????

Having long hair doesn't automaticly make it a hair band, DF was not a 80's big hair band AKA glame rock.

[SlingShot]

Originally Posted by WMCC Doug

I was a teenager in the late 60's/early 70's, so my favorites are:

The Beatles
Led Zepilin
Grand Funk Railroad
Traffic
Cream
Jimi Hendrix
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Ten Years After

But through the years, I also liked:

ZZ Top
Van Halen
Pink Floyd
Deep Purple
Yes
Kiss
REO Speedwagon
Blue Oyster Cult

and on to:

Cinderella
Great White
AC/DC
Stevie Ray Vaughan

I was a couple years older but I do agree ... Also would add

Aerosmith
Mountain
Bad Company
Brownsville Station
JGiels
Seager

Actually the list goes on and on ...

[irocnroll]

Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28

Having long hair doesn't automaticly make it a hair band, DF was not a 80's big hair band AKA glame rock.

They are a rock band though.

[Q's 91z28]

Aerosmith
Metallica
Guns N Roses

A lot of bands had one or two great songs that I liked, but these 3 have lasted through the 80s, 90s and 2000's.

[Oldrocker]

AC/DC!!!!! Angus Young was interviewed once by a critic that told Angus that the last seven AC/DC albums all sound the same. Angus replied "that's a bloody lie, it's eight, not seven".

[Silverado]

Big Hair and Glam Rock are not the same.....

[Steve Dallas]

Theme of this thread was 80's bands.

As much as I like some of these bands, they just don't qualify.

Led Zeppelin? Considering In Through the Out Door was in 1979, nope...
Pink Floyd? Most of their body of work was in the 60's and 70's. I wouldn't consider them an 80's band...The Wall was also made in 1979, and they had ONE album in the 80's. Correction...2 albums - A Momentary Lapse of Reason came out in 87, though some would argue that it wasn't truly Floyd without Waters.

Was their music played in the 80's...sure. And the 90's. And the 00's. In fact, their music is timeless But they weren't 80's bands.

[gml1998]

Rush
AC/DC

[chuckstacamaro]

No doubt for me it's AC/DC, then Guns and Roses, of course White Snake was awesome too.......

[Oddball]

Originally Posted by Oldrocker

AC/DC!!!!! Angus Young was interviewed once by a critic that told Angus that the last seven AC/DC albums all sound the same. Angus replied "that's a bloody lie, it's eight, not seven".

Such is the GENIOUS of AC/DC. The band found a sound that worked for them and that sound attracted a loyal fan base. Throughout the years, they have stayed true to their music and their fans. New styles, fads, and technology have come and gone. AC/DC has stood their ground since 1973. Thirty seven years and still selling out stadiums. World wide. Check out the stats on their latest tour. They pulled in around a half a BILLION DOLLARS. Not too shabby.

[AZCamaroFan]

Def Leppard

[csjcsj]

Motley Crue. Most definatly