Ah, le hair band. Questo genere tanto denigrato era un mix di rock e pop avvolto in grandi capelli e pantaloni di pelle. Le band – quasi tutti uomini bianchi – erano noti per stili di vita pieni di dissolutezza e depravazione. Non c’è da meravigliarsi se i teenager degli anni ’80 accorrevano alle band come falene alla fiamma.
A prescindere dalla mancanza di acclamazione da parte della critica, alcune di queste band (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard) sono diventate alcune delle più grandi rock band del mondo – anche dopo aver tagliato i loro capelli e optato per jeans più sensati. Qui – amatele o odiatele – ci sono le migliori canzoni delle hair band come determinato dall’aggregazione di 21 liste e poi classificando le canzoni presenti in 3 o più liste in ordine di punti DMDB complessivi.
Nota: clicca qui per vedere altre liste di canzoni specifiche per genere.
1.Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
2.Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)
3.Van Halen “Jump” (1984)
4.Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” (1987)
5.Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me” (1987)
6.Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” (1991)
7.Poison “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” (1988)
8.Whitesnake “Here I Go Again” (1987)
9.Kiss “Rock and Roll All Nite” (1975)
10.Guns N’ Roses “Paradise City” (1987)
11.Bon Jovi “You Give Love a Bad Name” (1986)
12.Def Leppard “Photograph” (1983)
13.Europe “The Final Countdown” (1986)
14.Twisted Sister “We’re Not Gonna Take It” (1984)
15.Scorpions “Rock You Like a Hurricane” (1984)
16.Ratt “Round and Round” (1984)
17.Quiet Riot “Cum on Feel the Noize” (1983)
18.Van Halen “Runnin’ with the Devil” (1978)
19.Extreme “More Than Words” (1990)
20.Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive” (1986)
21.Whitesnake “Is This Love” (1987)
22.Def Leppard “Love Bites” (1987)
23.Mr. Big “To Be with You” (1991)
24.Night Ranger “Sister Christian” (1984)
25.Def Leppard “Rock of Ages” (1983)
26.The Scorpions “No One Like You” (1982)
27.Guns N’ Roses “Patience” (1988)
28.Quiet Riot “Metal Health (Bang Your Head)” (1983)
29.Mötley Crüe “Home Sweet Home” (1985)
30.Skid Row “I Remember You” (1989)
31.Kiss “Detroit Rock City” (1976)
32.Tesla “Love Song” (1989)
33.Mötley Crüe “Girls, Girls, Girls” (1987)
34.Van Halen “Panama” (1984)
35.Warrant “Cherry Pie” (1990)
36.Mötley Crüe “Dr. Feelgood” (1989)
37.Skid Row “18 and Life” (1989)
38.Warrant “Heaven” (1988)
39.Poison “Nothin’ But a Good Time” (1988)
40.Whitesnake “Still of the Night” (1987)
41.Cinderella…Don’t Know What You Got ‘Til It’s Gone (1988)
42.The Scorpions “Still Loving You” (1984)
43.Poison “Talk Dirty to Me” (1986)
44.Mötley Crüe “Kickstart My Heart” (1989)
45.Def Leppard “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak” (1981)
46.Alice Cooper “Poison” (1989)
47.Lita Ford “Kiss Me Deadly” (1988)
48.Queensrÿche “Silent Lucidity” (1990)
49.Lita Ford con Ozzy Osbourne “Close My Eyes Forever” (1988)
50.Bon Jovi “Bad Medicine” (1988)
51.Bon Jovi “Runaway” (1983)
52.Autograph…Turn Up the Radio (1984)
53.Great White “Once Bitten Twice Shy” (1989)
54.Cinderella “Nobody’s Fool” (1986)
55.Twisted Sister “I Wanna Rock” (1984)
56.Kiss “Lick It Up” (1983)
57.Mötley Crüe “Shout at the Devil” (1983)
58.White Lion “When the Children Cry” (1987)
59.White Lion “Wait” (1987)
60.Skid Row “Youth Gone Wild” (1989)
61.Def Leppard “Foolin'” (1983)
62.Van Halen “Hot for Teacher” (1984)
63.Poison “Something to Believe In” (1990)
64.Poison “Fallen Angel” (1988)
65.Damn Yankees “High Enough” (1990)
66.Ozzy Osbourne “Shot in the Dark” (1986)
67.Dokken “In My Dreams” (1985)
68.Winger “Seventeen” (1988)
69.Slaughter “Fly to the Angels” (1990)
70.Kix “Don’t Close Your Eyes” (1988)
71.Ugly Kid Joe “Cat’s in the Cradle” (1992)
72.Cinderella “Gypsy Road” (1988)
73.David Lee Roth “Yankee Rose” (1986)
74.Cinderella “Shake Me” (1986)
75.Tesla “Signs” (live, 1990)
76.Dokken “Alone Again” (1984)
77.Kiss “Heaven’s on Fire” (1984)
78.Van Halen “I’ll Wait” (1984)
79.L.A. Guns “The Ballad of Jayne” (1989)
80.Firehouse “Love of a Lifetime” (1991)
81.Mötley Crüe “Without You” (1989)
82.Slaughter “Up All Night” (1990)
83.Winger “Miles Away” (1990)
84.Winger “Headed for a Heartbreak” (1988)
85.Warrant “Down Boys” (1988)
86.Great White “Rock Me” (1987)
87.Kiss “Tears Are Falling” (1985)
88.Ratt “You’re in Love” (1985)
89.Mötley Crüe “Looks That Kill” (1983)
90.Firehouse “Don’t Treat Me Bad” (1991)
91.Guns N’ Roses “Nightrain” (1987)
92.Vixen “Edge of a Broken Heart” (1988)
93.Mötley Crüe “Too Young to Fall in Love” (1983)
94.Cinderella “Coming Home” (1988)
95.Warrant “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1990)
96.Mötley Crüe “Live Wire” (1981)
97.Faster Pussycat “House of Pain” (1989)
98.Ratt “Lay It Down” (1985)
99.Trixter “Give It to Me Good” (1990)
100.Mötley Crüe “Wild Side” (1987)