I know you may find it hard to believe due to our Wham super-fandom, but we were totally 80’s hair band fans.

It’s true!

It may have seemed that Joe had all of the “rocker” cred. in our little crew…but appearances can be deceiving. Proud owners of every hair-sprayed, rouge tinted rock record from 85-89. Some of our pop culture icons were very pretty 😉.

There were more than a dozen times a full blown Poison lip- sync was debated (full make-up and spandex included).

We’re pretty sure you’ll agree, here are a few of the top 80’s bands that had us “havin’ a good time”.

Poison

Was there another hair band from the 80’s that left more of an impression than Poison?

Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, Bobby Dall, and CC DeVille weren’t just some pretty boys with great hair.  They were actually some talented mother f$%kers!

Hit after hit that has cemented them as one of the best glam bands of the 1980’s. “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn”, “Nothin’ But a Good Time” and “Unskinny Bop” to just scratch the surface.

I’m sure some of you remember how crazy the Marquis boys would get when “Talk Dirty To Me” was played on the show.  Talk about acting a fool!

Bobby – “What is cemented in my mind is not only the great songs they produced during that time period but also the videos.  MTV would never be the same! “

“One of the few 80’s hair bands where I bought the LP and the cassette for cruising in the car.”

Def Leppard

These guys were just incredible band who’s unique sound that stuck out in the glam rock era.

Def Leppard were stadium rock!

I mean what other band do you know from the 80’s with a one armed drummer? Rick Allen played better than most guys with 2 working arms!

Their 1987 Album “Hysteria” was one of the best top to bottom albums released in the 80’s and cemented Def Leppard as superstars.

Bobby – “Even today when I hear “Pour Some Sugar On Me” I just get wild!  Their music never gets old.”

“The Hysteria album cover was thing showed me that I had close to zero drawing ability.  I remember trying to draw it over and over and failing miserably.  If you need someone to draw you a stick figure, I’m your man.

Guns N’ Roses

I mean we can’t talk about the best 80’s glam hair bands without mentioning Guns N’ Roses.

Axl Rose really brought his A game along with Slash, Izzy Stradlin , Duff McKagan , and Steven Adler.  Admit it, how many of you out there still sing and know all the words to “Sweet Child o’ Mine”?.

This hall of fame band was called the most dangerous band in the world and they owned Rock and Roll.

Its doubly amazing that after all those years of Axl saying he’d never play with Slash again, that they’re out on tour.  More proof of the awesome 80s revival!

“I remember when these guys busted on the scene. For sure they changed the game in Rock and Roll.”

“Slash, Slash, Slash. Then as now I bow before the master.”

White Lion

Did these guys have great hair or what?

We had to include them in our list.  White Lion may not be as famous as some others on this list but they sure did make an impact on the 80’s hair band scene.

Mike Tramp was so damn pretty with those long locks of hair but the guy could also sing.

The band didn’t burst onto the scene but when they started touring with AC/DC it helped put them on the map. Along with the fact that MTV was constantly playing their ‘Wait’ video.

“Sure I was jealous of the hair!  I imagine they spend many hours perfecting that look.  “When The Children Cry” really hit home to me.  That’s a great song!”

‘Tell Me’ was one I wish we did a lip sync to back in the day.

Bon Jovi

We can’t leave this group off the list or a certain Mr. White would kill us 🙂

But seriously this band was one of the best hair bands of the 80’s.

The release of “Slippery When Wet” followed by “New Jersey” cemented them as superstars. Plus the fact that they hail from our neck of the woods makes it that much sweeter.

Jon Bon Jovi and crew also did have some killer hair at the time but this band of much more than the superficial image of that time period.   Talent saw them, took them to greatness and even today that continues.

“Here’s a fun fact: Jason and I performed at a charity event in Philadelphia and none other than Bon Jovi performed after us.”

The first 80s hair band that I got to see real close up at a show in a small club in South Jersey. I hear they’ve done pretty well since then 😉

A lot of those bands broke the mold and left the spandex and eye makeup behind as the years went by.  Still you can’t forget where you came from and 80s music is nothing to be ashamed of!

Each of them for that period of time was one of our top 80s hair bands and still are to this day.