SitarHero: 10 Greatest Hair Metal Guitarists

SitarHero 07.09.13	Sput needs more hair metal. Fools be all depressed and morose n' shit. Hair metal is the cure to that malaise.
JamieTwort 07.09.13	Great list. Hair metal rules. 6 is 1 for me.
Havey 07.09.13	9 is horrible i hate it
danielcardoso 07.09.13	Richie Sambora guys! Btw, props for 1.
ViperAces 07.09.13	4 is really good
JamieTwort 07.09.13	Was jamming Mr. Big earlier. One guitarist I would add is Doug Aldrich. He played in the hair metal bands Lion and Hurricane.
tempest-- 07.09.13	Nuno is the best
Titan 07.09.13	Great list.....but I never considered 1 to be hair metal. Frank Hannon, The Snake, and Mick Mars would be on my list and is easily the best member of Motley Crue. I'd have 6 much higher as well.
JamieTwort 07.09.13	Yeah I've never considerred Van Halen to be hair metal either although they did influence the genre.
mifzal 07.09.13	dimebag was once glam metal
danielcardoso 07.09.13	How about some Def Leppard, folks?
TrueBlood 07.09.13	list is prejudice
SitarHero 07.09.13	I love Def Lep but the guitar work is nothing special. Vivian Campbell can shred with the best, but he doesn't seem interested in it anymore. Phil Collen is good but not great. Steve Clark was just ok. And Sambora is also a very 'feel' guitarist, but not really a shredder. He could probably take the place of Tracii Guns, but I put Guns in for the lulz. The guy is the ultimate never was.
danielcardoso 07.09.13	Yeah, you're probably right, but Sambora has some wicked riffs and solos. In "These Days", mostly, he really showcases his abilities.
SitarHero 07.09.13	Snake and Mars are/were great riffers and I'd feel bad about putting Hannon in and leaving out Skeoch.
manosg 07.09.13	I'm not a fan of the genre but props for Tracii Guns.
SitarHero 07.09.13	"dimebag was once glam metal" You mean DIAMOND Darrell? Power Metal is a pretty sweet album honestly. Amazing how much Anselmo's voice changed.
YoYoMancuso 07.09.13	We can't talk about hair metal without discussing Joe Satriani amirite
tempest-- 07.09.13	more like bald metal amirite
TheNotrap 07.09.13	Nice choices. Ronnie Le Tekro and John Norum are also great shredders.
SitarHero 07.09.13	It's so hard to imagine Satch and Billy Corgan with hair, that I am actually disgusted by pictures of them from when they had hair.
menawati 07.09.13	the guitarist in Tesla was good cant remember his name, nice list
SitarHero 07.09.13	I used to play in a hair metal cover band and one of our singers (we had 2 really good ones) used to SWEAR by Europe's Wings of Tomorrow, but I never could get into it. ...yes I was in a hair metal cover band. I'm not proud of it...much.
SitarHero 07.09.13	Tesla was Hannon and Skeoch. Hannon was the shredder and Skeoch was a more bluesy player.
JamieTwort 07.09.13	Hannon and Skeotch were great. My top 5 would probably be Lynch Aldrich Vito Nuno Hannon/Skeoch (both rule, can't really choose between them)
menawati 07.09.13	id forgotten all about Ratt (no 7), they came up with some killer riffs
SitarHero 07.09.13	I've never been a huge fan of Lynch. Dunno why.
JamieTwort 07.09.13	Lynch is one of the better shredders imo. I much prefer his playing to Vai's or Satriani's that's for sure.
grish 07.09.13	Round and round With love we'll find a way, Just give it time
SitarHero 07.09.13	Round and round What comes around goes around I'l tell you whyyy Lynch can certainly play and has a unique sense of note selection, but I've always found Beach and definitely Nuno to be more aesthetically pleasing. And you can't argue with Gilbert's chops. He's up there with Malmsteen and Petrucci in terms of just raw technical ability.
Trebor. 07.09.13	Hair *Rock sucks
Mister Twister 07.09.13	Quick, add Dime to the list before KILL finds it. He technically counted.
SitarHero 07.09.13	TBH I don't think Diamond would make the list.
Mister Twister 07.09.13	Dimebag Darrell. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wiHqEgq8o
SitarHero 07.09.13	Diamond Darrell.
Mister Twister 07.09.13	Right, I forgot that he went by Diamond back then. But you even said that Tracii Guns isn't all that good, and is only there because he's involved with so many artists.
MrSirLordGentleman 07.09.13	Randy Rhoads can be considered a hair-metal guitarist and he's the best 80's guitarist so...
SitarHero 07.09.13	Yeah, pretty much. But the scene was so saturated with amazing guitarists that I don't think he'd be able to make Top 10. By the time he was Dimebag he had unique sound, but when he was Diamond I don't think he could go toe to toe with a lot of guys who were around.
SitarHero 07.09.13	Ha! I think Quiet Riot were just a straight up metal band when Rhoads was in it. It's only after he left that they got all poppy.
MrSirLordGentleman 07.09.13	certainly, a good argument
MikeC26 07.09.13	3 is probably Vai's best work
DominionMM1 07.09.13	how did i know this was a sitar list
SitarHero 07.09.13	I think working as DLR's backup forced young Vai to be much more focused than his later efforts, even if his chops would improve later.
SitarHero 07.09.13	@Dominion: Cos' I am the hero that Sputnik needs, but not the one that it wants. :D
mandan 12.13.13	Cool list.
Judio! 12.13.13	Diamond Darrel of Pantera's Metal Magic. Yeah, even typing that makes me laugh, but Dimebag kicked ass back in the glam days and he's kicking ass upstairs.
Davil667 12.16.13	Great list! 1 to 4 are all fantastic guitar players. Among the best for sure. For me it's Paul=1, Nuno=2, Eddie=3, Steve=4. I' a bit surprised you say Nuno is not the most technical though ;)
JamieTwort 12.16.13	Fuck Steve Vai.
TheSpirit 12.16.13	Mick Mars? Not the most technical , but easily has one of the most distinctive sounds of that era
qiblas 12.16.13	Dude where is: Cinderella Slaughter Great White Sisters of Mercy Vixen Autograph
rockandmetaljunkie 12.16.13	lol, 1 is not hair matal
rockandmetaljunkie 12.16.13	hahaha, Fuck Steve Vai [2]
Davil667 12.17.13	Vai is very one-dimensional but Passion & Warfare is still amazing. It's the only Vai album that's really outstanding imo.
SitarHero 12.17.13	"lol, 1 is not hair matal" That's like saying Sabbath isn't really heavy matal.