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Was Heart fundamentally a hair band? In fact, could Heart have actually set the template for all subsequent hair bands? I mean look at all that pouffy hair:
Heart - a hair band?
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Groovy Man
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Heart started out as a rock band.
Their big success came first as a rock band.
Sure later on, they had the hair band look and maybe the sound a little, but that only lasted a few years. After 1985' mega hit album '' Heart'' which is a great album, I got off the Heart train - they went waaaay too commercial for me.
1976 - 1983 they were a rock band, and most die-hards remember them as a rock band.
Their big success came first as a rock band.
Sure later on, they had the hair band look and maybe the sound a little, but that only lasted a few years. After 1985' mega hit album '' Heart'' which is a great album, I got off the Heart train - they went waaaay too commercial for me.
1976 - 1983 they were a rock band, and most die-hards remember them as a rock band.
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Mmm....Heart was nothing like a hair band when they started. However in the 80's they certainly could have been classified as one by a good number of people though I personally wouldn't. There are just too many differences between heart and bands that I consider the template for hair bands.
Also (just to throw it out there) I don't like 80's heart.
Also (just to throw it out there) I don't like 80's heart.
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Cosmic said:
So which bands fit your template?
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So then are you arguing that hair bands such as Poison, Cinderella, Guns 'n Roses and Bon Jovi were not rock bands?
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So which bands fit your template?
Poison comes to mind first followed by Mötley Crüe.
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So then are you arguing that hair bands such as Poison, Cinderella, Guns 'n Roses and Bon Jovi were not rock bands?
Sure they were ''rock''....but, not just straight ahead rock....they were part of a different era...I guess the media and critics labeled them pop glam hair metal or whatever...I dunno....I wasn't a big hair metal guy...but didn't hate hair bands.
Personally, I don't think Guns 'n Roses was a total hair band....they were too good for that label....
I personally, looked at them more as a hard rock band...
the last of the great hard rock bands...
BUT....that's just me.
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I'll have to consult with my hair dresser and get back to you later ....
I would say that in the latter half of the 80's and into the early 90's Heart was a hair band. They made a deal with the devil between Passionworks ( 1983) and their self-titled '85 album. The deal paid off handsomely for Heart but they bore very little resemblance during that time to the band they started out being. It was a pretty much total identity makeover. The "Heart", "Bad Animals", and " Brigade" albums were generic power ballads and arena rock. Ann and Nancy Wilson had very little to do with writing the material ( and it showed). In the last 15 or so years Ann and Nancy have worked hard towards reclaiming the name and musical credibility. A classic example of a double edged sword. If they hadn't gone along with the record company wishes ( to dress up, tease up the hair, and record assembly line commercial pap) they would probably have been finished.
