Come on,don't be embarrassed,name me some good Hair Metal.

breakstuff

Currently learning I Remember You by Skid Row.

This is gonna keep me WELL busy.

bingefeller

I know some of these have already been mentioned but my picks are:

Skid Row - Skid Row / Slave To The Grind

Danger Danger - Screw It!

Dokken - Back For The Attack

Def Leppard - Hysteria / Pyromania 

TNT - TNT / Intuition

Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid

White Lion - Pride

Lion - Dangerous Attraction

Out of those my recommendations would be Lion's Dangerous Attraction (Doug Aldrich on guitar!), Danger Danger  Screw It, TNT's album TNT, and Def Leppard's Hysteria.  

dchwhite

BloodEagle said:

Love/Hate 'Blackout in the Red Room'  is also really good imo.

Very much this

Poison's 'Open up and say aah' is I think probably their best album.

And it's not hair metal, but seeing it was the same time period (and is awesome) Aerosmith's 'Pump'

not_the_dj

Does the MTV version of Whitesnake count as hair metal....I reckon so.

breakstuff

/\ Very much so.

mike_l

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8O317T6Zlno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4jpf-eC-Xlk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=L8fYiqKbv7g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1Jof-hZhO_0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rV5Utdua95I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NmdMZ9HGptk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=i28UEoLXVFQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MCOrtJMQmVs

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breakstuff

Thanks Mike

mike_l

breakstuff said:

Thanks Mike

You are welcome.

digitalscream

Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime

Not strictly hair metal, but it's the right era and it's bloody awesome.

viz

Correct

demonoid_gnome

Some of these might be pushing the definition a bit but..

Bad English, Blue Murder, Cats in Boots, Dirty White Boy, Edguy, Giant, Helloween, L.A.Guns, Kiss of the Gypsy, Loudness, Lynch Mob, Magnum, Mr.Big,  Puddle of Mudd, Racer X, Saraya, Savatage, Shark Island, Shout, Steelheart, Tyketto,, Unruly Child, Vixen and XYZ would stand you in good stead.

mike_l

digitalscream said:

Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime

Not strictly hair metal, but it's the right era and it's bloody awesome.

viz said:

Correct

Both of you are correct on it's awesomeness.

mudslide73

What a great era.. I was more into the nwobhm bands but there was some killer guitar playing on those records. All those pink Kramers and Jacksons

Philly_Q

God, reading through this whole thread again I've got albums by about 95% of all the bands mentioned....

Wisdom to @demonoid_gnome for mentioning Saraya, their two albums are brilliant and have stood the test of time better than most of this stuff.

Bellycaster

Maybe a bit earlier than true Hair Metal.

and this, later 80's with a fantastic intro.

Reverend

Y&T's classic era albums are incredible. A cut above most hair metal bands.
All of Queensryche's albums up to Empire are brilliant.
Not quite hair metal perhaps but Riots first pre split albums are beyond amazing, whilst Thundersteel is like JP's Painkiller with better songs.

Philly_Q

Reverend said:

Y&T's classic era albums are incredible. A cut above most hair metal bands. 

Yeah, I think they started tailing off after Mean Streak.  Earthshaker is phenomenal.

guitarfishbay

Man, now I want to go listen to Operation Mind Crime again.  Incredible album.

Do Racer X count or are they too shred?

Superheros is a blistering guitar album, released outside peak hair era but has that hair cheese element throughout.

Their early stuff was more hair metal though.  A Judas Priest cover but one of my favourite riffs of all time.

bingefeller

Bellycaster said:

and this, later 80's with a fantastic intro.

Ronnie LeTekro's tone = best use of a Boss BF-2 ever.

FelineGuitars

Bellycaster said:

Maybe a bit earlier than true Hair Metal.

Oh - big amounts of love for Loverboy here!

Yup - theres a lot of cool music in this thread.

How could I forget Saraya Philly Q - love the Blackbird album.