Artist	Song
Mötley Crüe	Girls, Girls, Girls
from Girls, Girls, Girls (2008)
Bon Jovi	Livin' On a Prayer
from Cross Road (1994)
Scorpions	Rock You Like a Hurricane
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Scorpions (2001)
Guns N' Roses	Sweet Child O' Mine
from Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Quiet Riot	Cum On Feel the Noize
from Quiet Riot - Greatest Hits (1996)
Ratt	Round and Round
from Tell the World: The Very Best of Ratt (Remastered) (2007)
Warrant	Cherry Pie
from The Best of Warrant (1996)
Poison	Talk Dirty to Me
from The Best of Poison - 20 Years of Rock (Remastered) (2006)
Twisted Sister	We're Not Gonna Take It
from Rhino Hi-Five: Twisted Sister - EP (2007)
Cinderella	Shake Me
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cinderella (2000)
Judas Priest	You've Got Another Thing Comin'
from The Best of Judas Priest - Living After Midnight (1998)
Skid Row	18 and Life
from 40 Seasons - The Best of Skid Row (2007)
Dokken	In My Dreams
from Alone Again & Other Hits (2008)
Winger	Seventeen
from Winger (2009)
Autograph	Turn Up the Radio
from Sign In Please (1985)
Extreme	Hole Hearted
from The Best of Extreme - An Accidental Collocation of Atoms? (2000)
L.A. Guns	Sex Action
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of L.A. Guns (Remastered) (2005)
Europe	The Final Countdown
from The Final Countdown (1988)
Queensrÿche	Take Hold of the Flame
from Queensrÿche: Greatest Hits (2000)
Faster Pussycat	Bathroom Wall
from Faster Pussycat (2008)
Great White	Once Bitten Twice Shy
from Great White: Greatest Hits (2001)
White Lion	When the Children Cry
from Greatest Hits - White Lion (2010)
Britny Fox	Girlschool
from Britny Fox (Bonus Track Version) (2007)

Comment:

If there’s one thing Hollywood taught us, it’s that image is [i]everything[/i]. That lesson was certainly not lost on the hair metal legions dolling up the Sunset Strip with teased coifs, lacquered lips, and an image that fit the video age like spandex. Even bands from Germany and Sweden — light-years removed from the paparazzi’s machine-gun flash — were damn ready for their close-up. “Livin’ On a Prayer” staked Bon Jovi’s claim as New Jersey’s favorite sons courtesy of a blue-collar slab of arena-filling might, its accompanying video not only dropping us in the arena itself, but also escorting us backstage during soundcheck. In “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” the Scorpions mounted rock’s first Panzer attack, their hammer-on-anvil bombardment icy, relentless, and loud — [i]German-metal loud[/i]. And perhaps nothing screamed Hollywood like starring a cross-dressing Milton Berle in your video, as did Ratt in the clip for their breakthrough — the greased-up, platinum-plated powerhouse “Round and Round.” From Warrant and Faster Pussycat’s cheesecake sleaze to Poison and Winger’s high-gloss hooks, welcome to headbanger heaven.

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