18 May 2012 - Winger - Seventeen

It's the return of Hair Metal Friday!

Confession time. I have previously mentioned how my first concert was Bullet Boys and Cinderella. What I failed to mention is that the real reason why I went to that particular concert was because I really wanted to see the middle band - Winger.

Yup, I was that guy.

27 April 2012 - Faster Pussycat - Bathroom Wall

After seeing this Faster Pussycat video for the first time in 25 years, I can only wonder, who would have won a fight between them and Poison back in the day?

20 April 2012 - Dokken - Breaking The Chains

I actually saw a free Dokken show a few years ago in Virginia Beach. I can confirm that they were still a Rokken.

13 April 2012 - L.A. Guns - Sex Action

Sure, I could've gone with the obvious L.A. Guns song -- The Ballad of Jayne -- but that wouldn't be any fun. Besides, I always thought Sex Action was much cooler.

16 March 2012 - Whitesnake - Still of the Night

I like Hair Metal Fridays. I get to watch videos that I haven't seen since they were originally released. And while I always dug today's song, I DO NOT remember it being so freaking long. AND THIS WAS AN EDITED VERSION!!!! Y'all may want to grab a snack, you know, just in case you get hungry in the middle of it.

2 March 2012 - Def Leppard - Bringin' On The Heartbreak

Ahhh yes, it's time for another Hair Metal Friday. Let's go way back to 1981 for a classic off of Def Leppard's High 'n' Dry record.

24 February 2012 - Loverboy - Hot Girls In Love

I hadn't heard this tune in probably 20 years when it came over the speakers at the bar a few night's ago. As soon as I heard it I said to myself, "Hair Metal Friday." And yeah, Loverboy is hardly hair metal, but I think we can all agree that this song fits the spirit of the day.

17 February 2012 - Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You

I always thought these guys were kind of goofy. Regardless, this may be the best guilty pleasure video that has not one, but two blow-up dolls in it.

10 February 2012 - Warrant - Down Boys

So in an act of guilty pleasureness I saw Warrant play a free show in Virginia Beach a few years ago. To say it was a car crash is putting it very mildly. Singer Jani Lane was wasted beyond belief. On two separate occasions he insisted that a roadie strap an acoustic guitar around his shoulder. He would start to strum and then mumble something like "I don't know how to play this FN' thing" and then put it down. TWICE. I felt bad for the guys in the band as they sounded great. Lane, meanwhile, struggled to remember the words to fan favorite Cherry Pie. Days later, Lane would be kicked out of the band for the last time and two years later he died of alcohol poisoning at a Comfort Inn. A sad end to a once promising musician. But let's forget all of that and remember when Lane and Warrant was at the top of their game.