VH-1 Classic is playing Slaughter's "Up All Night." These guys made Winger look like Motorhead.
Whatta bunch of weasels. I hated this song when it was new and I still hate it. And YES, I will now share my pain with YOU:
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The most important albums of that era were Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet (because it broke down the barrier between hard rock and heavy metal), and Metallica's Master of Puppets (because it blew that barrier to bits).
The other record labels noticed both albums selling like penny candy, and the entertainment industry's golden rule is "Do unto others as others have done unto others." So they dug their heavier rock bands up from the underground (Guns N Roses, Slayer, Anthrax, Rush, Tesla, etc.) and scrambled to find a Bon Jovi of their own. That's why we got Poison, Warrant, Danger Danger, Winger, Nelson, etc., with Slaughter being the classic case in point.
According to former Kiss guitarist Vinnie Vincent, they were putting the finishing touches on his own band's second album when Slippery exploded, and his record label suddenly started insisting that his singer be replaced. It took them two years to notice that he was no good? And why didn't they tell Vinnie so before he started the album? Vinnie saw a plot to turn The Vinnie Vincent Invasion into a "teenager band" fronted by someone younger and cuter. He said that if his singer was gone, he was, too -- enter Mark Slaughter!
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