Top 10 Post-Grunge Glam Metal/80s Hard Rock Albums (1992 or Later)

[@shredman87.57]

I'm going to see jackyl live in a few months, what's cool about them is the fact they have all the original members

[@treff9226]

That should be guaranteed good time! Hopefully, the chainsaw will be original as well. So damn sweet to see these great bands from decades ago still gettin' it done! And every single original member is a rarity for a band this old - NICE!

[@shredman87.57]

@@treff9226 ikr, the chainsaw song is awesome

[@jimtoms7591]

Love Still Climbing and Pull. Psycho City may be my favorite Great White album. Almost no filler at all. "Old Rose Motel," "Get on Home," "Maybe Someday," "Doctor Me," the title track, all great.

[@brianzawistowski5743]

Dokken - Dysfunctional Mr. Big - Bump Ahead Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire and Ice Cry of Love - Brother Brother Cane Freak of Nature (Mike Tramp) Skid Row - Subhuman Race Steelheart - Tangled in Reins House of Lords - Demons Down Enuff Znuff - Animals With Human Intelligence Thunder - Laughing On Judgment Day

[@treff9226]

Brother Cane and Cry Of Love would be bigger if people had heard them, not enough exposure.... SO, HEAR THEM NOW! Cool to see those two picks!

[@Brooke80srockstarlet]

Thx for saying bump ahead and tangled in reins ❤

[@rafaelcruz4176]

My top 10 1. Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith (1992) 2. Scorpions - Pure Instinct (1996) 3. Def Leppard - Adrenalize (1992) 4. Vince Neil - Exposed (1993) 5. Scorpions - Face The Heat (1993) 6. Van Halen - Balance (1995) 7. Slaughter - The Wild Life (1992) 8. Coverdale & Page - Coverdale & Page (1993) 9. Aerosmith - Get A Grip (1993) 10. Damn Yankees - Don't Tread (1992) Honorable Mentions Cinderella - Still Climbing (1995) Firehouse - Hold Your Fire (1992) Jackyl - Jackyl (1992) Slaughter - Fear No Evil (1995) Winger - Pull (1993) Def Leppard - Retroactive (1993) Extreme - III Sides To Every Story (1992) Alice Cooper - The Last Temptation (1994) Bon Jovi - These Days (1995) Firehouse - Firehouse 3 (1995)

[@OldSkoolRocker76]

Wow! Nice choices! Pls check out my newborn channel, it will be all about rock and roll 🤟🏻!!!

[@bobjoe7508]

Gonna have to plug the one and only Saints and Sinners album from 92 (absolutely catchy as hell, great ballads, most early 90s glam production ever), Double Eclipse by Hardline (how in the world did this not go multi-platinum? Neal Schon and the whole band need recognition for how good that album is), Wake up Screaming by Every Mother's Nightmare (heaviest glam album? The songs are darker and heavier, but the song writing still has deep roots in earlier glam stuff), and last but not least, Fear No Evil by Slaughter (should have been certified gold, but the industry clearly didn't care about the band by this point. Super underrated, and has some of their heavier tunes, and very different songwriting from their first two. Some of my favorite songs in their catalogue are on this album. I still think their debut is their best overall, but you've got to give them credit for stickin' it to ya in mid 90s).

[@Drumdude74]

Great list Bryce, can't argue with most of it! I know you're picking your top 10 but I'd also add a few more post grunge albums that were good, just for fun. Dangerous Toys - Pissed ( 1994 ) Motley Crue - Motley Crue ( 1994 ) Ugly Kid Joe - America's Least Wanted ( 1992 ) L.A. Guns - Vicious Circle ( 1994 ) Sven Gali - Sven Gali ( 1992 ) April Wine - Attitude ( 1993 ), Frigate ( 1994 ) Hardline - Double Eclipse ( 1992 ) Roxy Blue - Want Some? ( 1992 ) You may have mentioned that one! Faster Pussycat - Whipped! ( 1992 ) Shotgun Messiah - Violent New Breed ( 1993 ) Pride & Glory - Pride & Glory ( 1994 ) Extreme - III Sides to Every Story ( 1992 ) Harem Scarem - Mood swings ( 1993 ) etc etc etc

[@treff9226]

Good to see that April Wine album! Strong from top to bottom!

[@iggycieplinski2082]

Psycho City's really good. I like Can't Get There From Here and Back to the Rhythm more. Slaughter's Fear No Evil blew me the hell away too. Cool list. Good to see Wildside made it. That album is monstrous.

[@KennethBlum-sl6rx]

Danger Danger second album Screw It! still holds up

[@TuralyonW3]

I just listened to Slaughter's THE WILD LIFE and I gotta say it was rock-solid over its hour run-time; really impressive album

[@alexsuperpower1]

Another great video bryce. Glam metal rules!! Cool jacket too!

[@kingnorlen]

Absolutely LOVE Slik Toxik's debut, the vocals are INSAAAAAAAANE, specially Midnight Grind with the insane overtones in the vocals! 2nd album has like 3 good songs imo, but it clearly weighed into what the records company wanted them to sound like...

[@roberthachtel1833]

Five Easy Pieces by Dirty Looks fits in here perfect

[@leonscoretzka801]

i am personally not a big glam fan but i still watch these type of videoes from you because i have tried some glam bands that you mentioned in the past and i actually ended up liking it for example LA Guns. so maybe i will find some new ones to check out here. Keep posting these amazing vids bryce. You rule!

[@treff9226]

Hey friend, if you like your glam metal a little heavier, check out Sea Hags debut (their only album) Cats In Boots - Kicked and Clawed and Spread Eagle debut! All are really raw, guitars out front, filled with stellar riffs and have a bluesy, swag to em'.

[@bjblaskowitz4435]

I'm Happy Heavy Bones Made It Great Album Wished They Had More Success Because They Deserved It

[@treff9226]

That Heavy Bones album still sounds KILLER! Gary Hoey = guitar god!

[@jamesmoss3424]

I got Jackyl 1992 self titled debut album on CD 💿. 😀👍🤘🎸

[@zakkjagneaux2600]

Nobody Said It Was Easy , The Four Horsemen . Voodoo Highway , Badlands

[@thunderspike1892]

Remember the confusion back then with Jackyl and Jackal. The latter a Danish metal band with former Mercyful Fate guitarist Benny Petersen

[@H_H_G]

The best albums 1992: Kiss - Revenge, Lita Ford - Dangerous Curves, Loudness - Loudness and Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire And Ice 🤘

[@chrisa1125]

You really know your rock and metal Bryce. Glad you mentioned Tora Tora Wild America, one of my favorites of all time (along with their debut Surprise Attack). If anyone is interested, check out the songs Amnesia, Dirty Little Secrets and Cold Fever... just banging pop/glam metal with heavy blues influences from Memphis, TN.

[@treff9226]

Tora Tora were the gas that fueled many a party among my buds and I!!!

[@chrisa1125]

@@treff9226 Yes sir! I live in the Memphis area. Never saw them live in their heyday but I did see them at Minglewood Hall about 10 years ago... awesome show!

[@treff9226]

So cool you got to see them! What a blast of killer, blues influenced hard rock these guys put out! Anthony's vocals blew my buds and I away - the second we all heard Walkin' Shoes laying waste to everything around us....never forget it! One of those "who in the hell is this, crank that volume up" moments! I dug Wild America too, and I thought Tora Tora should have been a lot bigger than they were - those in the know, know how special they were. First video from a Memphis band on MTV, totally deserving! Best to you and great post! ​@@chrisa1125

[@ZMsoloman5000]

I think Wendy O. Williams from the Plasmatic’s cut a guitar in half with a chainsaw on stage. Only mentioning this because of Jackyl lol

[@brycetalksmetal]

She ain’t play it like an instrument and incorporate it into a song like Jackyl

[@Debra-k1f]

She did some crazy 🤪 shyte!! 😅

[@swrcomswrcom5306]

I really like Arcade’s eponymous debut album from 1993. I am glad it got honorable mention, but I wish people gave that one more love.

[@bradlycarlson6650]

Love your listing specially when you put Tora Tora Tora

[@Tony-xb1hu]

Of the albums you mentioned my top 3 would be in order Lynch Mob Great White and Tora Tora. Now in my opinion one of the top albums released in 92 not mentioned by you was the T Ride debut such an original sound and great musicians. If you've never heard of this band check them out you won't be disappointed

[@datooch]

Awesome content brother. Keep em coming!

[@kingnorlen]

Id LOVE to add Sven Gali's S/T album aswell as No Respect - The American Dream! Two VERY heavy bands which released their first albums in '92 and both are canadian.

[@alexvigil29]

Great list Bryce , before I started watching and saw video title I instantly thought of Tesla-bust a nut , Motley Crue-94, winger-pull and the best post grunge glam album after 92 warrant-dog eat dog , great list you got almost all my choices in top 10 or honorable mentions

[@70gabino]

Good list. One band I really like that is unknown to many is Blitzspeer. They were a NYC band. Their album "Blitzspeer Saves" is sooooo good.

[@garyjoyce2160]

Great list/ own most - saw. TESLA/ 7x. NYC/ NJ area over the years. Twice front row. Pull/9️⃣3️⃣. Favorite WINGER album. That. Vince NEIL/ Exposed / goes under the radar / good stuff The WASP. Crimson IDOL/ awesome. Keep it up BRYCE 👍💯

[@scottlame6724]

Great list. I would add KIX-Show Business (1995). Classic Kix sound, would've no doubt been a hit had it came out in the late 80's. Its been lost to time, check it out.

[@treff9226]

Yeah, Show Business got overlooked, but it's stellar Kix material! I liked Steve's Funny Money band as well!

[@csabacsernak7445]

Still Climbing is my fav Cinderella album of all time! "Blood from s Stone" is a masterpiece!😮

[@Beaumont67]

EXCELLENT LIST PERFECT PICKS !!!

[@rodcrispo5859]

Slick toxic!! Criminally underrated

[@jamesbedford3774]

Some great picks. That Winger record is phenomenal. I'd have had 'Dog Eat Dog' in my top 10.

[@neugey]

Way back in the day I also started out as a glam fan for 5+ years before really diving into the heavy stuff. Shocked you didn't have Extreme - III Sides since it's their best album. Others: Widowmaker (Dee Snider), Motley Crue (Corabi), Faster Pussycat - Whipped, Skid Row - Subhuman Race (just a few songs I really like, the rest is boring), Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith

[@DanM-mi8oo]

Great exhaustive list! Only one that I’d add to my top ten would have been Hardline - Double Eclipse. That to this day is one of my favorite glam metal albums. Still listen to it this day!

[@jagsnumberone88]

Warrant-Dog eat Dog is so underrated. It's my favorite Warrant album (though, Cherry Pie, the album, not the song, is great as well.)

[@williamwalker146]

Great stuff. I understand much of the dislike for glam metal, especially that it took so much attention away from better heavy metal of the 80s, but I do enjoy a lot of glam metal myself and I think sometimes metalheads are downright unobjective when they say certain glam metal outfits were bad. I loved your list, and a lot of the bands on it.

[@treff9226]

There's room for both Glam Metal and Heavy Metal! My Ratt, Crue, Dokken, Tesla, Cinderella, Faster Pussycat, WASP, Kix, Black N Blue and L.A Guns albums sit right next to my Death, Slayer, Emperor, Immortal, Meshuggah and Gojira CDs. Metal music falls under a large umbrella, many different styles and flavors.....AND ALL OF THEM SHOULD BE TAKEN DAILY!🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@suntigerrock]

great List - kind of trying to remember - most of the bands I think I do remember - first is your video - than the listening to all these bands starts - great job

[@nicholasfisher2595]

Also Extreme 3 sides to every story was released in 1992.🤘

[@robertholston4708]

For me, one of the greatest albums of all time.

[@nicholasfisher2595]

@@robertholston4708 yeah I recently gave it a listen to for the first time and I'm glad I did. I should have done it sooner

[@robertholston4708]

@@nicholasfisher2595 I'm in a similar boat. All I knew about the band Extreme was that Gary Cherone became lead linger of Van Halen and made a flop album. I bought Pornographitti at a flea market like 5 years ago and thought it was a solid 80s metal album. I bought III Sides from a guy on eBay for $2 because he had a bunch of other stuff I wanted. III Sides to Every Story is a true masterpiece in my eyes. Lyrically, thematically, and conceptually just brilliant. The album caused me to get more into these types of bands and other bands that get kinda left behind from this era.

[@nicholasfisher2595]

@@robertholston4708 I remember hearing the song more than words on the radio and thinking they weren't a rock band till I heard get the funk out and then finally I gave them a listen and was blown away 3 sides to every story. Definitely their best album in my opinion

[@benedictdonald4338]

@@robertholston4708agreed. “III Sides” is a masterpiece.

[@nicholasfisher2595]

Awesome video Bryce! My cousins band Tru Burn is a opening band for Jackyl when they play in Grand Rapids Michigan!🤘🤘

[@timholden3436]

Another great list Bryce. Good to see SLIK TOXIK there - one of the most undersung Canadian metal bands. Interestingly, together with HOLY SOLDIER and ARCADE they did not release any material on vinyl. Some of the others that did have a vinyl release are ultra expensive, all in $150 -plus range, like: 1. WILDSIDE 2. TORA TORA Wild America 3.VINCE NEIL Exposed (Europe only) and 4. ALLEYCAT SCRATCH (only released on vinyl in Italy 2017). 5.TRIXTER - Hear! (Netherlands only) Fortunately there are still a lot of CDs and cassettes out there. So the question for others to answer would be: Did the lack of a vinyl release back in the day - essentially early 90's - have any impact on their success or otherwise?

[@Neon-Covenanter]

_Sintro / Hemi-cuda_ off of the Wildside _Wasted Years_ album is recommended.

[@shiningphantasy1393]

Pull from Winger is a definite all-time classic and still their best album to date over their impressive discography; the new and recently remastered edition sounds excellent. The other album that immediately comes to mind which was not mentioned here is Dog Eat Dog by Warrant; Warrant is a middle of the road band to me but Dog Eat Dog was very high quality from front to back, a big step up from their first two albums, and easily their best release.

[@benedictdonald4338]

Both are excellent calls. The songwriting on that Warrant album is a massive step up from what came before.

[@shiningphantasy1393]

@@benedictdonald4338Thanks, a couple more that I could throw out there are the self titled Lynch Mob album; some of George's best guitar solos on that one and my favorite release from them. Also the trio of Impelliterri albums during that time-frame Grin and Bear It, Victim of the System, and Answer to the Master are full of catchy tunes and exceptional musicianship.

[@MetalMe55iah]

i'd add skew siskin from 92 a little obscure but so dam good

[@darrenlomas4226]

Widowmaker - Blood and Bullets. Released in 93. Dee Snider's band. Really good album.

[@bjblaskowitz4435]

Holy Soldier Debut Is Phenomenal

[@bobovv6060]

Awesome list Bryce ! Even all the honourable mentions. Btw man, you following any of the newer wave bands doing this 90s style? Some are great, really refresh the genre with a new energy. Standout for me is Catalano….check out Go To Hell and Nightfoghter album think you’ll like it

[@zanezeiter]

You had my runner-up, Hold Your Fire. My favorite though, is Giant Time to Burn

[@toddschulz6871]

Time to Burn is a killer album. A little bit like The Scream

[@WheresWaldo05]

Oxymoron (80's hard rock 1992 and later)

[@Kyush4]

Love the album selection, have you listened to Saigon Kick? what a band.

[@lucyfuir6386]

Kiss- revenge came out in 92 and rocks.

[@treff9226]

HEAVY! Kiss with BALLS!

[@Daniel-ws2ro]

Bryce. If you like Holy Soldier you have to listen to the band Bride and their album Snakes in the Playground. You will not regret it. One of the best albums I have ever heard. Dale Thompson’s vocals are amazing. Check it out.

[@krashkoursemetalshow]

Idk if I could make a top 10 list my favorite era of “hair metal “ is 90-94. Not much bad came out. Even during the last breath🤘

[@B-MO_]

SOUTHGANG-- Shout out Butch Walker/ C-Ville & Rome GA

[@c_gat7621]

Lots of good stuff from those years. I like all the genres so It was a great time for me. Hated watching the glam and thrash era come to an end.

[@GLAM_METAL_BOY]

Harem scarem ... a canadian band like the mood swings album..its a really good album but its really under rated

[@SmokeWithMeInCT]

I give a young person credit for doing these and having understanding sort of

[@andrewharrison4910]

😂...funny thing, I was just watching that Jackyl video for the first time last night. I happened to pop up on my FB feed! Love at the end when the cops turn up to shut them down..."do you guys have a permit for this?" "Nah, we just came here to rock"..!😂

[@jake6887]

Hardline: Double Eclipse Atlantic: Power Harlan Cage: S/T Metropolis: The Power of the Night Dream Theater: Images and Words From the Fire: Thirty Days and Dirty Nights Toto: Tambu Red Dawn: Never Say Surrender Crown of Thorns: S/T Clif Magness: Solo

[@motleyfan7558]

Great show.

[@jimthar17]

Still Climbing is a great album. I think it's better than Heartbreak Station. Maybe even better than Long Cold Winter. Psycho City is also great. IMO the last really good rocking GW album. Everything after that went downhill. I would add War Babies debut album to this list. Unfortunately they were late to the party in 92 but the album is awesome.

[@KennethBlum-sl6rx]

Quiet Riot Terrified from 1993 is pretty good

[@jimmycampbell78]

No Skid Row ‘Subhuman Race’ (1995)? Some people say this album has ‘grunge’ influences. Does it f. It’s just a heavier uncompromising Skid Row album with some groove too. Underrated.

[@brycetalksmetal]

Love the first 2… never been much into Subhuman Race though

[@andrettski8686]

I saw Tesla open for Great White, late '80's I think, what a great show. Spread Eagle very under rated IMO. Loved the debut and 'Open to the Public' added some better production. Loved the singers vocal style. Can't remember the names of the members.

[@treff9226]

Spread Eagle debut was seriously heavy and raw! Awesomeness from start to finish, and said to be an influence on G 'n' R!

[@andrettski8686]

@@treff9226 For sure, VERY raw which gave it a lot of character.

[@treff9226]

I put that Spread Eagle debut right there with Cats In Boots - Kicked and Clawed and The Sea Hags debut (and sadly, only album ) as the most undervalued glam metal albums. Have you heard Cats In Boots and Sea Hags stuff - hard edged, bluesy, riffs for days, but songs tighter than a frogs asshole! These three albums were as good as it gets, back then!​@@andrettski8686

[@treff9226]

I live near a friend's house where Great White used to come over and party a bit! I only saw them at this house one time though, and I was so amped up to see them there, I immediately just gave them ALL my beers! Only later on that night did I regret that, I mean it was Heineken! Mark Kendall was a legend around Orange County, people always saying he had a shot at big success with his guitar skills.....they were right, and same goes for Jack Russell, with that killer vocal range of his - the man sings Zep songs, and does them well! Tesla was a cut above, loved em' from the jump, and those early albums still completely slay! Great show guaranteed with those two bands.

[@Newhavenrailroadpro2006]

You're missing on Target by Bangolere Chior

[@DanM-mi8oo]

How could I forget Steelheart - Tangled in Reigns from 1992?!?!

[@mikeimpressionsreviews9831]

Extreme-III Sides to Every Story have you listened to that one?

[@KennethBlum-sl6rx]

Bulletboys Za-Za 1993 Bang Tango Love After Death Japanese version 1993.

[@KennethBlum-sl6rx]

Love/Hate Wasted In America 1992

[@joshgoudreau6167]

Slave raider is known for using the chainsaw first

[@dvnS24]

Maybe it's a bit too late or something but, could you do your top 20 songs of Death? Thanks!

[@cesarsuarez8652]

You forgot, Motley Crue Selft title and Poison's Native Tongue

[@brycetalksmetal]

They were intentionally left off, not forgotten. Don’t care for them.

[@KennethBlum-sl6rx]

​@@brycetalksmetalyeah not a Native Tongue fan either.

[@d.bulldozeTravelsofaHeadbanger]

Did you go to Hells this year bud? Was way more packed then last year.

[@brycetalksmetal]

Didn’t make it this year, probably will next year though

[@drsmainemusic]

When I first read the title of this video, I seriously thought you'd be talking about legit post-grunge bands... Seether needs more attention! 🤘

[@dkeats6020]

I love Holy Soldier’s first album, but unfortunately did not dig Last Train at all. Glad to see the band so high on the list though. Crimson Idol really was the only right answer for number 1 though

[@erickent4248]

Same, but it is nice to hear someone give Holy Soldier some props anyway, takes me back

[@michaelhenderson5946]

Steven Patrick also has a solo album out called "Red Reign" that's very much in the style of Holy Soldier. 🎸🎵😎

[@lutfimakarim8258]

Did you actually see that Jackyl K Mart concert since you live so nearby?

[@brycetalksmetal]

Nah I didn’t… it happened like 4 years before I was born lol

[@lutfimakarim8258]

Haha. Sometimes I forget how young you are due to your vast musical knowledge 😂

[@garyjoyce2160]

@@lutfimakarim8258/ absolutely. BRYCE knows his stuff. And I’m 6️⃣1️⃣*+. 👍💯

[@adamwarlock3530]

Not much into Holy Soldier. The production isn't as good as Stryper. I like the first few from Stryper, but that's about it. Their early stuff is heavy. You might like Barren Cross. Theyre heavier than Holy Soldier.

[@jasonkennedy3517]

Slik Toxik Irrelevant is miles better than Doin The Nasty.

[@TomJarmusz-bb5yy]

Sorry not a wasp fan but give you're list a B

[@CrazyCooter-ld6sz]

Good list. Man I hate grunge. F nirvana and the rest of the heroin hacks.

[@Brooke80srockstarlet]

I don't like it cause of their lyrical content