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Pop metal (sometimes conflated with or used interchangeably with glam metal) is an umbrella term for commercial heavy metal and hard rock styles which feature prominent pop music elements such as catchy hooks and anthemic choruses.
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- ‘Welcome to Hell,’ Venom. Blasphemy has been an effective attention grabber for centuries, but until 1981, heavy metal had never seen a band go as all-in on Satan as the three lads from Newcastle calling themselves Venom did.
- ‘Planets Collide,’ Crowbar. In the early Nineties, Crowbar established themselves as the gruffest act on the bustling New Orleans metal scene. But “Planets Collide,” the leadoff track from the band’s fifth album, 1998’s Odd Fellows Rest, showed that there was way more to guitarist-vocalist-bandleader Kirk Windstein than his bellowing, grimacing MTV visage suggested.
- ‘Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe),’ Power Trip. Everything about Power Trip screamed throwback — from their tasteful marriage of hardcore and thrash, building on the golden era of so-called “crossover,” right down to their 1987-style album-cover font.
- ‘43% Burnt,’ The Dillinger Escape Plan. Prog and hardcore punk once seemed like polar musical opposites, but by the late Nineties, a handful of innovative acts had found a way to combine the complexity of the former style with the fury of the latter.
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- "Livin' On A Prayer" -- Bon Jovi: Let's hear it for Desmond Child, who sharpened Bon Jovi's pencil and helped them get the lead out. (Jeez, you can see why I hate writing puns.
- "Sweet Child O' Mine" -- Guns N' Roses: The greatest folk-rock band of the 1980s ("Patience," "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," Lies), even better than R.E.M., really nailed it with "Sweet Child O' Mine," which features an opening guitar riff that even grandmothers can identify on first listen.
- "Cum On Feel The Noize" -- Quiet Riot: The members of Quiet Riot did not want to cover this Slade tune. They did it begrudgingly and then it became, according to guitarist Carlos Cavazo, possibly the best thing they ever did.
- "Gypsy Road" -- Cinderella: With a name like Cinderella, these guys were really pushing what metal could withstand. How they made it out of Philly without a name change is beyond me.
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Apr 5, 2017 · The “pop metal” presented here focuses exclusively on how bands in the ’80s were able to juxtapose the core characteristics of heavy metal with elements of pop music.
Pop metal (sometimes conflated with or used interchangeably with glam metal) is an umbrella term for commercial heavy metal and hard rock styles which feature prominent pop music elements such as catchy hooks and anthemic choruses.
