Though what Mr. A showed us in class (hair metal) made up a large amount of rock present in the 80's, I was a bit surprised that we didn't listen to or mention some of the other rock genres/bands that were also as prominent as some hair metal acts and sounded a lot better, one that comes to mind being Guns N' Roses and Appetite for Destruction, an album and band that had a more aggressive heavy metal sound and course I'm referring to the best lineup it's had (duff, izzy, axl, steven, slash-thankfully he didn't go with poison) that featured a mix of heavy songs led by distorted guitars and an aggressive attitude, a couple of these being Night Train and of course, Welcome to the Jungle while it also had its slowed down, less agressive songs like Mr. Brownstone, Paradise City, the well known riff and solo in Sweet Child o' Mine and the combination in Rocket Queen that made this album several times better than most if not all hair metal albums. I'll put links when youtube decides to work.
I was working my way chronologically, and they were at the end of the decade. Also, I might hate them more than any other hair metal band ever, and I really have to prepare myself to listen to them. I can't stand Axl's voice, and I think that the songwriting is inane and asinine.
ReplyDeleteI do wish that Axl was a better singer as his voice is screechy and uncontrolled and a better lyricist as I find the majority are shallow and lacking in substance and find it takes a toll on the instrumental side of the songs which I do prefer, but are unfortunately somewhat dependent on a form of vocals.
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