Monday, January 17, 2011

Adzilla's Hair Metal Closet (Volume 1)

Adzilla is going through old cassettes and compact discs and now you, yes you the reader, get to reap the benefits as he brings you his first installment of "Adzilla's Hair Metal Closet". His main focus is on the albums, the ones that time has forgotten and the songs from these albums as the hair metal genre came to a screeching halt in the early nineties. Links to the songs are provided to navigate you back in time when grunge music ruled and hair metal was dying. Enjoy!
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Band: Saigon Kick
All Music Guide Band Description: Hard Rockers from Miami who formed a band in 1988.
Most Successful Single: "Love Is On The Way" (#12 Billboard Hot 100-1992)

Adzilla Album: "The Lizard" (1992)
Charting Position: #80 (The Billboard 200) 
Best Known Single from "The Lizard": "Love Is On The Way"
The Adzilla Shakedown: Check out "Body Bags" (Hilarious)
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Band: Faster Pussycat
All Music Guide Band Description: Sleazy Hollywood metal band whose name was lifted from a Russ Meyer flick.
Most Successful Single: "House Of Pain" (#28-The Billboard 100-1990)

Adzilla Album: "Whipped" (1992)
Charting Position: #90 (The Billboard 200) 
Best Known Single from "Whipped": "Nonstop To Nowhere" (#35 Mainstream Rock)
The Adzilla Shakedown: Check out "Big Dictionary", if you can find it on the web.
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Band: Trixter
All Music Guide Band Description: Although formed in 1983 in Paramus, NJ, Trixter's big break didn't come until 1989, when the band decamped to Hollywood (the unofficial headquarters of hair metal) to record for MCA Records.
Most Successful Single: "Give It To Me Good" (#65-The Billboard Hot 100-1990)

Adzilla Album: "Hear!" (1992)
Charting Position: #109 (The Billboard 200) 
Best Known Single from "Hear!": "Road Of A Thousand Dreams" (Chart Position: N/A) 
The Adzilla Shakedown: Check out "Rockin' Horse"
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Band: Firehouse
All Music Guide Band Description: Firehouse arrived at the tail end of the pop-metal explosion of the late '80s and early '90s, releasing their first album in 1991.
Most Successful Single: "Love Of A Lifetime" (#5-The Billboard Hot 100-1991)

Adzilla Album: "Hold Your Fire" (1992)
Charting Position: #23 (The Billboard 200) 
Best Known Single from "Hold Your Fire": "When I Look Into Your Eyes" (#8 The Billboard Hot 100)
The Adzilla Shakedown: Check out "Reach For The Sky" (#83-The Billboard Hot 100)
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Band: Warrant
All Music Guide Band Description: Warrant was one of the most popular pop-metal bands of the late '80s.
Most Successful Single: "Heaven" (#2-The Billboard Hot 100-1989)

Adzilla Album: "Dog Eat Dog" (1992)
Charting Position: #25 (The Billboard 200) 
Best Known Single from "Dog Eat Dog": "Machine Gun" (#36 Mainstream Rock)
The Adzilla Shakedown: Check out "The Bitter Pill" and "April 2031"
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Source: http://www.jhostation.com/2010/11/adzillas-hair-metal-closet-volume-1.html

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