I would take Steelheart and Danger Danger out. Swap in Lizzy Borden/Y&T. Lita Ford, Vixen and Firehouse seem high. Extreme, Tesla and LA Guns are low. Other notables that could have been low in the list; Black n Blue, Dangerous Toys, Killer Dwarves, Bango Tango, Tora Tora, Pretty Boy Floyd, Babylon AD, Enuff z nuff, Damn Yankees, David Lee roth band, MSG, TNT, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Circus of Power, Hardline, Lillian Axe, Salty Dog, Shark Island,. Debatably could have qualified; Guns N Roses, Queensryche, Ozzy, Judas Priest, The Cult, Sammy Hagar, Saxon, Ugly Kid Joe and Living Color (I consider all of them more just Hard Rock) Twisted Sister at #2 lol

Trying really hard to understand how they can put Scorpions on this list but not Guns N Roses.

7:37, 7:59 and 10:23 is that playful, exotic famous Lithos font, is recognizable for it's use, adopted for on-graphics, then became the resident font of MTV in the early to mid 90s, when it uses it for titles and to introduce new segments, and became wildly popular.

Dam 40 years flew by so fast. I remember those episodes like it was yesterday! Loved Mtv from 8-1-81 till 86. New job in new area in late 86 I stopped watching as much as before. Miss those days so much! Rock on baby!!! 5-9-24.

Ahhhh ! The eighty’s I was 17 and the world was my playground . I miss the love and eagerness Of my fellow human race to just be kind to each other . It truly was my favorite decade of decadence .

VH1 was so awesome! Side note- so many “hair bands” are described as “oh they were more stripped down, they weren’t really hair metal but got lumped into it, etc..” I really respect the ones that just come out and say “yeah we were a hair band! It was fun and awesome and we don’t deny it”

Can I please relive this decade as a teen again? No smart phones no internet. Just music, concerts partying having fun

Kix at 33? Oh well, they were underrated to the very end.

La Guns is by far the best In the list but Scorps are Hard Rock wtf 😡🤬😤

La Guns ,Faster and Many others are so called Sleaze Rock not Hair Band KIX,Tesla,Firehouse,Warrant are so much better than an ny bigger band like Roses or Maiden and ACDC in the late 80s early 90s its such a shame only a big name gets you all credits look at guns n Roses they had 2 albums 😅😅😅😅😅 thats poor and lazy nothing more and most of songs was written by ex mrmbers long before and sounds like Others before ,the biggest lie just a hey bromance between Then And The music Industry not all about music

Those TV Commercial and a doku about a scene that was 10-15 years before at that time

Tesla is NOT a hair-metal band!😡

I want to know who the voice over people were for MTV promos. There were a couple . In the first clip that is one of them.

MTV was music television. Did a damn good job of it. But I guess the $ were higher as STV. How I’ll never know. But I do know it was shit to the Nth degree.

GNR saved the 80's HAIR METAL BANDS, enabling them to transition into a more NON-PANSY A** MODE.

CARROT TOP!

Honestly can't stand hearing your voice that everyone loves today. Because they are forced to. With your today voice you should never be allowed to talk or criticize Metal. So shut the heck up girl. Or you will get you puss kicked. What a bag man??? Lol

Just like the real Mtv. It doesn't contain any music videos 😢

I lost respect for Firehouse in 1994. I was an in-home nurse for a woman with advanced MS. We would watch The 700 Club in the afternoon. One day, they ran a contest for the best live Christian song. Firehouse came on and sang Love of a Lifetime and won. They claimed that Jesus was their Love of a Lifetime, and the song was about Jesus. Imo, this was a blatant lie. I'm not sure what the prize was or if they just wanted the exposure. CJ Snare, the writer of the song, even stated in an interview that the song was not about any particular person.

Never a big cock rock fan, but it was fun to see Telsa playing the Shire Road Pub in Sactown mid 80s! I then won tickets to see Bang Tango and Bullet Boys at the Crest. The best part was the chick's! 😂

I've been looking for a channel like this. They are some gems in here.

Dee snider sucks

This list is the biggest load of shite and waste of 3 and a half hours of my time since I watched any paranormal video on this platform lmao. Who decided this? Dee himself?

To me Motley Crue is the greatest hair metal band of all time !!

A friend of mine saw Trixter on a 3 band bill (I think Warrant headlined) and said: "They came on stage banging their heads, but they couldnt play because they sucked"...lol.

TRES Cool,/Heavy

Greatest time for rock n roll. I miss it

Bad quality recording stops in the middle of every other band

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I would love to know who made this list… for example, the Scorpions. I realize they’re not a hair band, but bands like Twisted Sister rating as better than them, is insanity.

Man these tv commercials 🤣 1800-CALLATT

And many more...

The cult

And of course TWISTED SISTER

OMG ZZAKK WYLDE

Motorhead, Peter Frampton, Stevie Ray Vaughn & my friend Steve Vai

Killer Dwarfs

Warrant, Ted Nugent

Whitesnake ,GnR

White Lion , Judas Priest, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard. So many & that's why all my friends call me Musicbuff. Nelson Twins ,& omg Cinderella

Helix & Skid Row

Poison sucks.

The problem with this list is that Metallica, Ozzy, and Medadeth all had big hair in the 80s and they are not on this list. None of them are classified as hair bands or cock rock.

Where’s Guns N Roses? 🔫🌹

Hate to be that person, but they forgot to mention the very first hair band ever.....and technically, they are a hair band , plus these bands were directly inspired by them. Of course I mean the Beatles

def leppard or bon jovi should’ve easily been no 1

britney fox over the scorpions??? wtf 😂😂😂😂

40) Hanoi Rocks 39) Extreme 38) Jackyl 37) Steelheart 36) Night Ranger 35) Faster Pussycat 34) Autograph 33) Kix 32) Saigon Kick 31) Tesla 30) Bulletboys 29) Trixter 28) L.A. Guns 27) Stryper 26) Mr Big 25) Danger Danger 24) Firehouse 23) Vixen 22) W.A.S.P. 21) Europe 20) Scorpions 19) Britny Fox 18) Kiss 17) Skid Row 16) Great White 15) Lita Ford 14) White Lion 13) Whitesnake 12) Winger 11) Ratt 10) Dokken 9) Slaughter 8) Def Leppard 7) Quiet Riot 6) Warrant 5) Cinderella 4) Mötley Crüe 3) Bon Jovi 2) Twisted Sister 1) Poison

I do understand why small bands are compared to other big bands when all bands have their own sound..