Hair Metal Song Lists

[troy mcclure]

duh, I forgot Bon Jovi... my band also does Wanted Dead or Alive and a medley Living on a Prayer/You give love a Bad Name.

We want to add a Def Leppard song but we can't agree on what works without a ton of effects( I have seen bands do Pour Some Sugar on Me and never sounds right because that is so produced)
My singer refuses to do Poison , which is a shame because cheesy Hair Metal might be the best.

 

[lfmn16]

My singer refuses to do Poison , which is a shame because cheesy Hair Metal might be the best.

It drives me crazy when people refuse to do songs that everyone loves.

 

[jive1]

The hard thing about the Hair vein is that you need a high tenor, and they seem to be hard to find nowadays.
Anyway, here's a list of tunes that I have seen go over in that vein.
Working for the Weekend - Loverboy
I Want You to Want Me - Cheap Trick
Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
Nothing But a Good Time - Poison
Talk Dirty to Me - Poison
Hold On Loosely - 38 Special
Back In Black - AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue
Smokin in the Boys Room - Motley Crue
Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
Photograph - Def Leppard
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
Holy Diver - Dio
Rock and Roll All Nite - Kiss
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
Heaven - Warrant
Cherry Pie - Warrant
Dance the Night Away - Van Halen
Panama - Van Halen
You Really Got Me - Van Halen
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N Roses
Paradise City - GNR
The Jungle - GNR
White Wedding - Billy Idol

I included some Arena rock, as it has similar appeal, and similar sound. The difference is mainly image.

 

[troy mcclure]

Jive, White Wedding does not require a Tenor to sing but the rest pretty much are more difficult to sing