Hair Band History (December 7th)

December 1988: Introduced as the "horniest band in the world", Warrant played the Channel Club in Boston. No one had really heard of them yet as they just finished recording their debut album due out in January 1989.

December 1988: Guitarist Vivian Campbell left Whitesnake in a move David Coverdale called "an unfortunate but amicable parting." Viv was only with the band for a year and appeared on one recording ("Give Me All Your Love" single remix).

December 1991: Danger Danger's second studio album "Screw It!" was out in October, but the first single "Monkey Business" was just issued in North America. Release information source: [US] R&R radio trade publication ad - December 6, 1991.

December 7, 1980: A month before he left to form Mötley Crüe with Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx and London, a band he had co-founded two years earlier, played the first of two nights at the Starwood in Hollywood, California.

Happy Birthday to guitarist Nita Strauss [Alice Cooper, The Iron Maidens, Femme Fatale] (December 7, 1986).

December 7, 1985: Mr. Mister hit No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "Broken Wings". Singer Richard Page has also appeared on hair band albums by Whitesnake, Twisted Sister, Sammy Hagar and Mötley Crüe 🙃

December 7, 2023: After being revealed a night earlier as Tiki on US television show "The Masked Singer" in the Group B Finals, former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach released single and music video "What Do I Got To Lose?" from his new album scheduled to arrive in 2024. He had not yet announced a title or release date. For the video, Sebastian is joined by his former Skid Row bandmate, drummer Rob Affuso. Release date source: Blabbermouth.net - December 7, 2023.

December 7, 1985: Mötley Crüe played Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee as they neared the end of the US leg of the "Theatre Of Pain" Tour.

December 7, 1986: With guitarist Steve Vai, bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Gregg Bissonette, David Lee Roth brought the "Eat 'Em And Smile" Tour to Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. "David Lee Roth comes out of his shell in Vancouver on the Eat ‘Em and Smile tour" screamed the headline of the review published five days later... The concert "should go down as one of the loudest gigs the old hockey rink has ever hosted. We’re talking precautionary Kleenex in the ears, no less. Luckily, for those tough enough to handle the noise, the show was also a lot of fun. Now that he’s got a band of his own, Diamond Dave seems to be having the best time of his life." --"This kind of music needs an audience real bad," bellowed Dave at one point "Are you real bad?"