Your way in
Glam metal 1981
Hard rock with hairspray, a radio chorus and a mandatory power ballad. It ruled MTV until 1991.
- Heaviness
- 5
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 10
- Where from
- Los Angeles, USA
- Tempo
- 120-160 bpm
- Song length
- 3.5-5 min
- Written about
- Sex, Los Angeles, Excess, The ballad, obligatory and sincere
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Glam metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 6 out of 10 | 60% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1981 | 100% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Sex, Los Angeles, Excess, The ballad, obligatory and sincere | 100% | ×1 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 10 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 84% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 5. Glam metal leads the next by 8 points. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1The one to put on first
Skid Row, Skid Row 1989
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind. The genre's heaviest album, released exactly too late.
- 2Then
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is Glam metal's own entry point. After it come Glam metal's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Celtic punk 76%
Tin whistle, mandolin and accordion over distorted guitar. Irish pub songs turned up to eleven.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Glam metal.
The way into Celtic punk -
Boogie rock 70%
One shuffle riff held until exhaustion. Simple by design and impossible to sit still to.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Glam metal.
The way into Boogie rock
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- As fast as anyone can play put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Drone metal, Funeral doom. Worth 2 of 5.
- The seventies and eighties put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Kawaii metal, New nu metal, Progressive metalcore. Worth 1 of 5.
- Being young and out late put 115 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 5.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. Worth 1 of 5.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.