I’ve got a lot to thank Bon Jovi for. Back in the day (that’s 1988, kiddies), they were my earliest introduction to the wonderful world of Hair Metal. It’s been quite a ride, and the ‘Jovi sound has mellowed in the intervening years.
Slave To The Grind was the second single off Skid Row’s second album of the same name.
Why am I telling you this? Well, given the absence of decent music recently, I’ve delved into my old albums and have been listening to the Slave To The Grind album non-stop. I thought we might slip a few 80’s/90’s rock tunes into the blog to see how y’all readers like it.
Alongside Bon Jovi and Def Leppard, Poison were undoubtedly one of the biggest names in hard rock in the late 80’s/early 90’s.
Unbelievably, Poison are still together 21 years after their first album – Look What The Cat Dragged In – was released. Earlier this summer, Poison released their 9th album – Poison’d – featuring their favourite covers from their career. Being a fan of their earlier work, I decided to put together this history of the band told using their albums as milestones.
Back in the year of Our Lord, 1990, my favourite hair-metal act released a new album – Flesh & Blood – and a brilliant new single: Unskinny Bop. This was Poison’s third album, and a markedly more mature sound for the band.
