VH1 Top 40 Hair Bands Of All Time (2001)
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- Опубликовано: 29 окт 2021
- This is the classic 2001 VH1 special of Top 40 Hair Bands Of All Time featuring host Dee Snider.
(Certain music and commercials are muted or trimmed out due to copyright).
Here's the list of the Top 40 Hair Bands Of All Time:
40. Hanoi Rocks
39. Extreme
38. Jackyl
37. Steelheart
36. Night Ranger
35. Faster Pussycat
34. Autograph
33. Kix
32. Saigon Kick
31. Tesla
30. Bulletboys
29. Trixter
28. L.A. Guns
27. Stryper
26. Mr. Big
25. Danger Danger
24. Firehouse
23. Vixen
22. W.A.S.P.
21. Europe
20. Scorpions
19. Britny Fox
18. Kiss
17. Skid Row
16. Great White
15. Lita Ford
14. White Lion
13. Whitesnake
12. Winger
11. Ratt
10. Dokken
9. Slaughter
8. Def Leppard
7. Quiet Riot
6. Warrant
5. Cinderella
4. Motley Crue
3. Bon Jovi
2. Twisted Sister
1. Poison
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Can I please relive this decade as a teen again? No smart phones no internet. Just music, concerts partying having fun
Remember seeing this program back in 2001. Dee Snider made me laugh! And thanks for adding the vintage commercials, that was a nice touch.
40) Hanoi Rocks
39) Extreme
38) Jackyl
37) Steelheart
36) Night Ranger
35) Faster Pussycat
34) Autograph
33) Kix
32) Saigon Kick
31) Tesla
30) Bulletboys
29) Trixter
28) L.A. Guns
27) Stryper
26) Mr Big
25) Danger Danger
24) Firehouse
23) Vixen
22) W.A.S.P.
21) Europe
20) Scorpions
19) Britny Fox
18) Kiss
17) Skid Row
16) Great White
15) Lita Ford
14) White Lion
13) Whitesnake
12) Winger
11) Ratt
10) Dokken
9) Slaughter
8) Def Leppard
7) Quiet Riot
6) Warrant
5) Cinderella
4) Mötley Crüe
3) Bon Jovi
2) Twisted Sister
1) Poison
Yes I remember watching this when it premiered too. I had it on VHS taped. Glad it is on You Tube now. Thank you for posting this 😃
You're welcome
Those hair bands represented something we're sorely lacking right now in music---sleaze, danger, irrreverence, decadence, excess, controversy, rebellion, etc. I'd take any of them over any of the lame pop and rap bands right now
It’s interesting…. Artists in hip hop and pop are allowed to be sleazy and dangerous nowadays… yet when someone in a rock band does something dangerous, they immediately get cancelled nowadays
Hell yeah I second that I think it's coming there's whole new generations that don't even know this exists I believe heavy metal good heavy metal is gonna have its day again
Pretty much. It's all children on tiktok now.
You wrote exactly how I feel. Thank you😊
Don't forget the most important thing...that music was FUN.
The blockbuster commercial brought a tear to me eye
Blockbuster started in 85 and became hit peak growth in 89, so it's era appropriate nostalgia, even though I remember it from much later.
VH1 was so awesome! Side note- so many “hair bands” are described as “oh they were more stripped down, they weren’t really hair metal but got lumped into it, etc..” I really respect the ones that just come out and say “yeah we were a hair band! It was fun and awesome and we don’t deny it”
WOW WOW WOW
THANKS SO SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS
I had it on VHS
threw it away with all my other video tapes
THIS IS AWESOME
I wonder if Twisted Sister ranked so high because of their connection with the host.
Yep, my thoughts exactly
Someone's palms were greased
OFC...
I mean - if I was going to list the Top 40 biggest and most influential bands of the time period, not even sure they would make the Top 20, much less #2 overall over Whitesnake, Leppard, Bon Jovi, etc.....
I mean Stay Hungry had it's hits.....but, Slippery When Wet is the best selling glam rock album of all time (don't consider GNR "glam") and outsold the entire Sister discography several times over.
Hell even _New Jersey_ sold more than double their entire discography.
@@fenix6297 Good point. Anyway, Dee had the chance to promote his band to a younger audience and so he did it. I think we all owe him that, for what he did for liberty of speech, back in 1985.
Thank you for posting this.
The full trailer for Hysteria The Def Leppard Story before the VH1 premiere!!!
I've been looking for a channel like this. They are some gems in here.
Vh1 don't have good shows like this anymore.
Woke culture fucked it up
The Bullet Boys crack me up! "Our video was #1 on MTV for like, 5 or 6 months!" Ummmmmmm.......no. What I mainly remember about them was that they opened for Ozzy on an MTV concert, and the crowd booed them the fuck off the stage!! THAT was hilarious!
I’m sure the dudes just videotaped the one week it was somewhere near number one and replayed it for five or six months!
The both of you are stupidly retarded, they were number 1 on MTV for a long while. Ozzy fans are cut from the low IQ DERP cloth, and are massive gate keepers which explains a lot.
I actually seen them in 89 and they sounded great
Getting in trouble, having fun and sticking it to authority has been the theme since rock n roll began really.
White Lion , Judas Priest, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard. So many & that's why all my friends call me Musicbuff. Nelson Twins ,& omg Cinderella
I've always figured Skid Row and W.A.S.P were a little too hard to be considered glam bands.
Ratt walked that line in the early days of the band before the executives got to them. Hell they hung out with Metallica and Metallica back then hated the glam scene. I think they even thank Ratt in the credits to Ride The Lightning (or was it Puppets?). But yeah those two bands I don’t consider “Hair Metal.” WASP was continuing more in the shock rock tradition closer to what King Diamond was doing without the satanism and probably scared some of the chicks off with their ferocity. And Skid Row should’ve been spared the purge from the grunge movement. Those dudes were heavy and had many songs that were much deeper than partying and girls…though I definitely don’t have a problem with “Big Guns!”
STTG- Skid Row Rocks!
I agree I feel the same for Dokken as well
@@musicfan1086 👍
@@freeparking301 I don't really pay attention to Ratt so I'll take your word on that
Somehow I missed this aa a teenager, thanks so much
You're welcome
TNT was a great talented band that was overlooked. They should have made the list, they had a ton of hair. Lol
Greatest time for rock n roll. I miss it
I like how they blur the K-Mart logo during Jackyl's part but they don't bleep him saying "K-Mart".
Def Leppard transcended the genre. They were much more than just another Hair band. They were incredible songwriters. Those hits are timeless
Their first album was NWOBHM and influenced more extreme genres like Thrash Metal and Black Metal….. but they obviously had to change their style once the drummer lost his arm.
@@andysixxlett2632 Are you out of your mind? what makes you think Def Leppard could possibly influence any of the Black Metal bands? You must be confused or ignorant
@@andysixxlett2632 Cut the bullshit! Def Leppard never influenced any of the extreme metal genres so take your head out of your ass.
No
@@Tyler-uo7rf Nurse on this Dee!
I remember watching this live when it originally aired.
Whoever is in charge of their advertising really missed the target audience for the "music space easy rock collection" 🤣
I was looking for this for such a long time.
Me too. Finally 👍 thanks!
I would love to know who made this list… for example, the Scorpions. I realize they’re not a hair band, but bands like Twisted Sister rating as better than them, is insanity.
Dokken number one,but alo of the are awesome
Helix & Skid Row
def leppard or bon jovi should’ve easily been no 1
britney fox over the scorpions??? wtf 😂😂😂😂
Those TV Commercial and a doku about a scene that was 10-15 years before at that time
Killer Dwarfs
Ratt, Winger, Dokken,Slaughter listed higher than Skid Row? This alone makes this a very suspect list….
Sami was great! I worked with a LOT of these bands and he was right on the money! And the 300 pound truck driver...I can't!😀 Dee and him should host a show! Would be hilarious...
A friend of mine saw Trixter on a 3 band bill (I think Warrant headlined) and said: "They came on stage banging their heads, but they couldnt play because they sucked"...lol.
Warrant, Trixter & Firehouse- Blood Sweat & Beers tour..90' @ Red Rocks- Warrant was great.
Was gon say Steelheart were the worst; but then Danger Danger & Firehouse was probwhat pushed that era over the edge. Gotta remember Nivana, AIC, Soungarden weren't even around then so it "was not' grunge that killed it, "it" killed itself! The definition of "commercial suicide" great video tho 👍
Soundgarden came out with louder than love, one of their best albums in 1989. AIC released facelift in 1990, was huge. Nirvana released bleach in 89. Never mind in 91. All right in that hair era.
But your point is valid. Many other aspects of business killed these bands, not the grunge stuff.
Do you have The List episodes featuring the cast of Head Of The Class (80's) and Hill Street Blues.
Does anyone know where to watch or buy a good version of this?
Anyone else have chunks missing audio?
Read the disclaimer. It says certain music and commercials muted out due to copyright.
Didn't read it- that sucks..
This was made in early 2000s 😂....tjat actually wasn't too long after the 80s 2000 os closer to 1987 than to 2023
Someone will have to explain to me why a bands like Def Leppard & Kiss are considered hair bands, but Aerosmith and Van Halen aren't.
My theory on Aerosmith is because their beginnings in the 70s were more true classic rock in the style of Led Zeppelin.
@@sarizonana - Kiss was 70s classic rock as well, no?
@@semperconstance don’t know much about kiss but I think they were sort of the pioneers of glam metal, they had that fun bubble gum type of poppy metal feel so distinctive in glam metal.
Aerosmith in the dream on era they sounded more like serious rock or rock to appeal to the critics. One common thing all glam metal bands had is that music critics hated them with Passion as much as in late 90s hated boy bands.
But Aerosmith had a good respect from the critics and it’s partly because of their 70s more blues rock than fun rock/pop them metal bands brought us.
@@sarizonana - that's a fair point. All music opinion is subjective, of course. But you're likely correct, Aerosmith was a more respected "serious" critical act than Kiss was in the 70s, even though later 80s Aerosmith hits (Love in an Elevator, Dude Looks Like A Lady, etc.) would probably fit the definition of 80s fun/pop hair metal to a tee.
@@semperconstance many fans say Aerosmith it’s like we had two different bands in one. The 70s was more pure rock or rock for purists and latter Aerosmith entered in the Glam Metal thing.
Personally I do love glam Metal my faves : Bon Jovi and Aerosmith love both, as for critics they can go to hell 😅😅. Sure probably Bon Jo and Aerosmith’s careers would have been like in the same level as Madonna if the critics would have liked them but still they very well.
I think critics have a 20% influence on making an artist or band career. It’s mostly the audiences word but critics have a 20% influence. So yeah even Bon Jovi and Aerosmith did great they would have been as famous as Madonna or Michael Jackson if they had the press on their side.
I think there's a reason the chainsaw is not a common "musical instrument" Jackyl. ^^'
I was hoping La Guns were in the top 10, but at least they were on it. La Guns is the only band that stood the test of time. They are kicking ass right now.
*COMPLETE WITH BLOCKBUSTER ADS*
I do understand why small bands are compared to other big bands when all bands have their own sound..
Motorhead, Peter Frampton, Stevie Ray Vaughn & my friend Steve Vai
Man these tv commercials 🤣 1800-CALLATT
And many more...
I enjoy glam rock
TRES Cool,/Heavy
I'm surprised that no one had anything to say about Poison being #1 on the list....
Maybe because we couldn't get our heads passed, the fact that Twisted Sister were #2, let alone in the top 10.😮😮😮
Where’s Guns N Roses? 🔫🌹
Kix at 33? Oh well, they were underrated to the very end.
Trying really hard to understand how they can put Scorpions on this list but not Guns N Roses.
Whitesnake ,GnR
Bad quality recording stops in the middle of every other band
Here for the commercials. Oh, and definitely not Dee Snider's witty reparte.
GNR saved the 80's HAIR METAL BANDS, enabling them to transition into a more NON-PANSY A** MODE.
CARROT TOP!
I would take Steelheart and Danger Danger out. Swap in Lizzy Borden/Y&T. Lita Ford, Vixen and Firehouse seem high. Extreme, Tesla and LA Guns are low. Other notables that could have been low in the list; Black n Blue, Dangerous Toys, Killer Dwarves, Bango Tango, Tora Tora, Pretty Boy Floyd, Babylon AD, Enuff z nuff, Damn Yankees, David Lee roth band, MSG, TNT, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Circus of Power, Hardline, Lillian Axe, Salty Dog, Shark Island,. Debatably could have qualified; Guns N Roses, Queensryche, Ozzy, Judas Priest, The Cult, Sammy Hagar, Saxon, Ugly Kid Joe and Living Color (I consider all of them more just Hard Rock) Twisted Sister at #2 lol
Where G'n'R ???😱
Guns n Roses is a metal band.
@@bezoticallyyours83 Really? 😂😂😂
@@MrSharuff Obviously, I've never heard anyone classify them as anything else till today. Not all 80s bands are glam.
@@MrSharuff It's just as silly as broadbrushing every 90s hard rock and alternative band as grunge.
Or every 60s band as psychedelic. You get the idea.
Like how the Scorpions are somehow on this list? They’re a classic hard rock band that existed way before “hair metal” was a thing and never got caught up in any of those tropes. However since they had a few hits in the 80s they magically became fodder for this list because if they belong then G n’ R certainly should be on this list and ranked possibly number 2 with Bon Jovi at number 1 and Def Leppard at 3 and Motley Crue at 4 and Twisted Sister at number like 18 where they actually belong.
And of course TWISTED SISTER
Savatage? Really great band, they mussed a lot, guess they should have done the top 100 bands, abd just call them hard rock/Metal
OMG ZZAKK WYLDE
Hate to be that person, but they forgot to mention the very first hair band ever.....and technically, they are a hair band , plus these bands were directly inspired by them. Of course I mean the Beatles
The problem with this list is that Metallica, Ozzy, and Medadeth all had big hair in the 80s and they are not on this list. None of them are classified as hair bands or cock rock.
Warrant, Ted Nugent
I don’t understand the term ‘hair band’. So dumb. And if Whitesnake is on this list, then Ozzy and Priest need to be as well. Britny Fox ahead of scorpions and Tesla? What the hell? Britny Fox had one gold album. They were a blip. Scorpions are a massive band worldwide. And I know Dee hosted, but Twisted Sister number 2, ahead of Crüe, Leppard, Cinderella, and Bon Jovi? That’s just crazy. One big album. Then nothing. And no Guns N Roses? Sorry, they were not that different than the rest. Appetite was part of all that scene. They were not above it. This list is flawed.
I think it is supposed to refer to those bands that have only the hair going for them and nothing else, those just selected by the labels for looks despite no actual musical ability. It became common for these bands like trixter, the whole album is played by studio session players, the songs are written by studio writers. At most only the mediocre singer is real. With warrant the label had to pay for guitar lessons so they could actually play their own songs live.
It’s funny in that case that motley gets called hair band. It would seem to fit, but it really doesn’t. Motley actually played their own instruments live in the studio. Their drummer and guitarist are quite decent in terms of feel. And Nikki actually wrote the songs, which are very fun. They are also pioneers of the genre not copycats. The thing is there are bands who far surpassed motley in terms of technical prowess, but did not have nearly the success because they just had nothing interesting or fun to say with their song writing. That is the X factor that no amount of shredding can beat.
Yeah Scorpions should have been further up at least in the top 10.
This whole list reminded me why I thought I wasted over three hours of my life the first time I watched it and now I wasted more of my life again. Twisted Sister is like a low end of the top 20 “hair band” remembered for two songs…yeah number 2. Skid Row and WASP two bands that should be near the top ten at minimum way further back. If Scorpions are a hair band then they are top five…way more hits than Twisted Sister. Slaughter in the top ten? Warrant over Ratt and Dokken…these aren’t just my opinions…the charts back me up…this is the public’s opinion. Even taking my own sensibilities out of this and ranking them on success, the quality of music and how iconic they are (not VH1 manufactured retell the PMRC story for the millionth time Dee Snyder shit) this list is way off. Extreme is number 39 over about fifteen bands that hardly scraped the top 40 with one song…let alone three. Damn this list is wretched!!!
Also Bon Jovi at three? Like the biggest hair band of all time? Like them or not they’re number one. Def Leppard at eight?! They’re number 2. Motley Crue should be 3…after that then we can start debating a little bit this obvious stuff but we have to blow Dee Snyder since he’s hosting!
Tommy lee is my favorite best drummer and porn star
La Guns is by far the best In the list but Scorps are Hard Rock wtf 😡🤬😤
Night Ranger #36! That's BS!
I was thinking 50 or up so you are correct!
To me Motley Crue is the greatest hair metal band of all time !!
Tell us you’re retarded without telling us
Why is Extreme listed as a hair band? They had hair.... but honestly, they were too smart to be a hair band. I wouldn't call any of the hair bands smart. That makes Extreme freaks. So, stop it.
Hey!!! Don't blame me...talk to the people at VH1 who did this countdown! I'm just a soon-to-be 40 year old black rock musician...yes, a black rock musician, who loves watching MTV, VH1 and stuff.
😂😂
I lost respect for Firehouse in 1994. I was an in-home nurse for a woman with advanced MS. We would watch The 700 Club in the afternoon. One day, they ran a contest for the best live Christian song. Firehouse came on and sang Love of a Lifetime and won. They claimed that Jesus was their Love of a Lifetime, and the song was about Jesus. Imo, this was a blatant lie. I'm not sure what the prize was or if they just wanted the exposure. CJ Snare, the writer of the song, even stated in an interview that the song was not about any particular person.
No no no
The cult
Tesla is NOT a hair-metal band!😡
Lol they are tooo part of LA Scene so they are same like Guns n Roses
Thank goodness grunge came along...
Def Leppard was not a "hair"band!!! They had 3 awesome albums out before anyone even knew the term hair metal. They may have beem there, but they were the real deal, not some stupid music industry money act!!!!!
This list is the biggest load of shite and waste of 3 and a half hours of my time since I watched any paranormal video on this platform lmao. Who decided this? Dee himself?
La Guns ,Faster and Many others are so called Sleaze Rock not Hair Band
KIX,Tesla,Firehouse,Warrant are so much better than an ny bigger band like Roses or Maiden and ACDC in the late 80s early 90s its such a shame only a big name gets you all credits look at guns n Roses they had 2 albums 😅😅😅😅😅 thats poor and lazy nothing more and most of songs was written by ex mrmbers long before and sounds like Others before ,the biggest lie just a hey bromance between Then And The music Industry not all about music
Poison sucks.
Bubblegum!
They suck your mother😅
Never a big cock rock fan, but it was fun to see Telsa playing the Shire Road Pub in Sactown mid 80s! I then won tickets to see Bang Tango and Bullet Boys at the Crest. The best part was the chick's! 😂