Help me decide the greatest...

[HornsManiac]

big hair album of all time.

Greatest hits albums do not count.

I could get it down to seven semi-finalists, but after that I got stuck. We can vote on this for about a week and then I will start a new poll with the two or three top vote getters and we can then vote for the champ.

Now in alphabetical order the HornsManiac semi-finalists are...

1. 1984 (Van Halen)

key songs: Jump, Panama, Hot For Teacher

2. Appetite for Destruction (Guns N' Roses)

key songs: Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O Mine

3. Dr. Feelgood (Motley Crue)

key songs: Dr. Feelgood, Kickstart My Heart, Don't Go Away Mad, Without You

4. Hysteria (Def Leppard)

key songs: Hysteria, Animal, Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar On Me

5. Look What the Cat Dragged In (Poison)

key songs: I Want Action, I Won't Forget You, Talk Dirty To Me, Cry Tough

6. Out of the Cellar (Ratt)

key songs: Wanted Man, Round and Round, Back for More

7. Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi)

key songs: You Give Love a Bad Name, Living On a Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive, I'd Die For You

[HornsManiac]

Come on guys, I know we have TONS of 80's hard rock fans here. What gives? How about some discussion and lots more votes? :)

HornsManiac

[AgPete]

I remember the first time I saw Poison's "Look What the Cat Dragged In." It was a white album with four close-up pictures of their faces and with all the make-up and hair I couldn't figure out if they were chicks or dudes. :D

[WSUCougar]

I voted for Hysteria. I'll never forget at my bachelor party (1989), when my groomsmen and other friends were gathered around playing poker, eating, drinking, and doing various other male activities (*cough*). Someone put this CD on, and to a man we all raved about it. Great stuff.

I could not in good conscience vote for 1984. As much as I like the album - I still think "Panama" is one of the best driving songs of all time - I'll always associate it with a guy on my dorm floor playing his electric guitar (and "playing" is WAY too kind) to the title song over and over and over and over...

[McSweeny]

i never knew that coughing was considered a male activity

[Qwikshot]

Originally posted by McSweeny
i never knew that coughing was considered a male activity

I guess turning the head and coughing.

[WSUCougar]

Originally posted by McSweeny
i never knew that coughing was considered a male activity
You obviously haven't been to the doctor any time recently...

[McSweeny]

ohh that makes sense...

interesting bachelor party there WSUCougar ;)

[WSUCougar]

Yeah, we sat around giving each other testicular exams. It was a real hoot. I figured hey, last night as a single man, why not? It's amazing what a few dozen beers'll do.

We also watched Gladiator movies.

[mckerney]

I can't help you with the 80's rock, but as soon as you want to determine the greatest Emo album ever released, let me know.

[JasonTobiasIV]

Fugazi, In on the Kill Taker.. easily the best 'emo' if thats what it goes by. I know some have considered fugazi the godfathers of emo, but no longer a part of the scene. They are gods. Have been since the beginning. The new shit is a little fruity at times, but there are moments of brilliance even now.

[Kodos]

I don't think Guns N Roses count as a hair band. They were around at the time, but they were different.

[McSweeny]

i think i'll start up greatest punk band soon

[McSweeny]

dola:

not start the greatest punk band myself(i need a bass player first...), but a poll is what i meant to say

[HornsManiac]

Originally posted by Kodos
I don't think Guns N Roses count as a hair band. They were around at the time, but they were different.

Kodos - Guns N' Roses was definitely a hair band. They wore as much hair spray as anyone. Well, Slash and Izzy didn't but Axl, Duff, and Steven certainly wore plenty. I mean, maybe they never wore makeup, but there were a lot of bands that did not wear makeup. I think of Guns N' Roses like I think about Skid Row, Motley Crue, and Tesla. They were hair bands, but had a little more of an edge that the Bon Jovi and Poison like bands.

Check out this shot and look at all of the hairspray! :)

HornsManiac

http://www.oneonta.edu/academics/cgp/women/Guns%20n'%20Roses.jpg

[B & B]

Originally posted by WSUCougar
Yeah, we sat around giving each other testicular exams. It was a real hoot. I figured hey, last night as a single man, why not? It's amazing what a few dozen beers'll do.

We also watched Gladiator movies.


Have you ever seen a grown man naked, Billy?

[Dutch]

You weren't eating subs and howling with joy about "...I think I've had this before!!!" were you???