Upset that Hair Metal has not had a resurgence.

[CupcakesandTwunting]

All of the other sub-genres have had one: grunge, New Romantics, punks, Goths (Topshop did a very good Siouxie Sioux type range a few years back)

HAIR METAL. Needs a comeback. I have a wardrobe full of hair metal band t-shorts just dying to be worn. I want to see men with huge, hairsprayed hair and spandex leggings. AIBU?

upahill the entire Download set is available to download on their website, well worth it.

Shall we start gig lists? Who we've seen and how many times?

fairies it wasn't the drummer by any chance, was it...?

in answer to the original question, there should have been a resurgence, but The Darkness fucked it up for everyone

ginger I'd get Repetative strain injury or something with al the typing!!
I've been going to gigs since I was 13 (kiss blondie, motorheasd, Boomtown Rats and still going I've got tickets for Fish, Joe Bonamassa, Example the vaccines at the moment. I'm 46 now

There's a thread on music called 'what gig have you got to look forward to@ that's interesting.

But off the top of my head
Motorhead x9 Last time last November
Manics street preachers x 2 last time last november
Jethro Tull x6
Fish x 8
Joe Bonamassa 1 but going again in October
Metallica
NIN
Cult x3
Gossip
Lynard Skynard
Gary Numan
Marc Almond
Iron Maiden x3
Stranglers (when they were good)
Janes Addiction x2
Diamond Head
Slayer
Boomtown rats
Quireboys x2
Aerosmith
Saxon
Alambama 3
Emily Autumn
Echo and the bunnymen (Rubbish)
Him (worse than echo and the bunnymen)
Thearpy x2
Fun Lovin Criminals (Bland!!)
Alice Cooper
Scissor Sisters
Supper Fury Animals
Slayer
Kiss
Ozzy Osbourne
Gary Moore
Black Sabbath
Dandy Warholes
Bruce Dickinson

loads more they will come back to me
When I was young I used to go to Deeside Leisure Centre and Liverpool Empire but for the last twenty years I have been going mainly to the Acadmey in Manchester and the Appollo

spout correct!!!!!

Nooooo, the Darkness are GOOD, take them in the way they are meant!

I will do a list in a bit. If I can remember through the Jack Daniels mists of time.

Bloody hell ginger I'm going to be thinking all night now of gigs that I have been to!!

Oh here's some more!

Hawkwind x2 1st time ace second time boring
Elastica shit
Garbage ok

Aerosmith x2
Black Crowes x3 (on their tour bus once)
Poison x2
LA Guns
Thunder x2
Hanoi Rocks
Demolition 23
Guns n' Roses (original line up cause Gilby had a broken arm)
Slash's Snakepit
Velvet revolver
The Cult x 3 (Ian dedicated Fire Woman to me cause of my Backcombed Ginger hair)
Metallica x 2
Slipknot
Slayer x 2
Korn
Goldie Lookin Chain :)
Wasp
Whitesnake x 3
Skidrow x 2
Blind Melon
Soul Asylum
Iron Maiden
Danger Danger
Offsring
The Darkness x 2
Little Angels x 3
Enuff Znuff
Lenny Kravitz

Forgot, Quireboys x 3!

I forgot
Patti Smith x2
Terrovsion x3
Skunk Ananise x2
Korn
Wolfsbane
British Sea Power.#Hazel O'cconnor when she was popular.

Wish I hadn't started thinking now!

Oooh top thread! I lurve hair metal, went to a rock night reunion a couple of years ago with DS's godfather and he wore the full spandex, hairspray, eyeliner combo! In fact that's how we met -him borrowing my eyeliner and lip gloss many years ago. I think he is going to be an eminently suitable godfather!

Gigs I have been to:
Little Angels
Black Crowes x 2
Skid Row x 2 (v jealous re: Seb Bach btw)
Love/Hate
LA Guns
Extreme
Motley Crue x 2
Queensryche
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Guns 'n' Roses
AC/DC
Metallica x 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers x 3 (and again in Nov!)
The Darkness
Airbourne
Muse

Plus many other random ones - Scissor Sisters, Seasick Steve, Jools Holland and his orchestra, Take That, Tom Jones, The Dixie Chicks, Jamie Cullum, Roger Waters, NERD - bit of an eclectic musical taste here . . .

spout erm, yes, the drummer (??) . Bumped into him a few months after, and he said 'Oh I remember you, you made me the best bacon sandwich ' ...ho hum

Jealous of all these gigs. have seen loads, but now realise have missed loads too. Favourite gigs tho would be
Hawkwind
Bad Co
Deep Purple
The Tubes
Queen in the early days
Motorhead

Ginger, impressed by mention of Blind Melon and Enuff Z'Nuff! Unfortunately, these days it's all about the Corey Taylor and the Matt Tuck :)

Aw, I'm feeling all nostalgic. Was directed to this thread by a friend, who pointed out I'm just about the only person she knew who thought I'd appreciate it :)

I have a terrible memory and can't remember all the bands we used to go see, but one of my greatest moments at 15 was following Wolfsbane to their hotel in Newcastle and chatting to them in the lobby. Then Blaze Bayley came in and asked if I wanted to up for a cup of tea! 'Yes! OF COURSE!!' I said. And off we went into the lift and to his ever-so-slightly-grim hotel room. I actually had coffee. and a chat. And watched some rock vid. Nothing else ( of course my step-mum doesnt' believe me to this day - she went OFF HER HEAD (as would I, I imagine if my daughter told me that little tale)

Twas a great day, especially when I met up with my mates for their gig later and afterwards whilst doing the 'waiting by the stage door thing' Mr Bayley came out and said 'hi Lynn' just to prove I wasnt bullsh**ting. Nice man!

bloody hell I've got 18 and life in my head now...

lynniep whereabouts do you live?

I've got "blackout in the red room" stuck in my head now.
I saw Dan Reed last year and he was amazing and still stunningly beautiful, even without hair!

I'd totally forgotten how great No Rain is, I'm off to itunes - thanks Ginger and Pervy

Haha - was making DP youtube hair metal bands in bed this morning - he hates, I love!

Has anybody been to a rock festival? I see Sonisphere 2012 is on sale, I'd love to go (hear Red Hot Chilli Peppets may be headlining) but I have no-one to go with! This years looked amazing.

I would LOVE to go to Sonisphere! I've been to Wacken in Germsny twice - it was immense! But it's more heavy metal than rock

I'm going to Motley Crue/Poison/New York Dolls on Thursday, and I'm so excited. (This appears to be the only place in the world I know where people would appreciate that fact, and not just roll their eyes at me.) I saw Poison last year before all Bret Michaels' health problems, and they were great.

huckingfell I was a Mission girl too in the 'Burgh. The Venue was my venue (!) of choice, however. I knocked myself out, stagediving at a Love/Hate gig there, circa 1990. Oh, how my mum loved that one - picking up her 15 year old daughter with a massive black eye from the Royal Infirmary.... Best hair-metal gig has to be Little Angels at Glasgow Barrowlands, c.1992. Ah, those were the days.... ;)