wow what happened with that last one

Well you know what: I didn't forget about them, I just don't think they're as accessable as Bon Jovi. If there was a "second wave 10 albums list" then Poison sure would be on it.


I DID forget "Vision Thing" by The Sisters of Mercy though...

...and while I'm at it here's

Bryan Adams - Reckless
Nena - Nena
Roxette - Look sharp
The Cars - Heartbeat City
Alice Cooper - Trash
Berlin - Pleasure victim
EDIT1: Aerosmith - Pump

Wheew. List gets longer and longer.




EDIT2: NEXT!

Um, sorry about that. Forgot about the whole "accessible" part.
Replace the Beach Boys SMiLE bootlegs with Jethro Tull's Aqualung and you've got an accessible list.

I apologize, but I'm going to have to disagree with you on a few of these albums. I don't really associate Bryan Adams, Nena, Roxette, or Berlin with "Rock" music. I've always placed them in the category of "crappy 80s pop", or crappy 80s pop-rock in Bryan Adams' case, since he did play guitar and made a few valiant attempts at "rocking" (eg. "Cuts Like A Knife", "Kids Wanna Rock", "Summer of 69").

Instead of Pump, I would reccomend Toys In The Attic or Rocks to people who want to get into Aerosmith. Their material from the 80s onward seems very artificial and manufactured to me. Like they are purposely trying to sell a million records without even wondering for a second if the music is actually good or not. They fell into a formula in the 80s that they repeated on every album through the 90s and into the early 2000s.

Personally, I think the 80s were a really bad time for rock music. While Hair Metal was ruling America and the world, a lot of great bands were being ignored. Although not as "accessible" as Poison or Bon Jovi, bands like The Smiths, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cure, The Pixies, and Sonic Youth were SOOOOOO much better. That's just my 2 cents. If you wanna respond, go right ahead.

Well, you're with the majority of the forum community.

I however am of the opinion that the 80s style rock was absolutely unique, and it was and still is fantastic. It sounds like music from another planet. I'm a fool for big anthems, big hooks, big harmonies, big guitars, big drums, big production, big keyboards and last but not least big hair. And I think that about all bands/artists who were active in that era recorded their best albums then.
That's just my 2 cents.

you sound like just about every other 20 year old girl i see at work good if you like the young girl action

Sure why not? Too bad the girls this side of the pond listen to either HipHop/RnB or to crap like Hives or Kaiser Chiefs. Hey maybe I'll just move to Canada? Ok, maybe not...

BTW any girl action is cool with me. I can care less about what music they listen to.

Sorry for the tripple posting but to the guy who made the thread I'd like to recommend the Bulletboys debut.