"Dont Call It Hair Metal: Art in the Excess of 80s Rock"/Sean Kelly [Episode 132]
b'The 1980s. It was the era of excess. Bigger is better. A little just ain\\u2019t enough. It was a time when the musical and cultural ideals of rebellion and freedom of the great rock and roll of the \\u201850s, \\u201860s, and \\u201870s were taken to dizzying heights of neon excess. For those old enough to have lived, partied and rocked during that decade, we look back on those days fondly. But time hasn\\u2019t always been kind to the artists and bands of that gold and platinum era. The music often overlooked and ignored by critics with the focus more on what the bands looked like and less on the songs they wrote and recorded.
In his book Don\\u2019t Call It Hair Metal: Art in the Excess of \\u201980s Rock, author Sean Kelly sets out to give these artists the respect they deserve. He analyzes the sonic evolution, musical diversity and artistic intention of \\u201880s commercial hard rock through interviews with members of Twisted Sister, Def Leppard, Poison, Whitesnake, Ratt, Skid Row, Quiet Riot Guns N\\u2019 Roses, Dokken, Mr. Big and more and he\\u2019ll share some of what\\u2019s in his book in this episode!
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