At first it was just called Hard Rock or Metal, then, more appropriately, Pop Metal or Glam Metal. Eventually, it was just referred to derogatorily as Hair Metal. But whether you loved it or not, the genre managed to have a pretty big stranglehold on pop culture, the radio airwaves, MTV and music charts across the globe for close to a decade. Music journalists Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock have just put out the definitive oral history of the much maligned, but just as passionately adored (if by a smaller group) 1980s genre. Nothin But A Good Time includes a wildly impressive who’s who, and who’s that? of that image-conscious metal scene. The authors are smart enough to address the big old sexist elephant blaring “Cherry Pie” in the room in the book’s introduction: “Speaking of sex, th...
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SLIPPERY WHEN WET
Digitally re-mastered from the original master tapes using 20-bit technology for superior sound, this upgraded edition of Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet features enhanced packaging faithful to the original album release. Tracks: "Let It Rock," "You Give Love a Bad Name," "Livin'' on a Prayer," "Social Disease," "Wanted Dead Or Alive," "Raise Your Hands," "Without Love," "I'd Die for You," "Never Say Goodbye" and "Wild in the Streets."