Hair Band History (March 6th)

March 1984: After changing their name from Paris to Poison, Rikki Rockett, Bobby Dall, Matt Smith and Bret Michaels arrived in Los Angeles from their hometown of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania to seek their fame and fortune.

March 6, 1987: With opener Cinderella, Bon Jovi played the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota and while there, also filmed some of the music video for their new single "Wanted Dead Or Alive". Shots from other cities on the tour were also used.

With their debut album "Out Of The Cellar" in US record stores since February 17th, radio airplay for RATT was mostly in Southern California, but that began to change in early March 1984 when rock stations across America started spinning single "Round And Round". The song reached No. 4 on the US Billboard Mainstream rock chart at the end of April and then crossed over to pop, sizzling the summer as it rose to No. 12 on the Hot 100 in June that year.

VH1 Classic released the third and final compilation in the series with "Metal Mania - Stripped, Vol. 3" in 2007, featuring hair bands unplugged... Poison, Kip Winger, Firehouse, RATT and more.

March 6, 1993: Still finding success with a new, more mature sound, Bon Jovi peaked at No. 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with "Bed Of Roses" from the album "Keep The Faith", their ninth Top 10 hit.

March 6, 1993: Featuring singles "Stand", "Until You Suffer Some (Fire And Ice)" and "Body Talk", Poison's fourth studio album "Native Tongue" peaked at No. 16 on the US Billboard 200 and UK album chart.

March 6, 1990: Mötley Crüe and Faster Pussycat played the Met Center in Minneapolis. "Party song after party song whistles past you..." (and Tommy Lee's drum kit) floats out on into the audience and lowers frighteningly close to their collective heads... LOOK HOW CLOSE I AM YOU MOTHERF**KERS MAN! cries Tommy Lee.:" -Kerrang!

March 1990: Skid Row were on the cover of Japan's Burrn Magazine with a strange headline... "They're Coming To Take You Away Ha-Haaa. Ho-Hooo. He-Heee. Ha-Haaa.....Powerful And Compelling Story!" 🙃