these bands rocked until they drop
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
hard rock artists of the 1980s these
glamour rock pretty boys that get on
camera and dance around the same
lighting angle of the same camera angles
just did they say got a video we always
give them you guys yes it is
for this list we’ve decided to base our
choices on record sales fan appeal and
how much the bands came to represent the
era hit it CeCe
number 10 poison
thanks to rocking guitar solos and Bret
Michaels country twang poison became the
quintessential poster band for hair
metal they were behind glam metal
classics like talk dirty to me what
poison had their biggest hit with the
power ballad every rose has its thorn
their success continued into the next
decade and today poison has 10 top 40
singles and 30 million global record
sales to their name not bad for the band
that recorded under skinny box
number nine scorpions
the Scorpions built their brand of hard
rock in melodic balladry during the 80s
with animal magnetism and blackout but
it was 1984’s love at first sting and
rocky like a hurricane that really
turned these germans into the
ambassadors of rock
their occasional butchering of the
English language didn’t even slow them
down in fact they’ve sold over 100
million albums worldwide
Rocky
number eight Aerosmith
while Aerosmith experienced massive
success throughout the 1970s the bad
boys from Boston reached even greater
heights when their 1986 collaboration
hip-hoppers Run DMC revitalized their
careers this was quickly followed by the
top 20 album permanent vacation which
paved the way for the Grammy winning
pump and maintained success of their
blues inspired hard rock in the 90s and
beyond
number seven Motley Crue
motley crue took the music world by
storm with the heavy sound of the first
two albums too fast for love and shout
at the devil
fueled by sex drugs and alcohol their
antics soon earned them the reputation
as the world’s most notorious rock band
in the 1980s before decades end dr.
feelgood topped the charts won the rave
reviews and became their biggest seller
ever
number six Bon Jovi
bon jovi shot to fame after you give
love a bad name and living on a prayer
took slippery when wet to number one
then New Jersey’s multiple top-10
cemented them as one of the 80’s most
famous and successful hard rock bands
which sold-out tours media appearances
galore and sales of 130 million albums
under their belts Bon Jovi continues to
stay true to their original sound
decades later
number five ac/dc while a cdc’s days
with Bon Scott produced some of their
greatest work it’s the band’s releases
with Brian Johnson that put them on this
list
featuring signature tracks like you
shook me all night long and the title
cut 1980s back in black became one of
history’s best-selling albums the
Aussies further proved they knew how to
rock when the next year’s for those
about to rock we salute you top charts
for three weeks
number four Ozzy Osbourne
though many wrote him off after Black
Sabbath Ozzy surprised fans with the top
40 success of his solo albums during the
80s
bolstered by some of the decades
greatest guitarists like Randy Rhoads
Jake Ely and Zakk Wylde Aswan became an
incredible showman whose shocking
theatrics increased his fame and
solidified his reputation as the Prince
of Darkness
number three Van Halen
after winning accolades for the
groundbreaking rock on their 1978 debut
van Halen released a plethora of harder
and heavier albums in the 1980s
thanks to Eddie Van Halen’s guitar
playing and the stage presence of David
Lee Roth it was some of their finest
work
however the pinnacle of their success
came when their first album with sammy
hagar 5150 reached number 1 and
foreshadowed their next three
chart-topping albums
whistle
number two Def Leppard
after spearheading the new wave of
British metal in the late 1970s
alongside Iron Maiden Def Leppard set
the blueprint for 80’s hard rock bands
with 1980 fries
pyromania
vocal harmonies set among a blend of
hard rock glam metal arena rock and pop
help them solidify their place as one of
the decades greatest and most successful
bands with 1987’s hysteria and today
they’re one of the best-selling acts of
all time
number one benzene roses
with mercurial frontman Axl Rose and
slash on guitar GNR exploded onto the
scene with 1987’s fierce and dirty
Appetite for Destruction which became
the best-selling debut in American
history
thanks to their raw energy the most
dangerous band in the world has also
sold over 100 million albums worldwide
and was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame
do you agree with our list
who did you rock up to in the 80s for
more top tens about your favorite
artists be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
hard rock artists of the 1980s these
glamour rock pretty boys that get on
camera and dance around the same
lighting angle of the same camera angles
just did they say got a video we always
give them you guys yes it is
for this list we’ve decided to base our
choices on record sales fan appeal and
how much the bands came to represent the
era hit it CeCe
number 10 poison
thanks to rocking guitar solos and Bret
Michaels country twang poison became the
quintessential poster band for hair
metal they were behind glam metal
classics like talk dirty to me what
poison had their biggest hit with the
power ballad every rose has its thorn
their success continued into the next
decade and today poison has 10 top 40
singles and 30 million global record
sales to their name not bad for the band
that recorded under skinny box
number nine scorpions
the Scorpions built their brand of hard
rock in melodic balladry during the 80s
with animal magnetism and blackout but
it was 1984’s love at first sting and
rocky like a hurricane that really
turned these germans into the
ambassadors of rock
their occasional butchering of the
English language didn’t even slow them
down in fact they’ve sold over 100
million albums worldwide
Rocky
number eight Aerosmith
while Aerosmith experienced massive
success throughout the 1970s the bad
boys from Boston reached even greater
heights when their 1986 collaboration
hip-hoppers Run DMC revitalized their
careers this was quickly followed by the
top 20 album permanent vacation which
paved the way for the Grammy winning
pump and maintained success of their
blues inspired hard rock in the 90s and
beyond
number seven Motley Crue
motley crue took the music world by
storm with the heavy sound of the first
two albums too fast for love and shout
at the devil
fueled by sex drugs and alcohol their
antics soon earned them the reputation
as the world’s most notorious rock band
in the 1980s before decades end dr.
feelgood topped the charts won the rave
reviews and became their biggest seller
ever
number six Bon Jovi
bon jovi shot to fame after you give
love a bad name and living on a prayer
took slippery when wet to number one
then New Jersey’s multiple top-10
cemented them as one of the 80’s most
famous and successful hard rock bands
which sold-out tours media appearances
galore and sales of 130 million albums
under their belts Bon Jovi continues to
stay true to their original sound
decades later
number five ac/dc while a cdc’s days
with Bon Scott produced some of their
greatest work it’s the band’s releases
with Brian Johnson that put them on this
list
featuring signature tracks like you
shook me all night long and the title
cut 1980s back in black became one of
history’s best-selling albums the
Aussies further proved they knew how to
rock when the next year’s for those
about to rock we salute you top charts
for three weeks
number four Ozzy Osbourne
though many wrote him off after Black
Sabbath Ozzy surprised fans with the top
40 success of his solo albums during the
80s
bolstered by some of the decades
greatest guitarists like Randy Rhoads
Jake Ely and Zakk Wylde Aswan became an
incredible showman whose shocking
theatrics increased his fame and
solidified his reputation as the Prince
of Darkness
number three Van Halen
after winning accolades for the
groundbreaking rock on their 1978 debut
van Halen released a plethora of harder
and heavier albums in the 1980s
thanks to Eddie Van Halen’s guitar
playing and the stage presence of David
Lee Roth it was some of their finest
work
however the pinnacle of their success
came when their first album with sammy
hagar 5150 reached number 1 and
foreshadowed their next three
chart-topping albums
whistle
number two Def Leppard
after spearheading the new wave of
British metal in the late 1970s
alongside Iron Maiden Def Leppard set
the blueprint for 80’s hard rock bands
with 1980 fries
pyromania
vocal harmonies set among a blend of
hard rock glam metal arena rock and pop
help them solidify their place as one of
the decades greatest and most successful
bands with 1987’s hysteria and today
they’re one of the best-selling acts of
all time
number one benzene roses
with mercurial frontman Axl Rose and
slash on guitar GNR exploded onto the
scene with 1987’s fierce and dirty
Appetite for Destruction which became
the best-selling debut in American
history
thanks to their raw energy the most
dangerous band in the world has also
sold over 100 million albums worldwide
and was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame
do you agree with our list
who did you rock up to in the 80s for
more top tens about your favorite
artists be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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