80's Metal

[th3w01f]

Depends on how you look at it. I'd say Poison is as much metal as Iron Maiden.

[polski]

Depends on how you look at it. I'd say Poison is as much metal as Iron Maiden.

I beg to differ on that one. I don't think Poison would have ever had Accept be the warmup act. Besides, Maiden had Eddie...

[BPTactical]

Poison was not "Metal", they were more along the "Glam/Hair" Genre like Twisted Sister.

Motorhead, Megadeath, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Death, Meshuggah.
Now that's metal.

[Teufelhund]

I always thought metal was pretty loosely defined. It seems to include bands from Pantera and Iron Maiden to Tool and Deftones. It damn sure isn't anything like Poison or Bon Jovi.

I struggle with the necessity of labeling sub-genres at all. Ever looked at the list of genres available in iTunes to label your music? Death Metal, Speed Metal, Prog-rock, Indy, Alternative. . . It's still rock and roll to me.

[cfortune]

I always thought metal was pretty loosely defined. It seems to include bands from Pantera and Iron Maiden to Tool and Deftones. It damn sure isn't anything like Poison or Bon Jovi.

I struggle with the necessity of labeling sub-genres at all. Ever looked at the list of genres available in iTunes to label your music? Death Metal, Speed Metal, Prog-rock, Indy, Alternative. . . It's still rock and roll to me.

Trash metal (Vektor), black metal (Immortal), grind metal (Cephalic Carnage), doom metal (The Sword), melodic death metal (Older Opeth), experimental (Dream Theater and such), fantasy metal (Dragon Force), etc, etc. Metal is ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome that is.

[Ronin13]

Trash metal (Vektor), black metal (Immortal), grind metal (Cephalic Carnage), doom metal (The Sword), melodic death metal (Older Opeth), experimental (Dream Theater and such), fantasy metal (Dragon Force), etc, etc. Metal is ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome that is.

Metal has so many sub-genres you just barely scratched the surface... I love me some Viking Metal (also fits into doom metal) like Amon Amarth, and I actually like it, but there's a lot of Symphonic Metal (Nightwish) that's pretty good.

As far as the 80's go, I agree with the sentiment that some of the "lighter" stuff shouldn't be classified as metal. I grew up listening to Dio, Motley Crue (I guess metal), Def Leopard, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Sabbath, Pantera, and 80's Metallica.

[cfortune]

Metal has so many sub-genres you just barely scratched the surface... I love me some Viking Metal (also fits into doom metal) like Amon Amarth, and I actually like it, but there's a lot of Symphonic Metal (Nightwish) that's pretty good.

As far as the 80's go, I agree with the sentiment that some of the "lighter" stuff shouldn't be classified as metal. I grew up listening to Dio, Motley Crue (I guess metal), Def Leopard, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Sabbath, Pantera, and 80's Metallica.

How the f did I forget Viking metal? Amon Amarth is probably my favorite band.

[Delfuego]

It's still rock and roll to me.

We found our closet Billy Joel lover....

[Teufelhund]

We found our closet Billy Joel lover....

closet hell! Who doesn't like Billy Joel?!

[MCarp71]

Poison was not "Metal", they were more along the "Glam/Hair" Genre like Twisted Sister.

Motorhead, Megadeath, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Death, Meshuggah.
Now that's metal.

This is where I was at. ^ But my favorite then, and still now my favorite- OZZY! As a veteran, Thanks for sharing the video!!!!!!!!!