Your way in
Glam metal 1981
Hard rock with hairspray, a radio chorus and a mandatory power ballad. It ruled MTV until 1991.
- Heaviness
- 5
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 10
- Where from
- Los Angeles, USA
- Tempo
- 120-160 bpm
- Song length
- 3.5-5 min
- Written about
- Sex, Los Angeles, Excess, The ballad, obligatory and sincere
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Glam metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singing When someone is singing, what should come out? | clean | 100% | ×3 |
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 5 out of 10 | 50% | ×2 |
| As fast as anyone can play What pace? | 6 out of 10 | 60% | ×2 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Sex, Los Angeles, Excess, The ballad, obligatory and sincere | 100% | ×1 |
| Normal How long should a song be? | up to 5 min | 96% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 80% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, about 1, length 1 out of 9. Glam metal ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1The one to put on first
Skid Row, Skid Row 1989
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind. The genre's heaviest album, released exactly too late.
- 2Then
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is Glam metal's own entry point. After it come Glam metal's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Psychobilly 75%
Rockabilly with slapped upright bass, punk speed and lyrics about monsters. Quiff haircut mandatory.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Glam metal.
The way into Psychobilly -
Hard rock 74%
Louder volume, thicker riffs, vocals pushed to the edge. Heavy metal splits off from it, but hard rock stays closer to the blues and to the chorus.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Glam metal.
The way into Hard rock
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Singing put 54 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Post-hardcore. Worth 3 of 9.
- As heavy as it gets put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Rock and roll, Folk rock, Country rock. Worth 2 of 9.
- As fast as anyone can play put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Drone metal, Funeral doom. Worth 2 of 9.
- Being young and out late put 115 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 9.
- Normal put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Progressive rock, Krautrock, Acid rock. Worth 1 of 9.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.