I personally think dog eat dog, warrants third album was their best.

I remember Use Your Illusion I & II both getting five star reviews in Metal Hammer. Baffling, but proof that the hype was working. Both albums are selfindulgent, undisciplined, no quality control, scraping the barrel exercises of unhinged egomania. And yet it paid off commercially. The GnR brand was built on sleazy hard rock so solid and genuine that the image was still strong enough to carry those two turds from 1991 to the top of the charts for years hence. They used absolutely EVERYTHING they had, mimicking The Beatles´ wildly overrated White Album from 23 years prior when the Fab Four scrapped quality control in favour of selling more albums, quantity over quality, GnR style from 23 years later. Now back to the future: Aerosmith copied the Guns´n Roses Use Your Illusion formula of releasing ballads with expensive videos for rotation on MTV, while still pretending to be a rock band. It carried them for the rest of the decade, until the oublic grew tired of the routine. Then they became a nostalgia act, just like Guns´n Roses have been over the last decade.

guru…thats awesome u addressed my question. that one effort by u, shows why your channel will always have a devoted viewership. u actually care what your viewers care about. thank u for what you gave our country, and thank u for your content. you have a viewer for life. perhaps if bob rock didn't muddy the production of subhuman, you may enjoy face against my soul, or iron will. the guitar work on the record is phenomenal. surprised these didn't make the list: vicious circle - la guns hollyweird - poison revolution - slaughter marching to mars - sammy hagar (first album after he got the boot from vh) slash's snakepit def leppard - songs from the sparkle lounge europe - start from the dark

I would listen to Def Lep's Adrenalize any day of the week over their album Mirror Ball

Surprised Adrenalize and Heartbreak Station were mentioned here. I can think of way worse. HS is actually Tom Keifers favourite Cinderella album

Absolutely agreed on the Sweet F.A. second album. I didn't think it was awful, just flat and boring. Disagree with White Lion's Big Game album. I thought it was a solid album - particularly the songs Living On The Edge and If My Mind Is Evil.

New Tattoo from Crue is a cool album. They sound relaxed and existing "in the moment". They sound like the enjoyed the experience of writing songs and not worried about writing a "hit song."

Yes another video I love this channel

I blame Eddie for the failure of the Van Halen III album

Ill never forget 89 and the day i bought my fav rock album ever Lillian Axe love and War

Babylon AD - Nothing Sacred. That album sounded NOTHING like the debut. It’s truly like two different bands.

Agree with most things here, love the channel. But "Adrenalize" is the answer to Hysteria. Yes, it's a bit corny in spots. But it's one catchy pop metal Lep song after another. I don't skip anything, even to this day. I remember when it came out and it was HUGE. Love it! I'm sure Ryan would agree haha

@HairMetalGuru Motley Crue's Nona was a song that Nikki Sixx wrote about his grandma who had recently passed away. She basically raised him.

Congrats on the big 2k @hairmetalguru, onward to 10k, you deserve the success

I was a big fan of Def Leppard at the time and remember the upcoming Adrenalize release. I bought every CD single that was released for that album; as well as the album itself. The album was rather meh and feels like Hysteria 2.0. There were some good tracks. Lets get rocked was catchy in a Pour Some Sugar on Me way. White Lightning was Gods of War 2.0 and a good tribute song. Tear it Down was a great closing track. With that said, most of the b-sides on their singles were much better; and most ended up on Retroactive.

Btw Dave Snake Sabo recently released a statement regarding the state of Skid Row and whether Sebastian Bach would be invited back in the band. Dave’s basically copy and paste his previous statement. He said no, reason being Scotti, Rachel and myself are very happy now. They are on the look out for brand new singer. They did address Lizzy Hales contribution to their latest shows.

2K is quite the milestone. Congratulations Brother

Actually Big Game was one of my favorite albums, But as for Big Game they were seriously pressured by the label to get it written and get it out fast. Mike said he always regretted giving into the pressure to do that. But most songs I thought were good. Cry for Freedom is a great song, and White Lion was always very political in their writing. Living on the Edge, Don't say its over, If my mind was evil.. Mane Attraction was the album that they wanted to make but they got zero support from the label by then. Mane Attraction was musically the best they ever did. Vito left because of the business side of it. He hated it. Adrenalize was good but lets be real I don't think DL ever could have followed up Pyro and Hysteria with something even better. But it was good. However, my favorite DL post Hysteria was Retro Active. 5150 is my favorite VH album. I saw the VH 3 tour and it was great. Gary was amazing live. I think the problem w/ 3 was Eddie was going through a lot of problems at that time. And VH didn't really know what they wanted to be at that time. As for Crue you gotta remember everytime Crue put out an album the scene had changed from the previous album. They came out kinda "shock rock" then by the time they were working on Theater the whole glam thing was really becoming big and Nikki the main song writer was really into his heroin at the time, so song writing wasn't the best, but I really love Micks guitar playing on the entire Theater album. Girls I thought was a good sleazy album which by then bands like the LA Guns/GNR, Faster Pussycat etc was really lighting up the Strip, it just always seemed Nikki was good at trying to be a little head of the curve on what was about to become big out of Hollywood.

A) I'm in a cover band and we do "mama told me not to come" & i hate the song 😆😆 B) the Bach/Skid thing almost the same reason Hanoi Rocks can't get it back together. Andy is hard to deal with. We'd all LOVE it, but for them... it ain't worth the headache.

I can agree with about most of your opinions but I love Use your Illusion!! Love the different songs and variety!! And it brings back tons of memories!!!

I hate to disagree with you guys but: Love Bites, Love Hurts, & Love’s a Bitch are a trifecta of heartbreak 💔 songs.

One album off the top of my head that I found disappointing was Faster Pussycat's Whipped.

Subhuman Race was a big let down. I think touring with Pantera rubbed off on them. Unfortunately it was a bad move. I do love Breakin’ Down But that’s the only track that I love. That’s my pick. Keep up the great vids Anthony.

I love that 3rd album by Bulletboys called "Za-za". Their first 2 albums were really good too. They consciously avoided putting out any ballads on their first 2 albums since all the other bands were doing that. Then on Za-za they wrote a couple which I thought were really good as well as the faster tracks.

Even though a lot of these albums kinda suck, i stil give praise to them for putting music out to the masses. I write music and nobody will here it. I had a band in the late 90s and life happened. We went knowhere. As 99% bands do end up. That aside, i give "HUGE PROPS" for bands doing what they do, even if its kinda sucky. Ive never had that opportunity to fail like that.

Great show.

Another good one. I just really find these videos enjoying to hear you talk with these friends about the music you love, and the analysis and back and forth. If you have a chance, check out the latest ASKA song Soul Stealer. Given your enjoyment from raspy voiced great singers, think you'd dig this.

Great vid but “Dead Man’s Road” rocks imo! 🤘🏼

Fantastic video, really great stuff. I read somewhere that the final straw for Seb Bach was when he told the press that Skid Row we’re gonna open for KISS on the reunion tour and the rest of the band refused? The band got pissed cause they thought they were too big to be an opening band . After Subhuman Race bombed I’d bet they wish they did agree to open for KISS 😂

Sebastian needs to let it all go because the reunion is never going to happen. I’m a huge skid row and hate that Sebastian just can’t realize he is the problem. The reunion would’ve happened years ago if he could just stop talking

Congrats on the 2K bro!! Just coz you're a mega star now doesn't make you right about Love Bites yeah!!!!

Happy Friday 🎉

13:08 Maybe Dave had a part in the arrangements as far as connecting riffs to choruses etc, but it was very clear when he went solo that the Van Halen brothers were much better at coming up with the building blocks of songs than Dave's ultra-mega-super duper talented solo band.

UYI didmt let us down...2 classics. I love Subhuman Race as well....

I called the death of GNR the day I heard that Izzy left. Not because I don't love Slash and Duff, and liked somewhat liked Axl... loved on AFD... but yeah, there was no one two write the songs once Izzy left. At least not an album's worth. Have you listened to Izzy's solo stuff. Really really good. Not hair metal. Nothing will blow you away. But it's really solid.... especially 117° ! Thanks for the reviews... er... list... countdown? Whatever this was, it was fun... I agreed with almost all of it. Thing is... I have one thought about stuff now at 49... but my 13 to 18 year old self has a bit of a different opinion. For example, got into Motley with GGG... then went back to the rest of the catalog. So love Too Fast and Shout... not so much Theatre. I agree that GGG isn't too great when I listen to it now... but my 14 year old self still loves it! ;p Oh... and LOVE Heartbreak Station! :). It's not LCW, but still love it. But Still Climbing is better.

Lynch Mob - Smoke This comes to mind, just terrible

The Illusions project didn't need to be a double album. If they had just cut the fat and put all the best material from both albums into one, they would have had a masterpiece. As it is, for me at least, Illusions 1&2 are just bloated, uneven, and pretentious. Dont get me wrong - theres some great stuff on both. But theres also just sooo much filler too. Compared to the magic on Appetite it's like listening to a different band entirely.

There is some good stuff on VHIII. "Year to the Day" is amazing. "From Afar" is great. I have a recording on VHS of VH playing live in Australia with Gary on vocals. I think it aired on VH1. You have to give Gary credit. He is the one that got VH playing live the old deep Roth tracks that they never hardly played, such as "Hear About it Later" and "Romeo Delight". Gary is a big fan of the Roth era of VH. During this Australian live show they played "Mean Street" and "Unchained" along with many of the new tunes. The live version of "Year to the Day" will melt your face off with Eddie's amazing blues solo. The only Sammy song they did was "Why Can't this Be Love" and during that they took turns singing the verses with even Eddie singing one verse.

I don’t think motley’s girls album is as bad as you guys think but when we all are these huge fans of those first two albums how can you seriously do any better than that. As far as the girls album goes I myself think that Wildside, girls, dancing on glass is cool. If you know what dancing on glass mean you should understand it. Your all I need could have changed the game on how all ballads go if mtv wouldn’t have banned it. All in the name of was their opening song on that tour and always have liked that one to except the opening line that Vince sings but the song is cool and fun. I know we all like what we like so I get it and I have to say my favorite motley albums are their first two. They freaking rule. So if I could make two amazing records in my life I would be in heaven. With all that said I also am a big fan of the Motley Corabi album in ‘94 and I enjoy saints of Los Angeles a lot. Would I like for the CRÜE to get back to there early sound hell yes but we all get older and change so I’m greatful for those first two albums so much because most bands back then was lucky to have gotten a record deal let alone record two fantastic albums. Love this channel and love to everybody ✌🏼

I actually like Adrenaline, EXCEPT for Let's Get Rocked and Make Love Like a Man (which are two of the worst Def Leppard songs ever recorded). But Stand Up (Kick Love), I wanna touch you, and some of the other songs were very good. Granted, it was not Hysteria but, it was a decent album. I actually LOVE "Have you ever", to me it's their best ballad.

Bob rock screwed up the skid row subhuman race album. I’ve heard Rachel say a few times that he didn’t think Bob rock even wanted to be there. It sucks Sebastian’s ego is so huge. I get why they band don’t want him

What do u guys think of Steel Panther?

Hi Guru, great video , recently suscribed. Agree with both your opions, but for Def Leppard's Adrenalize, i would've swapped it with SLANG, now that was a disappointing piece of trash. Keep em videos coming, hopefully a "album with killer and no filler" some day? Regards Tony

I love Theatre 🎭 Of Pain, I guess I’m in the minority lol

Theater of Pain was my first major disappointment, when I went to the record store to buy the album, after Shout, and looked at the way they were dressed and saw Smoking in the Boys Room, and I walked out without buying it. Good point about Girls, like Gary, I think of it as pretty good because of those first two songs, but you're right about the rest.

Love Chinese Democracy! Underratred album in my opinion.Most of the songs are amazing.theres a couple that are ok but most of its great! Spaghetti incident also great!

To me David Lee Roth's Skyscraper was a disappointment after the great Eat 'Em and Smile.

Girls 3 was an up tick from TOP , by far . Wild Side and Girls instant classics , dig in All in name of and All I Need shoulda been big if video wasn’t squashed . Of Guns would have combined Use Illusions to one say 13 track record , would have rivaled Appetite .

No love for "You're All I Need"? I love that guitar solo.

When night songs came out, I was a dirtbag shit working at McDonald's. There was this hot chic that worked there about 2 years older than me. I lasted only 11 months there. It would've been much shorter if she wasn't there. Damn she was hot. Anyway, Cinderella came out then. I love the album, but I think of that chic and McDLT's. "Back home again" was a great heavy song.

I actually dig New Tattoo. If I Die Tomorrow from Red, White & Crue and songs from Saints of L.A. like S.O.L.A., Down at the Whisky, Just Another Psycho and White Trash Circus. All Bad Things Must Die rocks!

I genuinely LOVE "Subhuman Race". If you listen to the earlier mixes of those songs from the Best Of, they're more of a "Slave..." sound, but the later remix was looser, harsher. The band have said they think Bob Rock used "Subhuman Race" as an experiment before doing ",St Anger" with Metallica.

“That downtuned guitar shit…” Motley was always tuned down to D from the beginning.

What about Bitter Pill off of greatest hits? Pretty solid song.

A lot of people love Def Leppard's Hysteria, but honestly for me that album was a big let down. Pyromania was my introduction to the band and then I went back and got High n Dry and On Through the Night which I still love. Then there was like a 5 year pause due to all the issues with the band and there was a lot of excitement waiting for Hysteria to come out. I first heard "Women" on the radio and really liked that one so I bought the cassette expecting the rest of the album to be similar. The tracks I like include "Rocket", "Gods of War", "Women", and I can even tolerate "Animal" but I was really disappointed with the rest. To be fair, many of the other tracks such as "Pour Some Sugar on Me" sound better live with the raw guitars. I bought the VHS live video that came out around that time "Live-In the Round In Your Face" and those tracks were at least tolerable. On a side note: does anyone remember having trouble with the clear plastic cassettes back in the day? Cassettes were usually manufactured with the solid white plastic casing but after awhile some companies started making the clear ones with the paper inserts that had the track listings. I had a lot of trouble with those. They would jam in my tape players. I started taking the screws out and removing the inserts and then putting them back together and then they would play better. I remember having Black n Blue's Nasty Nasty cassette that wasn't even very old and jammed up in my stereo until I did that remedy.

100% disagree with Motle Crues girls girls girls, love dancing on glass, all in the name of, sumthing for nothing, wild side, title track. Great crue album

Haha “Shit Soup”

My comments keep disappearing 😂😂👍🤘🤘

Dudes? You don’t like ‘If My Mind Is Evil’ off Big Gane? Seriously ? And Heartbreak Station is my favourite Cinderella album

Van Halen 3 is in my top 5 VH albums. I loved a new sound from them . Use your illusion 1& 2 are Great , minus Dont cry , Knockin on heavens door , My world , You aint the 1st & November Rain. Warrant's D.E.D is my least favorite. It is over polished and has no real feel. Born again has a more raw , lose authentic feel than it does , & most people hate that album.

I thought Better was a song that could have been on Appetite. The only song on Chinese Democracy that’s any good IMO

David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar were responsible for arranging the songs is what you were trying to get at Guru. Cheers.

You've clearly come here to do TWO things. Listen to Butt Rock, and chew on ballsacks

On use your Illusion 1 you are forgetting "Coma" and "Dead horse" are bangers, but yes I agree I was also let down by the albums.

OhhhhhhKAAAAY BUD

My biggest disappointment was Native Tongue by Poison. Awful! Way worse than the Crue records you guys mentioned.

Theatre of Pain is a terrible album much worse than Girls,Girls, Girls, there is nothing on TOP that is passable even the 2 okay songs are terrible. Agree that Adrenalize is rubbish, only Stand up kick love into motion is any good the rest is just horrible early 90s dross

Off the top of my head - Shy - Misspent Youth. Awful production kills it. TNT - Intuition. A couple of decent songs but not a patch on Tell No Tales. White Lion - Big Game. Just terrible. Motley Crue - Theater of Pain. Just no. Warrant - Ultraphobic. Dog Eat Dog was excellent. This wasn’t. David Lee Roth - Skyscraper.

Does anyone find it odd that the Hair Metal Guru...has no hair??

Generation Swine is the worse Hair metal album of all time. Cinderella was great at the start . I feel they are way overrated. Winger blows away Cinderella , and Poison. The Use Your Illusion albums have a ton of classsic GNR. Shame shame

Since when was GNR ever hair metal. They were a hard rock band that exploded in the middle of the hair band era. That being said, Use Your Illusion 2 is a great album. 1 is bloated and full of filler.

Man i very strongly disagree i love Going home tonight and cry for freedom off Big Game.yes main attraction is better tho.