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80's Metal/Hair Bands | Cinderella | Def Leppard | Dokken | Firehouse | Great White | KISS | Lita Ford | Metal Hair Bands | Motley Crue | Poison | Ratt | Scorpions | Skid Row | Tesla | Van Halen | Vixen | Warrant | Whitesnake

Hair Metal History Map
ByRichRock April 13, 2019May 22, 2020

If you ever wanted a quick reference to where your favorite hair metal band got their start, check out this Hair Metal History Map put together by Phil D. Phil writes… “I spent dozens of hours putting it together and now, I’m trying to share it with those who would appreciate it! It is a work…

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80's Metal/Hair Bands | Accept | Anthrax | Exodus | Heavy Metal Radio | Iron Maiden | Judas Priest | Megadeth | Metallica | Motley Crue | Queensryche | Ratt | Ronnie James Dio | Scorpions | Slayer

Anthrax Top 10; Exodus Was First; Maiden Bootleg Swag
ByRichRock March 7, 2016

Welcome to a Monday. We’re those old fuckers that play those old heavy metal songs. METAL SHOP rolls out kick ass 80’s metal and hard rock 24/7. All your favorites are always in the mix, including IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, METALLICA, DIO, MÖTLEY CRÜE, MEGADETH, QUEENSRŸCHE, SCORPIONS, RATT, SLAYER, and more. Listen…

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80's Metal/Hair Bands | AC/DC | Anvil | Iron Maiden | Metal Hair Bands | Ratt | Slayer

METAL SHOP Is Back; Appreciating Ratt; Lips Birthday
ByRichRock March 2, 2016

Oh, it’s good to be back from the dead. Less than 24 hours ago, a major Internet outage knocked thousands of radio stations off the air, including METAL SHOP and HAIR BAND RADIO. All are back now, so your days and nights can again be filled with 80’s metal and hard rock. It…

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80's Metal/Hair Bands | Black Sabbath | Iron Maiden | KISS | Megadeth | Metallica | Pantera | Ratt

Live 80’s Metal Weekend; RATT Confusion; Leap Day
ByRichRock February 29, 2016

Metal Monday is on and it’s Leap Day, which means we get an extra day of February this year. It also means most of us are essentially working an extra day for free. If you look at it that way, we also get a free day of cable, internet and electricity, so there’s that….

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80's Metal/Hair Bands | Black Sabbath | Bon Jovi | Dokken | Lita Ford | Ozzy Osbourne | Ratt | Ronnie James Dio | Van Halen

Jake E. Lee Birthday; Lita Ford New Tell-All Book
ByRichRock February 15, 2016

Here we go Monday Monday and Happy Birthday to former OZZY OSBOURNE and RATT Guitarist Jake E. Lee, who turns 59 today. Here is some wild 80’s metal history for you… Did you know Ronnie James Dio invited Lee to join his new solo band DIO in 1982 before Vivian Campbell got the job?…

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80's Metal/Hair Bands | Dokken | Iron Maiden | Judas Priest | Megadeth | Metallica | Motley Crue | Motorhead | Queensryche | Ratt | Ronnie James Dio | Scorpions | Skid Row

Lemmy Statue; Tate Goes Jazz; Maiden Tour Coming
ByRichRock February 9, 2016

Time to kick Tuesday’s ass with 80’s metal and hard rock… Maiden, Priest, Metallica, DIO, Crue, Scorps, RATT, Megadeth, W.A.S.P., Dokken and more spin 24/7 on METAL SHOP. Happy Birthday to SKID ROW founder and bassist Rachel Bolan (real name: James Richard Southworth). His stage name ‘Bolan’ is a tribute to one of…

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80's Metal/Hair Bands | Ratt

RATT’s Stephen Pearcy Tell-All Memoir Out May 7th
ByRichRock May 6, 2013

RATT singer Stephen Pearcy’s long-awaited book, “Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll: My Life In Rock“, will be released on May 7, 2013 via Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The 288-page hardcover is described in a press release as “a jaw-dropping tell-all from the lead singer of the 1980s supergroup RATT: the…

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RATT Wakes Up Los Angeles NASCAR Fans
ByRichRock March 27, 2013

RATT N Roll was in full force at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California on Sunday, March 24 2013, as NASCAR made its yearly visit to my backyard. Going to a race and concert means waking up at 5am to get to the track for the pre-race concert. For this year’s concert was…

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80's Metal/Hair Bands | Girlschool | Iron Maiden | Megadeth | Metallica | Motorhead | Ratt | Slayer | Steeler

Early 80’s Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer Interviews Revived
ByRichRock December 18, 2012

Blabbermouth.net: Bob Nalbandian, founder and publisher of the esteemed early ’80s heavy metal music fanzine The Headbanger, has struck a deal with Tokyo-based company Japanime Publishing to release all 11 issues of the Xeroxed ‘zine as ebooks. Never before has the fanzine — which featured early interviews of local and international heavy metal bands,…

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80's Metal/Hair Bands | Armored Saint | Metallica | Motley Crue | Ratt | Slayer

Record Label Who Introduced Metallica And Ratt Turns 30
ByRichRock November 30, 2012

Noisecreep: Among the many mighty metal milestones of 2012, the 30th birthday of Metal Blade Records stands as an amazing testament to the strength of metal devotion. Label founder Brian Slagel became a businessman almost by accident. He was a die-hard fan first, and editor of the fanzine New Heavy Metal Revue. Scraping together…

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