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Jason Bieler & The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra, "Goodbye". The hair-band escapee's newest, out June 14. Hit play.
Hot Reddit Thread
r/hairmetal: "What's your favourite underrated glam/metal-rock?" A long, defensive list of cult picks, reissue demands, and at least three arguments over whether Faster Pussycat actually wrote their own riffs. Read it on Reddit
Spandex Flashback
Steel Panther on America's Got Talent, 2023. The Strip's filthiest parody act somehow landed on squeaky-clean NBC. They auditioned with "Eyes of a Panther", then censored "Death to All But Metal" for the primetime semis. Cowell stood up and called them his favorite live act of the season. Then America voted them off. Too much for the very show that booked them. Blabbermouth
Meme From The Strip
Ridiculous 80s Quote
"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it."— David Lee Roth
Dug From The Vault
Spread Eagle
Spread Eagle · 1990
Hell's Kitchen street-metal that came straight off the sidewalk. MCA signed them out of a basement, gave them no promotion, and the genre died under them before they got a shot. Razor guitars, a singer who screams like Bach with a worse attitude, zero gloss. The east coast's answer to the Strip. Discogs
Cue: "Switchblade Serenade" · "Broken City" · "Back on the Bitch"
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