Episode 85 - Now That's What I Call Hair Metal!

Hair metal came on strong in the early 80s and quickly became the soundtrack for suburban teens looking to party. Fueled by incessant airplay on MTV, these new bands borrowed heavily from the look of glam and hard rock of the 70s. The music was slick and polished guitar rock that covered deep topics like girls, partying, having sex with girls, sticking it to the man, more partying, having a good time, drugs, even more sex with girls, and the occasional power ballad. The image was arguably more important than the music and it helped define the Me Decade with its swagger and excess...before grunge came along in the early 90s and kicked hair metal in the teeth. It was a fun ride while it lasted, and bands like Poison, Mötley Crüe, Warrant, Quiet Riot, & Whitesnake milked it for all it was worth, making millions in the process. Cue the blistering guitar solo as a scantily-clad vixen crawls across the hood of a luxury sports car. Now that’s what I call Hair Metal! | 0:00 - Intros | 4:15 - The Rockford Files (s3e17) | 6:22 - Hellboy (2019) | 11:00 - Fosse/Verdon (FX) | 16:50 - Game of Thrones Season 8 (HBO) | 17:55 - Santa Clarita Diet Season 3 (Netflix) | 21:25 - Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Netflix) | 24:30 - Black Monday (2019) | 30:11 - The OA | 32:22 - Hair Metal | Clips | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl | Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health) | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat | Mike Post - The Rockford Files | Ben Folds Five - Battle Of Who Could Care Less | Benjamin Wallfisch - Big Red - Hellboy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Alex Lacamoire - Fosse/Verdon Theme | Gwen Verdon - Whatever Lola Wants - Damn Yankees (Original Broadway Cast) | Gwen Verdon & Eddie Phillips - Who’s Got the Pain? - Damn Yankees (Original Broadway Cast) | Ramin Djawadi - Main Titles - Game of Thrones (Music from the HBO Series) | David Shire / Linda Lavin - There’s A New Girl In Town (from Alice) | Clips from Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2019) | Meat Beat Manifesto - Brainwashed This Way + Zombie + That Shirt | Ice-T - O.G. - O.G. Original Gangster | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh | Van Halen - Unchained | Judas Priest - Heading Out On The Highway | Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill | Whitesnake - Here I Go Again | Poison - Talk Dirty To Me | Carl Stalling - Powerhouse | Warrant - Cherry Pie | Oingo Boingo - Little Girls | Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls | Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize | Ratt - Round and Round | Def Leppard - Rock of Ages | Def Leppard - Rocket | Def Leppard - Too Late For Love | Guns N’ Roses - Welcome to the Jungle | Cinderella - Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone) | Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn | Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive | Steel Panther - Death to All But Metal | Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It