Podcasts by Hair Metal Memories
"Hair metal" has become a genre that is often used in a derogative way, and lots of great albums from that period were unfairly lumped in with lesser ones as a result. Your hosts Aaron Alcott and Bryon Dudley aim to reclaim them!
Further podcasts by Aaron and Bryon
Podcast on the topic Musikrezensionen
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S3E15 - Rocktemberfest from 2023-09-20T21:31:34
Aaron and Bryon hit the road and record live from the 10th annual Rocktemberfest in Hinckley, Minnesota! They chat with concert goers, attend an amazing array of hair metal artists, and just gen...
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S3E14 - FireHouse - self-titled from 2023-09-07T22:06:34
Aaron and Bryon do an extra deep dive on the multi-platinum debut album from one of our most requested bands, FireHouse! Learn about the band's long gestation but immediate rise to stardom! ...
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S3E13 - Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In from 2023-07-27T21:16:49
In our latest episode, Aaron and Bryon do a deep dive on Poison's multi-platinum, hit-spawning debut album! Learn about the band's rapid ascent in the hair metal world, leading to them b...
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S3E12 - London - Non-Stop Rock from 2023-05-19T20:53:09
Aaron and Bryon do a dusting off of one of the bizarrely influential (but lesser known) hair metal bands of all time, London, and their overlooked nugget of a debut album, "Non-Stop Rock&qu...
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S3E11 - Lita Ford - Lita from 2023-03-14T20:16:09
Aaron and Bryon delve into the inner secrets of Lita Ford's platinum-selling hair metal classic, "Lita." From her early days with The Runaways to her duet with Ozzy to her stint on Howie Mandel'...
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S3E10 - Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich from 2023-02-07T05:04:19
We celebrate 25k listens! Thank you for listening!!! To celebrate, Aaron and Bryon cover the much-requested multiplatinum and just Plain badass debut album from Warrant, one of the hair metal cl...
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S3E9 - Dangerous Toys from 2022-12-05T20:57:45
In this latest and greatest episode, Aaron and Bryon deconstruct the swinging, rocking, over-the-top self-titled debut album from Dangerous Toys! Discover the influential technical speed metal b...
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S3E8 Kix - Blow My Fuse from 2022-10-07T19:39:15
Aaron and Bryon dig into this platinum-selling, yet not-often-talked-about hair metal classic, Kix's glammy and very rocking Blow My Fuse! Discover the hidden connection between Kix, Cher, and C...
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Bonus Episode! Live At London. from 2022-09-12T22:24:56
Aaron and Bryon set up shop in the back of their favorite watering hole, London Underground in Ames, IA, and record a live episode while drinking beverages. Patrons share their hair metal memori...
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S3E7 Tesla - Mechanical Resonance from 2022-07-22T20:53
In the latest butane-fueled episode, Aaron and Bryon tear into Tesla's platinum-selling debut album. Learn about the spurious connection to the movie Serpico, which member gives online guitar le...
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S3E6 Vixen from 2022-05-31T20:24:03
HMM returns! With the only 80s all-female rock band to sell over a million copies of their albums, Vixen! Learn about Vixen's Midwestern roots, listen to some tasty solos, and take a deep-dive i...
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S3E5 - Scorpions - Blackout from 2022-03-15T20:58:34
Aaron and Bryon take a deep-dive into the 1982 breakthrough album Blackout by Scorpions! Learn about the egos of Michael Schenker and Uli Jon Roth, and the genius of artist Gottfried Helnwein! R...
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Bonus Episode! The Hair Metal Influence: U.F.O. from 2022-02-15T20:23:53
Veering from the normal HMM format, Aaron and Bryon do a bonus episode, a dive into the catalog of U.F.O., a band who greatly affected the beginnings of hair metal, and hard rock music in genera...
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S3E4 - Queensrÿche - Empire from 2022-01-01T19:27:38
Queensrÿche's "Empire" is a classic record worthy of revisiting, one that holds up very well. Aaron and Bryon discuss this progressive metal masterpiece, Geoff Tate's fondness for wine and Roger...
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S3E3 - Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry from 2021-11-15T21:28:42
Aaron and Bryon do a deep-dive on Twisted Sister's classic Stay Hungry album. Learn the connections Twisted Sister has with Sevendust, John Denver, and Jesus, which Dee Snider song was recorded ...
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S3E2 - Giuffria from 2021-10-24T20:13:20
Aaron and Bryon tackle the 1984 self-titled debut from Giuffria! Learn about their connections to Quiet Riot, Dio, the Vegas casino industry, and more, in the latest synth-drenched episode of HM...
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S3E1 - Mr. Big - Lean Into It from 2021-09-28T20:18:06
Aaron and Bryon return with Season Three, and some new segments and theme song goodness! Learn about a train crash, cordless electric drills, band connections to Stevie Nicks and Anthrax, and wh...
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S2E10 - Blue Murder from 2021-07-20T04:13:56
In the final episode of season two, Aaron and Bryon discuss the self-titled Blue Murder album, the awesomeness of John Sykes, the consequences of problematic song titles, and how to say Carmine ...
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S2E9 - Ratt - Out Of The Cellar from 2021-06-14T16:10:52
The 1984 hair metal classic, Ratt's "Out Of The Cellar" gets put under the microscope, Aaron and Bryon pay tribute to Tawny Kitaen, and special guest Melissa May tells a Ratt-inspired truth-or-d...
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S2E8 - Quiet Riot - Metal Health from 2021-04-12T22:26:57
Aaron and Bryon discuss the template for the bulk of hair metal as we came to know it, Quiet Riot's 10X Platinum-selling "Metal Health." A bassist plots to kill his singer, heads are banged, and...
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S2E7 - Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love from 2021-03-05T21:08:43
Aaron and Bryon tear into Mötley Crüe's raw, stellar debut, and chat with special guest Harvey Warren, who filled in for Tommy Lee at a Crüe show in Canada. Roy Thomas Baker's livelihood is disc...
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S2EP6 - Def Leppard - Hysteria from 2021-01-13T05:49:12
In this episode, Aaron and Bryon discuss the 20-some million selling platinum juggernaut Hysteria album from Def Leppard, which had a rocky road to its creation, but became a certified hair meta...
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S2E5 - Skid Row - Slave To The Grind from 2020-11-30T04:35:40
Aaron and Bryon dive deep into the awesome 1991 classic, Skid Row's "Slave To The Grind." Special guest Jordan "Bleujack" Voigt returns to discuss this double platinum opus, which took hair meta...
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S2E4 - The Ballads Episode from 2020-11-07T05:42:14
After a short hiatus, Aaron and Bryon return with an episode devoted to that most loved and hated staple of hair metal - the hair metal ballad.
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S2EP3 - David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile from 2020-08-30T22:10:16
Aaron and Bryon get down into the weeds with the classic full-length debut solo album from David Lee Roth! Learn about the Spanish version of this great record, and one of the all time great ban...
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S2EP2 - Cinderella - Long Cold Winter from 2020-07-22T22:30:05
Aaron and Bryon publish a hilarious viewer video to the HMM Facebook page and dedicate this episode to her, then talk about her requested album, Cinderella's 1988 blues-drenched masterpiece, Lon...
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S2EP1 - King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska from 2020-06-23T16:35:44
Aaron and Bryon are back, with the season two kickoff! New theme music is unveiled, hair metal's definition is once again discussed, and King's X's masterpiece gets a good shakedown. Special Gue...
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EP 10 - Season Finale All Call-In Show Spectacularrr!!! (Part 2) from 2020-05-31T17:09:17
Part 2 of our all call-in show! This time, Aaron and Bryon speak with soundman Evan Taylor, guitarist Ryan Sheeler, our old friend Bleujack, and Matt Dake, who works in a local record store. A w...
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EP 10 - Season Finale All Call-In Show Spectacularrr!!! (Part 1) from 2020-05-18T19:52:26
To close out our first season of HMM, Aaron and Bryon decided to host an all call-in show. Our callers were too interesting, though, and we didn't want to have an enormous podcast that went for ...
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EP 9 - Extreme - Three Sides To Every Story from 2020-05-10T18:59:06
It's our longest episode yet, for the longest album we've talked about so far! Aaron and Bryon do a deep dive on Extreme's third album, their magnum opus, Three Sides To Every Story! Special gue...
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EP 8 - Winger from 2020-04-14T19:06:56
In the second "lockdown" episode, Aaron and Bryon give their take on the debut Winger album from 1988, and why this band is way better than you remembered. Tangents include the incestuous inner ...
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EP 7 - Faster Pussycat from 2020-03-30T21:18:12
Aaron and Bryon do their first episode in the Age of the Virus! Using untested remote technology, they discuss the 1987 debut album from glam and punk influenced hair metal provocateurs Faster P...
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EP 06 - Guns 'n Roses - Appetite For Destruction from 2020-02-29T21:52:10
In this episode, Aaron and Bryon talk about the mega-selling and mega-awesome Guns n' Roses masterpiece, Appetite For Destruction, and special guest Shawna Corbin tells us about getting kicked o...
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EP 5 - Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet from 2020-02-23T18:23:49
Aaron and Bryon dissect the mega-platinum hair metal behemoth that is Bon Jovi, connecting the dots to Yes, Cher, and atheism, and special guest Chad Watkins hits us with a killer high school me...
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EP 4 - Badlands from 2020-01-09T19:04:06
Aaron and Bryon discuss one of the albums that helped launch this podcast, the debut self-titled album by Badlands! This short-lived but well-loved Jake E. Lee project is an underrated gem. Spec...
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EP 3 - Whitesnake from 2019-12-04T17:44:59
Aaron and Bryon discuss the self-titled 1987 Whitesnake album, answer a listener question, and talk about the strange connection between Whitesnake and the Grateful Dead with their special guest...
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EP 2 - White Lion - Pride from 2019-10-30T19:36:50
Aaron and Bryon discuss the history of White Lion, the guitar genius of Vito Bratta, and are joined by special guest Dean Erickson, who wasn't sure about being on the show but became a convert o...
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EP 1 - Dokken - Under Lock and Key from 2019-10-16T21:23:29
In our first episode, Aaron and Bryon discuss Dokken's seminal album, Under Lock and Key, with special guest Rachel Dudley!
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