Gettin Nasty Nasty in 1986

Rewind everyone to 1986! Metal was everywhere. Turn on the radio and you'd get blasted with the latest singles by Motley Crue, Whitesnake, David Lee Roth (now solo) and Van Halen (or was that Van Hagar!). MTV and Canada's Much Music played an ...

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Episode 70 - 1986 Year In Review part 2

Continuing our journey through 1986, Chris and Aaron jump right into their spandex pants and get things rolling. Chris gets the shredding started with his first pick, Vinnie Vincent Invasion's "Do You Wanna Make Love?"

Not just one former Kiss ...

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Look What the Cat Dragged In in 1986

 

What do you get when you cross four hot ROCKIN guys who wear blush and lipstick better than a 15year old girl on a Friday night? POISON!
 
In 1986, when Poison bust on the scene, the scene wasn't ready for them, but damn ...

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Now Hear This: Mr. Big

I'm guessing everyone who visits this site is already familiar with Mr. Big, the band featuring Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan and Pat Torpey, but are you familiar with Mr. Big, the band featuring Dicken, Eddie Carter, Mike Higgins, ...

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Night Songs takes Cinderella to the Ball - 1986

I vividly remember the first time I heard Cinderella. Up here in Canada we had a show called Toronto Rocks, a one hour music video show that aired every day at 4pm. On Wednesday's it was "Midweek Metal Mania" and since I was usually at my after ...

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Meister's "Views of the Cruise" - Volume #5 - Nigel Glockler of Saxon

  

Hello and welcome to my blog series concerning The Monsters of Rock Cruise: The Lost Weekend 2013.  I am The Meister, I was fortunate enough to be able to take part in last year's inaugural Monsters of Rock Cruise and I'm ...

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