re: The Voices Behind The Hair Bands

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I feel like most people will say Axl

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GnR was a "hair metal" band?

I think they defied genre (and not necessarily in a good way) - they took the "heavy music" standard from Def Leppard (not a hair metal band, but close enough), Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, and then handed it to Nirvana and the Seattle "sound" guys to then carry the banner for guitar-oriented rock and roll. Metallica was still around, but that was also about the time of their big transition (the Black Album).

GnR was far more "grungy" than the hair metal guys and, in my opinion, predicted the rise of the Seattle sound, RHCP, RATM, Tool and others who would dominate the heavy music scene in the 1990s.