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Foosball's avatar

Cinderella .

I know technically we’re just supposed to vote on the Hair, but no offense it’s a little bit on the feminine side.

But the guy could play guitar and he could sing like a banshee.

But this is absolutely by far the greatest Substack thread of all the social media BS that runs across my screen.

Thank you, Sonny .😎😎

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Sonny Rane's avatar

Thanks for the kind words, Foosball. Appreciate you voting.

As for the hair, masculine or feminine, it remains eternally glorious.

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Foosball's avatar

NIN , remake of the Johnny Cash song Hurt is infingcredible

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Daniel Helkenn's avatar

Beautiful setup for your question. Tip of the cap for the shout out. You’re right in my wheelhouse today. I just finished my workout using Apple’s HairMetal Radio Station.

The answer of course is Poison although I’ll give you a story from someone who would disagree

Right after David Lee and Van Halen parted company and Van Hagar was put into motion I had the pleasure of working one of their opening shows in Phoenix. I was talking to Michael Anthony and he said their touring entourage could drop one semi trailer because they didn’t need to haul Dave’s hair products.

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Sonny Rane's avatar

Thanks so much, Daniel. I couldn’t resist mentioning you this week, given the coincidence and your wonderful answer.

It’s hard to argue with Poison. Those chicks were hot!

I’m still laughing over your Michael Anthony story. I was a huge Van Halen fan. Eddie made me want to learn guitar. And I saw Diamond Dave on his Skyscraper tour – 11th row in what used to be Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. I may have missed a trick not including him in this week’s poll. Mister Roth’s hair was legendary.

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Daniel Helkenn's avatar

I’ve got a great Poison story although not what you might expect. A couple years ago I was attending a coworkers wedding. I was congratulating him after the ceremony and he mentioned his cousin wanted to talk to me. I was confused but sure. He brought her up to where I was sitting. She had been at a Poison show in Birmingham, Alabama. She had hooked up with Brett and wanted to go on the bus. I knew what was up. Alabama has strict laws about taking minors across state lines. The “relationship “ would last until then and she would be dumped. I wouldn’t let her on the bus. Brett was pissed but I had a mandate from mgmt. about preventing underage girls. She told me how grateful she was now. She remembered all those years later when we happened to end up at that wedding. Small, crazy world.

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Sonny Rane's avatar

It’s amazing, isn’t it? Not the part about rock stars lusting after girls. But how much our actions can affect perfect strangers. You did the right thing that night in Alabama (despite the grief you had to bear) and you’ll forever be a hero to that woman at the wedding. It sure is a small world. The effects of our actions are much, much bigger.

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Daniel Helkenn's avatar

I must admit I was moved that it made that big of impact on her, not to mention an incident in Alabama was discussed at a wedding in Minnesota years later.

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s_e_t_h's avatar

I will NEVER vote for Poison for anything except first to get tossed into the Marianas Trench. Twisted Sister is just too damn ugly. Who were the third guys? I forget.

Now Cinderella. There's a band. Butt rock always got my bile up but those cornholes could write a song and put on a show. They also had the best hair as in a mix of long and luscious and still marginally masculine. They win my unconditional vote.

@Sonny: Speaking of Twisted Sister, may I suggest a future question. I want to vote on who had the best synchronized squad. Was it TS marching butts-to-nuts in We're Not Going to Take It? Or is is Madness' Silly Walk? Perhaps Devo's Uncontrollable Urge Dance? I know you've got this!!! Make me proud!

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Sonny Rane's avatar

Tell us how you really feel, s_e_t_h 😊

The third guys were Whitesnake, by the way. There they go again on their own, I guess.

As for the best synchronized squad question – it’s a good one. I’ve got a few more of my own questions to get to first, but I can see this coming up in the future. Thanks for the idea!

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AJDeiboldt-The High Notes's avatar

I gotta go with Poison for the simple reason that their hair was so good, they fooled my teenage eyes at first when I saw their album in a Wal Mart and thought they were an all-girl band until I looked a little closer and realized they were just coiffed up dudes. I hate their music but I gotta give them respect for the hustle with their look.

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Sonny Rane's avatar

Yeah, their music sucked pretty bad. I got fooled too when I first saw the cover. The 80’s were a helluva a drug.

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AJDeiboldt-The High Notes's avatar

I think the one thing they had going for them was that any average bar band could play their music better than them, and so it helped contribute to the magic of the rock n roll dream in the 80s lol

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Sonny Rane's avatar

I think you might be onto something lol

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

No one had better 80s hair than CC Seville!💕 I always suspected Dee Snider’s was a wig.

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

DeVille, dammit!

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Sonny Rane's avatar

You know I never

I never seen him look so good

He never act the way he should

But I like it

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Westley B. Cornett's avatar

NIN is still awesome. One of my all time favorites

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