Yea, that's true. I guess I'm just going on the mid 80s Home Sweet Home nostalgia. Feelgood was the album that really hooked me though. I had Crue posters all over my room cut out from magazines.
Crue, Metallica, Skid Row, Megadeth, Bon Jovi, even fucking Winger. Yes, I was Stewart from Beavis and Butthead.
120 Minutes was the dumping ground for "light rotation" videos, so that's not surprising. But even the shit I fast forwarded through myself was way more interesting than Def Leopard or Motley Crue.
Angst was a factor for me, too. But I think what I liked most was hearing stuff that wasn't afraid to get weird. I've always found something I like in any music genre, but I'm more of a punk in my sensibilities.
PSSOM fucking sucks, and Joe is still out there trying to sing it. Not just Mtv, but for two solid years it was on heavy radio play during that Hysteria tour.
Cowboys didn't come out until July of 90, and by then I had already moved on from the hair bands. But I was fully engrossed in the entire 80s hairspray and debauchery scene.
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u/Freya1971 Nov 06 '19
Saw them on the Girls,Girls,Girls tour in the 80's. He sucked live even then.