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Ryan Adams’ Best Hair Metal Songs List

5/30/07, 12:15 pm EST

Ryan Adams

We love Ryan Adams because he’s a consummate rock geek trapped in the life of an alt-country troubadour. The guy has released eight albums (not including Easy Tiger, out June 26th) filled with delicate, lonesome country ballads and down home jams but when he’s rambling wasted at four in the morning on his blog or fucking around after hours in the recording studio, it’s his love for hardcore, punk, and metal that emerges. Check out the deep cuts on this list of Adams’ top five hair metal songs, which he has posted on his MySpace page. Here are his picks:

1. Kix – “Don’t Close Your Eyes”
2. Slaughter – “Fly To The Angels”
3. Dokken – “Dream Warriors” (From the Nightmare on Elm Street III Motion Picture Soundtrack)
4. Vinne Vincent Invsion [sic] (With Mark Slaughter of Slaughter on Vocals) – “Love Kills”
5. Ozzy Osbourne – “Over The Mountain”

We’d nominate Cinderella’s “Shelter Me” or White Snake’s “Here I Go Again.” Any additions?
Also, make a note of Adams’ recently announced June tour dates.


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z- | 5/30/2007, 1:07 pm EST

quiet riot… feel the noise

Neds Fresh Sister. | 5/30/2007, 1:12 pm EST

Kick Axe – Heavy Metal Shuffle

Well.... | 5/30/2007, 1:27 pm EST

David Lee Roth- Yankee Rose
White Lion- Wait
Kix- Midnite Dynamite
Winger- Seventeen
Loudness- Crazy Nights
Ratt- You’re In Love
Whitesnake- Still of the Night
Ozzy- The Ultimate Sin
WASP- I Wanna Be Somebody

TankCat | 5/30/2007, 1:37 pm EST

Look What The Cat Dragged In – Poison
Photograph – Def Leppard
Too Young To Fall In Love – Motley Crue
Round & Round – Ratt
Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Warrant
Fly To The Angels – Slaughter

ClashRock | 5/30/2007, 1:41 pm EST

Warrant – Cherry Pie, I Saw Red
Poison – Flesh and Blood, Ride the Wind, Unskinny Bop, Talk Dirty to Me
Nelson – After the Rain, Love and Affection
Motley Crue – Dr. Feelgood
Skid Row – I Remember You
Damn Yankees – High Enough

Mongo Lloyd | 5/30/2007, 2:20 pm EST

WHAM – Pound my mud tunnel
Hanson – I feel all tingly down there
Spice Girls – W.H.O.R.E.S.
Paula Abdul – Jizz mop
Vanilla Ice – My ass hurts

Wayne | 5/30/2007, 2:20 pm EST

oops, my mistake, there is in fact a song called “Shelter Me” by Cinderella. Mea culpa.

Q | 5/30/2007, 2:25 pm EST

Bulletboys – Smooth Up In Ya
Slaughter – Up All Night
Britney Fox – Girlschool
Winger – Madalaine (much better than Seventeen)
Mr. Big – Addicted to that Rush

dstyle | 5/30/2007, 2:39 pm EST

Animal – Def Leppard
Send Me An Angel – Scorpions
Final Countdown – Europe

dstyle | 5/30/2007, 2:45 pm EST

Run to the Hills – Iron Maiden
Hanger 18 – Megadeath

dstyle | 5/30/2007, 2:51 pm EST

Kick Start My Heart – Motly Crue
Wanted Dead Or Alive – Bon Jovi

b man from the or | 5/30/2007, 3:24 pm EST

Just Like Paradise Diamond David Lee Roth!!

All Ryan Adams songs of course … u poser wuss!!!

Gnarles Bukowski | 5/30/2007, 3:25 pm EST

White Lion- Wait
anything by Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld.

Gnarles Bukowski | 5/30/2007, 3:26 pm EST

White Lion- Wait
anything by Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld.

M | 5/30/2007, 3:26 pm EST

Runaway – Bon Jovi
I’ll Be There For You – Black ‘n Blue
Rock Revolution – Britny Fox
For The Love Of Money – Bulletboys
Push, Push – Cinderella
Foolin’ – Def Leppard
It’s Not Love – Dokken
Finger On The Trigger Enuff Z’Nuff
It’s A Monster – Extreme
Bathroom Wall – Faster Pussycat
Big Goodbye – Great White
Cold Blood – Kix
Rip and Tear – L.A. Guns
River Of Love – Lynch Mob
Alive and Kickin’ – Mr Big
I Can Hardly Wait – Nelson
Lay It Down – Ratt
Come Along – Salty Dog
That’s Not Enough – Slaughter
Stranger Than Paradise – Sleeze Beez
Heaven’s Trail (No Way Out) – Tesla
Walkin’ Shoes – Tora Tora
Ridin’ High – Warrant
She’s Got Everything – White Lion

Tallboy | 5/30/2007, 3:28 pm EST

Ratt- Lay it Down
Motley Crue- Looks That Kill
Cats in Boots- Her Monkey
Skid Row- Slave to the Grind
Twisted Sister- We’re Not Gonna Take It

Trucker | 5/30/2007, 3:47 pm EST

ratt – ‘Nobody Rides For Free’ (from Point Break)

foreigner – Lowdown and Dirty

hardline – I’ll be There

M13 | 5/30/2007, 3:57 pm EST

Slip of the lip- Ratt
Shout at the Devil- Motley Crue
Monkey Business- Skid Row
It’s Not Love- Dokken
Ultimate Sin- Ozzy
Smooth Up In Ya- Bullet Boys
Hang Tough- Tesla
Somebody Save Me – Cinderella
Big City Nights- Scorpions
Mr. Brownstone- G-N-R
Foolin- Def Leppard

Gwen | 5/30/2007, 3:58 pm EST

Skid Row-18 and life
Motley Crue-Live wire, Dr. Feelgood, Too young to fall in love
Poison-Nothing but a good time
Cinderella- Nobody’s fool
Def Leppard-Pour some sugar on me
Guns n’ Roses-Paradise City
Europe-Final countdown, Carrie
Van Halen- Running with the devil, Jump

danimalista | 5/30/2007, 5:03 pm EST

Love Bites-DLeperd

Faith–G Michael

She’s Like the Wind–PSwayze

Mario Kart | 5/30/2007, 5:05 pm EST

Summer of ‘69

Cuts Like A Knife

On A Day Like Today

Everything I Do

Run To You

Defender of the Faith | 5/30/2007, 5:09 pm EST

Since when is Ozzy or GNR “Hair Metal” I think you need to define your terms

Felipe | 5/30/2007, 5:11 pm EST

There´s always the idiots that put GNR in this hair metal band lists.

Hopin´to hear Ryan´s new record. He´s great

Dallas | 5/30/2007, 6:11 pm EST

Skid Row “18 and Life”

Motley Crue “Shout At The Devil”

Ratt “Round and Round”

Bon Jovi “Livin on a Prayer”

schockyourself | 5/30/2007, 6:21 pm EST

gypsy road – cinderella
get the f*ck out – skid row
blow my fuse – kix
metal health – quiet riot
Fly high michelle – enuff znuff

jungleland | 5/30/2007, 6:32 pm EST

Ozzy and G&R are Hair Metal more or less (they are much better than most)mostly because they had their big moments in the 1980’s. It’s not their fault, it’s their hair’s fault.

Now to go driving through the suburbs in my 1981 Firebird! (the only way to listen to this stuff)

Mojopin | 5/30/2007, 8:49 pm EST

Van Halen and David Lee Roth aren’t hair metal. Gimme a break!

Metallica sux........... | 5/30/2007, 10:12 pm EST

and are so bad they are not even included on any list here

Amador | 5/30/2007, 11:46 pm EST

Livin Colour- Cult of Personality
Megadeth-Peace Cells
Motley Crue-Don’t go away mad (Just Go Away)
Tesla-Love Song
KISS-Black Diamond
Anthrax-Antisocial
V an Halen-Dance The Night Away
Skid Row-Slave to The Grind
Iron Maiden-Fear of The Dark
Firehouse-Love Of a Lifetime

Amador | 5/30/2007, 11:47 pm EST

Livin Colour- Cult of Personality
Megadeth-Peace Cells
Motley Crue-Don’t go away mad (Just Go Away)
Tesla-Love Song
KISS-Black Diamond
Anthrax-Ant isoci al
Van Halen-Dance The Night Away
Skid Row-Slave to The Grind
Iron Maiden-Fear of The Dark
Firehouse-Love Of a Lifetime

proletariat | 5/30/2007, 11:53 pm EST

GNR is hair metallllllllllll

malikjc | 5/31/2007, 3:01 am EST

What about
Danzig – Mother

…Do you wanna bang heads with me…

Barbie Martini | 5/31/2007, 8:14 am EST

I Wanna Rock – Twisted Sister

ronanj | 5/31/2007, 9:07 am EST

Two classics of hair metal have to be:
Manowar-Heart of Steel
&
Twisted Sister-We’re Not Gonna Take It

STRATCAT | 5/31/2007, 9:34 am EST

We’re talkin’ hair metal not hEAVY mETAL.
tHERE’S A BIG DIFFERENCE!
hAIR mETAL TOP 10
1.ROUND AND ROUND-RATT
2.STILL OF THE NIGHT-WHITESNAKE(BEST LED ZEP RIP OFF)
3.INTO THE FIRE-DOKKEN
4.FALLEN ANGEL-POISON
5.SMOOTH UP IN YA-BULLETBOYS
6.SHAKE ME-CINDERELLA
7.UP ALL NIGHT-SLAUGHTER
8.IS THIS LOVE-WHITESNAKE
9.YOU’RE IN LOVE- RATT
10.ALONE AGAIN-DOKKEN

gUNS N’ ROSES,KISS,
SCORPIONS ,PRIEST,LED ZEPPELIN,
iron maiden ARE NOT hair metal.
They’re Heavy Metal.

Genya Raven | 5/31/2007, 10:56 am EST

Big Bottom – Spinal Tap

Guru | 5/31/2007, 1:05 pm EST

Fantasy – Aldo Nova

Old Fart at Play | 5/31/2007, 4:40 pm EST

“Bad Attitude Shuffle” — Cinderella

“Get The Funk Out” — Extreme

“Girls Girls Girls” — Motley Crue

Markus | 5/31/2007, 5:36 pm EST

“Ballad of Jayne” by L.A. Guns

Buzzardo | 6/1/2007, 1:30 am EST

Big nod for the above-posted White Lion – “Wait”

Poison – “Something to Believe In” and “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”

I’m not a big Poison fan, but these two songs are fantastic.

david | 6/1/2007, 2:50 am EST

hair metal is tough to define. I don’t think Ozzy qualifies. I think “Cum on feel the noise has to be on there since It broke it wide open. “Live wire” by Motley is a great song as is “Still of the night” by Whitesnake. High n’ dry is a pretty good song by Def Leppard. You have to have one power ballad and I would go with 18 and life by SKid ROw.

MARK 8 | 6/1/2007, 3:11 am EST

Gnr is way to heavy and way to good to be considered hair metal they peaked in early 90’s anyway

grievous pimp | 6/1/2007, 10:15 am EST

awesome.

Big Phill - Rio de Janeiro | 6/1/2007, 4:59 pm EST

Lay it Down – Ratt
Born to Be My Baby – Bon Jovi
Just Got Lucky – Dokken
After The Rain – Nelson
Foolin’ – Def Leppard

Andy | 6/5/2007, 11:56 am EST

hair metal??? wow, those good old times…

what an idiot | 9/18/2007, 12:30 am EST

to the guy that brought up metallica….theyve never been considered hair metal and are considered one of the big four thrash…. speaking of which, why are ppl mentioning anthrax and megadeth??

St. Clair | 10/4/2007, 8:37 pm EST

Def Leppard was the best hair metal band

St. Clair | 10/4/2007, 8:39 pm EST

Bud, Appetite for destruction came out in ‘87 and that was thier peak

hogmaster1989 | 10/28/2007, 12:08 am EST

White lions wait and skid row youth gone wild.

Mac | 11/8/2007, 5:54 am EST

hey, there’s a hair metal song that i’m thinkin of, but i dont remember the name, all i know is that it starts with a baseline in little strums of 2, and then the guitar comes in, it kinda sounds like it might be a motley crue song, but i dont think it is

M. | 12/21/2007, 7:01 am EST

Ozzy isn’t hair metal

Oscar | 2/7/2008, 5:24 pm EST

BULLETBOYS-SMOOTH UP IN’YA
BULLETBOYS-f#9

Oscar | 2/7/2008, 5:27 pm EST

From Japan
LOUDNESS – Crazy Night

KROKUS – Screaming in the night
KROKUS – Head Hunter
KOKUS – Midnight Manica

LB | 5/17/2008, 8:31 pm EST

no way has no-one put:
Night Ranger-Sister Christian
Night Ranger-Sister Christian
Night Ranger-Sister Christian
Night Ranger-Sister Christian
Night Ranger-Sister Christian
Night Ranger-Sister Christian

Anonymous | 5/24/2008, 5:12 pm EST

1: round and round-Ratt
2: ballad of Jayne-La guns
3: 18 and life-skid row
4: Dr feelgood-Motley Crew
5: nobody’s fool-Cinderella
6: Here I go again-whitesnake
7:Not going to take it Twisted Sister
8:Rock you like a hurricane-Scorpions
9:metal health- quiet riot
10:cherry pie- Warrent

Taboo | 5/29/2008, 1:14 pm EST

Listen to The Sacrifice by Symphony X – true definition of a hair metal song people!

KS Rocks | 8/7/2008, 6:16 am EST

Well here is my list of bands & their songs:
1. Whitelion – Broken Heart, Love dont come easy, All I need
2. White snake – still of the night, here i go again, deeper the love
3. Def lepard – have u ever needed someone so bad, love bites, pour some sugar
4. Poison – every rose has its thorn

People here dont like the inclusion of GnR and Van Halen but just for the info guys they are considered Hair metal bands

hairmetalmaniac | 9/24/2008, 11:54 pm EST

whitelion-when the children cry cinderella-dont know what you got motley crue-home sweet home and kickstart my heart poison-every rose has its thorn winger-hungry def leppard-love bites scorpions-still loving you saigon kick-love is on the way warrant-heaven whitesnake-is this love twisted sister-the price skid row-i rememb you

dhani | 11/1/2008, 1:07 pm EST

Stupid crap, most of it.

Rockin' Ecuador | 11/10/2008, 2:57 pm EST

Megadeth??? Metallica??? No way, they aren’t glam metal bands… i think the ‘glamiest’ iron maiden’s song is Can I play with madness..

these are my favorites

Bon Jovi: Runaway, You give love a bad name, Livin’ on a prayer, Bad medicine
Europe – The final countdown
Quiet Riot – Cum on feel the noize, We were born to rock, Metal health, Sign of the times, mama weer all crazee now
Scorpions – (yes, 1984’s “love at first sting” it’s really a glam metal album) Rock you like a hurricane, bad boys running wild, big city nights
WASP – I wanna be somebody, Animal (f*ck like a beast), LOVE machine
Def Leppard – Pyromania is one of the greatest glam alums ever!!!) Foolin’, Rock rock till you drop, photograph, comin’ under fire
Twisted sister – i wanna rock, we’re not gonna take it

nd i think quiet riot’s “thunderbird” and Whitesnake’s “here i go again” are the sadest glam metal ballads :(

ramiro | 11/11/2008, 9:02 pm EST

1-livin´on a prayer-bon jovi
2-nothin´but a good time-poison
3-unskinny bop-poison
4-cherry pie-warrant
5-you give love a bad name-bon jovi
6-same old situation-the crue
7-i wanna rock-twisted sister
8-bad medicine-bon jovi
9-every rose has its thorn-poison
10-girls girls girls-the crue

SKID ROW!!! | 11/21/2008, 10:02 am EST

SKID ROW!!!

SKID ROW!!! | 11/21/2008, 10:02 am EST

SKID ROW!!!

tb93 | 12/14/2008, 1:17 pm EST

To “STRATCAT” KISS is definately not heavy metal.

alister | 12/30/2008, 3:49 pm EST

hairmetal bands should not go country!!! Sebastian Bach! what the heck were you doin on that show man? stick to your roots!
Bon Jovi i will always love born to be my baby and bad medicine and livin on a prayer and runaway but your music now makes me sad that times have changed and you had to change with them=(

studmuller | 1/27/2009, 11:02 pm EST

zebra- tell me what you want
saxon- power and glory
dokken- breaking the chains

f*ck you Loggins!

Luna | 2/17/2009, 8:52 am EST

Rick Astley – NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Bigg D | 2/27/2009, 11:05 am EST

Love ACDC but not hairband so here is my list

Rock You Like A Hurricane-Scorpions
Welcome to the Jungle- GNR
Balls to the Wall- Accept
Pyromania- Def Leppard
You Got Another Thing Coming- Judas Priest
Holy Diver- Dio
Silent Lucidity- Queensryche
Rock Me- Great White
Rock You- Helix
Crusader- Saxon
Bitch- Widow
I love Rock n Roll- Joan Jett
Breaking the Chains- Dokken
Lay It On The Line- Triumph
Shake Me- Cinderella
Metal Health- Quiet Riot
Heads Are Gonna Roll- Judas Priest

Dude Man | 3/30/2009, 11:23 pm EST

Judas Preist, Megadeath, Scorpions, Def Lepard, Ozzy, Living Colour, Anthrax, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, GNR, Dio, Accept, and Queensryche, are all not hair metal by any means. Here’s my top ten real hair metal songs.
1.Quiet Riot-Metal Health
2.Whitesnake(they were not a hair band in the 70s, but they changed in the 80s)-Here I go Again
3.Twisted Sister-I Wanna Rock
4.Ratt-Round and Round
5.Motley Crue-Dr.Feelgood
6.W.A.S.P.-I Wanna be Somebody
7.Quiet Riot-Cum on Feel the noize(Slade cover)
8.Whitesnake-Still of the Night
9.Twisted Sister-We’re not Gonna Take it
10.Ratt-Lay it down

Dude Man | 4/10/2009, 10:27 pm EST

Oh yah, forgot Quiet Riot’s “Laughing Gas”. A great song and when Randy Rhodes was still in the band. Look it up it’s great.

EXX ROKK | 4/12/2009, 10:46 pm EST

My top 10

1. Kiss- Rock and Roll all Nite
2. Motley Crue- DR.Feelgood
3. Quiet Riot- Metal Health
4. Twisted Sister- I Wanna Rock
5. Def Lepperd- Rock of Ages
6. Poison-Every Rose Has Its Thorn
7. AeroSmith- Living on the Edge
8. Bon Jovi- Livin on a Prayer
9. Guns N Roses-Sweet Child o Mine
10.Ratt – Round N Round

EXX ROKK | 4/12/2009, 10:51 pm EST

Shit i forgot about CHERRY PIE by WARRANT but that would be along side ROCK OF AGES by DEF LEPPERD AT #5

yourassisgrassandimsmokingit | 4/19/2009, 8:29 am EST

kiss and guns and roses are definatley metal, you freakin doorknob.i have watched two shows where it is all about guns and roses and they call them METAL 27 times.

Dude Man | 4/19/2009, 2:06 pm EST

Kiss and GNR are heavy metal, but not hair metal. Aerosmith, Joan Jett, Triumph, and Bon Jovi are not even metal. Although they are all good bands.

Dude Man | 4/19/2009, 10:14 pm EST

Also only Skid Row’s first album counts as hair metal. Thier next few albums were much too heavy and border-line trash to be considered hair metal.

Bring Back Hair | 5/7/2009, 8:28 pm EST

WOW! Huge KIX shout-out, I’m lovin’ it! But I’d have to disagree…
5. “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight” – Spinal Tap
4. “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” – Great White
3. “Live WIre” – Mötley Crüe
2. “Here I Go Again” – Whitesnake
1. “Round and Round” – Ratt

Bring Back Hair | 5/7/2009, 8:28 pm EST

WOW! Huge KIX shout-out, I’m lovin’ it! But I’d have to disagree…
5. “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight” – Spinal Tap
4. “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” – Great White
3. “Live Wire” – Mötley Crüe
2. “Here I Go Again” – Whitesnake
1. “Round and Round” – Ratt

Hair Metal Fan #69 | 6/23/2009, 7:02 pm EST

Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Ozzy, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, and iron maiden are all good bands but they are NOT hair metal..
KISS, GNR, Scorpions, Def Leppard and Van Halen ARE hair metal.. So was Aerosmith but not a whole lot and mainly in the 80s..

Here is the best song by these 30 random hair bands..
~KISS- Lick It Up
~Motley Crue- Wild Side
~Def Leppard- Photograph
~Poison- I Won’t Forget You
~Scorpions- Rock You Like A Hurricane
~Guns N Roses- Paradise City
~Whitesnake- Here I Go Again
~Cinderella- Don’t Know What You’ve Got(Till It’s Gone)
~Bon Jovi- Livin’ On A Prayer
~Ratt- Round And Round
~Dokken- Breakin’ The Chains
~Quiet Riot- Bang Your Head(Metal Health)
~Twisted Sister- I Wanna Rock
~Skid Row- Youth Gone Wild
~LA Guns- Rip And Tear
~Van Halen- Panama
~Great White- Once Bitten, Twice Shy
~Shotgun Messiah- Heartbreak Boulevard
~Sleeze Beez- Stranger Than Paradise
~Night Ranger- Sister Christian
~Kix- Don’t Close Your Eyes
~Nitro- Freight Train
~Pretty Boy Floyd- Set The Night On Fire
~Stryper- To Hell With The Devil
~WASP- Wild Child
~Alice Cooper- Poison
~Winger- Seventeen
~Tesla- Love Song
~Warrant- Sometimes She Cries
~Crashdiet- Breakin’ The Chainz
(new band, check ‘em out)

Anonymous | 8/4/2009, 2:21 am EST

1. Photograph – Def Lepperd
2. Lick It Up – Kiss
3. Jump – Van Halen
4. Dr. FeelGood – Motley Crue
5. Here I Go Again – Whitesnake

rock | 8/25/2009, 12:56 pm EST

ok, van halen is a hair metal band! if u dont think that ur retared!!! they toured with a bunch of hair metal bands!!!! and they r considered hair metal!!!!!! i think what u mean is that there not HEAVEY metal….and i agree….

1.smooth up in ya! BULLETBOYS
2.dont close your eyes KIX
3.hot for teacher VAN-HALEN
4.never let you go STEAL HEART
5.slide it in WHITESNAKE

Mark1382 | 8/29/2009, 7:03 pm EST

Looks That Kill – MÖTLEY CRÜE
Shake Me – CINDERELLA
Poison – ALICE COOPER
Body Talk – RATT
Cold Blood – KIX
The Kids Are Back – TWISTED SISTER
Turn Up The Radio – AUTOGRAPH
Good Enough – VAN HALEN
All In The Name Off… – MÖTLEY CRÜE
Paradise City – GUNS N’ ROSES

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