Funny, I can't see any redeeming qualities in Poison. No musicianship, and just come across as a bunch of douchebags.
Funny, I can't see any redeeming qualities in Poison. No musicianship, and just come across as a bunch of douchebags.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Every Rose Has its Thorn.
obviously you'e never met Bret Michaels in person, especially in recent years.Originally Posted by Scott Bails
I've seen plenty of what he's about on those stupid "dating" shows he did on VH1. Guy's a scumbag.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
whatever, that is TV. I met him once after a concert in Atlantic City and he was one of the nicest, most gracious musicians I've ever met. Even hooked up me with a guitar pic.
He is a nice guy. I first met him in early '87 and I was at their very first video shoot -- "Cry Tough" -- at The Palace in Hollywood, CA. I was a teen and they were all cool back then. They had wild parties at their apartment just off the Sunset strip. Bret gave my friend a bunch of items from his collection at that point. Some killer stuff he has to this day. In '97 I saw Bret and we chatted about those old days and he wanted to know if he still had those things and I told them he definitely still has them.
Here is what I am listening to right now while working at home:
Why TF are you here, Gruno?
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Haha! You mean in this thread or PE itself?
Why TF are you here, Gruno?
You don't like the playlist???
If someone started a "current pop" thread, I would have some great playlists to post in there.
Most would laugh at my prog playlist -- if I had a prog playlist
Nah, I mean on this forum!
No problem with the playlist, and I'm familiar with your musical taste by now. It just cracks me up that you hang out here.
Not that I want you to leave, of course, I just find it funny.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
From all accounts, Bret Michales is a nice enough guy. But that doesn't make him any kind of musician, songwriter, or singer.
I'm starting to think less of Brett due to his reality shows. I don't think he ever intended to find true love, or stay with his baby mama; he just wanted his face on tv. Btw, I saw the remastered version of Look What The Cat Dragged In at Wal-Mart, and bought it cause of the price($9.99) and the cover; they aren't bad looking chicks.
Winger had some great moments. Damn good muso's right there.
Motley Crüe did just about the greatest rock autobiography ever so I have a soft spot for them up through Dr. Feelgood or so. I'm also not above the occasional 80s era Bon Jovi or Def Leppard track. A lot of the rest comes across as a bad imitation of Roth era Van Halen without the sense of irony to me so I generally listen to Roth era Van Halen when I crave that sort of thing.
"It was a cruel song, but fair."-Roger Waters
One of my favorite hair bands came in at the end of the game: House of Lords.
They came out in 1988 and had some good albums into the 90s. Greg Giuffria was the keyboard player and had some other Giuffria members. The lead singer, James Christian, is one of my all-time favorite singers. He has a lot of gritty soul in them vocals, I say! They are still releasing music and playing out. Although, I believe James is the only original member in the band these days. I saw these guys open for Nelson back in the day and they buried Nelson in performance. I went to a party for one of the HoL shows and have some video footage I shot of it in 1990 or about. I need to find that and post it.
Check out some of their music.
Exactly. Guy comes off like a total asshole with that crap.
Yeah, I know it's TV, but no one forced him to do it, and he did it more than once.
He might be a great guy at meet 'n' greets, but he plays an asshole on TV.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I don't hold much weight with the musician off stage. Usually doesn't affect how I view their music.
Add his TV persona with the vapidity of their music, and it's hard to take them seriously.
There are many better artists in the genre, IMO.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I agree there are many others better in the genre; look at my playlist for many right there
I still stand by my comment, "I don't hold much weight with the musician off stage. Usually doesn't affect how I view their music." If you don't like Poison's music and don't like Bret Michaels away from his music, then keep on moving right along as there won't be anything to see there of interest.
In general I despise 80s, Hair/Glam/Metal. More than anything I just hated that image. I'm pretty sure that among all those bands there were some great musicians and some great songs. But the videos and the image turned me off. I was a kid and a teen throughout the Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, The Who run during those golden decades. So the thought of listening to a bunch of pouty posers in makeup just turned my stomach.
In the last 10 years or so I've been a little kinder to the whole scene. I agree that Van Halen pretty much kicked off the whole genre, but they were light years better than all their imitators. For some time I'd been hearing/reading all the praise that Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood" was getting. I always liked the title track. I bought it, gave a shot. I got rid of it within a week. I hated it. It was crap. I liked the title track but the rest was just generic, 80s pop/rock with a little attitude and tattoos. What a disappointment. What was I expecting?
Last edited by Vic2012; 12-10-2012 at 11:32 AM.
Wow. You and I come from two different universes. Twisted Sister was DEFINITELY hair-metal, as was Cinderella. I thought White Lion totally blew away Poison and the Crue.
My favourite of that era was probably Whitesnake, just a couple of albums. The two DLR albums with Vai on them were pretty killer, as was Blue Murder (Sykes' band after he left Whitesnake). Then there was Jake E. Lee's Badlands, which was a nice raw three-piece band. Plus, Mr. Big was a great band, as was Extreme, at least for a while.
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Completely agree.
Agree again - except that Extreme's last album was fantastic.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Continuing the "listen while I work" thang -- with 36-40 coming in with the late 80s into the 90s:
Badlands was a quartet, not a trio. I don't think a hair band would have songs such as Captain Howdy and Burn In Hell? If you call Twisted Sister a "hair metal", you might as well call Kiss and the New York Dolls one, too.
[QUOTE=Mikhael;17662]My as was Blue Murder (Sykes' band after he left Whitesnake).
Totally forgot about Blue Murder. They were great although not really hair metal IMO.
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