Hair Band History (March 22nd)

March 1984: With "Pyromania" blasting near everywhere, what a year it was for Def Leppard and Joe Elliott, who got the cover of Hit Parader Magazine.

March 22, 2019: Netflix premiered "The Dirt", the "unbelievable story of the world’s most notorious band, Mötley Crüe." Critics hated it, fans loved it. Sounds about right.

March 1988: Poison finished recording their new album due for release in May that year, but changed the title from "Swallow This" to "Harmful If Swallowed" 🤢 Of course, we know they would change it again 😛

March 1989: Cinderella released "Coming Home" in North America as the fourth and final single from the album "Long Cold Winter". Going in a more blues rock direction with the album, the song was a Top 20 hit and became the band's third best selling single. Release information source: [US] HITS radio trade publication ad - March 27, 1989

Europe released the single "More Than Meets The Eye" from the album "Out Of This World" in France, Spain and Japan in 1989.

March 22, 1985: A year after the release of the album "Love At First Sting", Scorpions issued power ballad "Still Loving You" as a single in the UK. "It's a story about a love affair, where they recognized it may be over, but let's try again." -Rudolf Schenker. Release information source: Kerrang! ad - March 21, 1985.

March 1993: With former RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy and Cinderella drummer Fred Coury, glam metal supergroup Arcade released "Nothin' To Lose" in North America as the lead single from their forthcoming self-titled debut studio album. Release information source: [US] HITS radio trade publication ad - March 22, 1993

March 2003: Axl Rose sent a cease and desist letter to The Offspring after they announced their new album title "Chinese Democrazy (You Snooze You Lose)", a spoof on "Chinese Democracy" the name of the long-awaited Guns N’ Roses album that would finally arrive five years later.

March 1983: American hard rockers Zebra released their debut album, eight years after they were founded. Featuring rock hits "Who's Behind The Door?" and "Tell Me What You Want", it became one of Atlantic Record's fastest-selling debut albums. Release information source: [US] Billboard Magazine 'New LP/Tape Releases' - March 26, 1983.

In 2004, Ozzy Osbourne was voted by Yahoo users as the best person to welcome aliens to planet Earth if they should ever come. 😔