80's Rock

A big-up to my little Sis for this section as it was not my bag at the time, although I must confess to still having her Guns 'n' Roses 12" Paradise City, in the attic that I swore I never had... ;-)

Here's what she wrote,

My Favourite music trend in the 80's was big hair rock, hard rock and metal rock. It all came from the roots of the 70's hard rock, The guitar riff was the weapon of choice.
It was a counter attack to the mainstream pop music and the yuppie culture.

Denim, leather, spandex, long hair, and even makeup (on the boys!)were a must have
fashion statement associated with the rock scene, The bigger the hair the better, I must admit to backcombing my hair to the max and contributing to destroying the ozone layer with many cans of hairspray used every week!
Glam, sleazy, progressive, trash and speed became variants of Hard Rock.

The power ballad was one particular aspect of the Hard Rock movement,
Full with guitars, slow drum beat and sad lyrics, The power ballad was loud, hard felt and to the point.
Mostly bands released these ballads to attempt to break the top 40
and get a hit song, many of which succeeded.