Top 10 Best Glam Metal Bands

[@jacobpradin7778]

Support how you like Glam just as much as Thrash and Black metal.

[@brycetalksmetal]

All 3 are badass!

[@metalhead3002]

@@brycetalksmetal FACTS

[@fredwerza3478]

I grew up as a teen in the 80's --- I loved the glam bands like Ratt and Motley but never liked thrash metal --- that stuff was too gloomy

[@philcanselmo9436]

@@fredwerza3478 Do you love it now?

[@TemplarShad0w]

@@fredwerza3478 Thrash Metal is gloomy in your opinion? Glam rockers are more brutal in their life style than Thrasherd

[@kevinbrown1893]

1. Y&T 2. Whitesnake 3. Dokken ('81-'87) 4. Def Leppard ('80-'87) 5. Ratt 6. Skid Row 7. Pantera ('83-'85) 8. Killer Dwarfs 9. Motley Crue ('81-'83) 10. Twisted Sister ('82-'84)

[@arryrocks9167]

Killer Dwarves. Nicely done. Great band

[@TemplarShad0w]

Why Crue from 81 to 83?

[@Nick-qf7vt]

Hell yeah Y&T!! Personally I just consider them a rock band but they did have some excellent glam albums.

[@thefuneralparade]

Y&T,KILLER DWARVES...hell ya man

[@thefuneralparade]

Junkyard 1rst album.great blues hard rock

[@stevenedwards5356]

Great top 10! I appreciate how much you know about these bands. Very impressive!

[@LucasRodrigues-nb1mk]

In others metal youtubers' channels, I almost never see them talking about Glam (and when they do, it's to shit on it lol). Admire that you're not afraid to say glam metal is great. BTW, nice list

[@brycetalksmetal]

Thanks!... Anyone who says guitarists like George Lynch, Warren DeMartini, Reb Beach, Vito Bratta etc aren’t elite is simply wrong

[@fredwerza3478]

@@brycetalksmetal --- nice to see people in the Millenial and Zoomer generations diggin' 80's hair metal

[@hecatecrossways2505]

@@fredwerza3478 Deep Purple - Smoke On the Water , Humble Pie - 30 Days in the Hole , Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever , KISS - Rock n Roll All Night , Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love , Foreigner - Double Vision , Journey - Wheel in the Sky , and Sweet - Fox On the Run would have been considered Hair Metal songs if MTV were around in the 1970s , all of these Hit Songs would have been in Heavy Rotation on Headbanger's Ball

[@arryrocks9167]

@@brycetalksmetal Agreed brother. SO many caught so much shit just because of what genre in which they were placed. If you watch Stars, the charity initiative by Dio you will see so many featured. He didn't frown upon talent, he embraced it and featured them.

[@lrn_news9171]

Yeah these people are usually hypocrites and secretly listen to glam metal

[@alejandromolina2435]

My Top 1. Motley Crue 2. Poison 3. Ratt 4. Vinnie Vincent Invasion 5. Skid Row 6. Dokken 7. Kix 8. Pretty Boy Floyd 9. Micheal Monroe 10. Icon

[@alejandromolina2435]

@@AgentBeans Yeah! they are great!

[@TemplarShad0w]

Pretty Boy Floyd is cool but the Singer sucks.

[@Debra-k1f]

​@@TemplarShad0w He was a hottie

[@Tlrhighside209]

Icon, the most underrated band of all time. Two for the road...

[@2012Darkknightrises]

Stryper is my favorite band of the 80's, but some others I dig are Lillian Axe, Hurricane, Killer Dwarfs, Kix, and TNT. Great Channel by the way.

[@DBSG1976]

Back when I was a teen in the early nineties, it was "uncool" to admit you liked Glam Metal. As much as we loved Thrash and Death Metal we were all secretly listening to Glam and not admitting it. As a guitar player I always appreciated Reb Beach and Warren from Ratt, who had amazing tone! Thanks for the vid!

[@fredwerza3478]

That's why so many of us older Gen X'ers hated you younger Gen X'ers LOL --- you killed off hair metal with that stupid grunge shit

[@DBSG1976]

@@fredwerza3478 LOL...Don't look at me, I stayed true to metal. Even though I had fun learning Nirvana licks...

[@fredwerza3478]

@@DBSG1976 --- well shit we gotta blame somebody ha ha --- all I know is that when teens started worshipping Cobain and dissing the hair metal bands, I knew rock was dead --- I dont listen to music to become depressed LOL

[@shouldvebeenonthealbum]

Great video mate - fantastic selection of groups - and a few lesser known as well! Awesome stuff - subscribed. Hard for me to pick favourites, but in no order ... Poison, Warrant, Ratt, Def Leppard, Skid Row, Stryper, Motley Crue, Firehouse, Roxus (Aussie band) ...

[@brycetalksmetal]

Thanks man!

[@anthonypatronick2072]

10. Europe 9. Warrant 8. Tesla 7. Def Leppard 6. Skid Row 5. Dokken 4. Ratt 3. Twisted Sister 2. Motley Crue 1. Poison CC DeVille is criminally underrated IMO

[@jojo-hf7wr]

Nice to see glam metal get some love especially cinderella, firehouse, and white lion wish slaughter made the list but solid list no doubt

[@alanlafromboise2927]

I agree, love slaughter and just bought 2 reissue copys of the debut album in red and gold viny!

[@bluwng]

You are very thorough and succinct. How you have so much knowledge in such a short time is impressive.

[@RedAce93]

Love glam metal! 1. Ratt 2. Dokken 3. Motley Crue 4. Cinderella 5. L.A. Guns Also I'm jealous of your Ratt EP

[@fredwerza3478]

How did het get that EP? I been lookin' for that for 20 years.

[@FuturesquashArchive4Concerts]

3. Ratt 2. Def Leppard 1. Mötley Crüe

[@fredwerza3478]

All three were huge on the glam metal scene in the 80's --- best part is that they brought a lot of hot chicks to the shows!

[@FuturesquashArchive4Concerts]

Yeah my list I’m gonna change the order, 3. Def Leppard (first 3 albums) 2. Mötley Crüe 1. Ratt

[@jaredandrews6133]

Would love you to do a "top 10 best forgotten glam metal bands" list. So many freakin' awesome bands that barely anyone knows about or remembers!

[@fredwerza3478]

You mean like Kix, Britny Fox, and Faster Pussycat?

[@jaredandrews6133]

@@fredwerza3478 pretty much yeah! Or even ones that didn't have as much chart success but still rocked.

[@fredwerza3478]

@@jaredandrews6133 --- I always loved the debut album of the Bullet Boys --- they were obviously copying Roth VH but they were good players and those songs rocked

[@JamesThomas-dz4vj]

@@fredwerza3478 Britny Fox is a fantastic band. Wish their discography was larger, but all their material is great.

[@lucassloan8176]

Great list Bryce glam metal is awesome no matter what people say bad about it

[@MichaelS9974]

I grew up in the 80s but never gave Dokken the attention they deserved, until now. This is thanks to your channel. Your content has really improved lately. Keep the videos coming!

[@fredwerza3478]

I liked Dokken back in the 80's --- only album I bought was "Back for the Attack" but I played the shit out of it in summer '87

[@bryansteele832]

I just found out Metallica and Dokken had the same management. Weird.

[@AndDeathForAll82]

1. Mötley Crüe 2. Skid Row 3. Dokken 4. Ratt 5. Cinderella Great video!

[@Tyler-ph7gm]

Glam is my favourite genre even though I consider it hard rock. I collect it on cassette tape and have ballparks 350-400 glam metal tapes. I’m really getting into Vixen lately. Some of their songs lean more pop than rock but Jan (R.I.P.) had some really good guitar work.

[@yeetfeet1878]

RATT, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, twisted sister, andAlice Cooper are the only glam metal bands I listen to. But I will definitely check these other bands out!

[@siddharthdeshmukh8118]

Sick picks haha! A lot of good bands but I'm going with top 10 albums: Dokken - Under Lock And Key Ratt - Out Of The Cellar Skid Row - Skid Row W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. Poison - Open Up And Say... Ah! White Lion - Pride Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love Vain - No Respect Spread Eagle - Spread Eagle FireHouse - FireHouse Hon'ble mentions: Shotgun Messiah - Second Coming L.A. Guns - Cocked & Loaded

[@fredwerza3478]

I'd rank Ratt's "Invasion of Your Privacy" and Motley's "Girls" as top 10

[@siddharthdeshmukh8118]

@@fredwerza3478 Nice. Invasion Of Your Privacy was a close one for me.

[@fredwerza3478]

@@siddharthdeshmukh8118 --- I just love the crunchy guitar tone on Invasion --- "Lay It Down" is one of the best 80's rock songs by far and that opening riff is bad ass

[@michaelf2160]

Winger are straight up amazing musicians!

[@LuchaLibertaria]

My Top 10: 1- Hanoi Rocks 2- Twisted Sister 3- Motley Crue (1981-3) 4- LA Guns (Sleaze Glam) 5- Hawk 6- Tigertailz 7- Cinderella (Night Songs era) 8- Roxx Gang 9- Crashdiet 10- Steel Panther 😎😀

[@ronniee364]

Tigertailz finally getting a little love

[@stefannita3439]

Tigertailz is a great one! Those first 2 albums are awesome. Hanoi Rocks definitely aren't metal at all though.

[@thefuneralparade]

Hawk.ya..doug marks shred temple

[@thefuneralparade]

Crashdiet.that dude took it all too far in his own mind.

[@thegothcat6807]

1. Dokken 2. Icon 3. Ratt 4. W.A.S.P 5. Def Leppard 6. Cinderella 7. Skid Row 8. Motley Crue 9. Autograph 10. Danger Danger HM: Vixen and Whitesnake if you count them as glam metal

[@MrDink-po9hr]

Enjoyed the longer video format here. Good picks and some unique choices that aren't on every other list.

[@perryfan49]

Cinderella is great! Long Cold Winter is such a greatest hits album that 9 of the 10 songs are actually on their Greatest hits !

[@alext9215]

The first Baton Rouge album is amazing. Tindrum's "How 'bout this?!" is a forgotten jewel with insane lyrics.

[@independenceltd.]

10. Ratt 9. Britny Fox 8. Skid Row 7. Motley Crue 6. Angel 5. Faster Pussycat 4. Cinderella 3. Sweet 2. Hanoi Rocks 1. Kiss

[@maxxxgarnet]

Hey Bryce, I'd love to see you do a top 10 sleaze albums. Some of these bands could fall in there but some are not sleazy at all..

[@Debra-k1f]

L.A. Guns is pure sleaze rock.

[@bubblyproduction9809]

Always love seeing your lists with the subgenres in metal. I love to see bands I might end up listening to after

[@drewjsmalls]

YES Dokken was the GLAM even though Don doesn't like to think that,,but I think they were the best Rock band of the 80's!! I have most of Dokkens CDs as you went over them in your other video.(RATT IS MY SECOND FAVE OF THIS ERA,, I HAVE THEIR BEST OF RATT CD!!!)(CINDERELLA AND WINGER MY 3RD AND 4TH) I'm in my 60's and grew up in all these amazing bands days, I LOVE playing "In my Dreams" on my electric guitars !! I'm a metal head for sure and appreciate all these bands and many more such as Slayer,Metallica,ext........ I JUST SUBBED,, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BRYCE !!!!!!💯💯💯

[@lrn_news9171]

Steeler and Keel were great first wave glam metal bands as well. "Heaven's edge", a glam metal band that was late to the game released a pretty sick album. Awesome guitar and vocals. "Bad reputation" and "play dirty" are great tracks on the album.

[@Kristy75]

Glam metal 4-ever! So happy to see Sleeze Beez and Vain on the list. And Dokken...yeah! Rock on!!!!

[@superawesomecaillougod6664]

Kinda sad to not see Danger Danger and Babylon A.D but great list dude! I haven’t listened to Vain or Sleeze Beez a lot, but I’ll definitely check them out!

[@mikeharradence6549]

FireHouse are amazing. If it wasn't for your channel I wouldn't have discovered them and bought the debut, which is bloody fantastic. Keep up the great work, mate!

[@drunkduck9854]

Nice shirt, probably the second best album by Priest in my opinion

[@brunovillamayor8171]

1-Dokken 2-Twisted sister 3-Ratt 4-Skid row 5-Great white 6-La Guns 7-Warrant 8-Firehouse 9-Cinderella 10-White Lion HM: Hawk Quiet riot Britny fox Motley crue Deff leppard Queensryche Whitesnake Tesla Mr Big Winger

[@mmmssf3517]

Vain's hella underrated.. one my favorites too

[@ericrich9111]

Solid list! Gotta check out Vain.

[@arryrocks9167]

you absolutely have to. insanely great band

[@michaelhenderson5946]

Stellar list! Love it! And super jealous that you're seeing Winger, Firehouse, and Bulletboys on Friday! Please upload clips of that show for us! And have a super fun time too! 😎🎸🎶🎤

[@kitoyobeni1]

Grew up in the 80s and love this stuff. Can't agree with your whole list, but you hit the important ones like Ratt, Dokken, Crue, Cinderella, LA Guns, and White Lion. I'd probably replace the rest, but to each his own.

[@neugey]

Low key LA Guns - Hollywood Vampires is a personal favorite of mine. I like the chances they took on that record with more Zeppelin and psychedelic influences. I think it all sounded great.

[@bschuler6216]

Not a big fan of that album, but Over The Edge & Crystal Eyes are amazing.

[@Debra-k1f]

One Way Ticket

[@cassettemayhem-dan3086]

I absolutely love Vain, Enough Rope is such a killer album, this band IMO was very underrated and overlooked by the "bigger" band RATT, Warrant etc and No Respect would be in my top 10 best albums of all time, no need for me to show my top 5-10 because you mentioned them all, Dokken and RATT are still two of my fave bands, this is a genre of music that I still absolutely love, wicked top 10, Cheers - Dan

[@narco2188]

Oh bro I live In Kentucky. Also love the Iron Maiden poster in the back

[@Vincent-ec5hz]

Crue,warrant,Cinderella, Slaughter White Lion, Dokken, Ratt only glam I like 👍

[@dsmith3351]

Hands down my favourite channel . Great list as always . It's an education in Rock for me. Class!

[@brycetalksmetal]

Thanks very much! 💯👍🏻

[@dsmith3351]

Bryce. You have got such a great channel that is informative and extremely interesting. I admire your integraty and honestly. First class presenting and kick ass content. Keep up the great work! Your hard work is much appreciated. Big shout from Castle Donington U.K.

[@markblum5059]

So blessed to have grown up in this era.

[@thomasmanzi2711]

Have you ever listened to or heard of Killer Drawfs? Great video. Thanks.

[@brycetalksmetal]

Yes they’re cool and thanks!

[@perryfan49]

Dude, Vain is so underrated! Without You is great, probably my favorite but I also really like Who’s Watching You and Beat The Bullet!

[@turntablethomas2584]

I like how this is a true hair Metal list. Without just regular ‘80s “rock n roll” bands like Guns N Roses & Van Halen thrown into the mix

[@metalhead3002]

Great Vid Brotha! I’d have to go with.. 1. Ratt 2. Dokken 3. Cinderella 4. Whitesnake 5. Y&T

[@nodnarb0185]

I personally wouldn't call Dokken a glam metal band but still a good list. And I like to see how you like glam as much as you like Death, Thrash, Black and traditional metal.

[@brycetalksmetal]

I have no problem referring to Dokken as a straight up classic heavy metal band but I think they can definitely be considered glam metal as well

[@bschuler6216]

I've seen the photos. Dokken was quite glamorous.

[@shamrock32]

Dokken was definitely Glam.

[@fredwerza3478]

@@brycetalksmetal --- don't listen to the OP --- Dokken was definitely a hair metal band --- I had all their albums in the 80's

[@JohnSmith-ef2sx]

Dokken is definitely glam. What the hell . Why aren't they ?

[@tbury2516]

Great list! I am proud to say I have seen EVERY band you listed in this video live back in the day except for Bang Tango and LA Guns (I did see Steve Riley in WASP though). Awesome times!

[@chrisa1125]

Shake and Tumble is Firehouse's best song, imo... everything about the song is awesome. Should have been a huge hit.

[@lrn_news9171]

I'm a big fan of some glam metal but I am also a huge fan of thrash metal, old school US power metal, early progressive metal, first wave death metal, old school doom metal etc..

[@LoCoWi]

1. Poison 2. Cinderella 3. Bon Jovi 4. Ratt 5. Motley Crue (Dr. Feelgood is their glamiest albumn) 6. Def Leppard 7. Whitesnake (87' & Slip of the Tongue) 8. Kiss 9. White Lion 10. Britny Fox Other great bands; 11. Dokken 12. Europe 13. Stryper 14. Winger 15. Twisted Sister 16. Slaughter 17. Vain 18. Pretty Boy Floyd 19. Steelheart 20. Bang Gang 21. Wildside 22. Tuff All band above had the glam look and music. I could've included Firehouse, Tyketto, Trixter, Kingdom Come etc but where do you stop?😄 I consider bands like GnR, Skid Row, L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat to be less glam and more "street/sleaze" than those mentioned above. In saying that Ratt, Poison, the Crue can easily be in that genre aswell. ALL THESE BANDS THAT STOOD FOR GLAM, STREET n SLEAZE, HARD ROCK in the 80's and early 90's were just simply amazing. (Cinderella my all time fav)

[@LoCoWi]

Was listening to White Lion's "Mane Attraction" today, there are some great songs on this albumn that never stood out to me back in the day. "Lights & Thunder", "She's Got Everything" (great intro!!), "Leave Me Alone", "Love Don't Come Easy".

[@perryfan49]

Sleeze Beez is very underrated! Stranger in Paradise is so cool! Reminds me of summertime between college years

[@roberthanson6156]

Leppard is my favorite glam metal band Pyromania and Hysteria. On Through the Nigh and High n Dry were their heavier stuff and I love Adrenalize

[@taranguapo]

Love most of these bands! The genre gets shit on for no reason. Cheesy? Sometimes. But the musicianship is Top notch with most bands from the era. Great guitar playing!! Dimartini, Mars, Lynch, Vito, Tom Keifer.. So good.

[@stefannita3439]

Checkout Wicked Jester and Alleycat Scratch (both on Spotify) for some more underground, but phenomenal, glam metal. Both of these bands were around in the late 80s - early 90s and I guess they kinda missed the train, but they put out some really great stuff. In Wicked Jester's case their only album actually came out when they reunited in like 2011 or 2012, but all the songs are from the late 80s and you can find demos of them from back then on KZbin. They only changed some of the lyrics. It's called Royalty Sux. Super heavy and tight glam metal band, with an absolutely fantastic and very versatile singer who has a kickass tone. I'm actually kind of glad they put out the album as late as they did because the singer had time to take lessons and work on his craft and he sounds so much better than he did on the demos, lol. Alleycat Scratch put out an album in 1993 called Deadboys In Trash City which is kind of a cult classic. Their sound is maybe not so much metal, they tend more towards the sleaze rock side of things, with some punk influences in there, but it's a great record with some bangers on it. Pretty thick guitar tone, singer again has a pretty unique voice but he can definitely sing his ass off. Some of their demos like Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone are also extremely cool. Great list though, I enjoy all these bands. Do you consider Twisted Sister more of a heavy metal band than a glam one? Their stuff before Stay Hungry is definitely heavy as all hell, and even that album had some heavy songs on it like The Beast, Horror-Teria, the title track... actually, outside of the ballad and the 2 big radio hits, that album is pretty heavy, lol.

[@brycetalksmetal]

I know and like both of those 👍🏻... and I’ve never been a huge Twisted Sister fan so they wouldn’t be on my list regardless

[@stefannita3439]

@@brycetalksmetal fair enough man. Cool to see someone else appreciate those two bands though, props for that.

[@perryfan49]

Dokken’s best song for me is definitely Lightnin’ Strikes Again!!! I love that song!! My favorite album is Under Lock And Key too!

[@bluelivesmatter719]

Guitar solo on that is insane

[@trevorgrier4511]

The fact that there are so many different 10s speaks to the excellence of the genre

[@zakarypetroski6994]

My top 10 - 10. Bon Jovi 9. Skid Row 8. Motley Crue 7. Whitesnake 6. Dokken 5. Great White 4. Ratt 3. White Lion 2. Def Leppard 1. Cinderella P.S. "I wanna Rock - Rock !!!!!!!!

[@jeffspicoli763]

How much have you listened to Dog Eat Dog by Warrant? I just discovered it last year, and it's freaking amazing! Also, I think you're sleeping on Heartbreak Station by Cinderella. Sounds like a cross between ACDC and The Stones!

[@seangagnonProvidenceR.I.]

RATT Dokken Whitesnake Great White Cinderella White Lion ( Vito Bratta is stupid good ) Motley Crue Vinnie Vincent Invasion Yngwie Malmsteen ( some is hair metal) So many others . 80’s hair metal there’s nothing like it , my absolute favorite. Congrats on 7k subs Bryce! KZbin icon , you’re excellent at what you do man .

[@steveverboom]

I'm a huge glam metal fan. One of my favorites is early SHOTGUN MESSIAH. Saigon Kick were awesome too. I'm still discovering more obscure bands that are great like Saints & Sinners. Their song Frankenstein will blow your mind with an incredibly fast solo.

[@georgekirkpatrick3248]

thanks for flashback miss all these groups and their music.love seeing some of these groups still around in some capacity

[@kitoyobeni1]

Love Saigon Kick and Shotgun Messiah. By early, I assume you didn't like the third album lol, since they only had 3? Same core elements, but added industrial touches. Vocalist/bassist Tim is still doing that style to this day in his solo project Skold.

[@steveverboom]

@@kitoyobeni1 I actually like their third album too, it's just not glam. I like Industrial and have several Skold CDs. My favorite album is still Second Coming. I saw them live on that tour with T-Ride (also great) and they put on an amazing show. I even met the bassist Bobby Lycon before the show, he was really cool.

[@kitoyobeni1]

@@steveverboom I like all 3 but prefer the debut. Love T-Ride too. Have you heard the Shotgun Live album? Zinny Zan and Stix without Tim and Harry, but a solid flashback to that debut.

[@steveverboom]

@@kitoyobeni1 Yeah, I have that live CD too. I wish the entire original band would get back together and make another album.

[@zombiekrypt1769]

I recall Poison and Whitesnake getting played among my middle school friends a lot. Some others- Warrant Kix Slaughter

[@lrn_news9171]

Dokken is one of my all time favorites. Not even sure they're glam necessarily, they had kind of their own sound and they also wrote some pretty heavy shit like Kiss of death.

[@bryansteele832]

If they put product in their hair, wore eyeliner and lip gloss, and wore spandex they were glam.

[@COTTERO]

DOKKEN, my favorite band since 1987, but STRYPER, TYKETTO, XYZ, SARAYA, TREAT and HARDLINE should be in this list, also SHY, GUARDIAN, EUROPE, and SHARK ISLAND are interesting options.

[@Tikitackfouls]

Hard rock/AOR

[@attrouter1962]

I saw Firehouse live with Winger and it was a blast Cj can still wail

[@neillbickerstaff8003]

Glam metal is my favorite genre! I met Perry Richardson and Dave Meniketti! Both very nice guys!

[@letstalkmetal6867]

I literally don’t listen to a band without your list’s permission, agree with your list

[@TaylorTCarlson]

Damn, glad you remembered Vain! Too many people overlook them. Just subscribed to your channel. I've done some vinyl unboxings over on my channel you might like.

[@danielmcevoy976]

Great list. I've seen all of them back in the day. As far as playing live the 2 best I've seen that were Always good... Dokken and Jetboy. The guys in Jetboy were the greatest as far as meeting and greeting their fans.

[@omarrodriguez2808]

1-Poison 2-Motley Crue 3-Ratt 4-Def leppard 5-Cinderella 6-Enuff z’nuff 7-Bon Jovi 8-Danger Danger 9-Twisted Sister 10-Firehouse

[@chrisgriffin6294]

Do you live in Kentucky? You said you were seeing Winger in Ky and I live in Franklin KY just South of Bowling Green.

[@brycetalksmetal]

Georgia... I’m driving up for it

[@arryrocks9167]

I was around the scene when glam metal was at its peak. Some I loved, some I didn't and some I pretended not to like because it wasn't 'cool' #10 was part of that final category but there is no denying the talent. Winger, I agree with, as well. Reb Beach was a monster and saw him when he joined Dokken. I believe Kip was also bassist for Alice Cooper before branching out on his own. Awesome to hear he's still putting out music and hope you have fun at the show! Oh, White Lion. Huge fan and I agree, 1st album tops Pride. Vito was a monster player and here in NJ, on WSOU, he got his due. Well respected. I don't think anyone had better hair than Mike Tramp. Jesus, what I would have done to have his mane. And that was glam metal, so looks had a lot to do with it. Just these guys backed it up with talent and great tunes. Crue: first two releases were beyond amazing and when I first got into metal. But after that they lost me. And then there was the accident that killed Hanoi Rocks, sorry for the pun or whatever you call it. They better be on the list, btw. HOLY SHIT, IT'S VAIN!!!! Omg, I am stunned. I honestly never expected to see such an awesome band ever place on any list. I do believe Davy also produces and did at least a couple of Third Angel releases. Fuckin good on ya Bryce, you know your shit! Cinderella, what can I say except Keifer is the band. As stated, amazing musician and filled the genre with so many great tunes. Love his bluesy influences so much more, as well. And now it's on to the Los Angeles Guns. Dude, you are hitting all the right notes for me. Another fave of mine. Love when you wear the shirt as you may recall I mentioned. Dude, how could you not reference that Over the Edge was featured in the Keanu Reeves classic Point Blank?! One of their best along with Ballad of Jayne, IMO. Hollywood Vampires. Well placed. Ratt was great, but never was a fave of mine. Do agree Warren is one of the more underrated and more talented guitarists. And now it's the top and you did not disappoint. Appreciate you qualifying Skid Row, that was important. Dokken are deserved number ones. I could pontificate on tunes but that would be a thousand more words. Would just like to say that Donnie's solo release, Up from the Ashes...best Dokken recording of all time top to bottom. And that's saying something because their first 4 or 5 were spectacular. Honorables will follow because I am fucking tired but loved this Bryce, well done

[@aceylan292]

I like Glam Metal. Great stuff, Great vocal, great guitarrs! I agree upon your list. Last time i was at a concert, a guy stopped me and told me that he appreciated my RATT patch on my killer jacket! He told me that that is something "You don't se a lot".

[@adamwarlock3530]

You have great taste. Thumbs up and subbed.

[@darkwingsofsteelkeeperofth3154]

Right top ten Motley Crue Dokken Ratt Cinderella La Guns Keel Kix White Lion Great White Honourable mentions to Tigertaiz, Warrant,Britny Fox, King kobra,Rough Cutt, Vain, Winger, And more Also Icon althought i would say they are on the líne between Glam and straight Heavy Metal.

[@jamesmoss3424]

I got firehouse debut album on cassette tape, also l winger first two albums, white lion 1987 album pride on cassette tape, four motley crue album, and more. 😀👍🤘🎸

[@anonimus7262]

I'd put Great White on this list over a number of them, but I agree with quite a few.

[@bschuler6216]

I would recommend an amazing band that never quite made it. From NYC in the very early 90's--Champagne Suicide. They were glam with a punk edge. You can find some of their songs on youtube. They were recorded horribly, like on a boombox. They're the trve cvlt of Glvm. Lol. With songs like I Smell Cindy, Date Rape Barbie, Sex In The USA, Pretty In Punk & Used Abused Baby.

[@GWhy-zd7gz]

Cool list. Mine is: 1. Ratt 2. Motley Crue 3. Dokken 4. L.A. Guns 5. Cinderella 6. Skid Row 7. Whitesnake 8. Winger 9. White Lion 10. FireHouse

[@perryfan49]

All these bands are great! I love Ratt! Nobody Rides For Free is my favorite song of theirs!!

[@minifoto2927]

My top 1. Motley crue 2. Def leppard 3. Guns n roses 4. Dokken 5. Bon jovi 6. Ratt 7. Cinderella 8. Whitesnake 9. Skid row 10 . Twisted sister 11. Europe 12. Poison 13. Warrant 14. Scorpions 15. Kix 16. Kiss 17. Wasp 18. White lion 19. Britny fox 20. Stryper 21. Slaughter 22. L.a guns 23. Steel heart 24 . Enuff z nuff 25. Lita ford 26. Great white 27. Pretty boy floyd 28. Nitro 29. Mr. Big 30. Tesla 31. Vixen Van halen, aerosmith. Is hard rock and glam

[@neillbickerstaff6671]

Y&t, kiss, trixter, ratt, xyz, Baton Rouge, Stryper, danger danger, damn Yankees, Nelson

[@nate-ds9tg]

Motley Crue Ratt Def Leppard Dokken Cinderella L.A. Guns Tesla Quiet Riot White Lion 80's Kiss Warrant Helix Damn Yankees Slaughter Winger Skid Row I laugh whenever somebody says there were no good glam metal bands. Granted, I find certain bands like Poison and Bon Jovi to be abysmal, that's just my opinion. Not a fact. There's plenty of great glam metal out there.

[@nate-ds9tg]

@Ted Rocka Fair point.

[@matthewtaylor1785]

If I were to have a big 4 it would include Dokken, Extreme, White Lion, and Scorpions (if you consider them glam)

[@braydenh.9210]

Top 5: (5:) White Lion (4:) Cinderella (3:) Mötley Crüe (2:) Tesla (1:) Dokken HM: - Ratt - Skid Row - Stryper - Kiss - Poison

[@fredwerza3478]

Sorry but I would replace Tesla with Ratt --- Tesla didnt make the huge impact on 80's hair metal scene like Ratt did

[@howardbeale661]

Some great picks here -- glad to see Bang Tango at least received an honorable mention. 1991's "Dancin' on Coals" is one of my all-time faves! My top 10 would have included them, along with Autograph (criminally underrated band - at least when Steve Plunkett was still in it), Black n' Blue and Stryper.

[@bayarea8016]

1- Crue 2- Poison 3- Dokken 4- Ratt 5- Bon Jovi 6- Def Leppard 7- LA Guns 8- JET BOY 9- Whitesnake 10-Great White

[@omarrodriguez2808]

Great top 10!! Awesome bands! I’m totally agree with firehouse on this list! Very underrated band but glad to see them in this top 10 🤟🏻😎🤟🏻

[@rafaelcruz4176]

My ranking 10. White Lion 9. Warrant 8. Slaughter 7. Cinderella 6. Dokken 5. Poison 4. Ratt 3. Bon Jovi 2. Stryper 1. Motley Crue Honorable Mentions Europe Skid Row Winger Firehouse Quiet Riot Twisted Sister L.A Guns Kix Great White Steelheart

[@Kylor80sMetalFan]

This is my favorite genre in all of music. If I were to somehow do a list like this, there would be tons of entries. All my life, I've been captivated by this genre. This and the thrash bands of the 80s are the best! I also really enjoy Steel Panther. Even if they're a parody, they still kick ass and are also hilarious. 🤘😎🎸🤘

[@dragstar4407]

You know your stuff! Great choices, I love how ratt and dokken are tops! I'm a massive glam fan! Love it, and yes you can like all the genres!

[@djentyman4002]

Don’t know if you know them but King Kobra is probably my favorite. Super underrated and Carmine Appice jams on those records!

[@The80sKidRox]

Heres mine... 1. Poison 2. Ratt 3. Cinderella 4. Def Leppard 5. Motley Crue 6. Extreme 7. Bon Jovi 8. Dokken 9. Warrant 10. White Lion

[@mattipsen1471]

1. Dokken 2. Ratt 3. Crue 4. Cinderella 5. Great White

[@maxpalmer3212]

Motley Crue with godsmack was my first concert when I was 12 My list Motley Crue Cinderella Guns and roses Hairbangers ball Bon Jovi Ratt Skid row Twisted sister Kingdom come White snake Dokken Great white Warrant

[@MaskedManiacReviews]

Those top 2 are money! Great list.