Hair Band History (December 18th)

December 1989: Written by lead singer Donnie Vie about a friend who had died, Enuff Z'Nuff released power ballad "Fly High Michelle" as the second single from their debut album. Their biggest hit, it reached the Top 50 in the US. Release information source: FMQB radio trade publication ad - December 15, 1989.

December 18, 1987: Almost six months after it was released, this ad for White Lion's "Wait" appeared in a US radio trade magazine. MTV was playing the video and the song charted in February 1988 on the Billboard Hot 100.

December 1985: Mötley Crüe were accused by Hit Parader Magazine of "an air of maturity" 😁

December 18, 1987: Great White played London's Marquee Club... "The audience lapped up all the rip-roarin', dizbustin' rockin' gems thrown at them" including encore "Rock Me." -Kerrang!

Formed from the remnants of their previous band, Dorian Gray, Sunset Strip glam rockers Wild Boyz released their only album "Unleashed" in 1991, featuring single "I Don’t Wanna Cry No More".

Happy Birthday to former White Lion drummer Greg D'Angelo (December 18, 1963).

Remembering drummer Randy Castillo [Ozzy, Mötley Crüe, Lita Ford], who would have celebrated a birthday today (December 18, 1950). Randy died in 2002. R.I.P.

December 18, 1985: With only two weeks left of the "World Infestation" Tour, RATT and Bon Jovi were barnstorming the state of Texas with shows in Fort Worth, Dallas and The Summit in Houston, before heading to Amarillo and El Paso.