Some other great rock and metal albums from 1985: Accept - Metal Heart Warlock - Hellbound Magnum - On A Storyteller´s Night Scorpions - World Wide Live Helix - Long Way to Heaven Helloween - Walls of Jericho Fate - Fate Megadeth - Killing is my Business...and Business is Good Treat - Scratch and Bite Heart- Heart Rush - Power Windows

Great to see you again Bryan. Love the show. Guru!!!! album you missed......... Hurricane, Take What You Want. Not sure if it's considered an E.P. It has only six song's. Cheers from Australia.

Great picks! 85 definitely has a lot of great metal classics (Exodus- Bonded By Blood, Accept - Metal Heart etc.). When it comes to hair metal, I have a list of honorable mentions: King Kobra - Ready to Strike ("Hunger" is such a classic), Rough Cutt - S/T, Helix- Long Way to Heaven, Billy The Kid - Sworn to Fun, Adam Bomb- Fatal Attraction, Hanover Fist- S/T, Treat - Scratch and Bite, London - Non-Stop Rock, Mama's Boys - Power and Passion, Autograph - That's the Stuff, and Dagger - Not Afraid of the Night

That Outfield album is solid, also liked their 89 hit Voices Of Babylon too. Two of the three members have passed away now.

THEATRE OF PAIN is one of my all time favourite albums. SHOUT and TOO FAST both scared the shit out of me in '85. Awesome channel !!

01. AC/DC - Fly On The Wall (my personal favorite Johnson era album) 02. Dokken - Under Lock And Key 03. Fastway - All Fired Up 04. Mike & The Mechanics - s/t (and you thought you had to worry. Yeah, it's pop but I love the album) 05. Power Station - s/t (another poppy one, but I love it. Certainly made me view Andy Taylor in a new light particularly on their cover of T. Rex's "Get It On") 06. John Cougar - Scarecrow 07. Phenomena - Phenomena (more of a project than a band. If you like Glen Hughes, then you might like it. I think there's 4 or Phenomena albums but this one imo is the only one worth it) 08. Triumph - Thunder Seven 09. Motley Crue - Theatre Of Pain 10. Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy

I’m probably all alone here but 7800 degrees Fahrenheit is by far my favorite album of 1985. I still listen to that album a lot. Can’t believe Jon hates that album. I was a huge Jovi fan through the 80’s and 90’s. I noticed they completely changed when they released the crush album but I still enjoyed it for what it was. I didn’t like the direction Jon went after that but I still like some song of their Have a nice day album but I was completely disappointed after that. With all that said I love all that you are doing with your channel Guru. Good stuff brother 🤘🏼

Love metal mythos. Even watched the ones about bands I don't like/follow. Really enjoying your channel!🤘

The thumbnail is really apposite. That was a great movie!🙂

Keel-Right to Rock, and Loudness-Thunder in the East two of my faves and they both toured together and i saw it. My first metal show and still one of the best i ever saw!!

I 100percent agree my favorite dokken album is under lock and key, love it

Icon is one of my all time top 5 bands. Glad to see them here.

Stryper’s The Rock that Makes Me Roll” is absolutely killer!!!

ZZ Top Afterburner. It is pop and synth heavy, but it rocks, with Hella licks and tone. And I love Real Genuis.

Invasion of your privacy was my first RATT album I bought and fell in love with the sound and asylum is my favorite non make up KISS album.

STREETS 1985 "Crimes in Mind" Any of these songs could have been on an 80s movie soundtrack Mike Slamer (Guitarist on Warrant albums) and Steve Walsh from the band Kansas, produced by Beau Hill. Gotta listen to it over a few times because ITS SO 80s! The sound is like (1984 Van Halen), Survivor, and Ratt mixed together. Dont Look back, The nightmare begins, Broken glass, Crimes in mind and I cant wait, all good songs!

tough all over - john cafferty and beaver brown band world wide live - scorpions zz top - afterburn (killer record) that outfield album is a burner. great stuff.

My Top 20. Some I heard as a 9 year old in 1985 (or owned)* and others I discovered later. 1) Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms* 2) Iron Maiden - Live After Death (discovered in 1988) 3) Rush - Power Windows (got into on my 10th birthday in January 1986) 4) AC/DC - Fly On The Wall* 5) Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair* 6) The Firm self titled (got into a year later via my Led Zeppelin collection) 7) Supertramp - Brother Where You Bound (got into in 2002 and David Gilmour's guitar solos on the title epic WORTH IT) 8) Dio - Sacred Heart (discovered in January 1994 during the Grunge Revolution) 9) Phil Collins - No Jacket Required 10) Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good 11) Pete Townshend - White City A Novel 12) KISS - Asylum 13) Scorpions - World Wide Live 14) Joe Walsh - The Confessor* 15) Nick Mason (Pink Floyd drummer) and Rick Fenn - Profiles (mostly an instrumental album but love it anyway) 16) Aerosmith - Done With Mirrors (which I got for my 10th Birthday in January 1986) 17) Sting - The Dream Of the Blue Turtles* 18) Robert Plant - Shaken and Stirred 19) Twisted Sister - Come Out and Play* 20) Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy

She sells sanctuary is an amazing song,they have a huge following

Another entertaining episode! Awesome seeing Icon get some love from Bryan...great album🤘 U guys both had great picks for your No.1's....and was cool seeing Theatre Of Pain make the list...I know that album gets shit on a lot, but I'm in the minority cos I love that album...can't wait for the next episode...take care and Rock On🤘

The Outfield is a favorite of mine . What a 3 Piece .. people always said the poor mans Police , but I dig their sound and records . Seen them live few times over last decade , still solid . I had saw Jimi Jamison at a casino year or so before his death , and had a killer time . High On You and Didn’t Know It was Love are killer tracks .

RATT invasion of your privacy is one killer album 🤘🏻 I totally agree with your opinion on KISS asylum album. I still am an odd ball that likes hot in the shade 🤙🏻Dokken Rules unchain the night is killer. The new Dokken album heaven comes down is good also.

I watch all your videos right from the beginning and i really really like them, all. Ok, It might not be related with the topic as they did not release an album in 1985 anyway you talked less about Great White, Jack Russell one of the great voice and Mark Kendall one of the top (?) under rated guitarist of all time and i think they deserve a whole video, dedicated to Great White, not less than an hour long someday, i'll wait and i'm sure you had a lot to talk about them. Thanks Mr. Guru.

My favorite albums from 1985 are Soldiers under Command by Stryper, Marching out by Yngwie malmsteen, Under Lock and Key by Dokken, I am the Night by Pantera.

Great to see ICON making this list! Eddie Trunk and I’s favorite 80’s metal band Bry I wholeheartedly agree with what you’re saying as fans of this band this album should have been huge!! So go back and listen to These tracks from it: Danger Calling, out for blood, take another shot at my heart, Naked Eyes, raise the hammer and a really great ballad on there called frozen tears ❤ Cheers

“Danger Calling” - Icon…. Stephen Clifford left right after this album was being released. He did sing on Icon’s first two albums.

Candy's "Whatever Happened to Fun" is my favorite 1985 record - Jonathan Daniel is an amazing songwriter ⚡🔥 Cheap Trick "standing on the edge" is my runner up 🏁

Good episode Guru, got some catching up to do, Download then visiting a friend last month. Asylum is the album that got me back into Kiss, when King of the Mountain boomed out of the speakers I was sold

Since you guys went a little off script on this episode, I’d put Metal Heart from Accept on the list.

Nice Razorfist shoutout, he's awesome. Guru, for a fantastic WASP ballad check out FOREVER FREE off the Headless Children album. And for something darker check out HALLOWED GROUND off the Dying For The World album that Blackie wrote after 9/11.

check the song out for blood and danger calling on icon-night of the crime. Stephen Clifford(Original Singer) became a christian and said he was leaving the band after recording that album.

Jon Levin still plays in dokken, the way I see it if he wants to continue I support that Don and the band has given me so many great songs to listen to and yes he is not even close to the singer he once was but I will continue to support them I seen them last July and I enjoyed myself, I seen the in 1999 they were fantastic live

Night Ranger is freaking awesome!

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on a couple of new songs. The first is Def Leppard's Just Like '73. I have to say, I really(really) like it a lot. It's a total throwback and nod to the early 70's glam scene. I have listened to it so many times already, including a couple of live versions, and haven't started to get tired of it yet. And, I really think the Tom Morello part works without being gimmicky. I don't know if it's the popular or unpopular opinion, but I love this song and find it stuck in my head quite a bit. The 2nd song is End of Days by Stryper. I love this song, too. It's heavy, like almost Maiden heavy, and also really melodic and catchy. And Michael Sweet belts out a couple pretty awesome screams. And, speaking of the 70's glam scene, a new song/video popped up on my KZfaq the other day. It is Burning Like a Falling Star by Sweet. I did a quick Google search to verify--yes, that Sweet(albeit with only one original member). I like some Sweet songs, but am not too familiar with most of their catalog. I'm a little iffy-er on this one. It's kinda catchy, though(and growing on me a little after a few listens). It's a bit more serious(and dire) than the old Sweet songs I'm familiar with. And there's a guitar riff in it that really reminds me of Vaseline by Stone Temple Pilots. Anyway, keep up the good work and keep rocking!

Love Loudness! Thunder in the East is the first English album they put out. They never really learned english well enough to do interviews here in the west though and I think that is a big factor in why they didn't blow up. The lack of promotion hurt them. Super talented band though. Guitarist Akira Takasaki is known as the Japanese Eddie Van Halen.

Love the Britny Fox tee. I have a Britny Fox Bite down hard tour tee. Ratt-Invasion of Privacy Rough Cutt - Debut King Kobra - Ready too Strike Megadeth - Killing is my business Faith No More - We Care A Lot Dokken - Under Lock And Key Aerosmith - Done with Mirrors Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

Theater Of 🎭 is my 3rd Favorite Motley Album, Don't Hate Me

The Outfield is a great band with an impressive catalogue. “Say It Isn’t So” has always been my favorite song of this record.

Anthony this is James Anthony even said it a million times before you two are always gold together my albums for 1985 are Kiss Asylum Accept Metal Heart ACDC Fly On The Wall Alcatraze Disturbing The Peace Aerosmith Done With Mirrors Black N Blue Without Love Bon Jovi 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit David Lee Roth Crazy From The Heat Dokken Under Lock And Key Girlschool Running Wild Helix Long Way To Heaven Icon Night Of The Crime Keel The Right To Rock Kix Midnite Dynamite Lizzy Borden Love You To Pieces Motley Crue Theatre Of Pain Night Ranger 7 Wishes Ratt Invasion Of Your Privacy Roughcutt Roughcutt Twisted Sister Come Out And Play Vandenberg Alibi Wasp The Last Command White Lion Fight To Survive Y&T Down For The Count Yngwie Malmsteen Marching Out Aldo Nova Twitch Autograph That's The Stuff King Kobra Ready To Strike Stryper Soldiers Under Command Pantera I Am The Night Uraih Heep Equator Kick Axe Welcome To The Club Hurricane Take What You Want Another great video Anthony love it keep them coming

Most hair metal fans I knew were Night Ranger, Journey, Foreigner, ZZ Top, .38 Special, and Survivor fans.

My top 10 Hard Rock / Metal Albums 10. Metal Heart (Accept) 9. Fight To Survive (White Lion) 8. Thunder In The East (Loudness) 7. Marching Out (Yngwie Malmsteen) 6. Asylum (Kiss) 5. Invasion Of Your Privacy (Ratt) 4. Under Lock And Key (Dokken) 3. 7800 Fahrenheit (Bon Jovi) 2. Theatre Of Pain (Motley Crue) 1. Soldiers Under Command (Stryper) Honorable Mentions Midnite Dynamite (Kix) World Wide Live (Scorpions) Sacred Heart (Dio) Down For The Count (Y & T) The Last Command (W.A.S.P) Walls Of Jericho (Helloween) Spreading The Disease (Anthrax) Power Of The Night (Savatage) Killing Is My Business (Megadeth)

TOTALLY on board with the Outfield love. Play Deep is an utterly flawless album.

guru...would love a video telling the story of the anticipation of a record, the trip to get it, listening to it, and then how it became a huge part of your life.

I would have thought Y&T had even more than 4 million album sales worldwide.

Im going back to 89 I went platinum zero times Youre in the jungle Sweet child of mine I want another piece of that cherry pie They call us hair bands Wear our leather in black

Stryper is a fantastic band that can rock as hard as anyone

I went back and got those first 2 Bon Jovi albums after slippery when wet got big

Recommend Iron maiden song reach out, Adrian smith sings on it a great rocker, wasp where big here in the UK, top work as always

Lets go!!!

"You can't spell crap without rap" - Dave Mustaine. Both WASP and The Last Command went gold. That's the only certifications WASP has. In the US anyway.

Great year for music!! Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force WASP Last Command Kiss Asylum Motley Crue Thearte of Pain I

Metal mythos,razorfist I WATCH IT AND THATS A GOOD CALL I SEEN it real cool

I have to say Afterburner was a main stay for me, so replacing The Outfield with that…lol…Night Ranger is hair metal to me 🎸

KISS' Asylum is a solid album, IMO. But man, those costumes. Paul Stanley was the only one who pulled it off.

Jon Levin of dokken said gene Simmons was producing the next Doro album he was supposed to be on in the early 90s and he said Gene called him at home and told him he wanted Jon to play more like Angus young on the album that's when he quit the band

I love it when Guru tries to sing :)

Theater of Pain was out about the time I was getting into rock I was 14 or 15. For nothing else I like it for nostalgia if nothing else

If you deny Night Ranger is hair metal because they did some poppy or softer songs then you would have to deny Motley Crue for songs like Without You, or Home Sweet Home.

Theatre of Pain is one of my favourite album covers, so much so I've got a tattoo of it on my arm, supposed to represent me as a person, before and after counselling

This is James again Anthony when KISS did the Kiss Cruise they performed UH! All Night

Their were no radio stations in my area played nothing

Gene Simmons -> EZO House of 1000 Pleasures made it on MTV

No need to be sorry for iking The Outfield. They are an AOR nand that can rick, and their lyrics are awesome. No such thing as guilty pleasures. Music is art and is subject to the eye of the beholder.

Kiss played Tears are falling when i saw them in 2022 or was it 21. I am old

Icon is working on a new record with the original singer

Thank you for including Fly On The Wall! My favorite AC/DC album. Heavier guitar sound. The vocals were not mixed right. Back In Black is overrated IMO.

Dont have any problem with both list. The big explosion of hair metal/ hard rock was 1985 . And about outfield was a good album, problem if you choose that david hasselfod album that came in that year 😅

You need to check out the Tygers of Pan Tang, Guru! Start with Spellbound (pssst, it’s got John Sykes on it!) Black and Blue, shoutout to Portland Oregon!

Love me some Loudness but I could never get into their vocals. Now Akira is a MONSTER of a guitar player and when Mike V joined them on "Soldier Of Fortune" that's what I was really hooked. Too bad he didn't stick around.

Under lock And key ROKKEN WITH DOKKEN OF COURSE ,SOLDERS UNDER COMMAND

Rats had an album with like five songs on it. You think your tough,was an awesome song. I don’t remember what else was on it though.

Fly on the Wall is a good album

Asylum over Lick It Up? Only an Outfield fan would say that!

These bands who aren’t “hair metal” are usually AOR bands that hair metal fans tend to like. It’s funny though if you bought any “hair metal” compilation cds in the 90’s/early 00’s they all had Sister Christian and all these other borderline bands all over them. It’s not like you put Kenny rogers on the list 😂😂😂😂😂

I think the reason why AC/DC always has top selling albums is because it is never uncool to like AC/DC. Some people might say, “ that’snot hair Metal “ but nobody will say AC/DC isn’t cool. Best they can just say that’s not really for me. No one is ever embarrassed to be an AC/DC fan. Something that I think you can’t really say about most other bands.

Invasion of your privacy & forever after. Ratt n Roll or pay the toll

Dude, Night of the Crime was a total piece of shit. Icons debut self titled album is the perfect album, totally freaking awesome like proto-queensryche riffs with like blackie lawless/Kevin dubro style vocals, it’s amazing. Then they sold out

Theatre of Pain should not be anywhere near a best of anything list.