Dokken: Dream Warriors

We're the dream warriors Don't wanna dream no more We're the dream warriors And maybe tonight Maybe tonight you'll be gone

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Electric Flare Issue Two

Eddie Munson's Music Taste

So for anyone that isn't well versed in metal, I thought it might be helpful to take a look at Eddie's taste in music for anyone wanting to write fanfiction or make fan content of any kind.

First off, let's look at the bands we know Eddie listens to from costume design, set design, and the script.

Metallica and Black Sabbath are the ones we know about from the script itself. Looking at Eddie's battle jacket, we can add W.A.S.P., Mercyful Fate, Judas Priest, and Accept (from the pins), Motörhead, Iron Maiden, and Megadeth (from the patches), and Dio from the back patch. Then, if we look closely at Eddie's room in the trailer, we can see that he also likes Anthrax and Liege Lord. Now, a lot of these bands would be considered heavy metal:

Motörhead

Iron Maiden

Judas Priest

Mercyful Fate

Accept

Dio

Liege Lord

Black Sabbath

A couple would be considered Thrash Metal:

Metallica

Megadeth

Anthrax

But one straddles the line between shock rock, heavy metal, and glam metal (or as Eddie would have called it in the 80s, hair metal):

W.A.S.P.

So, Eddie likes heavy metal, thrash metal, and hair metal - in that order, right? Well, not necessarily. Anthrax actually prompted the creation of the term "thrash metal," after their 1984 song Metal Thrashing Mad, and as such, there weren't a ton of thrash bands on the scene in 1986. So, it may not be that Eddie prefers heavy metal to thrash; it may just be that heavy metal is a well established genre that he's been exposed to for a longer period of time.

Then there's W.A.S.P. - our little hair metal outlier. Hair metal, or as it's usually referred to today, glam metal, is actually a source of tension in the metal community to this day. The entire culture around metal as a musical genre is heavily based in nonconformity, with popular metal bands creating music that would be seen as less accessible to the general public, because they refuse to fall in line with the mainstream.

Metal is a form of protest on top of being a great musical genre. A part of what classifies different types of metal (thrash, black, death, etc.) is what the lyrics are protesting against. For instance, black metal tends to be very anti-Christian, and thrash metal, emerging in the 80s, tends to be anti-conservative, anti-establishment, anti-war, and anti-environmental destruction. Check out Disposable Heroes by Metallica for strong example of this.

Hair metal came onto the scene at about the same time as thrash metal, and boy did metalheads have a lot to say about it. Hair/glam metal is still metal, but it's more accessible, more pop-influenced, and as a rule, doesn't really protest much through lyrics. Instead, the songs were designed to be just mainstream enough that they could top the charts and make more money as a result. Think Mötley Crüe, Quiet Riot, Ratt, Dokken, Twisted Sister, and Bon Jovi. But for metalheads, this was a departure from everything they stood for. Metal couldn't conform to the mainstream's expectations and still be metal.

Now, W.A.S.P. is kind of a special case, because although their sound is very much based in hair metal - pop hooks and guitar riffs combined with a blend of heavy metal, hard, and punk rock, with songs starting off slow and building in tempo with the occasional shred guitar solo thrown in - nothing else about them was palatable for the mainstream.

Their lyrics were considered highly offensive, so much so that their first single, Animal (Fuck Like A Beast), was removed completely from their first album release in the US, so it could be sold in chain stores. Their live performances were equally shocking: this is why they are classified as "shock rock." They became known for cutting up meat with chainsaws on stage, and then throwing said meat into the audience, as well as very raunchy displays of partial nudity, S&M, and simulated sex acts. W.A.S.P. actually became quite controversial in later years for their misogynic lyrics, being accused of promoting abuse and sexual assault.

But forget the politics for now. What does this mean for Eddie? Well, by virtue of also being shock rock, W.A.S.P. gets a bit of a pass when it comes to the conformity of hair metal, since they were still completely unpalatable for a mainstream audience. But the thing I want to point out is that Eddie doesn't hate W.A.S.P.'s sound. He might actually enjoy other hair metal bands as well, but wouldn't feel comfortable advertising it.

This is all just food for thought. You can use this information however you like in your fanworks. Maybe Eddie's trying to keep up an image and secretly loves ABBA, who the hell knows? I just thought I'd share this for anyone who wanted a little extra insight in the character and his music taste. It also might be cool to note that throwing horns (see Eddie in the picture below) originated with Ronnie James Dio back when he joined Black Sabbath in 1979. He said that his grandmother had used the gesture to ward off evil.

ALSO, I have to add this last part because the vocabulary used by metalheads can be confusing to the uninitiated. So, 'metal' is an umbrella term for all kinds of metal music. 'Heavy metal' is ALSO an umbrella term for all kinds of metal music, but it can also refer to the specific musical style established by the bands listed above under 'heavy metal': Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Iron Maiden. So someone might refer to thrash metal as a subgenre of heavy metal, and then turn around and say that they prefer thrash metal to heavy metal. You just kind of have to use context clues to figure out how the words are being used.

ALSO ALSO, please stop calling Eddie a punk, goth, etc. Those are different things. If in your fanwork Eddie is actually a goth, then by all means, but as he exists in canon, he would consider himself a metalhead. (could be funny to see how he reacts to other characters mixing it up tho)

You have the permission to ramble about neon angels. 3 2 1 GO

ok i've been thinking a Lot about them and why i didn't choose to write a happier story. it's in my hands; i didn't have to create such a horrible end for them all. so why did i? because tragedy is compelling, and because you never hear about the innate tragedy of the glam metal scene. all you ever hear is how stupid and shallow it was and how people still love mötley crüe and how poison's washed up. you hear about dokken's nasty breakup but they still sold a zillion records, so who cares? what you don't hear about is the stories of the boys who packed it up and gave it all and never struck gold at all. what about the bands that never made it? all that's left of them these days is a glammed out photo on a faded neon flyer and maybe a demo tape that sounds like it was recorded in a toaster, if you're lucky. and no one bothers to remember them. that's where it all came from—i needed to tell a story that didn't end in arena tours and platinum albums, in vh1 documentaries and walmart t-shirts, in netflix movies and sold-out reunion shows. i needed to tell a story that happened over and over again, that ends in pain and humiliation, in addiction and jail time, in desperation and suicide. neon angels is a composite of the side of the glam scene that people don't talk about. they're from nasty backgrounds and small towns, from violent hope and restless souls. they wanted it all. they found out the hard way that hollywood isn't really paved with gold; it's just a trick of light, as some older, wiser, glamour boys once said. they crashed and burned like so many others and became lost to time and memory. there isn't a happy ending. but tragedy is so fucking compelling, isn't it? strip clubs and sold-out gigs get old fast but everyone knows what it's like to be disappointed (disappointments.)

Music preference headcanons (Lemon Edition)

I was supposed to sleep but my brain didn't want to sleep apparently, and because I'm a real music nerd, and have a lemon hyperfixation or something, I wrote these.

Grem

- Probably likes 80s - 90s rock/glam metal and maybe some new wave and disco too.

- I think bands like Monster Magnet and Dokken would suit his taste pretty well.

Acer

- Mostly same with Grem but mix in some newer music too, like pop punk maybe?

Zundapp

- Not really a huge fan of music but he would like Kraftwerk and you can't tell me otherwise.

J Curby Gremlin

- He seems like a classic "Dad rock" enjoyer, so bands like Deep purple, Uriah heep and Rainbow would be his favourites.

- He has a shelf full on cassettes and cds.

- Also I think he would listen to some jazz aswell.

Tubbs Pacer

- Kinda similar taste with Curby, but would like bands from 60s more, The Animals for example.

Victor Hugo

- Ever listened to that one Yugoslavian funk/jazz/disco mixtape on YouTube? (A great one btw) Because I think that type of music would suit him, Igor Savin for example.

Alexander Hugo

- I could see him enjoying new wave, synth rock/pop or post-punk.

- He probably knows many underground bands and artists.

Vladimir Trunkov

- He'd probably like jazz and some classical music but I also think his taste would be similar to Victor.

- I'm pretty sure he has a big vinyl collection somewhere.

Miles Axlerod

- He would listen to newer bands or artists and whatever's playing on the radio. A bit mainstream guy.

some good rock bands :

van halen, white snake, dio, ratt, bon jovi, quiet riot, scorpions, cinderella, skid row, dokken, alice in chains, judas priest, black sabbath, joan jett & the blackhearts, twisted sister,

got a little carried away lol

btw there's so many subgenres of rock and a lot of these are glam, metal, sorta alt, classic, and heavy metal rock

thank u for ur service tumblr user lee-says-things 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

when you get this, put 5 songs you actually listen to, then publish. Send this ask to 10 of your followers (positivity is cool)

You totally just made my day with this ask. Thank you! 💙

Shoutout to @scoundrels-in-love for recommending Day6. I've been listening to Live Your Life on a near constant loop. It gives me an instant serotonin boost every time.

Heaven Sent by Dokken. I'm now officially working on my Trigun glam/hair metal band AU, and this song fucks severely (imo) and will be on the playlist I'll be compiling for it.

It's truly not a music related ask from me unless I've mentioned David Bowie. Shoutout to Heroes for being a Song of All Time.

I rewatched Free! again very recently, and this song will always slap. It's always nice to be brought back to my sports anime days.

This is probably my all-time favorite anime opening. Ever. It's from Parasyte, which is something that everyone should watch at least once. It is part of what I call my "Holy Trinity of Anime." My brain chemistry was permanently altered, and I rewatch it several times a year. I even have a Migi hand puppet who always joins me for the rewatch lmao.

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Glam devils makeup

Their visual style influenced the look of many 1980s-era glam metal groups. In the "definitive metal family tree" of his documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, anthropologist Sam Dunn differentiates pop metal, which includes bands like Def Leppard, Europe, and Whitesnake, from glam metal bands such as Mötley Crüe and Poison. Use of the derogatory term "hair metal" started in the early 1990s, as grunge gained popularity at the expense of 1980s metal. AllMusic employs the umbrella term " pop metal", which refers to the whole pop-tinted hard rock and heavy metal scene of the 1980s (including Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Europe), and locates hair metal as a late-1980s variation of pop metal characterized by flashy clothing and heavy makeup influenced by glam rock (as embodied by Poison and Mötley Crüe). These include, beside glam metal: melodic metal, false metal, poodle bands, nerf metal, pop metal or metal pop, the last of which was coined by critic Philip Bashe in 1983 to describe bands such as Van Halen and Def Leppard. Sociologist Deena Weinstein points to the large number of terms used to describe more commercial forms of heavy metal, which she groups together as lite metal. Glam metal performers became infamous for their debauched lifestyles of drugs, strippers and late-night parties, which were widely covered in the tabloid press. The visual aspects of glam metal appealed to music television producers, particularly MTV, whose establishment coincided with the rise of the genre. Īesthetically glam metal draws heavily on the glam rock or glitter rock of the 1970s, often with very long backcombed hair, use of hair spray, use of make-up, gaudy clothing and accessories (chiefly consisting of tight denim or leather jeans, spandex, and headbands). Lyrical themes often deal with love and lust, with songs often directed at a particular woman. These were among the most commercially successful singles in the genre and opened it up to a wider audience that would otherwise not have been attracted to traditional heavy metal. They also include extensive use of harmonies, particularly in the characteristic power ballads – slow, emotional songs that gradually build to a strong finale. Like other heavy metal songs of the 1980s (most notably thrash metal songs), they often feature shred guitar solos. Musically, glam metal combines a traditional heavy metal sound with elements of hard rock and punk rock, adding pop-influenced catchy hooks and guitar riffs. 2.4 Revivals and nostalgia festivals (1997–present)Ĭharacteristics, fashion, and terminology.1 Characteristics, fashion, and terminology.Glam metal has experienced a resurgence since the late 1990s, with successful reunion tours of many popular acts from the genre's 1980s heyday, as well as the emergence of new, predominantly European bands, including the Darkness, Crashdiet, Reckless Love, and American band Steel Panther. During this period, many of the most successful acts of the genre's 1980s pinnacle suddenly found themselves facing disbandment as their audiences moved in another direction. Glam metal suffered a decline in popularity in the early-mid 1990s, as the grunge and alternative phenomena revolutionized hard rock, and fans' tastes moved toward a more natural and stripped-down aesthetic and a rejection of the glam metal visual style. From a strictly visual perspective, glam metal is defined by flashy and tight-fitting clothing, makeup, and an overall androgynous aesthetic in which the traditional "denim & leather" aspect of heavy metal culture is replaced by spandex, lace, and usually heavy use of bright colours. Glam metal achieved significant commercial success from approximately 1983 to 1992, bringing to prominence bands such as Poison, Skid Row, Cinderella and Warrant. Early glam metal bands include Mötley Crüe, Hanoi Rocks, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister, Bon Jovi, and Dokken. The first examples of this fusion began appearing in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene. Rex, the New York Dolls, and David Bowie (and to a lesser extent, the punk and new wave movements taking place concurrently in New York City) were fused with the decidedly more heavy metal leaning and theatrical acts such as Alice Cooper and Kiss. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam rock.Įarly glam metal evolved directly from the glam rock movement of the 1970s, as visual elements taken from acts such as T. Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. Late 1970s and early 1980s, Los Angeles and New York City Johnny goth joker."Hair band" redirects here.

Happy Birthday Don Dokken! – rock singer/musician – founder of glam metal band – #Dokken – group songs include – Alone Again – In My Dreams – Burning Like A Flame – 6/29/1953

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Robbin Crosby with George Lynch

From George’ Instagram

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Electric Flare Issue One

Class of 1981