Theres Always a spot for any music. Everybody is so concerned with what they look like. Maybe that's what's wrong these days. What about what they sound like and how the music makes you feel . That's all that matters !

The band in the pic is Rockstar!! The are the best arena rock band out there.

I, too, abhor the label "hair metal!" I prefer to identify "those" bands as Sunset Strip Metal.

I wish Ozz Fest was still a thing

I still hear a lot of 80s stuff on the radio. There’s good and bad from every era in my opinion let’s stop shaming others for what they like and just enjoy the music grunge isn’t Eddie’s cup of tea and that’s fine.

Idk I still hear Round and Round a d Still of the night on the radio, PLENTY of motley crue, definitely hear Poison on the radio, twisted sisters big hits are played, I feel like cherry pie gets played a lot too. What more do you want, there's more music they're only gonna play the biggest songs, and there is other music to be played. Oh also Def Leppard has like 10 songs that get played every day.

It’s sad hearing about cruises & concerts that won’t happen now

Hey, that's me! 😂

They will play Guns and Roses 100 times a day.

That photo in the thumbnail is the reason no one takes 80s rock seriously.

The band in the photo is ROCKSTAR. They are an amazing tribute band out of Detroit, keeping 80's music alive. FB: rockstar80sband. rockstaronline.net

I grew up on this stuff through the 80’s and 90’s and still stay relevant in what they're up to. But to be honest although great musicians, the “hair look” went out by the 90’s. Add 20-30 years and 30 pounds to a guy still trying to pull off “the look” and I think it takes away from their intent of trying to be taken seriously. I'm a huge fan of this music as a guitarist but I often wish I didn't have to look at a guy in his 60’s-70’s stuffed in spandex with a wig or a Kelly hanging out of leather pants. I would relate much more if I'm looking at a musician my age, dressed like a normal guy, playing songs I like. Other than the Crue’s and Leps of the biz hair metal ended that era as a bad word and I think it just contaminated the pool for all of genre. I still love it and always will but I do wince when these guys my age are still trying to pull off a look that just wont work. I mean imagine yourself stuffing into leather pants wrapping a bandana around a wig or dying your thinning hair jet black, going out into the world to be taken seriously. It won't happen. In this world where everyone is judged on youth, beauty, popularity and social relevance.

Stop, there's not a bias. If there was a demand, we'd hear it on the radio. Few guys I know in their 50's listen to what they listened to in their teens and 20's.

Glam metal and 90’s alternative rock were polar opposites when you look at it. One was too silly and cheesy, while the other was too dull and depressing. I like bands that take a middle of the road approach. Hard rock that’s energetic and fun, but not too stupid or too serious. Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Guns N’ Roses are good examples. I’m open to debate.

That's what happens when style was more important than substance. Eddie will never accept that.

Newsflash....Eddie Trunk, YOU are an "older dude." Lmfao

Queen gets massive airplay..on every type of rock station.wanna know why? Because they don't fucking suck like hair metal bands.

Poor Eddie, still willing to die on that hill.

I grew up on this stuff through the 80’s and 90’s and still stay relevant in what they're up to. But to be honest although great musicians, the “hair look” went out by the 90’s. Add 20-30 years and 30 pounds to a guy still trying to pull off “the look” and I think it takes away from their intent of trying to be taken seriously. I'm a huge fan of this music as a guitarist but I often wish I didn't have to look at a guy in his 60’s-70’s stuffed in spandex with a wig or a Kelly hanging out of leather pants. I would relate much more if I'm looking at a musician my age, dressed like a normal guy, playing songs I like. Other than the Crue’s and Leps of the biz hair metal ended that era as a bad word and I think it just contaminated the pool for all of genre. I still love it and always will but I do wince when these guys my age are still trying to pull off a look that just wont work. I mean imagine yourself stuffing into leather pants wrapping a bandana around a wig or dying your thinning hair jet black, going out into the world to be taken seriously. It won't happen. In this world where everyone is judged on youth, beauty, popularity and social relevance.