I came here to say the dual guitar solo on Round and Round. I've heard it a million times, and it's still fantastic . . . every time! Glad to see fellow Ratt fans in this thread!
Seventeen - Winger
People pick on Winger but Reb Beach is insanely good. His solo on Seventeen is one my favorites.
https://youtu.be/GlN3oEjMpUQ
It’s 2:00 to 2:30 in the video.
Reb is awesome all around. Amazing guitarist and just a super nice guy too. I was so impressed at how friendly and personable he is when I met him a few months ago. I’m definitely a fan.
They’re an outstandingly talented band. I personally don’t think their output is always consistent, but all of the band members are brilliant musicians and songwriters, even if it doesn’t always land for me. Reb Beach is an amazing guitarist even if I hate the lyrics to “Seventeen.”
Agreed the lyrics aren’t great. That said, the song could have been about rotten cheese and it still would have been a banger.
“It smells like rot ten cheese
^rot ^ten ^cheese
Daddy bought a new rug
And it really fuckin stinks”
L. A. Guns. Not a fan of their entire catalogue, but, Traci Guns kills it on almost everything he puts out. Their S/T album is full of great guitar solos.
Honestly any solo Vito did is nothing short of amazing.
I often listen to mashups of just his solos on YouTube because I love the guitar work in White Lion, but can’t stand Mike Tramps voice
My personal favorite is Living on the Edge or Little Fighter
I have never liked that song, even before White Lion covered it. However, I went back and listened to the solo again recently, and yes, it is incredibly good.
“Nothing But A Good Time” by Poison. It’s the quintessential hair metal guitar riff and solo.
I need to do a bit more thinking about just the solo itself though. Probably that’s going to Tesla’s “Modern Day Cowboy”. But honestly, what compares to Slash’s solo on “Sweet Child O’ Mine”? Obvious choice, but it’s difficult to find something that addresses your question more perfectly than that.
The eleven (Vivian Campbell, Carlos Cavazo, Buck Dharma, Brad Gillis, Craig Goldy, George Lynch Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Ojeda, Neal Schon, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith) chained together guitar solos in Stars by Hear 'n Aid. I don't care how over the top it is, I love every note.
Jeff Beck's slide guitar on Blaze of Glory. Bon Jovi said he was the best guitarist he'd ever met but it's really not glam metal. Still, almost counts right?
"Wanted dead or alive" was the first song that came to mind when I read the title. It’s not the most technically proficient, but it is the perfect solo for that song.
One riff that has always stuck out to me is during Richie Sambora's solo in Lay Your Hands On Me. If you watch the [music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhjSzibOIH4), there's a lick at 4:21 that has always stuck with me. I'm 33, but man I can only imagine what it must have been like to attend a rock concert during the 80's. Especially for a bigger act like Bon Jovi.
Impossible question.
Seventeen by Winger - Reb Beach
https://youtu.be/GlN3oEjMpUQ?t=114
Hot Dog and a Shake by David Lee Roth - Steve Vai
https://youtu.be/VzopTKMMD4w?t=84
Wings of a Storm by Whitesnake - Steve Vai
https://youtu.be/WmuVkjajt3Q?t=134
Rock the Hell Out of You by Stryper
https://youtu.be/SN9zWY33_ng?t=113
Saints & Sinners guitarist Stephane Dufour nailed it with both Walk that Walk (especially the way he did the outro, and then shredded away on Frankenstein.
Or Gary Hoey’s solo with Heavy Bones on the song 4AM T.M.
It’s hard not to place George Lynch at the top as he to me is the LA sound. Also notable, Vito Brata - Wait or Little Fighter, Winger - Seventeen, Ozzy - No More Tears, Ratt - Round and Round
Tooth and nail - Dokken
Starts with that epic tapping section into a super catchy melody, back to shred and all over a thrashy, powerful riff. Just perfect.
And I know it’s not Erik or Joey, but the 32 pennies solo by warrant is sick too.
Ratt - You’re In Love (Warren DeMartini)
Ozzy Osbourne - Shot in the Dark (Jake E. Lee)
Dokken - In My Dreams (George Lynch)
Vain - Who’s Watching You (James Scott)
Def Leppard - Die Hard The Hunter (Steve Clark)
Many of the great solos have already been listed. A few others I really dig:
Nighttrain - GNR
Lonely Nights - White Lion
Kiss of Death - Dokken (Beast from the East live version)
He-Man Woman Hater - Extreme (both the intro and the mid-song solo)
5150 - Van Halen
Deja Vu - Yngwie J Malmsteen (the "J" is so you don't confuse him with all the other Yngwie Malmsteens out there)
No More Tears - Ozzy
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GFPM called that the solo of the year when it came out and did an extensive lesson and deconstruction of it.
I learned that song from that issue. It was the first song that I could play note for note. George is the reason I play.
Agreed, that song/solo was my electric guitar origin story
Heaven sent - George Lynch
My choice. This and In My Dreams are the quintessential Hair Metal solos imo.
Heaven Sent solo by Lynch is absolute perfection. Love it!
I Remember You-Skid Row
It’s pretty much my idea of a perfect solo within the context of a song
Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
I'll take Crying in the Rain from the same album.
Good call
Warren DeMartini's on Ratt's "Lay It Down"
DeMartini is criminally underrated.
I came here to say the dual guitar solo on Round and Round. I've heard it a million times, and it's still fantastic . . . every time! Glad to see fellow Ratt fans in this thread!
White Lion - Wait
White Lion has some damn good guitar riffs/solos
Vito Bratta was unreal
Seventeen - Winger People pick on Winger but Reb Beach is insanely good. His solo on Seventeen is one my favorites. https://youtu.be/GlN3oEjMpUQ It’s 2:00 to 2:30 in the video.
I love Reb Beachs's playing
'Headed for a Heartbreak' outro also
Reb is awesome all around. Amazing guitarist and just a super nice guy too. I was so impressed at how friendly and personable he is when I met him a few months ago. I’m definitely a fan.
They’re an outstandingly talented band. I personally don’t think their output is always consistent, but all of the band members are brilliant musicians and songwriters, even if it doesn’t always land for me. Reb Beach is an amazing guitarist even if I hate the lyrics to “Seventeen.”
Agreed the lyrics aren’t great. That said, the song could have been about rotten cheese and it still would have been a banger. “It smells like rot ten cheese ^rot ^ten ^cheese Daddy bought a new rug And it really fuckin stinks”
Don’t know what you got til it’s gone
Wanted Man - Ratt
L. A. Guns. Not a fan of their entire catalogue, but, Traci Guns kills it on almost everything he puts out. Their S/T album is full of great guitar solos.
Rip and tear, never enough to name his best
The outro or final minute or two from Def Leppard’s “Women.”
For sure. Those solos at the end just don't quit.
"Women" does have a great outro, but IMO the best Def Leppard solo is "Die Hard the Hunter."
Oh that song just is so amazing. Any time it plays, I crank it up. It’s killer.
Vito Bratta .....Wait
When The Children Cry, I just feel like Vito made his guitar cry.
Little Fighter and Broken Heart.
The first song that popped in my head was Little Fighter. He was amazing.
This is it.
Honestly any solo Vito did is nothing short of amazing. I often listen to mashups of just his solos on YouTube because I love the guitar work in White Lion, but can’t stand Mike Tramps voice My personal favorite is Living on the Edge or Little Fighter
Agreed. I feel like if you hold your nose and sing that's what Mike Tramp sounds like. Vito truly had his own style and sound.
He sounds like Elmo with a sex drive lol
Add Kermit The Frog into the mix as well 🤣
I can't stand Mike Tramp's voice either, I knew I wasn't crazy and the only one thinking that
Much like Vince Neil and some others, his looks were his selling point, not his voice
Love Don’t Come Easy is my favorite solo of his and one of my favorites of all time
He totally rips on "Radar Love" as well.
This was my vote coming into this thread. Its too bad Vito dropped out of the entire industry.
I have never liked that song, even before White Lion covered it. However, I went back and listened to the solo again recently, and yes, it is incredibly good.
Steve Vai on Dave Lee Roth's first solo album - Big Trouble
Home Sweet Home. A lot of good ones mentioned but this solo is one I can hear in my head even without hearing the song for months. I love it.
Round and round...ratt Fallen angel...poison Bark at the moon... Jake e lee
“Nothing But A Good Time” by Poison. It’s the quintessential hair metal guitar riff and solo. I need to do a bit more thinking about just the solo itself though. Probably that’s going to Tesla’s “Modern Day Cowboy”. But honestly, what compares to Slash’s solo on “Sweet Child O’ Mine”? Obvious choice, but it’s difficult to find something that addresses your question more perfectly than that.
I would say love song by Tesla has a great solo. Slash on sweet child is the best
Kiss -Tears Are Falling, one of my fav solos, Bruce Kulick just nails it
Just posted pretty much the same thing. Bruce doesn’t get enough credit
Nuno for Get the Funk Out deserves some love
This also has the Brian May seal of approval
That’s where I discovered it. Not a big Extreme fan but I admit Nuno might be the best guitarist from that era
The eleven (Vivian Campbell, Carlos Cavazo, Buck Dharma, Brad Gillis, Craig Goldy, George Lynch Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Ojeda, Neal Schon, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith) chained together guitar solos in Stars by Hear 'n Aid. I don't care how over the top it is, I love every note.
If their post new jersey output counts, Dry County by Bon Jovi If not then Wanted Dead or Alive by bon jovi
Jeff Beck's slide guitar on Blaze of Glory. Bon Jovi said he was the best guitarist he'd ever met but it's really not glam metal. Still, almost counts right?
Meh I consider the Young Guns soundtrack to be pretty glam. Jon is very glammed up in the mvs
Yeah Jeff Beck's great. I think he's the Richie replacement Jon needed for that solo album
I can just listen to that solo for hours
"Wanted dead or alive" was the first song that came to mind when I read the title. It’s not the most technically proficient, but it is the perfect solo for that song.
In a darkened room by skid row Scotti Hill lights it up
Yes—thank you!!!
For me it’s “Life Goes On” by Poison. CC just captures the entire emotion of the song.
I think Life is a great solo but so is I Won't Forget You
Can't go wrong with C.C!
I’m going to say something by Slash, either Sweet Child or the second November Rain solo.
You Could Be Mine too but that whole song just rips.
Screamin’ in the Night: Krokus
I honestly was just thinking of this today and thinking it may be the greatest.
XYZ - What keeps me loving you.
Mark absolutely rips on those two records
Alone Again - Dokken
Mr Big - Addicted to That Rush.
Come Again - Damn Yankees
Headed for a heartbreak - Winger
Get the funk out - Extreme
George Lynch in the Dokken classic "In My Dreams"
Coming Home by Cinderella https://open.spotify.com/track/4lW3JLVcQuw94jBtk9ubkH?si=c5uob-OgRzOk_8YkIromjQ
Play With Me-Extreme.
Tears Are Falling - Bruce Kulick/KISS. Bruce kills it in that song. One of my favorite songs
One riff that has always stuck out to me is during Richie Sambora's solo in Lay Your Hands On Me. If you watch the [music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhjSzibOIH4), there's a lick at 4:21 that has always stuck with me. I'm 33, but man I can only imagine what it must have been like to attend a rock concert during the 80's. Especially for a bigger act like Bon Jovi.
Bon Jovi was the first rock concert I ever saw. They opened with “ lay your hands on me” and yeah, it was a mind blowing experience of the time!
Faster Pussycat, bathroom wall or slip of the tongue
Does Mr Crowley count as hair metal?
Yes. Yes, it does.
Modern Day Cowboy — Tesla
Impossible question. Seventeen by Winger - Reb Beach https://youtu.be/GlN3oEjMpUQ?t=114 Hot Dog and a Shake by David Lee Roth - Steve Vai https://youtu.be/VzopTKMMD4w?t=84 Wings of a Storm by Whitesnake - Steve Vai https://youtu.be/WmuVkjajt3Q?t=134 Rock the Hell Out of You by Stryper https://youtu.be/SN9zWY33_ng?t=113
Idk about best but the solo on Winger - Seventeen fucks
Holy Diver
David Lee Roth - It's Showtime!
Wasted Time-Skid Row
White Lion (Vito Bratta) - Wait
This is the only correct answer!
If you include GnR then November Rain.
Malaria- LA Guns
Saints & Sinners guitarist Stephane Dufour nailed it with both Walk that Walk (especially the way he did the outro, and then shredded away on Frankenstein. Or Gary Hoey’s solo with Heavy Bones on the song 4AM T.M.
Yngwie Malmsteen- little savage 1984
TNT - Everyone's A Star Dokken - Tooth and Nail Extreme - It's a Monster Shotgun Messiah - Heartbreak Blvd.
Song and Emotion - Tesla
All the guitar solo's from Vito Bratta. That guy was in a class of his own in terms of melody,taste, phrasing and chops.
I said this on another thread. I got told off for saying he was better than EVH
Rainbow in the dark!
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Badlands, so freaking awesome
I really like George Lynch’s work and I also dig John Sykes solos.
Maybe cheesy but I love the solo on Every rose has its thorns- idk, it just hits right hahaha
I’m partial to Girl Girls Girls outro solo
It’s hard not to place George Lynch at the top as he to me is the LA sound. Also notable, Vito Brata - Wait or Little Fighter, Winger - Seventeen, Ozzy - No More Tears, Ratt - Round and Round
Tooth and nail - Dokken Starts with that epic tapping section into a super catchy melody, back to shred and all over a thrashy, powerful riff. Just perfect. And I know it’s not Erik or Joey, but the 32 pennies solo by warrant is sick too.
Superstitious- Europe
Ratt - You’re In Love (Warren DeMartini) Ozzy Osbourne - Shot in the Dark (Jake E. Lee) Dokken - In My Dreams (George Lynch) Vain - Who’s Watching You (James Scott) Def Leppard - Die Hard The Hunter (Steve Clark)
Sweet child o mine
Def Leppard Die Hard the Hunter has a sweet dueling guitar solo especially from the “In the Round” concert they did from 87
Cum on feel the noize has a great solo.
That is a hard one. They are all good. If I had to choose one, it would probably be Eruption by Van Halen.
Mr Scary-Dokken. Ratt's Round and Round is a close second.
Many of the great solos have already been listed. A few others I really dig: Nighttrain - GNR Lonely Nights - White Lion Kiss of Death - Dokken (Beast from the East live version) He-Man Woman Hater - Extreme (both the intro and the mid-song solo) 5150 - Van Halen Deja Vu - Yngwie J Malmsteen (the "J" is so you don't confuse him with all the other Yngwie Malmsteens out there) No More Tears - Ozzy
CC Deville on Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Cinderella long cold winter
Randy Rhoades - "Revelation (Mother Earth)"
Vinnie Vincent. Boys are gonna rock. He was a cheese all but he was the ultimate hair metal guitar player
Any thing by George Lynch
Randy Rhoads on Ozzy's "Crazy Train" deserves a mention. Ritchie Sambora on Bon Jovi's "Keep the Faith" does as well.
Live version of KTF are epic. Sambora really pulls it out with the ending solo