Hair Band History (March 21st)

March 21, 1984: After receiving over 1 million postcard entries, MTV announced the winner of the "Lost Weekend With Van Halen" contest. Some dude from Pennsylvania got to spend three days tasting the VH life 🥳

Happy Birthday to Stryper drummer Robert Sweet (March 21, 1960).

Happy Birthday to former Vixen bassist [1987–92, 2004, 2012–22] Share Ross (March 21, 1963).

March 1982: With the "Blackout" album in North American record stores and soon to be issued in the UK, Scorpions released "No One Like You" as the first single. Release information source: [UK] Kerrang! ad - March 25, 1982; [US] Debuted Billboard Rock chart on April 3, 1982 and by the end of May reached No. 1.

March 1988: David Lee Roth released "Stand Up" as the second single from the album "Skyscraper". A Top 5 rock hit, the music video showed DLR dancing in a city of small-person-sized buildings. Release information source: [US] R&R radio trade publicaton ad - April 1, 1988.

March 21, 1990: Pretty Boy Floyd released "I Wanna Be With You" as the second single from their debut album "Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz". Release date source: [US] FMQB radio trade publication ad - March 30, 1990.

March 1992: McAuley Schenker Group released "When I'm Gone" in North America as the second single from their third and final studio album "M.S.G.".

March 21, 1988: Co-written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, Cher released "We All Sleep Alone" as the second single from her self-titled comeback album that featured a radio-friendly rock sound and hair band attitude. Release date source: Kerrang! - March 26, 1988.

March 21, 1987: The "Slippery When Wet" Tour with Bon Jovi and special guest Cinderella, roared into Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.

PRETTY BAD boys? Europe were on a rocket ship with their latest album "The Final Countdown". "To be perfectly honest, I can't possibly think of a comparison to Europe's success..." -Kerrang!