Episode 820: Theatre Of Hair

With 1985 celebrating its 40th anniversary, it's time to kick off
this year's Deep Dive series on cool albums turning 40.   1985
was an interesting year. That year could be argued to be the year
that really kick started "hair" metal. And Motley Crue's "Theatre
of Pain" was leading the pack. Gone were the studs and satanic
imagery replaced by the pink scarves and hairspray. Nikki Sixx was
leaning into his palm rock influences while sound wise a few tracks
would have been right at home on "Shout At The Devil".   This
was also a very divisive album. Not just back in the day, but
around the RAM offices today. We go through the album track by
track and discuss all the going ons when the album hit the tracks.
  Musically, we crank Nifelheim, Abbatoir, London (!), Odin
(!), Archagathus, Ice War, Breakout, Obnoxious Youth and we
introduce Seattle's Hyperstrike in our "Indie Spotlight".  
Horns Up!