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Monsters Of Rock (album)
''Monsters of Rock'' is a heavy metal/hard rock compilation album released by Razor & Tie, which includes 16 hits of the 1980s "hair metal" scene (except for .38 Special's 1981 hit "Hold on Loosely"), many of which charted in either the Top 10 or Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. A 2 disc version was also released, heavily promoted by TV commercials and containing 35 songs (except for Cheap Trick's " Surrender", which was released in 1978). The single-disc version was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA in 2001. Track listing (single-disc version) #"Cum on Feel the Noize" - Quiet Riot - 4:51 #" Once Bitten Twice Shy" - Great White - 5:22 #"Poison" - Alice Cooper - 4:30 #" The Final Countdown" - Europe - 5:11 #" Round and Round" - Ratt - 4:24 #"Cherry Pie" - Warrant - 3:20 #"Here I Go Again" - Whitesnake - 4:35 #"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Poison - 4:20 #" Seventeen" - Winger - 4:05 #"Cult of Personality" - Living Colour - 4:54 #" We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal Music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a Music genre, genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distortion (music), distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic Beat (music), beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – British bands Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and shock rock of Alice Cooper and Kiss (band), Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence,Walser (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poison (Alice Cooper Song)
"Poison" is a song by American musician Alice Cooper. Written by Cooper, producer Desmond Child and guitarist John McCurry, the song was released as a single in July 1989 from Cooper's 18th album, '' Trash''. It became one of Cooper's biggest hit singles in the United States, peaking at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. The song performed better in the United Kingdom, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. "Poison" was ranked by ''Billboard'' as the 91st-most-successful song of 1989, while Ultimate Classic Rock ranked it as the "7th best Alice Cooper song", commenting "Poison sounds like a typical '80s pop-metal number at times, but Cooper’s intensity brings it to a whole other level." The song's main riff was written by guitarist John McCurry, who two years earlier had used it for the John Waite track " Encircled". Music video There are two versions of the video to the song, one of which shows Alice Cooper being chained to a bizarre mechanism and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winger (band)
Winger is an American hard rock band formed in New York City in 1987. Winger gained popularity during the late 1980s and early 1990s with two RIAA certification, platinum albums, ''Winger (album), Winger'' and ''In the Heart of the Young'', along with charting singles "Seventeen (Winger song), Seventeen", "Headed for a Heartbreak" and "Miles Away (Winger song), Miles Away". In 1990, the band was nominated for an American Music Award for "Best New Heavy Metal Band". As the music scene changed in the early to mid-1990s due to the popularity of grunge, their success faded following their third release, 1993's ''Pull (Winger album), Pull''. Winger disbanded less than a year later in 1994. In 2001, the band reunited and have since conducted several successful tours. In 2006, the band's 1993 touring lineup (minus Paul Taylor but including John Roth) reunited to record the band's first studio album in over 13 years, ''IV (Winger album), IV'', and toured in support of the album into 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventeen (Winger Song)
"Seventeen" is a single by American rock band Winger from their debut album ''Winger''. Released in 1989, the song charted at No. 26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song was named the 87th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. The B-side for this single was the album cut "Poison Angel". Background According to Kip Winger, he took inspiration from the Beatles song " I Saw Her Standing There", which contains the lyric, "Well she was just seventeen / If you know what I mean / And the way she looked / Was way beyond compare" and was not aware that age Seventeen is underage in some jurisdictions. Winger said guitarist Reb Beach wrote the main riff when he was about 15, but was unsure how to use it. However, Winger had an idea, and wove it into the song. He said they were trying to rip off a Led Zeppelin song with "weird syncopation" on the verse, though he cannot remember which song it was anymore — probably "The Crunge" or " Walter's Walk". He also stated, "The thing I li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poison (American Band)
Poison is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in 1983. The most successful incarnation of the band consists of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Bret Michaels, drummer Rikki Rockett, bassist Bobby Dall and lead guitarist C.C. DeVille. The band achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s and sold over 40 million records and DVDs worldwide. The band had a Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one hit single with "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and other top 40 hit singles in the 1980s and 1990s, including "Talk Dirty to Me", "I Won't Forget You", "Nothin' But a Good Time", "Fallen Angel (Poison song), Fallen Angel", "Your Mama Don't Dance", "Unskinny Bop", "Something to Believe In (Poison song), Something to Believe In", "Ride the Wind (song), Ride the Wind", and "Life Goes On (Poison song), Life Goes On." The band's breakthrough debut album, the multi-platinum ''Look What the Cat Dragged In'', was released in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album '' Open Up and Say... Ahh!''. The band's signature song, it is also their only number-one hit in the US, reaching number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on December 24, 1988, for three weeks. It also charted at number 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart. It was a number 13 hit in the UK. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was named number 34 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s", number 100 on their "100 Greatest Love Songs" and number seven on MTV and VH1 "Top 25 Power Ballads". ''Billboard'' ranked the song number five on their list of "The 10 Best Poison Songs". Background and writing In an interview with VH1's '' Behind the Music'', Bret Michaels said the inspiration for the song came from a night when he was in a laundromat in Dallas waiting for his clothes to dry, and called his girlfriend on a pay phone. Michaels said he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1978. The group were originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own entity, Coverdale is the only constant member throughout their history. Following the EP ''Snakebite (album), Snakebite'' in 1978, Whitesnake released the albums ''Trouble (Whitesnake album), Trouble'' (1978) and ''Lovehunter'' (1979), which included the live staples "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" and "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues". Whitesnake soon began to make a name for themselves across the UK, Europe and Japan, with their subsequent albums ''Ready an' Willing'' (1980), ''Live... in the Heart of the City'' (1980), ''Come an' Get It'' (1981) and ''Saints & Sinners (Whitesnake album), Saints & Sinners'' (1982) all reaching the top ten on the UK Albums Chart. By the mid-1980s, Coverdale had set his sights on North Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here I Go Again
"Here I Go Again" is a song by the British rock band Whitesnake. It was originally released on their 1982 album, '' Saints & Sinners'' through Liberty in October 1982. The song was written by David Coverdale and Bernie Marsden, and produced by Martin Birch. The song was re-recorded for their 1987 self-titled album, and was released as the album's lead single. A radio-mix version of the song, featuring a different performance by the band and omitting the song's original keyboard intro was released in June 1987 in the United States and 19 October in their native UK. "Here I Go Again" received positive reviews, with some critics referring to the song as the "signature tune for Coverdale and Whitesnake". The original recording only hit number 34 on the UK Singles Chart, and remained on the chart for five weeks, while charting in Australia and Germany, peaking at 53 and 51, respectively. In the United States, both the original song and the original ''Saints & Sinners'' album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrant (American Band)
Warrant is an American glam metal band formed in 1984 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, that experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their double platinum debut album ''Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich'' (1989) and one of its singles, "Heaven (Warrant song), Heaven", which reached No. 1 in ''Rolling Stone'' and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The band's success continued in the early 1990s with the double platinum album ''Cherry Pie (album), Cherry Pie'' (1990), which provided the Cherry Pie (Warrant song), hit song of the same name. Following the critically-acclaimed gold album ''Dog Eat Dog (Warrant album), Dog Eat Dog'' (1992), the band started to experience frequent changes to the line-up and despite the drop in popularity with the arrival of grunge, they released ''Ultraphobic'' in 1995 and a successful The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry Pie (Warrant Song)
"Cherry Pie" is a song by the American glam metal band Warrant. It was released in late August 1990, as the lead single from the album of the same name. The song became a Top Ten hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching number 10 and also reached number 19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. The song has been cited by many as a "hair metal" anthem. Background and writing "Cherry Pie" was a very late inclusion on the band's second album, which was originally going to be called ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. The president of Columbia Records, Don Ienner, wanted a rock anthem, so he called frontman Jani Lane (according to Lane, he wanted a song reminiscent of Aerosmith's " Love in an Elevator"), who wrote the song in about fifteen minutes. Guitarist Joey Allen stated that "the whole marketing and everything for that record changed. It was definitely driven by the label and not the band." The song, which was inspired by Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me," which interestingly was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratt
Ratt (stylized as RATT) was an American glam metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s, with their albums having been certified as gold, platinum and multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA. The group is perhaps best known for hit singles such as "Round and Round (Ratt song), Round and Round" and "Lay It Down (Ratt song), Lay It Down", tracks that ranked on Billboard (magazine), Billboard's top 40 at No. 12 and No. 40, respectively, as well as other songs such as "Wanted Man (Ratt song), Wanted Man", "You're in Love (Ratt song), You're in Love" and "Dance (Ratt song), Dance". Along with bands such as friendly rivals Mötley Crüe, Ratt has been recognized as instrumental in the formation of the early 1980s Los Angeles glam metal scene, also known as "hair metal" or "pop metal". The band toured and recorded sporadically from the 1990s to 2021 with many extended breaks and line-up changes. They released their final studio album, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round And Round (Ratt Song)
"Round and Round" is a song by American heavy metal band Ratt from their 1984 album ''Out of the Cellar''. It was released as a single in 1984 on Atlantic Records. Musical style The song's style has been widely described as glam metal. Background Ratt used to write songs in their Sunset Strip apartment by having both guitarists record riffs and melodies on cassettes, and then "bouncing" them back and forth, interspersing the riffs. Singer Stephen Pearcy said, "The lyrical content of 'Round And Round' is pretty much just stating our claim: 'Out on the streets, it's where we'll meet.' It's about the group, getting ready to do our thing. This is what we do." The original version of the song, which the band performed live frequently in 1983, did not have the "you put an arrow through my heart" bridge. The bridge was a suggestion of producer Beau Hill. Music video In the song's music video, Milton Berle (uncle of Ratt manager Marshall Berle) plays both the staid head-of-house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
