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 |
| Short. Say it and stop. How long should a song be? | up to 5 min | 75% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 77% | ||
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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Horror punk 76%
Punk with B-movie horror imagery, baritone vocals and mutant doo-wop choruses.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 5 steps from Glam metal.
The way into Horror punk -
Garage rock revival 73%
A reaction to nu metal and radio pop: crisp guitars, plain production, narrow suits. It put guitar rock back on festival bills in the 2000s.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Glam metal.
The way into Garage rock revival
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.
- Short. Say it and stop. put 18 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Doom metal, Progressive rock, Progressive metal. 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.