DoYouWannaKnowWhatIDid?

I've always been confused by the term 'glam rock' being applied to 80s hair bands like Bon Jovi, Poison, and Winger. They don't have much in common with David Bowie, Roxy Music, Gary Glitter, the New York Dolls, and T-Rex, do they? Aside from the lipstick and whatnot.

Hey folks, I first got turned onto real metal back in 1989 when I was 11 years old. One fateful spring day, by pure chance, I stumbled upon the video for Metallica's 'One' and pretty much shit myself. My dad was on the other side of the house and as soon as the video was over I ran over to him and said "dad! Dad! There's this band I just saw, you gotta buy me the album! Please please please!!!" And he was like "we'll see, son. What're they called?" "Metallica!" He did a double-take and said to himself "oh God, no. It's too early for this shit!" He eventually broke down and bought me 'Justice', and I threw out all my Motley Crue and Warrant tapes, and never looked back. He drew the line at Slayer, though. I had to finagle that one for myself. Now I'm in my mid-30s and I've been out of the loop for a while. If you pressed me to name some metal bands that are current nowadays I'd go "ummmm, Agolloch, High on Fire, Amon Armath, ummmmm, shit, hold on...." I figured it was about time I got myself reintegrated. So I'm here.