My brother had a friend in the music industry. He would send us tapes that had a lot of demos (he sent us a recording of GNR live before they even had anything out) and songs by bands I'd never heard of.

One of those bands was called Grim Reaper (this was 10 years before they would appear on a Beavis and Butthead episode in 1994)

and their song "See You In Hell" was a personal favorite



Wow

The Posies

Alphavile
Forever young

Jackyl

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Saw them in concert a couple years ago. Still rockin the chainsaw.

That lead singer looks like Bill Hader's Steffon.

The Posies are great.

Mine: Darling Cruel.

An ex girlfriend that went on to date and eventually marry a A&R rep used to send me all kinds of tapes mostly 90s hair bands.

Everyone in a while they will pop up on Sirius's hair nation

Vain, London choir boys, salty dog, little Caesar were some of the more obscure ones that I liked and remember hearing on Sirius

Forever Young is still the jam, even Jay Z did a remake--my goodness that 80's style though.


LOL at Jackyl--I've heard the name but have never listened to them or seen that video.

Small Stars

I heard this song on Rice Radio (KTRU) back in the 80's and searched for the album. Finally found the album in an obscure Denver record store a couple years later. Solitary Man and Living Kind were probably their "best" songs.

Ups and Downs covering Solitary Man

Bon Jovi

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I hear the sips are using one of their songs for this dildo revolution thing....

She Loves My C*ck

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My brother had a friend in the music industry. He would send us tapes that had a lot of demos (he sent us a recording of GNR live before they even had anything out) and songs by bands I'd never heard of.

One of those bands was called Grim Reaper (this was 10 years before they would appear on a Beavis and Butthead episode in 1994)

and their song "See You In Hell" was a personal favorite



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That's hilarious!! Typical hair metal with some REALLY over-the-top acting.

My brother would read Circus and Hit Parader magazines. We would see a mention of a band we had never heard of or see a small ad for a new band on Megaforce records or another small label and find their albums for a listen.

We also had a friend in Portland (Texas) that frequented a record store in Corpus Christi that carried all kinds of cool new stuff. This friend was talking about Ratt months before they hit the airwaves in Houston.

Bands that I recall fitting this category:

Vandenberg
Riot
Max Webster

Vallejo

Ever heard of Tex-Mex punk music?

Nickleback.

Local rappers, The Gotti Family. Their classic "Straight Out of Leatherwood"is still a jam.

Kix was great.

But not as great as Steelheart! The last note on "I'll Never Let You Go" will crack windows.



Sheriff was also greatness. "When I'm with You" was always on the dedications and also features a last note that is pretty up there.

Here's another one which I first heard as a demo--some of y'all may have heard of the band Helloween, well there was a Detroit metal band called Halloween, and outside of their demo I heard some three decades ago (the song below and one other) I couldn't ever find anything on them until I did a search just today



I really listened to a lot of crap

I am pretty sure I had a Halloween cassette back in the day.

No kidding.

I could never find them. Ever.



@dcAg--King Crimson and Kix

I'm going to spend some time checking out the bands/songs I never heard of on this thread

I've been into many obscure bands over the years, but when I say obscure, that probably means no record company. So, unless you were in Houston in the 90s and saw the Hollisters or Hadden Sayers, those name mean nothing. I was a big Salty Dog fan (Geffen Records), but who wasn't during the week of March 17-24, 1989? Not obscure at all..... during that one great week.

I'm ashamed of nothing. I used to play Karma Chamelean on acoustic guitar at parties for a laugh, and I would do it today. I still enjoy a Debbie Gibson or Tiffany single every now and then. That music is like a Taco Bell taco. I don't want much of it, but one every now and then is really pleasing.

Novo Combo

Opened for Cheap Trick at G. Rollie White

Another one I used to really be into was Manowar. More cheesy 80's metal.

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I actually met the band when they played at Liberty Lunch in the 90s. It was the Frosting on the Beater tour. I still love that album to this day. Power pop overload.

I used to like Eve's Plum. They later broke up and the lead chick become a horrible pop star named Vitamin C.

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I'm ashamed of nothing. I used to play Karma Chamelean on acoustic guitar at parties for a laugh, and I would do it today. I still enjoy a Debbie Gibson or Tiffany single every now and then. That music is like a Taco Bell taco. I don't want much of it, but one every now and then is really pleasing.

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I'm not embarrassed by my Bell Biv Defoe / Boys II Men / Jodeci / Shai phase.
But I am embarrassed that I played the hell outta that Pimpadelic CD I picked up after seeing them open for Pushmonkey