![]() ![]() However, Wrathchild did not gain the same level of fame as their Los Angeles contemporaries. This band was known for playing glam metal style music and having a similar image they also used pyro similar to that of shock rock sections of the genre and would eventually tour with W.A.S.P. In any event, these bands played a prominent part in the genre’s direction and would go on to influence a lot of the bands who formed from the mid-1980s onwards.ĭuring 1981 in England, the same year of Mötley Crüe’s formation, Wrathchild, fronted by Rocky Shades, also emerged. Others assert that it was kick-started by Quiet Riot's Metal Health album when it reached #1 in the billboard music charts in the early 80s (c.1983). In the United States, many fans credited that the movement on the Sunset Strip was kick-started largely by Mötley Crüe and Nikki Sixx’s former band London after the earliest years when they started as a glam rock band. Credited as influences by countless bands, Hanoi Rocks followed the template laid down by hard rock bands of the 1970s and stuck to the make up and garishness of the New York Dolls. The first band of the 1980s to truly travel down the make-up and gaudy clothing route was Finnish group Hanoi Rocks. However, it wasn’t until the early 1980s (c.1981) that the genre truly began to gather speed and thus some of the earlier bands mentioned are not always viewed as part of it. Angel, Starz, and Legs Diamond were prime examples of this. A few bands had previously experimented with mixing glam rock and heavy metal prior to the 1980s when glam metal emerged as a fully fledged genre. The genre took influence heavily from 1970s glam rock and heavy metal bands and some influenced by punk, with large sections taking influence from the likes of AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, New York Dolls, Queen, Sex Pistols, Sweet, Van Halen, Slade, Mott the Hoople, T.Rex, Judas Priest and others. However, the earlier groups of the genre also implemented some of the leather and studs imagery which had previously been made famous by heavy metal band Judas Priest. ![]() Many glam metal performers became infamous for their debauched lifestyles, long teased hair (hence the alternative hair metal tag) and use of make-up, gaudy clothing (chiefly consisting of tight denim or leather jeans, spandex, leather and headbands), and accessories-traits somewhat reminiscent of glam rock, a music genre which first emerged in the United Kingdom during the early 1970s. Guitar riffs featured in glam metal are considerably more melodic and less aggressive than in any other metal genres. Musically, glam metal songs often featured distorted guitar riffs based around power chords, shred guitar solos, a catchy melody with an anthemic chorus, hard hitting drumming, and complementary bass. ![]()
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