Thread 127524283

Were they really responsible for killing hair metal or is that all played up?

That story about Warrant having their poster taken down at the studio or some shit does a lot of the heavy lifting for that argument.

>>127524283 (OP)
gnr were always a bigger band

>>127524283 (OP)
Kind of. A lot of underground rock was bubbling to the surface by the end of the 80s. Punk/Metal/Industrial/College Rock.. skate cultures, goths, edm and raves. As far as alt rock, Jane's and RHCP and NIN were Ministry were pretty big by 1990. Maybe Kurt was the killing blow.

>>127524283 (OP)
Best hair metal songs, what do you think? https://youtu.be/jrQWaU9EloQ?si=XeM49YtrKtdqQB-q https://youtu.be/N-B4Ydjn-Yw?si=2n0bn9gMfYE5TpoV

>>127524283 (OP)
If they did then frankly we aren't grateful enough.

Hair metal was buried by themselves, oversaturated genre, and weak offerings. Outright dropped from label or knew when to quit.

Metal and thrash metal evolved, outshined and outsold them.

Gnr was twice as big sale wise. Nirvana alone did not hold all the influence, whatever you want to call that. everyone helped, but their presence helped a lot more for sure.

Hair metal was buried by themselves, oversaturated genre, and weak offerings. Outright dropped from label or knew when to quit.

Metal and thrash metal evolved, outshined and outsold them.

Gnr was twice as big sale wise. Nirvana alone did not hold all the influence, whatever you want to call that. everyone helped, but their presence helped a lot more for sure.

>>127524283 (OP)
They were kind of just at the head of a change that was bound to happen regardless.
Rock becoming angrier and weirder was kind of inevitable.

Must say, hearing Smells like Teen spirit the first time was amazing. Come as you are also.

Hair metal ballads were much more well written. Beautiful and clearer message. That was missing from the 90's

>>127524496
GnR and Nirvana are different, opposed actually, but they both represent the 90s and it's attitude. The hair metal bands just weren't ready.

>>127524542
>That was missing from the 90's
Aerosmith?

>>127524283 (OP)
No you retard; Major companies shape the narrative, they're the ones who pushed Nirvana into the spotlight and declared them the next big thing, while sidelining metal.

>>127524717
Not really. They weren't expecting Nirvana to do big numbers. They were expecting them to just do okay. When they took the fuck off on rock radio they knew it was time to act and the feeding frenzy began.

it wasn't bon jovi -> nirvana
it was bon jovi -> gnr -> bands like fnm and Jane's addiction -> nirvana

Guess they just don't make them like they used to!

You'd buy a flannel before you bought eye shadow and hairspray.

>>127524785
You're never gonna catch my ass in tight spandex either

It was the flannel. Believe that.

>>127524283 (OP)
yes, from the horses mouth butch vig:

https://youtu.be/5U9XJdd4FlM?t=2983

@49.30 min mark if it doesnt work

while they were recording Nevermind, they stayed across from europe's room, “these guys, with long blond hair, living large with hot blondes. little did they know we were recording the album that would eventually kill their genre.”

>>127524867
Europe sucked so much cock lmao
https://youtu.be/KmWE9UBFwtY

>>127524907
That's funny. Sounds like Dennis DeYoung.

>>127524867
Really nice.

after the natural death of hair metal, and the fear of another lasting chain of legacy like Zappa's, the industry chose a scapegoat to throw under the bus as they tried to dominate the underground. I believe their ultimate aim is Buzz Osbourne, hence the sudden push for sludge metal now that nobody likes Foo Fighters anymore and none of the alt genres from the past 2 decades sold quite like when grunge was king.

>>127524283 (OP)
hair metal lasted as the most popular music of high school dudes way longer than grunge i think.
wasn't grunge pretty much spent by 1995?
what took over after grunge?
rap maybe? did white high school dudes like rap best by mid-90's?

>>127526470
Rap and alt rock in general were popular at the same time. A couple of years later nu metal took off.

hair metal killed itself with a string of power ballads.

>>127526759
yeah, forgot about nu metal. that was big.for a while.

>>127524867
>living large with hot blondes
>kill their genre
I know tortured artists can make great music, but we need a way to filter out the low self-esteem envious artists posing as one.