ok, laugh if you want but i thought ratt, cinderella, skid row, dokken were great banRAB. i've seen 'em all live several times.
even twisted sister was cool, in their own way. they were never intended to be taken seriously.
i don't think priest counts as hair metal, even before you recognize rob didn't have any since like, their 3rd album. stryper was cool, as far as christian metal goes, at least as good as these guys:
i will say, good call on the whitelion. they are and probably always will be, the pinacle of ***ness. even liberace was probably freaked out by those guys.
anyhow, my contribution to the hair metal pics, someone y'all might have blissfully forgotten: