For all the 80's guys out there....

[hammered]

Yup. I was totally into those bands as well.
New Death Angel kicks ass!!

I saw those guys at a club called the Omni in Oakland in 1985. It was pretty cool cause they were my age and twerps just like me but they really played good for being so young

 

[Oblivion DC]

I agree it was a great time to be alive but my 80s metal experience was very different from all the rest of you.

Well, spill it...

Ah yes, well. While I did have some friends that really got into the whole LA glam scene my 80s metal started with Maiden, Priest, and Dio and then in the summer of 85 I heard Metallica for the first time. After that everything was Metallica, Slayer, Kreator, Destruction, Dark Angel, Sepultura. I spent 87 & 88 in LA at Musicians Institute and while most everyone else was shredding RacerX and Malmsteen (or Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale) I was working on my Hetfield impression.

So long story short, when people say 80s metal, my head goes \m/

I listened to all that stuff also , saw Maiden and Priest in 82, Metallica in 85 and Slayer in 86 .The guys in Metallica (all four of them) were in the crowd/lobby for a few of the smaller shows I went to like Raven , Exodus, Accept and Slayer.

Had a great time the year or so my band was up in the bay but we didn't get up there til 90-91. Saw Vio-Lence and Forbidden at the Omni. Those shows were so great. Played the Stone and a place called the Real Rock in San Leandro
Oh man! In 88 I saw Exodus and MOD at Perkins Palace in Pasadena and that was so damn awesome! Saw Kreator with Excel I wanna say it was at the Paladium in April of 92 - said hi to Gene Hoglen, and also, in 88, the absolute topper of any of the California shows was I got a ride down to the Troubadour to catch a warm up show that Metallica did before Monsters of Rock! And then later that summer I got to see them at the LA Coliseum and they crushed it !!!

 

[hammered]

I agree it was a great time to be alive but my 80s metal experience was very different from all the rest of you.

Well, spill it...

Ah yes, well. While I did have some friends that really got into the whole LA glam scene my 80s metal started with Maiden, Priest, and Dio and then in the summer of 85 I heard Metallica for the first time. After that everything was Metallica, Slayer, Kreator, Destruction, Dark Angel, Sepultura. I spent 87 & 88 in LA at Musicians Institute and while most everyone else was shredding RacerX and Malmsteen (or Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale) I was working on my Hetfield impression.

So long story short, when people say 80s metal, my head goes \m/

I listened to all that stuff also , saw Maiden and Priest in 82, Metallica in 85 and Slayer in 86 .The guys in Metallica (all four of them) were in the crowd/lobby for a few of the smaller shows I went to like Raven , Exodus, Accept and Slayer.

Had a great time the year or so my band was up in the bay but we didn't get up there til 90-91. Saw Vio-Lence and Forbidden at the Omni. Those shows were so great. Played the Stone and a place called the Real Rock in San Leandro
Oh man! In 88 I saw Exodus and MOD at Perkins Palace in Pasadena and that was so damn awesome! Saw Kreator with Excel I wanna say it was at the Paladium in April of 92 - said hi to Gene Hoglen, and also, in 88, the absolute topper of any of the California shows was I got a ride down to the Troubadour to catch a warm up show that Metallica did before Monsters of Rock! And then later that summer I got to see them at the LA Coliseum and they crushed it !!!

The Stone and the Omni , man that brings back memories . Parking around the Omni was always a little scary. The Stone is where I saw Slayer in 86

 

[brianiac5150]

Love this tune, the times, the music, everything about that era...especially in hindsight and comparison.

I was asked by a friend to fill in for a show he had booked and we actually played this song. He played in a band and is good friends with this tune's co-writer and smoking musician.

Last time I was on a stage before this show, I had a full head of hair. ...man...dammit I miss my haired 80's!

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

Soto kills on stand up and shout!

 

[mctallica1]

I agree it was a great time to be alive but my 80s metal experience was very different from all the rest of you.

Well, spill it...

Ah yes, well. While I did have some friends that really got into the whole LA glam scene my 80s metal started with Maiden, Priest, and Dio and then in the summer of 85 I heard Metallica for the first time. After that everything was Metallica, Slayer, Kreator, Destruction, Dark Angel, Sepultura. I spent 87 & 88 in LA at Musicians Institute and while most everyone else was shredding RacerX and Malmsteen (or Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale) I was working on my Hetfield impression.

So long story short, when people say 80s metal, my head goes \m/

I am in pretty much the same boat. When I got my hands on No Life Til Leather, I was like...I don't know what it is, but I want MORE and I want to do it! That bootleg cassette was the reason I picked up a guitar and Hetfield, to this day, is still my biggest influence.

Wasn't until later that I started appreciating hair metal, which I do like now

 

[lll]

Yep, great movie and if you played in a band (cover or "tribute" ) during that time, lots of chuckles to be had.

That being said, I hate 99.0% of all music made after 1990.

Fast forward to 2016 - for groups on record labels, does anyone even create music anymore?

 

[Red_Label]

Yeah man!! Another Fan!!
'We all Die young' gives me some goosebumps at the right time. Such a killer song!!
That was the 1st time I saw Myles. Great movie for sure!!

Same here. Great flick that brings back a lot of memories.


When I'm in the mood to really be transported back to the big hair, hot chick angst of the 80s... I always put this on... (damn I miss those days)

P.S. I was never a huge Vixen fan, and don't have any Vixen cassettes/CDs. But for some reason this video really transports me back to those days.

 

[Scumback Speakers]

I enjoyed the crap out of Rock Star, especially considering most of the crap in that movie was something I experienced. I can look back on it and go "That was fun...glad I survived!"

As for JP, I was sitting in a bar in Huntington Beach, CA in 1980 or 1981 having a beer with the band when a JP video came on the screen from a little known channel called MTV. I think it was Hell Bent for Leather, but I do remember the headstocks on the guitars being on fire in the video. We were playing at the Golden Sails in Long Beach for the week. A ridiculous amount of hot women went to that place. They even followed you back to your hotel room and brought their own blow to do with you. I remember one had a thing for me, and drug me out to the parking lot. Why? She had a freaking tricked out camper shell on her truck and did me in it.

And parachute pants and spandex were the norm for band attire on weekends (or during the week if you wanted to make sure you got laid several times)...

I realize I'm older than dirt compared to some on this board, but I've probably got more wild/zany/crazy memories than most.

And I still have about 8-10 of these hot babes from back then looking me up on FaceBook to see if I'm truly happy being married, now that they're divorced and reliving their youth.

Ah, the 80's, it didn't suck.

 

[Red_Label]

I enjoyed the crap out of Rock Star, especially considering most of the crap in that movie was something I experienced. I can look back on it and go "That was fun...glad I survived!"

As for JP, I was sitting in a bar in Huntington Beach, CA in 1980 or 1981 having a beer with the band when a JP video came on the screen from a little known channel called MTV. I think it was Hell Bent for Leather, but I do remember the headstocks on the guitars being on fire in the video. We were playing at the Golden Sails in Long Beach for the week. A ridiculous amount of hot women went to that place. They even followed you back to your hotel room and brought their own blow to do with you. I remember one had a thing for me, and drug me out to the parking lot. Why? She had a freaking tricked out camper shell on her truck and did me in it.

And parachute pants and spandex were the norm for band attire on weekends (or during the week if you wanted to make sure you got laid several times)...

I realize I'm older than dirt compared to some on this board, but I've probably got more wild/zany/crazy memories than most.

And I still have about 8-10 of these hot babes from back then looking me up on FaceBook to see if I'm truly happy being married, now that they're divorced and reliving their youth.

Ah, the 80's, it didn't suck.

I lived and gigged through those days as well. My brother was an awesome drummer, and I was/am a lead guitarist... obsessed with Yngwie, Rush, Queensryche, Dream Theater, etc... but was stuck in bars playing mostly Poison, Alice Cooper, Winger, etc. We did throw some Yngwie, Rush, Ryche, DT, etc into our sets though. We loved gigging and hanging-out until the sun rose, but none of us drank or did drugs. We would drive around all night in our 50s Ford pickup truck, drinking Mountain Dew and doing crazy stuff. Eventually, the drinking crowd started hanging-out with us because we were obviously having so much fun and they wanted to be part of it. Most of them said they'd never stayed-up until dawn before because they were usually passed-out long before then.

Anyways... a huge AMEN to your "80s didn't suck" comment. I will never forget those times...


Oh... and despite it being cool to crap all over hair metal and discuss how it became such a slick, corporate cliché by the end of the 80s... it was still an AWESOME time to be a rock musician. I cannot possibly imagine how someone would prefer to have come-up in the dark, heroin-strung-out grunge scene and have those memories instead of the UPBEAT, exciting times that were the 80s. I went through and gigged through both periods and NEVER find myself fondly savoring the 90s. Don't get me wrong... I love listening-to and playing AIC, Soundgarden, etc. But those times just weren't the same. Not even close.

 

[Mailman1971]

Please tell me everyone has seen Spinal Tap....at least 3 times....

Try 30 times, probably before 1986 was over!

I didn't have the hair until the 90's after I had moved to the States but it wasn't common where I grew up in Australia in the 80's, except for some power mullets.

Not sure of the hair....
but man she has an ass that wont quit!!

 

[Red_Label]

God I want the 80s back! I love that movie. The soundtrack is awesome. When I tell people I used to have hair almost to my waist they look at me like I'm an alien.

I know sounds 'cliche' but my Son who is obsessed with the 80's always wants me to tell him how it was for me back then.
When I do talk about the fads....clothes...all that crap. He sorta shakes his head.
Then I pull up a few pics from the photo album and he laughs.
One of the 'had to be there' things I tell him.
He still thinks I am lying about parachute pants and how thin they were.

My kids are the same way. I drove my [then] 14 year old son 500 miles to see Maiden in Denver in 2010 and he was in heaven.

I've been shaving my head for close to 15 years now. My kids freak-out when they see pictures of me with hair down the middle of my back. Sometimes, "growing-up" sucks. I want my freaking hair back!!!

 

[Red_Label]

Funny part is the out take at the end when Whalberg was break dancing.

One of my favorite moments. Another is when Wahlberg walks off stage after pulling Myles up there.

And of course, the good scenes with Jennifer Aniston in them. Mmmm... I can't get enough of her. Whenever Rock Star, We're the Millers, or either Horrible Bosses is on TV... my eyes are glued. Wish I had a boss like she was in Horrible Bosses. Mmmmm...

 

[Mailman1971]

Yeah another head shaver here. Much easier to deal with these days then looking for what perm you want to get.
Those were the days.

 

[Red_Label]

Yeah another head shaver here. Much easier to deal with these days then looking for what perm you want to get.
Those were the days.

I remember the smell of those perms well. One time, my brother's GF was giving me one and the skin on my forehead had a bad reaction to the chemicals. Damn... that hurt for a while. But I was SO pretty.

P.S. We NEVER wore any kind of make-up though. We may have been long-haired rockers... but we were BADASS rockers like Maiden. Not ones like the first time you glanced at the Poison record and thought they were hot chicks for a second. Naw... we were ALL dood!

 

[Red_Label]

One more thing... for me, 80s metal started jumping the shark about the time that Poison came-up and/or Crue did "Home Sweet Home". Friggin hell the power ballad thing got real old, real quick. TOTAL crap that the suited-up record company execs pushed on the bands and on us.

Give me some good old Riot, Armored Saint, Warrior, Loudness, Malice etc, etc ANY day over the slick, uninspired crap that killed 80s metal.

 

[Mailman1971]

And I still have about 8-10 of these hot babes from back then looking me up on FaceBook to see if I'm truly happy being married, now that they're divorced and reliving their youth.

Ah, the 80's, it didn't suck.

That is exactly why I dont mess with Facebook. Too many old flames come around.
Seems innocent at first but just caused problems.
They kept asking for my recent pic.
When I finally posted it they said I hadnt changed much since Highschool.

Still sporting the same gold chains.

 

[Scumback Speakers]

We NEVER wore any kind of make-up though.

We did a couple of videos for promos. My girlfriends jumped at the chance to get me made up. It went like this "Janette, the band thinks we should do a video and suggested we all get made up by our wives/gf's. Would you consider..." she couldn't interrupt me fast enough.

"When's the video going to be shot? What time? I'm going to need a couple of hours with you."

"WTF? A couple of hours?"

"That's right. Eyebrows plucked, shaved and shaped. Going to need to do a manicure, too. Your hair's probably ok, but I'll trim it just to make sure it's all straight and proper...let's see, are you doing the leather, spandex or parachute pants?"

"Why?"

"The coloring of your face on stage will need to be coordinated with your clothes for the best effect. And another thing, that extra chest hair must be trimmed, none peaking out over the top of your T-shirt. You've got that one muscle shirt I like, with the two tone blue horizontal stripes, wear that with the leather pants. Trying to decide if it's the black or red leather shoes. Get back to you on that...Ok, see you here tomorrow at 6:30 pm. Don't be late!"

I'm a wash n' wear kind of guy. Our club set started at 9 pm. We finished at 1:30-1:45 am.

So she's telling me that I may be able to dress in 2 minutes, but it will be 2 HOURS to make me up from my neck up. Jeezus, that's frigging insane, woman!

But I do it. I don't think anything of it after it's done. I grab my two guitars, grab the Firebird keys, go down to the club. It's taken just under two hours to go from wash 'n wear to video ready.

There was this one waitress at the club, Linda, she was ridiculously hot. I talked to her once in awhile (we played this club a bunch), but she had a kid, bad relationship, usually in a less than happy mood. I came in ordered a 7-up (had my Crown Royal in the gig bag), sat in the back. She brings me my 7-up, I break out my Crown, pour in a shot, take a drink.

Didn't realize Linda was still there.

"Ahem!"

"Hey Linda."

"Excuse me, WTF is that on your face?"

"Oh, yeah, uh...we're shooting a video tonight. Had Janette make me up. I probably look ridiculous, but I hear I need it for the lights, washout, etc."

"Uh, not sure, let me check. Follow me."

She leads me over to a corner with a really dim light by the back waitress station. No one ever goes there.

"Come here in the light, let's see what happened to you. Ok, back up a little I can't see."

I get under this little dim light.

"Ok, hold it right there for a second. I think you've got a smudge on your mascara. Close your eyes so I can check, ok?"

"Ok."

I close my eyes. Next thing I feel is two hands on the back of my head, yanking my face into hers for one ridiculously long french kiss with a lot of moaning.

She lets me go, looks up at me and says "Yeah, your mascara's fine. Hmm, that was a great kiss. Nice tongue action. I'll be back. Have a good video shoot. Janette showing up later? Never mind, of course she's showing up later with you looking like that. Can't believe she didn't come with you to protect you. Silly girl. All the same, I'll be back for more of that tongue action. You better get up there, the rest of the band is here."

So when Timothy Olyphant says he keeps putting make up on until he wants to fuck himself, I know what effect it has on other women.

I don't hear anything like that coming out of the 90's or more recently, which I think is sad...

So yeah, the 80's didn't suck. Too bad more of you weren't a part of it!

 

[Red_Label]

We NEVER wore any kind of make-up though.

[snip]

She lets me go, looks up at me and says "Yeah, your mascara's fine. Hmm, that was a great kiss. Nice tongue action. I'll be back. Have a good video shoot. Janette showing up later? Never mind, of course she's showing up later with you looking like that. Can't believe she didn't come with you to protect you. Silly girl. All the same, I'll be back for more of that tongue action. You better get up there, the rest of the band is here."

So when Timothy Olyphant says he keeps putting make up on until he wants to fuck himself, I know what effect it has on other women.

I don't hear anything like that coming out of the 90's or more recently, which I think is sad...

So yeah, the 80's didn't suck. Too bad more of you weren't a part of it!

Good story man.

Well... lord knows that my ugly mug could only benefit from some makeup slathered on there! But I'm the kind of person who flies out of the shower and is dressed and heading out the door in 5-10 minutes. Glad I wasn't born a chick! Then again... I'd have my own titties to play with all the time.

 

[sahlomonic]

Stand Up and SHOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTT!!!

I love this movie and own the DVD. Sure, it's not Academy Award worthy, haha, but I was totally entertained by it. I like that it didn't take itself too seriously.

That scene where Mark Wahlberg's character is auditioning for Steel Dragon going from nervous on the verses to killing it on the chorus is great.
I love that song "We All Die Young" (Mike Matijevic from Steelheart on vocals). I think it could have been a total hit back in the day.

... and did you know that was Myles Kennedy (of later Alter Bridge and Slash fame) playing Thor at the end (the fan who took over the show)?

Also, the guy in the audition booth before Walhberg is Ralph Saenz/Michael Starr from Steel Panther