...and this is a special one for this community as one of the members of my virtual blog network has decided that he can no longer be the man he used to be.

Curmudgeon is dead. It's a tough loss, but this is a good thing as he's found new reasons to live (namely a woman...but I'm sure he got a raise or something as well). So as my Christmas gift to him and truly everyone in the network, but mainly him, I'm going through with my final countdown of the year. Only 10 songs for me, no weird odd numbers because I ain't got time for it.

However the theme is more important than the number because these ten songs are:

THE TOP 10 HAIR BAND JAMS!

You might not know this about me, but I've got a wild side. I've got a crazy side. Sometimes I want to do nothing more then wake up to the melodious sounds of Trixster on my iPod. Now granted most of the time it's Kanye West or John Legend or Al Green or someone talented, but every now and then I need to scream and enjoy a bunch of pasty white guys twirling and wearing half shirts while singing about diddling with underage chicks (i.e. Kip Winger).

However, before I decided to venture into this countdown, I had to define which bands are "hair" and which bands are just good rock bands. Here's the verdict on some bands that seem to walk the line between "hair" and "legit".

Guns-N-Roses: Rock
Warrant: Hair
Motley Crue: Hair (this was a toughie)
Aerosmith: Rock with receding hair
Poison: Hair
Journey: Crappy music with hair
Metallica: Bitter Rock

You get the general idea. I have to be done with this by Christmas Eve so I can have fun with a spoofy Year in Review before I ring in 2007.

Labels: Hair Band Countdown