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Weekend Rock List: Best ’80s Hard Rock Single

2/27/09, 5:33 pm EST

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This week, hair metal staples Poison, stadium-rockers Def Leppard and classic power-poppers Cheap Trick announced they will be embarking on a huge arena tour this summer. In addition, alt-metal weirdos Faith No More confirmed that they too will be reuniting after 10 years for a trip around Europe. These four bands couldn’t be more different — Def Leppard’s Joe Elliot even takes great pains to distance himself from the frizzy locks of tourmates Poison, telling Rolling Stone, “If we’re hair metal, so are Led Zeppelin.”

But all of them made great unforgettable rock singles in the Eighties. Go round and round in your mind, discern what made you feel the noize, and pour some sugar on our comments section. Tell us your pick for best hard rock single released between 1980 and 1989, and we’ll be back (possibly in black) on Monday with the results. For now, our picks:

• Guns N’ Roses - “Welcome To The Jungle”

• Motörhead - “Ace Of Spades”

• AC/DC - “Back In Black”

• Living Colour - “Cult Of Personality”

• Van Halen - “Hot For Teacher”


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Anonymous | 4/28/2009, 10:41 pm EST

the stroke billy squier!

gg7 | 4/23/2009, 4:13 pm EST

skid row - 18 and life. all time best song hands down

ashleeigh-xx@hotmail.com | 3/23/2009, 3:10 pm EST

Skid Row
Cinderella
Aerosmith
Th e Scorpions
Whitesnake
Montley Crue
Van Halen
Poison
Def Leppard
Ratt
Warrant

80s Fan | 3/23/2009, 3:02 pm EST

Accept: Balls to the Wall
AC-DC: Shook Me All Night Long
Skid Row: Youth Gone Wild
Motley Crue: Kickstart My Heart

I really miss MTV’s Headbangers Ball from the 80s, but have found a site where you can still view 80s metal videos:
www.thegreat80s. com

beatles fan | 3/7/2009, 2:23 am EST

i love guns n roses! and metalica, led zepplin,andthe beatles i know the beatles r not a 80s band but i like their music

Schultz | 3/2/2009, 1:56 pm EST

Just call Def Lep Puss Metal - cuz even though they were pussies, they got a lot of it!!

Anonymous | 3/1/2009, 9:22 pm EST

Bastards of Young

Lee Harvey | 3/1/2009, 7:12 pm EST

Mob Rules - Sabbath (Dio)

Sythenast | 3/1/2009, 3:37 pm EST

Ozzy - Crazy Train
Guns N’ Roses - Paradise City
Neil Young - Rockin’ in the Free World
Queen - It’s a Hard Life
Queen - Hammer to fall
Queen - One Vision

Anonymous | 3/1/2009, 3:37 pm EST

Ozzy - Crazy Train
Guns N’ Roses - Paradise City
Neil Young - Rockin’ in the Free World
Queen - It’s a Hard Life
Queen - Hammer to fall
Queen - One Vision

your mom | 3/1/2009, 3:13 pm EST

and fire woman by the Cult

TheRoseGarden | 3/1/2009, 6:35 am EST

The Cult Sanctuary
Guns N’ Roses Mr.Brownstone

thezero | 2/28/2009, 7:24 pm EST

dio - holy diver
- rainbow in the dark

springer | 2/28/2009, 5:21 pm EST

Metallica Fade to Black
Guns n Roses Rocket Queen
Skid Row Youth Gone Wild
Joan Jett Do You Wanna Touch Me
Tesla Little Suzie
Cinderella Shake Me

Otinsopinion.blogspot.com | 2/28/2009, 12:48 pm EST

Number of the Beast…Iron Maiden
Still loving you…The Scorpions
The four horsemen…Metallica
Children of the Sea..Sabbath/Dio
Fuck like a Beast….W.A.S.P.
Tom Sawyer….RUSH
Uncle Toms Cabin…Warrant
Over the Mountain…Ozzy
Eat the Rich…Krokus
Bringin on the Heartbreak..Def Leppard

Metal God…Judas Priest

These are not in a favorite order

your mom | 2/28/2009, 11:51 am EST

JOAN JETT - I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL

ok, that’s me.

your mom | 2/28/2009, 11:50 am EST

If punk/alt rock counts:
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Black Flag - Rise Above
X - Johny Hit and Run Pauline
Nirvana - About a Girl
Husker Du - Could You Be the One?
Faith no More - We Care a Lot
Ramones - Rock n Roll High School

If it doesn’t:
Metallica - One
Metallica - Sanitarium (Welcome Home)
GnR - Sweet Child o Mine
Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
Judas Priest - Breaking the Law
Ozzy - Crazy Train
Motley Crue - Too Young to Fall in Love
Living Colour - Cult of Personality
Ratt - Round and Round
AC/DC - You Shook me All Night Long
Def Leppard - Rock of Ages
Dokken - Dream Warriors (c’mon! lolol)
Rush - Show Don’t Tell
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn’t Stand the Weather
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly (let’s get some estrogen on this list)

And lest we forget…

Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

Gwen | 2/28/2009, 11:42 am EST

-Guns n’ roses-Paradise city
-Motley Crue-Too young to fall in love
-Lita Ford-Gotta let go
-Joan Jett-I love rockn’ roll
-Poison-Unskinny bop
-Alice Cooper-Poison
-Aerosmith-Love in an elevator
-Ac/Dc-Back in black
-Metallica-One
-Def leppard-Pour some sugar on me
-Cinderella-Shake me
-Van Halen-Jump
-Ozzy Osbourne-Crazy train
-Bon Jovie-You give love a bad name

johnnyb | 2/28/2009, 11:36 am EST

metallica - one

Mercyful_Lainger | 2/28/2009, 10:58 am EST

Metallica - One

mommarox | 2/28/2009, 12:56 am EST

oh yea!, & China White/Scorpions from 80’s.

mommarox | 2/28/2009, 12:43 am EST

From list: GnR. From 80’s a song called Voices…can’t remember who performed. Wish I could remember!

thezero | 2/27/2009, 11:45 pm EST

oh and,

skid row - youth gone wild

thezero | 2/27/2009, 11:41 pm EST

faith no more - epic

living colour - cult of personality

danzig - mother

ministry - thieves

dead kennedys - holiday in cambodia

thatguy | 2/27/2009, 9:57 pm EST

I don’t really like hard rock so I don’t know what it is. but I feel like trying anyway. but feel free to disqualify everything I say.

The Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Big Black - Bad Penny
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana
Neil Young - Rockin’ in the Free World
Pixies - Debaser
Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
Prince - Let’s Go Crazy
The Replacements - Black Diamond
The Replacements - Bastards of Young
Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock

ooooh none of that is even remotely hard rock. oh well. my basis was pretty much just guitars anyway.

Mike | 2/27/2009, 9:00 pm EST

The Replacements - “Bastards of Young”

Edge | 2/27/2009, 6:31 pm EST

Shake Me - Cinderella
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Looks That Kill - Motley Crue
Round & Round - Ratt
Hot for Teacher - Van Halen

I could go on and on…

Sammy/Colombia | 2/27/2009, 6:17 pm EST

From the list on the article:
Back in Black’s the best.
Second place: Cult of personality.
The other three don´t deserve it.

gio | 2/27/2009, 5:51 pm EST

“If we’re a hair metal band, so is Led Zeppelin.”

Are you kidding me? I mean really. Led Zep had some great hair but weren’t anywhere near a hair metal band.

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