FIRST TIME Hearing STEELHEART - "I'll Never Let You Go" (REACTION!!)

[@stevonic719]

Alex Halfway through: "This dudes vocal range is NUTS" Us in the Know: "....wait......"

[@christophermarchand320]

Took the words outta my mouth

[@TheNeonParadox]

I had the exact same thought.

[@cjb1708]

Yep!!

[@floodtech]

I was thinking "just you wait Alex, just you wait" and his reaction did not disappoint

[@tonyveara4600]

Absolutely!

[@debrastephens2229]

It's called a "power ballad", totally the formula of the 80s. A band releases a heavy rocking song followed by a slower love song. The 80s metal music was awesome....still is!

[@TheNeonParadox]

Yeah, looking back all those bands had pretty much the same album formula. It was effective, though. I still hit it up from time to time.

[@philpennington826]

Truth. About the only band that differed from that back then was Guns 'n Roses. They put out "Welcome To The Jungle", and their second single was "Paradise City", THEN they slipped the ballad in with "Sweet Child 'O Mine".

[@chrisdugan8524]

Incredible song. I called them Mellow Killers. Unfortunately 1 Hit Wonder

[@celebrityinhiding4938]

Yep

[@cailanmurray4430]

@@philpennington826 they had their women fans in the club days so they needed to have those banger rock songs out to get their male audience 😂😂

[@chrystiholt5273]

Another very underrated band Cinderella Any of their songs on the Long Cold Winter Album is AMAZING!!!

[@SaltyFrosticles]

At 12, my first concert was Cinderella touring the Night Songs album and they opened for Bon Jovi with their Slippery When Wet album. We had front row center. Tom Keifer kicked a beach ball that was knocked on stage. It went straight out and directly off my forehead 🤣

[@chrystiholt5273]

@@SaltyFrosticles ....they still remain my all time favorite band.

[@bridgettesloan7275]

Don't know what you've got til it's gone...a classic!

[@Proxima91111]

yes cinderella

[@andreadeamon6419]

All 4 of them are incredible. (My favorite band)

[@belinda35_77]

Next Steelheart "Can't Stop Me Loving You" The reason Steelheart never reached big fame was because big Milli had a horrific on stage accident on Halloween 1992. He was climbing a 1000 pound lighting rig that was improperly secured and it fell on him, forcing him face first into the floor. Broke his face up, twisted his spine, as well as many other serious injuries. He was in the hospital for months and needed several facial reconstruction surgeries, he also had to learn to walk again. It took him 4 yrs to recover from it. It's incredible he was able to still sing and preform! The og Steelheart lineup never played together again. At that point Grunge had taken over and killed many hair bands/rock bands careers. But Mili and Steelheart are still out there making music and his voice is still incredible!

[@stefantsarev4442]

This song is possibly one of the best of their repertoire. It has strength, pain and anguish, and is truly a masterpiece. Too bad for Miljenko, he would have been huge.

[@jantzenallen3077]

@@stefantsarev4442 ikr

[@andreeablack8676]

@@stefantsarev4442 he is still rockin' though ;) Still the same wonderful, talented human being....

[@kianalfonso2440]

Yeah tragic incident...but my speculation or i think they or someone sabotage that event 'cause SteelHeart are already in the top of the mountain so it is no surprise at all if someone are jealous of them

[@allencrameriii9305]

Beautifully stated!

[@Derpydoo6277]

He was the voice for Mark Wahlberg in Rockstar! He's amazing!

[@MrSlowpoke-jn9lv]

Firehouse, Cinderella,Warrant,and Slaughter are a few cool hair bands to check out also.

[@shaneimler9328]

Armored Saint. Delirious Nomad album

[@patperry4268]

Poison

[@lieslbirch885]

They're extremely underrated!!!!

[@louielouie22]

Loved these guys back in the day, it's funny how they had two good songs, I'll never let you go, and She's gone😂

[@Mybutteredpopcorn]

Queensryche " Take Hold of the Flame" Geoff Tate shows his vocal range nicely and it was live.

[@josephpallette4118]

Sanctuary is another amazing Queensryche song

[@guy0nthec0uch]

That Whole Album. Everything walks the road to madness.

[@crimsonskies1445]

@@josephpallette4118 "The Warning" is my all-time favorite album and my favorite Queensryche song is "No Sanctuary".

[@Ol-wolfie]

I was even thinking Another Rainy Night. Tate makes it sounds so easy.

[@crimsonskies1445]

@@Ol-wolfie I've been a Queensryche fan since 1983 and there are a handful of their songs that the average listener likes but are my least favorite. Example: Silent Lucidity, Jet city woman, another rainy night, etc. I love Operation Mindcrime but I get to where it bores me because it's everyone's favorite but "The Warning" is a dark and mysterious album that has remained a somewhat hidden treasure from all the bandwagon people. In my opinion, "The Warning" is their masterpiece.

[@zoeybear599]

He pours out so much emotion through his voice. Simply amazing!

[@kevinkross8432]

About time!!🤘

[@animal2473]

Now to complete the trifecta, get ahold of mom and do a reaction together with her on Steelheart, "Mama dont cry"

[@gears101]

Very underrated . This is my era and growing up I listened to the main hairbands but mostly looked for the Steelheart's , Sleeze Beez , L.A. Guns , Kix , Winger , Fire House , Faster Pussycat , Vixon ... etc ... just a lot of bands that were underrated that I looked for and listened too. They were easy to find back then because all you had to do is ask the people working at the record stores back then

[@medicowens1]

Man I so miss this era of my life. High school, weekends out running around listening to these bands, and watching Headbangers Ball every Sat night. Life was so much better than we realized.

[@leemiller1030]

Sleeze beez awesome band!

[@gears101]

@@leemiller1030 Yup, I also liked Shotgun Messiah ( forgot to mention them before )

[@kaansoler1431]

I don't see enough reactions from anyone doing FireHouse. Another great band that doesn't get the credit. Need to do a reaction of FireHouse dude!!!

[@atranfanatic]

@@kaansoler1431 Firehouse is my favorite hair metal band!

[@stephanieu.]

So glad you did this reaction.

[@tonythomas2391]

My reaction to Alex reacts to Steelheart: Alex's auditory system will never be the same after this.

[@scottcampbell978]

You're right Hef. Hair metal is the best music ever.

[@mikes.6751]

Lol this song! His hair blowing in the wind lol 80’s Power Ballad

[@2012turok]

One of my fav singers of all time.

[@johnmartin9854]

You should react to Slaughter “Fly to the Angels”. How about Firehouse or Trixter? Maybe some Damn Yankees!!

[@Chris_Clark1MaidenFan]

Damn Yankees The name of this song is Don’t Tread On Me it like a middle finger 🖕🏻 in the worlds face saying “Kiss My American Ass.” I love Uncle Ted

[@Chris_Clark1MaidenFan]

I saw Warrant, Firehouse and Trixter in Memphis TN at Mud Island Amphitheater. Don’t remember the year pretty good concert. All three bands came out at the end and did a few Elvis songs.

[@steveh88]

Oh man, now we're talking. Trixter's "Give it to me Good" was so bad ass!

[@vickiehelton6563]

YES! DAMN YANKEES ' " Come Again"and "Mystified" ---awesome guitar solos!

[@jessicaruiz6624]

Trixter was my favorite group when I was a teen. Wow those were the days.

[@R1ch4rd74]

They are Mega Stars in South Korea. and yes the lead singer is from Croatia.

[@terrabeardall2378]

I got goosebumps myself, when I heard steelheart for the first time I run out and bought their c.d.

[@LittleSuzi86]

😍 ✨This brings back ✨memories of rockin times🤘

[@rubyvolt]

Everybody Loves Eileen is a total rocker. There isn't much else from them. They came out just a little too late. 5 years earlier and they would have been stadium headliners.

[@jdmaxi187]

Sticky Side Up

[@andreeablack8676]

Yes, there is. Lips of Rain, My Love is Gone, Trust in Love. The latest was just released recently. Milli is still working, making music and touring with the new Steelheart ;)

[@R1ch4rd74]

The lead singer (Michael aka Milli) wrote this as a testament to his love for his then fiance and soon after wife. there are songs you like. and love. then theres songs like this that go into your playlist . his voice is otherworldly. hide your glassware.

[@Prez76]

First view! Haha!! This is one of those songs that will never get old for me. The voice is incredible

[@michaelwoodman8376]

Great reaction.....had me laughing w/ your 'lioness' comment.

[@dennywallace246]

One of the underrated bands of the early 90's

[@scotter23]

Yessssssss classic!!!!!!

[@Clairbella]

Some of the best vocals

[@debbiejarvis5764]

Love some Steelheart.

[@dangerx7697]

That's why the movie "ROCKSTAR"....was so good. He was the vocals in the band in the movie, STEEL DRAGON

[@oscarmora3277]

Yesss!!! Steelheart is amazing!.

[@Z4U3398]

Many cover his songs. Nobody comes close. Not even halfway there. Miljenko Matijevic is the personnification of magnificence.

[@hlarks]

Hairband power ballads. A staple of the era.

[@alexwimmergren5239]

Terrific song!

[@KayzeChannel]

yess, one of my fave song by steelheart! thanks alex for react to this!!

[@purplemistjessicaleon135]

Alex bro you gotta check out Steel Heart "We All Die Young". Fun Fact The lead singer is the voice over for Mark Walburg in the Badass movie Rockstar

[@lakeit]

I was going to recommend that

[@PitVanRooster69]

Another fun fact. All the "Steel Panther" music is in fact Steelheart.

[@jessicaruiz6624]

I was about to tell Alex the same thing. Rockstar is one of my favorite movies.

[@3flying986]

Bad ass tune

[@bsdennis64]

@@PitVanRooster69 Steel Dragon was the name of the movie band

[@dkmcbigsley]

20 seconds in and you're already amazed. #mindblown in a just a few moments

[@debbiejarvis5764]

You really didn't watch him do the back bend when there where on the mountain. Need to rewatch that part again...Hell whole song. Their a great band.

[@stzf9861]

Mili is from city of Zagreb, Croatia.

[@1DeathScythe36]

Great one. Now, Cinderella.

[@aerisff7935]

Michael Matijevic was singing voice of Mark Wahlberg's character Chris (Izzy) Cole in RockStar film. Absolutelly amazing voice ^^

[@dkmcbigsley]

I grew up on hair metal and 80s pop and, in retrospect, Steelheart WAS underrated

[@d.s1014]

Their other song She's Gone will blow you away!!! his vocals range is not human

[@gregrydberg8742]

Steelheart by Steelheart. Probably my all time favorite.

[@scottdaughtry6740]

.. and he can STILL hit those notes in 2021. A vocal freak of nature!

[@vickiehelton6563]

I was a Steelheart fan and they were really very underrated when they came out. Another beautiful guy with an awesome vocal range is Mark Slaughter from the band Slaughter. Check out "Up All Night" or "Fly to the Angels"🤟

[@dontrayler9292]

Chris Daughtry !!!

[@adamfanalways]

Love ❤️ Chris Daughtry, he has a hell of a voice🙌🎶🤟

[@jamesmccollum2846]

Why not do a 80's Hair Band reaction week. Really dive deep into the music that us older Heffnerds listened to growing up

[@floodtech]

Fun fact: The singer did the vocals in the movie Rockstar

[@DonCurrier]

No autotune, just awesome vocals!!

[@dublinfool25]

Dude, I dedicated this song to my girl in high school. Ahhhh memories!

[@chrystiholt5273]

While I had "I use to love her but I had to kill her" Dedicated to me 😂🤣😂🤣

[@Jojo-nz1uw]

THIS IS A GOOD REACTION STEEL HEARTS BAND ILL NEVER LET GO

[@boneshakercrane7869]

The singer has a show on Facebook called high noon with milli

[@joetvr4003]

Dude! Late for the party by steelheart is a major headbanger man

[@lilion25]

You just heard one of the greatest ! Keep reacting to Steelheart please! Also check out Hardline another underrated band.

[@oneshyofadozen]

Yes totally under rated !!! His voice is amazing !!!

[@Sheesh2008]

Thanks for all you do! I appreciate your videos! I thought it was cool that I made you comment screenshot!

[@matthansen758]

Yes more Steelheart please! "Can't stop me loving you" and "Sheila" has to be up next! And yes Steelheart still to this day are way too underrated. There's a reason for that though since Miljenko had a tragic accident on stage. "MATIJEVIC DECIDED TO CLIMB A LIGHTING TRUSS WHICH WAS FOR SOME REASON IMPROPERLY SECURED SO AS MATIJEVIC CLIMBED THE RIG IT BROKE FREE. MATIJEVIC TRIED TO DODGE THE 1000 POUND PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO NO AVAIL; IT HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, DRIVING HIM FACE FIRST INTO THE STAGE. THE OUTCOME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS A BROKEN NOSE, CHEEKBONE, JAW, TWISTED SPINE, AND SEVERE MEMORY LOSS. MATIJEVIC MIRACULOUSLY FOUND THE STRENGTH TO WALK OFF THE STAGE AND WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. IT WAS TO BE THE LAST TIME THE ORIGINAL LINEUP OF STEELHEART WOULD EVER PERFORM TOGETHER. MATIJEVIC HAD A LONG, PAIN STRICKEN, DIFFICULT ROAD TO RECOVERY AS THE ACCIDENT DID FAR MORE DAMAGE THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE KNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WHICH LEFT MATIJEVIC TO FIGHT THIS BATTLE ALONE FOR A LONG TIME". Such a tragic ending to such a great band. I always try to encourage reactors I think would enjoy this band to react to them when I can since I love them so much, especially Miljenko's heavenly, angelic voice that remain one of my absolute favorites.

[@waltermacpherson3648]

He was also the singer in the Movie Rock Star! I love both songs you mentioned!🤘😎👍

[@angelcross1997]

@@waltermacpherson3648 Jeff Scott Soto also sang for that movie. Another great artist

[@savannahmullinnix8015]

He's still making music with Steelheart. They've released music recently within the last 10 years

[@sho942000]

Sheila. What a mf’in tune

[@amandaleeborchert3745]

Check out Lynch Mob and their song "Wicked Sensation". You won't be disappointed!🌹

[@matthansen758]

Yes! Though I prefer their song "When Darkness Calls". Lynch guitar solo in that song is one of his best ever.

[@amandaleeborchert3745]

@@matthansen758 Wicked Sensation just does something to me.🥵🥶🥵🥴 But I will check out "When Darkness Calls" again. Hope you are well. Have a fantastic evening!🌹

[@markdemars7648]

I'll definitely check out that band. Sounds like they're really good.

[@amandaleeborchert3745]

@@markdemars7648 The song is awesome! Let me know what think.🌹

[@matthansen758]

@@amandaleeborchert3745 Thank you, I wish you the same! Have you checked out the song yet?

[@karab1979]

Definitely an underrated band! Glad you found this song!

[@JediBeavis1971]

A couple more great Steelheart songs are Everybody Loves Eileen, and We All Die Young.

[@SuperDoomspoon]

He’s the Voice in the Movie. Rock Star! Starring Mark Wahlburg.🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@SG-ns1ro]

Im so happy you finally reacted to this song...ive been listening to this song everyday lately...good job bro🤘🤘

[@randybrown1318]

Hair Metal is the best sub genre of Metal

[@VanLife_At_Last]

love this band for 30 years AWESOME

[@grege.2113]

Im 57 and when I hear this I flail around pretending Im singing it

[@lisaheathcock7924]

Yes YES A 1000x YESSSS!!!! Delicious 🤤 🔥🔥🤘💜

[@deborahfoster3797]

Did you even see his back bend while hitting that high note?!

[@michellewhaley3489]

The singer of Steelheart is from Croatia. In 1992 he was almost killed when a lighting truss fell and hit him on his head doing some major damage. I guess you could say that Steelheart ended that night. “Mili” has since recovered and has recorded some new music under the Steelheart name. You should check out My Love is Gone. And yes, they were a very underrated band.

[@andrewvoeltz7400]

Maybe the best example of 80's hair band rock. I FREAKING LOVE THIS SONG. Fun fact, singer in "Rock Star"

[@vincecantu1287]

Such a great song

[@fys2bys955]

I've loved this band for years! You should do Turn Up The Radio by Autograph.

[@saundrazeestraten8044]

You need to do more 80s hair metal! Love what you do and thanks for making work a little more bearable ❤

[@markwieck8909]

You should check out the live unplugged video of she's gone. It's just him and a piano .

[@neilprice8004]

Hi. This is Neil Price from Seymour Tennessee. I just wanted to say thank you to Alex Hefner. I loved watching your reaction videos, so I subscribed. I wish I had a chance to sit down and talk about bands that slipped right by people and became huge.

[@katestafford8837]

I hear that he can still hit those notes! Back when it came out he was freaking phenomenal in concert! Vastly underrated!

[@perrdawg41]

He can. I've witnessed it in person.

[@maxpotenza9868]

not sure if it has been mentioned, but Steelheart and Mili have remained huge in Japan throughout the years. I finally was able to buy this album last year. Fantastic album.

[@ChrisLascari]

Yes sir, this is one of the best examples of "Power ballad". Homeboy still sings like that

[@luciaalexandracachulofreire]

I got a boyfriend once that sang this song to me. Then proceded to choke me half to dead. This was in 2015. I'm now able to FINALLY listen to this band again.

[@ricklempke]

I was 19 when this song came out. I had to pull my car over to finish listening to this song the first time! The most passionate rock ballad EVER!

[@valerieschantz9177]

The ARE an underrated band, for sure. I lived that music era and never heard of them until the last few years.

[@sherrylynne8836]

...I feel like all of the 80s - 90-s bands should just take another round and let's get started again. So good.

[@IvoryElvenson]

6:30 You are damned right!! 😎

[@doobob95z]

For those of us that grew up with this as our music in the 80's... This was the stuff that fueled our life. Love power ballads was the one of the greatest genres that ruled the 80's. Literally some of the greatest love songs ever produced was done in the greatest era ever. . . THE 80'S.

[@kristinabushnell3652]

So good and very underrated, imo. Great reaction!!🙂

[@chelsalee2023]

Try listening to Queensryche Silent Lucidity omg you will be amazed

[@amber6778]

If you like this you need to hear Slaughter "Fly to the Angels"

[@justjeff2849]

White Lion..."when the children cry" or "wait"

[@alexwimmergren5239]

Listen to everybody loves Eileen!!

[@kennethcarlin9629]

That's a great song for your wedding reception or anniversary, Alex

[@GileadMaerlyn]

Hi! Here are bands that you have *never reacted to* but should have _in my opinion_ (in alphabetical order): • -Alice Cooper- (done) • -Amaranthe- (done) • -Beast in Black- (done) • Blackbriar • Delain • Equilibrium • Exit Eden • -Gloryhammer- (done) • Hammerfall • Heidevolk • Icon For Hire • Korpiklaani • Lordi • -Lord of the Lost- (done) • Manowar • -Nirvana- (done) • Sirenia • -Skillet- (done) • Sonata Arctica • Turisas • Týr • Van Canto • -Within Temptation- (done) • Xandria

[@dennisthacker9995]

I saw these guys in 1992 in Cincy. They were excellent, and there were lots of ta-ta's.

[@PlastykLunatykKreations]

These guys were overlooked because they were coming out at the tail end of this type of music. Grunge was taking over by that point. The singer is the one person that has kept it going.

[@irishrebel1976]

Hell yeah...more! More hair metal.

[@pbandjamm231]

Why they didn’t blow up…. In the midst of promoting the album on Halloween night, 1992, an improperly secured lighting truss hit frontman Miljenko Matijevic on the head, breaking his nose, cheekbone, jaw, and twisted his spine. ...

[@thetomgibson]

Also the crash of ‘92 didn’t help as hard rock and metal bands were being dropped by labels left and right.

[@mstonton2440]

When I was a kid me and my dad would watch MTV/Headbanger's Ball. He always loved this song and would sing it to me, while it was playing in the car or on tv 😍 My dad made me a steelheart fan and hair band fan for that matter LOL. Good times, good rock music!

[@123bridgestone]

you are right, they are totally underated, steelheart ann firehouse are my favorite bands

[@MrEric622]

Some golden pipes right there. I think he missed his calling- maybe opera or something. Glad we got this one.

[@sigridolsson4178]

i was a teenager when all this bands use to play on MTv and fill stadiums full of people and this bands are the reason metal was the most popular music in the 80´s-90´s i'm into heavier stuff but power balads melt my heart