the 80s was a time for metal most never forget and many genres were born in this time.but 2 genres stuck out the most glam metal and thrash now im wondering which team are you guys on
yeah only cause i got it at before the show afterwards i was mad at motley never the less they made it on my jacket, they make good music but they are shitty people
I do like both but there's definitely some glam stuff that sucks really hard. There's some bad thrash metal too but that's usually just boring not annoying like the worst of glam.
To be fair, there was some absolute shite in both genres but the best of the best in each produced some excellent bands. How to choose - well, when I was a student glam metal gigs were a good way to meet girls, whereas thrash gigs were full of sweaty blokes. So whilst musically I'd go for thrash every time, the benefits of a good hair metal/glam metal gig were pretty obvious too! Of course, as a married man now I'd take a good thrash album over a good glam album any day!
Both...cant choose, sorry...i grow up with both genres equal..in a time...were not ever fanbase was hating the other fanbase..., were all just metalheads :D
Thrash all the way. No offense to anyone here who likes hair bands but IMO, they were nothing but watered down radio-friendly, hard rock bands for women. Still makes me roll my eyes when those garbage hair bands are classified as "glam metal".
As a younger metalhead getting into more obscure metal you really buy into the “THRASH OR BE THRASHED KILL EVERY POSER” mentality and avoid glam metal and other similar bands (except W.A.S.P., Loudness, and Twisted Sister because they’re a bit heavier than other glam bands) like the plague. But then as you get older you realize Dokken -Tooth and Nail has awesome riffs solos and the first two Motley Crüe records are solid heavy metal albums. Then you go off the deep end and realize Ratt is actually pretty good.
At least that’s my experience. So both I guess.
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I’m a young metal head myself (16). I got into thrash and saw the same “kill posers”. Which was just bullshit. I still listen to motley, Ratt, dokken and all those other bands. They are great bands. Not too long ago I listen to shout at the devil and i remembered how heavy “looks that kill” is. Ratt’s “out of the cellar” is also great. Bunch of great riffs.
I love thrash but can't resist good glam metal, glam was actually my introduction into heavier music. I still regularly listen to glam, I find it easier to drive too, plus the music is genuinely great.
I like Europe, the first two Mötley Crüe albums, The Last Command by W.A.S.P. and most of everything by Loudness. Say what you want about glam (it was tasteless, commercial, obsessed with appearance, etc) but I'd take that any day over shitty post-grunge and nu-metal bands who are just as commercial but intentionally play shitty and half-assed music. At least the glam bands had some sort of a work ethic.
Lots of amusing comments here. Being old as hell now (55), when I think back at shows I loved best, Thrash wins easy. When I think back to TIMES I miss most, I always remember how great it was take a sexy girl dressed in a black mini over her lingerie to boring shows like Poison or Whitesnake. Yeah I remember seeing all those Slayer shows, but as my body falls apart from being kicked one too many times I more often crave those glam-hair band days. Age happens even when you scream the whole way down...and you eventually realize there really are no 'teams'.
You only have one eye? I have a friend with just one eye. He got it shot out with an arrow by the neighbor kid when he looked over the fence not minding his business. It makes him angry a lot. True story.
It might just be me personally but glam and traditional heavy metal hit me way harder in my later high school years way after I was already into thrash and extreme metal. Anyone who sticks with the outdated "THRASH TIL DEATH KILL GLAM POSERS" mentality has never once taken the time to listen to early Europe, Motley Crue's first three, Ratt, Dokken, Skid Row, Icon, Def Leppard's first two, Cinderella's first, everything by W.A.S.P, as well as deepcuts by Whitesnake, Kix, Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, LA Guns, Kiss, Great White, Krokus, and VAN HALEN. After some experience and just listening to so much shit you kind of realize that a lot of these bands have more in common with classic hard rock and traditional heavy metal than you'd think.
HOWEVER I will admit bands like Poison and Pretty Boy Floyd still suck hahaha
I suppose we are comparing apples to oranges, and I admit that there are lots of reasons I might say something is 'better'.
To use -No Karate-'s terms...I am on 'team' Swedish Death Metal when I think of the technically amazing work of Opeth. I'm on team Thrash when I think of chopping wood to Slayer. I'm on 'team' Glam when I think of the girls at a Crue show. When I want to sing out loud like the old days of AM radio...Def Leppard, AC/DC, Ratt, Accept and dont forget RIOT...are my go to choice. Are they glam? /shrug I am ok with being a fascio-socialist if thats me being true to myself. Keep it real.
hahaha, and you're the one who started this. in hindsight, an interesting and slightly controversial thread. is glam even metal? who cares, I was critisised years ago for posting an exploited shirt. meanwhile there are even (excellent) hip hop shirts here too. tshirtslayer stands for quality.
when I was fourteen, I loved twisted sister and guns & roses, while at the same time everything except grindcore was boring. now I am old and have seen the light. I have tasted soul as well as slam. all music is another god, one that doesn't lure or judge you.
(except for panflute music, which is satan!)
come to think of it, why don't we start a new thread, share your musical pie-chart or something,
in my eyes at times i see it as Metallica and megadeth and slayer and anthrax vs motley crue, def leppard, poison,guns n roses
alright skill goes to thrash cause the top two best guitarist dimebag and dave mustaine are in thrash (randy rhoades is number 1)
alright fun goes to both cause glam is girl fun and thrash is moshing fun
outfits for stage would go to glam but casual walk around in public would go to thrash cause almost everbody would rather wear there battle jacket rather than leopard leggings
best albums well metallica has the number one metal album and hair metals got some but not a number one and thrash has rust in peace and reign in blood so i think albums are in thrashes hands
best concert depends on if you like sex or beer more
and the winner is BOTH who gives a shit anyway its music and its better than katy perry or taylor swift so who cares
um def leppard was kinda hair metal( but not really more of heavy metal/ hard rock) gnr well i hate them but now that i look at it yeah they are really just hard rock
When I was in high-school I was mostly into 80s Glam and classic heavy metal, but later on I got more into Thrash. I still listen to the classics though
I go for Glam...but not glam like Poison, Pretty Boy Floyd or alikes. There's a 'new', since 20 years, load of glam/sleaze bands that deserve our attention. Think of Hardcore Superstar, Crashdiet, The Cruel Intentions, Kickin Valentina,...
Thrash for me. Glam sucks. Not into the tranny look that glam look goes for. And I was a teen in the 80’s. Was there when Exciter, Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Agent Steel were young bands as I grew up in Southern California back then.
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thrash metal all the way for me,
fuck motley crue for giving the worst show killing razzle and just being shitheads
but don't you have motley stuff in ur collection??
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yeah only cause i got it at before the show afterwards i was mad at motley never the less they made it on my jacket, they make good music but they are shitty people
Heavy Metal Marc on
That's a perfect description of on Mötley Crüe
no karate in pit on
EXACTLY
Dr. Wilbur Graves on
I do like both but there's definitely some glam stuff that sucks really hard. There's some bad thrash metal too but that's usually just boring not annoying like the worst of glam.
Lord Cthulhu on
To be fair, there was some absolute shite in both genres but the best of the best in each produced some excellent bands. How to choose - well, when I was a student glam metal gigs were a good way to meet girls, whereas thrash gigs were full of sweaty blokes. So whilst musically I'd go for thrash every time, the benefits of a good hair metal/glam metal gig were pretty obvious too! Of course, as a married man now I'd take a good thrash album over a good glam album any day!
no karate in pit on
im seeing thrash as the winner so far
bad_american1992 on
I like the vocals in Glam Metal a lot better, thrash vocals usually lean towards atonality (with exceptions of course)
Heavy Metal Chemist on
Thrash
Kathulex on
Glam, easy pussy
no karate in pit on
im confused
Kathulex on
Glam attracts girls and guys that look like girls. I enjoy both so it's a good place for hookups.
Thrash is better musically ofc but I go to thrash gigs to get sloshed and moshed and glam nights to socialize
no karate in pit on
ahhh glam for the sex and thrash for the beer
Heavy Metal Marc on
So you're saying you don't like girls?
Kathulex on
I don't understand how you got that conclusion lol
Thane
Thrash, but I like both
meaningless
Both...cant choose, sorry...i grow up with both genres equal..in a time...were not ever fanbase was hating the other fanbase..., were all just metalheads :D
no karate in pit on
amen when i was younger i listen to more glam now i listen to more thrash
BloodRed87 on
Thrash all the way. No offense to anyone here who likes hair bands but IMO, they were nothing but watered down radio-friendly, hard rock bands for women. Still makes me roll my eyes when those garbage hair bands are classified as "glam metal".
no karate in pit on
thrash on ,i hate motley crue there musicis ok but the band is just a bunch of washed up douches
andermatten on
thrash. but if tied to a chair in a windowless room with the lights always on I'd probably prefer listening to twisted sister over sodom.
no karate in pit on
id probably choose sodom because i dont think i could take it
andermatten on
hahahahahaha....excellent pun!
Arch_Caligula on
As a younger metalhead getting into more obscure metal you really buy into the “THRASH OR BE THRASHED KILL EVERY POSER” mentality and avoid glam metal and other similar bands (except W.A.S.P., Loudness, and Twisted Sister because they’re a bit heavier than other glam bands) like the plague. But then as you get older you realize Dokken -Tooth and Nail has awesome riffs solos and the first two Motley Crüe records are solid heavy metal albums. Then you go off the deep end and realize Ratt is actually pretty good.
At least that’s my experience. So both I guess.
I’m a young metal head myself (16). I got into thrash and saw the same “kill posers”. Which was just bullshit. I still listen to motley, Ratt, dokken and all those other bands. They are great bands. Not too long ago I listen to shout at the devil and i remembered how heavy “looks that kill” is. Ratt’s “out of the cellar” is also great. Bunch of great riffs.
MortalCoil138 on
I love thrash but can't resist good glam metal, glam was actually my introduction into heavier music. I still regularly listen to glam, I find it easier to drive too, plus the music is genuinely great.
no karate in pit on
nah glam was more like a transitional phase to more heavier stuff but even today i cant resist some hair metal bands like def leppard,guns n roses
sandmanforce
I think there was never Glam Metal just Glam Rock. Thrash Metal existed. So this question is funny.
no karate in pit on
yeah hair metal is glam metal though
UnsafeAtAnySpeed on
I like Europe, the first two Mötley Crüe albums, The Last Command by W.A.S.P. and most of everything by Loudness. Say what you want about glam (it was tasteless, commercial, obsessed with appearance, etc) but I'd take that any day over shitty post-grunge and nu-metal bands who are just as commercial but intentionally play shitty and half-assed music. At least the glam bands had some sort of a work ethic.
no karate in pit on
hey im not anti glam but i do prefer thrash over glam
CHAD_THUNDERCOCK on
It's Thrash. This debate is over
Thrashgu on
Glam is a serious real option here?
andermatten on
I understand why you ask that.
MrCrispy13 on
Lots of amusing comments here. Being old as hell now (55), when I think back at shows I loved best, Thrash wins easy. When I think back to TIMES I miss most, I always remember how great it was take a sexy girl dressed in a black mini over her lingerie to boring shows like Poison or Whitesnake. Yeah I remember seeing all those Slayer shows, but as my body falls apart from being kicked one too many times I more often crave those glam-hair band days. Age happens even when you scream the whole way down...and you eventually realize there really are no 'teams'.
no karate in pit on
i have tears in my eye
you get the nobel prize
MrCrispy13 on
You only have one eye? I have a friend with just one eye. He got it shot out with an arrow by the neighbor kid when he looked over the fence not minding his business. It makes him angry a lot. True story.
no karate in pit on
damn, that sucks he got his eye shot out, but ihave both of my eyes
andermatten on
wait, why does thrash win easy when you remember girls dressed in black minis over their lingerie at poison & whitesnake shows?
no karate in pit on
that is true ive seen some sexy ass girls at the stadium tour
BloodFireDeath on
It might just be me personally but glam and traditional heavy metal hit me way harder in my later high school years way after I was already into thrash and extreme metal. Anyone who sticks with the outdated "THRASH TIL DEATH KILL GLAM POSERS" mentality has never once taken the time to listen to early Europe, Motley Crue's first three, Ratt, Dokken, Skid Row, Icon, Def Leppard's first two, Cinderella's first, everything by W.A.S.P, as well as deepcuts by Whitesnake, Kix, Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, LA Guns, Kiss, Great White, Krokus, and VAN HALEN. After some experience and just listening to so much shit you kind of realize that a lot of these bands have more in common with classic hard rock and traditional heavy metal than you'd think.
HOWEVER I will admit bands like Poison and Pretty Boy Floyd still suck hahaha
no karate in pit on
def leppard still one of my all time favs
Nunslayer
Can I just pick both genres?
no karate in pit on
sure why not
andermatten on
yeah, it's not like in 'real' polls when you vote socialists AND fascists. or meat AND vegetables.
MrCrispy13 on
I suppose we are comparing apples to oranges, and I admit that there are lots of reasons I might say something is 'better'.
To use -No Karate-'s terms...I am on 'team' Swedish Death Metal when I think of the technically amazing work of Opeth. I'm on team Thrash when I think of chopping wood to Slayer. I'm on 'team' Glam when I think of the girls at a Crue show. When I want to sing out loud like the old days of AM radio...Def Leppard, AC/DC, Ratt, Accept and dont forget RIOT...are my go to choice. Are they glam? /shrug I am ok with being a fascio-socialist if thats me being true to myself. Keep it real.
no karate in pit on
im not anti glam but i hate the band motley crue not there music and de leppard is still one of my favorite bands
andermatten on
hahaha, and you're the one who started this. in hindsight, an interesting and slightly controversial thread. is glam even metal? who cares, I was critisised years ago for posting an exploited shirt. meanwhile there are even (excellent) hip hop shirts here too. tshirtslayer stands for quality.
when I was fourteen, I loved twisted sister and guns & roses, while at the same time everything except grindcore was boring. now I am old and have seen the light. I have tasted soul as well as slam. all music is another god, one that doesn't lure or judge you.
(except for panflute music, which is satan!)
come to think of it, why don't we start a new thread, share your musical pie-chart or something,
no karate in pit on
sounds cool to me
lambofgodfan00 on
Thrash.
There's maybe a few good songs from some glam/hair bands, but few and far between for me.
no karate in pit on
in my eyes at times i see it as Metallica and megadeth and slayer and anthrax vs motley crue, def leppard, poison,guns n roses
alright skill goes to thrash cause the top two best guitarist dimebag and dave mustaine are in thrash (randy rhoades is number 1)
alright fun goes to both cause glam is girl fun and thrash is moshing fun
outfits for stage would go to glam but casual walk around in public would go to thrash cause almost everbody would rather wear there battle jacket rather than leopard leggings
best albums well metallica has the number one metal album and hair metals got some but not a number one and thrash has rust in peace and reign in blood so i think albums are in thrashes hands
best concert depends on if you like sex or beer more
and the winner is BOTH who gives a shit anyway its music and its better than katy perry or taylor swift so who cares
BloodRed87 on
I find it a little odd you lumped in GNR and Def Leoppard with Motley Crue and Poison, since they were never really hair/glam bands.
no karate in pit on
um def leppard was kinda hair metal( but not really more of heavy metal/ hard rock) gnr well i hate them but now that i look at it yeah they are really just hard rock
Heavy Metal Marc on
When I was in high-school I was mostly into 80s Glam and classic heavy metal, but later on I got more into Thrash. I still listen to the classics though
swedeaddict on
I go for Glam...but not glam like Poison, Pretty Boy Floyd or alikes. There's a 'new', since 20 years, load of glam/sleaze bands that deserve our attention. Think of Hardcore Superstar, Crashdiet, The Cruel Intentions, Kickin Valentina,...
no karate in pit on
damn i should give a listen to some of these
swedeaddict on
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there's so much new exciting stuff
no karate in pit on
now im pumped
Darklord on
It's ALL good....LOL 80's music kicks ass, wish I grew up then.
no karate in pit on
me too wish i grew up in the 80s in the bay area
George thrash on
Thrash. IMO glam sucks
MetalNDN on
Thrash for me. Glam sucks. Not into the tranny look that glam look goes for. And I was a teen in the 80’s. Was there when Exciter, Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Agent Steel were young bands as I grew up in Southern California back then.