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Sunday Old School: White Lion
It may be a stretch to call an eighties hair band that sold millions of records underrated, but look closely: White Lion fits the profile. Despite going all-in with a glam look and cheese-filled...
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Sunday Old School: Black N’ Blue
During the eighties a lot of bands were pushed into the glam-pop sideshow, and for many this paid off. Black N’ Blue was not one of those bands. The original draped-in-denim hard rockers lost their...
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Sunday Old School: Hurricane
It was Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot) who introduced Robert Sarzo to Tony Cavazo. When DuBrow introduces two guys (who just happen to be kid brothers of members of Quiet Riot), you must start a band, it’s a...
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Sunday Old School: Guns N’ Roses
With over 100 million worldwide albums sold, Guns N’ Roses gave heavy metal a much needed kick in the ass when they burst upon the scene. Sex, drugs, riots, racism, fights…the band has been involved in...
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Sunday Old School: Slash’s Snakepit
In 1993 Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Slash, put together another band. He needed a side project, a distraction. He needed a break from Guns N’ Roses. Slash’s Snakepit would release two albums, with the...
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Sunday Old School: Arcade
A short-lived “super band” from the eighties, Arcade, was also very under-the-radar. After two great albums, proving the artists could make great music on their own, the band broke up to (ironically)...
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Sunday Old School: Brides of Destruction
During 2002, the rock and roll landscape was bleak for eighties veterans. Given this, it makes perfect sense that if Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue) and Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns) decided to put together a band...
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Sunday Old School: Stryper
Stryper is a Christian glam metal band that wears their religion on their sleeves (via stripes). The mid eighties were good for Stryper, enjoying platinum and gold record sales as well as mainstream...
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Sunday Old School: Dangerous Toys
Before Steel Panther was Dangerous Toys, a hard rock band with a sense of humor that loved sex and melody. Dangerous Toys was a Texas band formed in 1987 (initially called Onyxx then changed to...
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Sunday Old School: Killer Dwarfs
Band members changing their surname as a show of solidarity is one thing, when the name is “Dwarf” that means two things: you have a sense of humor and are part of the Killer Dwarfs. The Killer Dwarfs...
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Sunday Old School: Lita Ford
If you grew up in the eighties you knew Lita Ford as the hard rock girl with credentials. She could play guitar and mix it up vocally with Ozzy Osbourne. Eventually you find out she was part of The...
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Sunday Old School: Methods of Mayhem
With the final Motley Crue tour underway what is next for the band members? For drummer, Tommy Lee, some of his time may be spent with his band, Methods of Mayhem, a unique formation in terms of both...
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Sunday Old School: Vince Neil
Vince Neil has performed as the lead singer for Motley Crue, a solo artist after being fired/quitting Motley Crue and continues to perform shows in between Crue gigs. In addition to his vocal career,...
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Sunday Old School: KISS
This week is a special week for Sunday Old School because it’s the 250th column. One of the genres covered has been the glam and hair bands of the eighties. No band provided more of an influence in...
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Sunday Old School: Izzy Stradlin
Izzy Stradlin was the member (and co-founder) of Guns N’ Roses that presumably could handle his heroin use. He left Guns N’ Roses in 1991 and has led his own band or solo efforts since. Izzy was born...
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