Being a teenager in the 80’s was magical!

I really do enjoy being in my 50s listening to guys in their 40s explain to people in their 30s why kids in their 20s like stuff from the 80s.

They still play 70s & 80s music in movies and TV today.  And TEENAGERS go crazy over it.
It’s not that you’re “getting old”, it’s that they don’t make music like this anymore.

This is what happened to Gen X. I was in 6th grade, heard it once and my soul changed before the song ended...my clothes turned black, my earrings got big, my hair poofed up,  my makeup got black and my attitude got bad...maybe it was the head banging that I learned to do that day...maybe I hurt myself....it all never went away. 52, wearing all black with wild hair banging my head to Quiet Riot on a quiet Sunday morning. All is as it should be...we swore to never grow up or grow old!  \m/  metal fingers up! :)

Metal Health was the first Heavy Metal album to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart.  R.I.P. Frankie Banali & Kevin DuBrow

This album was released in February during my senior year of high school. It's the first metal album to chart #1 in the Billboard 200.

“I got the boys, to make the noise, won’t ever let up, I hope it annoys you”. Great lyrics for those of us teenagers at the time

Quiet Riot was influenced by a Scottish group called Slade. They even covered one of their songs called “ Cum Feel the Noise “.

Randy Rhodes was a founding member of Quiet Riot

MTV had this on constant rotation in the 80s 😂

My dad used to blast this song!  him driving, mom in the passenger seat, roof off the big lifted blazer and 2 little girls absolutely rocking out in the backseat. Still one of my favorite childhood memories. I can still see mine and my sister's hair flying crazy with our horns up 🤘🏻❤

Kevin Dubrow had some pipes. He deserves his place among the great metal vocalists of the 80's. And a kickass album as well.

Quick fact randy Rhoads of ozzy fame started this band in the late 70s

I was 19 in ‘83 when this came out, the beach, an old cutlass, Pabst, and girls…….. life was perfect.

Best decade of rock ever!! This album was definitely ground breaking!!

First heavy metal album to reach #1 on the Billboard charts.

One of the singers final concerts was Rocklahoma. Before leaving stage he said they would be back the next year. The band did return the next year and played but the crowd provided the vocals singing to him in heaven

Proving that MTV was a true force to be reckoned with at one time, Metal Health came right on the heels of Def Leppard's Pyromania in heavy rotation, and the vanguard of pop/hair metal was here to stay.

I was 14 or 15 years old when was released. I was instantly hooked on heavy metal. I call it music with attitude. To this day at 56 years old, heavy metal is still my favorite genre of music. And to bring it full circle, about three years ago my daughter asked what song I want to play when I walked into a room. I played Bang Your Head from my playlist.

This is the song that started head banging