8 - Glam/Hair Metal (1980s)
Head bang along as Erin teaches Adam about power ballads, teased hair, and the Velvet Underground of Glam Metal. But you're f-f-f-oolin yourself if you think this was an easy one (so much misogyny, so little time).
Rock of Love fans, rejoice.
Select Sources:
- T-Rex performance on Top of the Pops (birth of the glam aesthetic)
- Jobriath (first openly gay rock musician signed to a major label)
- Rolling Stone's "Decade of Decadence" timeline
- Clip from the Decline of Western Civilization: Part II
- Rob Halford from Judas Priest's interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, including quotes on the experience of being closeted during the glam rock era
- Dispelling the Myth that Grunge Killed Hair Metal - Arun Starkey (Far Out magazine)
- Tommy Lee gets stuck upside down on massive drum stunt
