Glam/Hair Metal Clan?

Clan for bands like Motely Crue, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Dokken, Ratt, WASP, etc?

Aight.

Sorry Zach, but I wouldn't count on a glam metal clan here. It's more of a hard rock genre despite having "metal" in its name.

In the only wise words of French Stewart as Inspector Gadget: NO.  NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

The only reason it's called "metal" is because of the production style.  The riffs aren't heavy enough to reach basic metal, and only a few key bands were metal enough to count.  The day we put Poison up here is the day I blow up a nursing home.

To be fair, the reason it’s called metal is because a lot of the guitar work uses flashy metal techniques &, when taken in isolation, would probably justify inclusion here a lot of the time. But glam metal takes those metallic guitars & blends them with a more stripped back & open hard rock rhythm section & pop song-writing & melodic hooks which makes it far more accessible for your average rock radio listener. It’s less driving & has that rock swagger about it

Well the big bosses said no, so it ain't gonna happen, but I was thinking it would be a good idea specifically because of the polarizing opinions. It would give the fans of that stuff a place to go, and it would also filter that stuff away from the more pure traditional stuff.

Well the big bosses said no, so it ain't gonna happen, but I was thinking it would be a good idea specifically because of the polarizing opinions. It would give the fans of that stuff a place to go, and it would also filter that stuff away from the more pure traditional stuff.

Going outside the chosen clans should suffice for those who'd like to break tradition.

We do have a dedicated thread for glam metal in the Non-Metal forum.

https://metal.academy/forum/25/thread/1689