Don't Call It Hair Metal
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Don't Call It Hair Metal

Art in the Excess of '80s Rock

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Don't Call It Hair Metal

Art in the Excess of '80s Rock

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A love letter to the hard-rocking, but often snubbed, music of the era of excess: the 1980s

There may be no more joyous iteration in all of music than 1980s hard rock. It was an era where the musical and cultural ideals of rebellion and freedom of the great rock 'n' roll of the '50s, '60s, and '70s were taken to dizzying heights of neon excess. Attention to songcraft, showmanship, and musical virtuosity (especially in the realm of the electric guitar) were at an all-time high, and radio and MTV were delivering the goods en masse to the corn-fed children of America and beyond.

Time hasn't always been kind to artists of that gold and platinum era, but Don't Call It Hair Metal analyzes the sonic evolution, musical diversity, and artistic intention of '80s commercial hard rock through interviews with members of such hard rock luminaries as Twisted Sister, Def Leppard, Poison, Whitesnake, Ratt, Skid Row, Quiet Riot, Guns N' Roses, Dokken, Mr. Big, and others.

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Publisher
ECW Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9781778521324
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Introduction More than This
  3. Chapter 1: Hair/Metal
  4. Chapter 2: Visible Roots
  5. Chapter 3: Artistic Intentions
  6. Chapter 4: 1978 to 1980
  7. Chapter 5: 1981 to 1982
  8. Chapter 6: 1983 to 1984
  9. Chapter 7: 1985 to 1986
  10. Chapter 8: 1987 to 1988
  11. Chapter 9: 1989 to 1990
  12. Chapter 10: 1991 to ????
  13. Epilogue
  14. Acknowledgments
  15. Photography
  16. About the Author
  17. Copyright