80's metal?

[JimmyDenton]

hey guys, i fancie buying some new CD's but wanna try some new (old) bands, 80's metal, like dokken, motley crue etc

any suggestions?

cheers

James

[ullathorne]

HARDLINE = DOUBLE ECLIPSE. Neil Schon from Journey. Its early 1990's. But it "ROCKS" The guitar playing and catchy tunes are rocking big time..

http://www.doubleeclipse.com/doubleeclipse.html
Gives you a tiny little glimpse. The guitar playing is awesome.


VINCE NEIL = EXPOSED. Steve Stevens is top of his game on that Disc. Again early 1990's 93 i think.

Promise you wont be disappointed.

Andy.

[pel666]

Flotsam and Jetsam - No Place for Disgrace (2nd album)
Flotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver (1st album)
Tesla
Slaughter
Savatage
Trouble

all not that much hair, but definately 80's metal....Flotsam caused quite some excitement back then with this album, but they couldn't keep their promise with following albums....it is my favourite 80's album!!!

Old



New (well old guys playing old stuff

[jeff]

Winger
Slaughter
Firehouse
Whitesnake
Poison
Cinderella

Man this is making me want to go CD shopping

[Midnight_Highway]

VINCE NEIL = EXPOSED. Steve Stevens is top of his game on that Disc. Again early 1990's 93 i think.

Andy, I LOVE that album! Great choice, man. I also see you've rediscovered the funnel icon.

George

[A.F.U.]

Bulletboys
Autograph
Tora Tora
KIX
Balaam and the Angel

Great suggestions everyone!

[KramerUK]

After seeing the Steve Lynch clip from youtube, I'm gonna be looking for an Autograph album myself

[ullathorne]

Andy, I LOVE that album! Great choice, man. I also see you've rediscovered the funnel icon.

George

Hey George, If its on in the Car, next thing you know I'm doing 100 mph in my little Citroen C1

I'm glad the man with the Funnel is back. Wonder where he went?

Andy

[SamboraRocks86]

hmm, well i'm more into the mainstream hair metal, but i'd recomend you get these albums:

Bon Jovi's Self-Titled & 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit (both grossly underrated)

Whitesnake's Greatest Hits

Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction

Skid Row's Self Titled

Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure Soundtrack

Motley Crue's Dr. Feelgood

All pretty obvious choices (Appetite For Destruction!) but those are my favourites.

And Rchie Sambora's solo albums are great too, although theyre more blues than metal.

[atomicholiday]

Man I don't even know where to begin. There are just so many worth checking out.
An absolute must have is Lynch Mob 'Wicked Sensation'.

How about these:

Tesla (any)
Great White (anything from 'hooked' or older)
Loudness
Accept
Iron Maiden
Jake E. Lee era Ozzy
RR era Ozzy

Some of those are kinda obvious. Here are a few that may not be:

Kik Tracee
Enuffs Z Nuff
Babylon A.D.
Dirty Looks
Heavens Edge
Savatage

The list goes on and on....

[unchained1984]

Jimmy:
-Britny Fox
-Enuff Z' Nuff
-Cry Wolf
-Damn Yankees
-Coney Hatch
-Mr. Big
-Lynch Mob

Vince Neil's Exposed has Steve Stevens totally let loose without question you have to get that plus 'Atomic Playboys' Stevens solo album is well worth hunting down. BTW less of the OLD, it just seems like yesterday to most of us here

Sandy

[Tourpicx]

Winger
Slaughter
Firehouse
Whitesnake
Poison
Cinderella

Man this is making me want to go CD shopping

+1 I'll add to this list:

Dokken
Def Leppard
Motley Crue
Dio
Scorpions
Ratt
Stryper
Lynch Mob
Tangier
Trixter
Winger
Warrant
White Lion
Yngwie Malmsteen

[BeN5150]

Winger
White Lion
Enuff Z'Nuff
Dio
Ozzy (Jake years)
Autograph
Scorpions
Judas Priest (pre or post 86, do not buy "Turbo")
Steelheart

[atomicholiday]

Judas Priest (pre or post 86, do not buy "Turbo")

No way man! I like Turbo.
I know what you mean though. It's probably not my favorite. I'd probably have to say 'Defenders of the Faith' rates right up there though.

[Tourpicx]

I forgot about Judas Priest. No one mentioned Iron Maiden...thats a good one.

[KramerUK]

Iron Maiden Live after Death

[SamboraRocks86]

Am i the only one to mention Bon Jovi?

Sounds like i'm a teenybopper, but theyre a good band!

[Tourpicx]

Am i the only one to mention Bon Jovi?

Sounds like i'm a teenybopper, but theyre a good band!

Yes, Bon Jovi is a good band. I forgot them on my list as well as Van Halen too.

[BeN5150]

No way man! I like Turbo.
I know what you mean though. It's probably not my favorite. I'd probably have to say 'Defenders of the Faith' rates right up there though.

as a huge Priest fan, I can honestly say that I regret buying it just to help complete my collection

I gotta by their debut (Rocka Rolla) to make up for it.

another couple good bands?

Living Colour
Badlands
Killer Dwarfs
Warrant
Ratt
Faster Pussycat
Pretty Boy Floyd
Ugly Kid Joe
Dangerous Toys
Danger Danger
Twisted Sister

[Tourpicx]

Most of these bands are either from the UK or USA. Does anyone know some great metal bands in other countries ? I came across years ago at a CD store called FYE that had a CD from the band Stratovarius. They are from Helsinki, Finland and they sure do rock.

[Rick S]

How about LA Guns, Bang Tango, Fastway, Queensryche, Skid Row, Anthrax...............................................

[SamboraRocks86]

Faster Pussycat!

[Tourpicx]

How about LA Guns, Bang Tango, Fastway, Queensryche, Skid Row, Anthrax...............................................

Queensryche, another favorite of mine.

Skid Row...yes, but with Sebastian Bach on vocals. One of the best metal lead singers ever.

[BeN5150]

both Queensryche and Skid Row are amazing,

aswell as Tesla and one I completely forgot about somehow...Whitesnake

[jumbowolfe]

Couple of off the wall bands I dug in the 80's.

Icon - really good CD that for some reason never took hold, very Whitesnake'ish' in its sound
XYZ - Very good stuff and has the 80's vibe
Kings X - Well, I'm going to suggest them no matter what, but they don't sound 80's, but are a product of the 80's.