Son of Glam Rocks the House

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Son of Glam an 80's "hair band" tribute group was on campus last night for the entertainment of the college community. Billed as "the ultimate 80's hair band tribute", they played for over 90 minutes of headbanging fun.

While never a huge fan of this type of music, I heard it all the time on the radio during my high school and college days. Not to mention watching MTV back when they really played videos. I was more than a little surprised when I found myself singing along to all but three of the tunes they played. These guys were funny, and amazingly talented. The lead guitarist had some serious chops. You might say that copying others is no big deal, but this guy played the stuff straight as an arrow.

I made the comment last night that mimicing the lyrics was not too hard for the lead singer since most of the guys he was covering sounded like cats being strangled anyhow. I know, bad joke, and this guy was fun.

There were 6 of us older non-student-type folks sitting in the back, having at least as much fun as the students. I had more than a few memory flashbacks to high school and college prompted by the tunes of: AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Ratt, Metallica, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Guns 'N Roses, Poison, Quiet Riot, and Twisted Sister.

The group's song list is here. Check it out and see if the songs don't bring back at least a couple of lines of forgotten big hair music.

I have to admit, I am going to head into iTunes to see if I can put together a playlist of some of the stuff from last night. Or at least stuff inspired by what I heard last night.