Gorky Park is the answer to this question. In 1987 guitarist Alexey Belov, vocalist Nikolai Noskov, bassist Aleksander "Big Sasha" Minkov, guitarist Jan Ianenkov, and drummer Aleksandr Lvov came together to form Gorky Park. A US record deal was secured with the help of Jon Bon Jovi and Ritchie Sambora. By 1989 they had realesd their first and selftitled album and with that they had a hit with the song "Bang" and others singels as "Try To Find Me" and "Peace In Our Time" got mainstream radioplay.Gorky Park live shows often featured the band dressed in traditional Russian style, waving Soviet and American flags. They played the 1989's Russian "Moscow Music Peace Festival" with the likes of Cinderella,Motley Crue,Bon Jovi,Skid Row,Ozzy and the Scorpions. The band has never been officialy disband but put on inactive instead. They also realesd Moscow Calling (1992) ,Stare(1996,realesd in Russia only) and Protivofazza (1998).
EAT Rising from the outback of Belgian they are sure to bite your ears of and they are destend to make it as a new hair band effort. Here there are some pictures of EAT In Action. More will follow in a an other post. This is the link to their site; www.easyacidtrip.com
This week i have found a great band for all you glam band fans out there. Blue Murder!!
They were an English melodic heavy metal act founded by ex-Whitesnake,Thin Lizzy and Tygers Of Pantang guitarist John Sykes. He was then later joined for the final line-up for the selftiteld album by Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge,King Kobra,Ted Nugent,..) and Tony Franklin (Whitesnake,The Firm,Don Dokken,...). He Later released one other album called "Nothin But Trouble" and one live album "Screaming Blue Murder". The "Supergroup"(in my oppinion) disbaned in 1994.
Song selection: Two song i like to recommend are "Jerry Roll" and "Billy" from the selftiteld album.
Just to start i have made a list of all the glam/hair and sleaze bands i know,there could be bands in here you've never heard of,others are pretty well known. If there would be a glam band that you know thats not in here or you play in a glam band yourself don't hesitate to contact me,i'll spread the word. Here it goes (randomly):
Kiss
Twisted Sister
Motley Crue
Poison
Warrant
Stryper
WASP
Ratt
Skid Row
Guns 'n' Roses
La Guns
Van Halen
David Lee Roth band
Mr Big
Extreme
Bad English
Whitesnake (80's era)
Alice Cooper (80's era)
Bang Tango
Keel
Trixter
Steeler
Helix
Sleez Beez
Black 'n' Blue
Girlschool
Vixen
Savatage
Electric Angels
Electric Boys ( Funk Metal Wixed With Glam)
Jetboy
Faster Pussycat
Odin
London (American Band later known as D'priest)
The (Lodon) Quireboys
Quiet Roit
Hurricane
Victory
Banshee
Tigertailz
The Ghost Of Lovers
Autograph
Europe
Slaughter
Shotgun Messiah
Bon Jovi
Kingdome Come
King Kobra
Bulletboys
Da Vinci
Beau Nasty
Loud 'n' Nasty
Steel Panther
Crashdiet
Reckless Love
Vains Of Jenna (more punkish but clame to be sleaze)
It doesn't matter if you call it glam rock/metal/punk,hair metal,sleaze rock,cock rock,hair band music,power rock,etc.. Its all just a word for the fine 80's Rock music and if you came to check this blog out it could very well be that you are an 80's rocker/glammer.But even if you aient it isn't a reason to not check out his blog,cause who knows you will like it? I hope all visitors enjoy this blog and like what they see. I'd like to say Hi to all of you and have fun. As for myself i am a glammer because else i wouldn't make this blog about 80's rock. I play bass and have played in several glam bands for over 3 years now. See you all around and Have fun!!!
