80s Metal Bands - The Early Years (1980-1984)

[juanchocdlm6312]

whats the name of the kiss song ...

[MoraleDestroyer]

@juanchocdlm6312 I Love it Loud off "Creatures of the Night" album

[schclum]

metalheads used to know what beer taste like, now they're fat asian nerds in a warhammer shop

[willweagraff]

THUMBS WAY UPPP

[irishdude1988]

KISS can KISS my motherfucking ASS!

[schclum]

@irishdude1988 FUCK U MOTHAFUCKA

[schlagerknows]

awesome list

[ztormar]

kiss a 80' metal band? he he

[dav7722]

def leppard,VH and AC/DC is not metal !!!!!!!!!

[GuitarHeroOsbourne]

@dav7722 They were long ago before heavier bands came.

[dav7722]

@GuitarHeroOsbourne nah dont think so....

[ckybrybry]

what saxon song is that?

[JULIOHpsp]

@ckybrybry

power and the glory

[Pzycho10]

where's SCORPIONS?

[BOUNCEFACTOR]

There is a difference between hard rock, heavy metal and hair bands. Just because they are from 70s or 80s doesnt mean heavy metal. VH never was and will never be heavy metal as well as def leppard. Kiss is well Kiss. They are marketing genuises and change as what people want change hell they even did a disco album and did the hair band thing in early mid 80s when they dumped their makeup and had semi hits with Lick it up and Heavens on Fire. 

[l3oogeyman]

\m/ ( - - ) \m/

[monsterTruckSam]

weres the scorpions

[sixstringfretter]

Ahh...the good ol' days. I miss 'em badly.

[gleetus]

hell yeah!

[1975heavymetal]

80s FOREVER

[TheDantejavier]

AHH! el Metal de los 80´s que buena musica!

[PigskinMafia]

holy mother of god ---def leppard so bad ass

[pulgapei]

kiss forever will be kiss, no more to say, they still rock like gods

[leonelproful]

I LOVE IT LOUD ♫♪♪♪♫♫

[daniel2B]

Almost all my favorite bands are in this selection

[daniel2B]

I want people with that taste to join a banda with me... but I can't find those people here in Rio de Janeiro...

[Dybura]

Wow, I'm 14 and I know them all :)

[reckless1ify]

Totally awesome list, but where's Metallica, Anthrax, Venom, Scorpions and Anvil? They were around during that time

[UnIXbLueStar]

@reckless1ify Probably in a trash metal video... From what i see this video is more about glam metal

[jbjbackstage1983]

BON JOVI 4 EVER

[norwaydude6]

Hell yeah KISS! But where is Metallica?

[TheSirAndrey]

BON JOVI THE BEST

[rubey09]

Great collection of 80s classics. Saw all those bands live except for Girlschool and Rose Tattoo. I'll be scarred for life.

[deathailsatan]

wheres alice cooper ? i would also ask wheres venom, slayer & the plasmatics but guess this is not a thrash  metal list. but come on you gotta include alice

[jestio71]

Not bad, I grew up in the 80's...I give it a two thumbs up

[cooperfromhell]

and where are W.A.S.P. and METALLICA?

[benametalmaiden]

@cooperfromhell fuck metallica you have here judas , van halen,dio,leppard,maiden no need that shit man!!!

[anklepick69]

Van Halen?  Metal?

[DarkAngel182]

8:00, wasn't that the guy who did the wedding theme from Neighbours back in the late 80s????

[MrFaceeatingcancer]

van halen reminds me of dr rockso

[dougman066]

IRON MAIDEN! one of the best in that selection. Up the Irons!

[BigMFnD1972]

why is Bon Jovi on this list?!?!?! NOT METAL!!!

[BonJovi01FanS]

@BigMFnD1972 And you are not in that list...so youre not metal

[BigMFnD1972]

@BonJovi01FanS I dont know why people always include Bon Jovi in Heavy Metal music?!?! Yes, they are most definetly rock & roll (and most recently country)......but not metal! still a great band though.

[1985jon1]

and? and? and?????? and later?

[CrimsonBrikx]

Don't know whether to be proud or sad that I only didn't know 4 of them, 2 of which I'd simply never heard of.... and this was all recorded before I was born :/

Can sure as hell be certain 80's videos were cheesy as hell tho!

[WildHellChild]

Excellent choice!

[1214MSG]

WHITESNAKE ?

[Sixstring1966]

Man i miss it all!!!! It was priceless boys and girls.

[catholic200747]

Missing Lita Ford & Vixen.

[grandmasterknigt]

acdc is not metal but rest is good \,,/,

[IndigoBipolarGemini]

WARNING: Explosions while using Aqua-Net Hairspray may be awesome

[Backspacer12]

Good List, but Bon jovi a metal band? you've got to be fucking kidding me.

[rockero2111]

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!­!!! mr.ozzy fucking osbourne best!!!!!!!

[ghero1123]

finally a good list lol

[mikazuki2002]

This was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \m/

[99dangerman]

As an aussie i'm ultra happy Rose tattoo snuck in. Not metal - but fucking great rock n Roll. This list is fun!

[THRASHFKINFILLETS]

There will always be an endless debate about what is hard rock and what is not

and what is H.M. and what is not.All these bands here just ROCK.

[Buzard330]

@THRASHFKINFILLETS

I agree for the most part accept for: Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Dio, accept, Black Sabbath, Motley Crue, & Ozzy. May not be "METAL" by todays standards but definatly Metal by the early 80's standards.

[metalandvalhalla]

Where is manowar?

[rednab7]

Some of you guys are too funny trying to figure out "just exactly what is Metal." I'm 47 years old and was right in the middle of all this music. Bands that were considered heavy metal in 1980, was no longer considered metal by the mid to late 80's.  If you heard Van Halen's "Eruption" on a turntable in 1978, you knew darn well you were hearing heavy metal. There was so much metal in the 80's they had to classify it a lot of different ways. IE Glam, Death/Black, Thrash, Commercial/pop metal.

[johncates812]

Awweeee, early Leppard. I miss you so much. What did they do to you!

[SimonePage1997]

W.T.F !!! O.O Where are Metallica?

[dd64954]

@SimonePage1997

No videos available... unless they are bootlegs! :-) And Metallica were just getting (slightly) big in and around 1984 ... so if there was to be made a video for 1985-1989, then they would more likely be part of that! Even though I know that both KEA and RTL are both KICK-ASS albums from this video's time frame...:-)

[TRAVAM91]

NOTHING LIKE SOME DOKKEN AND DEF LEPP!!!

[ibanezart214]

@TRAVAM91 DOKKEN IS SICK!

[Yessirman71]

Great compilation guys! If anyone is interested in UNRELEASED 1980's music, just type in L.A. Ryder in the search box and hear some cool sounds from back in the day, fresh from the 1/4 inch analog reel!!!! Hear these jams!!!!!

[uhltron]

Bloody hell!!! Van halen is NOT METAL . The confusion continues :( Most of these bands are hard rock and i see this constantly on the net.

[MetalHeart8787]

@uhltron neither was Bonjovi, But hey most on here are Metal

like Accept & Maiden. some say AC/DC isn't but in the 80's they got heaverier like kiss did &

had some Heavy songs. VH influenced alot of Metal Bands but yeah i would call the "Metal" either.

[bbutters2]

@uhltron Van Halen is not pure metal, they definitely have some heavy metal songs(house of pain, loss of control,girl gone bad, romeo delight, hang em high) they influenced the metal scene so much. I would call them Heavy Rock, they are a little heavier than typical hard rock. they are badass and kick-ass nonetheless. Better than the majority of these bands in my opinion. My opinion.

[Sens3999]

NO Metallica?????????????????????­????????

[rwarrawr]

UP THE IRONS!

[romeonarcizo]

I remember that years!!!!! Men...they not make bands like that!!!

[MrSnorreke]

I started with bands you inserted....it is great! But it is poor without W.a.s.p., Queensryche, Manowar, Thor, Ted Nugent, Raven, Anvil, Icon, Headpins, Lee Aaron,Loudness...:-)))))) greetings from Serbia!!!!

And i do not care cause some bands are not heavy metal for some guys...they are stars which belong to constellation called HEAVY METAL! sure,

[LutherRayable]

uh,forgive me for being contrary but you gave motorhead 4 seconds??yet bon jovi gets 30-40 seconds?Maybe this was metal to you.And undoubtedly some of the bands were metal to me too butthe name made me think this was exclusively "metal" .....Dokken?Def Leppard?KISS?......even AC/DC- a band i love! but not metal..no-i've never called them metal neither has anyone i know who is into metal.Nice montage my friend but IMHO the title is misleading and most of the content is 80's rock.

[petromil88]

no wasp??

[MyCrunkboy]

when you see the pentagram on drum set you know who it is

[MyCrunkboy]

angus young nuff said

[clic0419]

Ummm..KISS Metal? I don't thin so

[tvscaf]

@clic0419 You dont think Kiss is metal but Bon Jovi is?

[MrDismemberment]

@clic0419 80's KISS is glam metal.

[manwhassup1]

Pretty cool, but how the hell did Van Halen get on a Metal montage and why would you start the video with them? With all respect dude, VH were NOT metal and Def Lepard hardly fit the bill either. IMO

[pablotepa13]

the real deal, no core shit.

[DreamWarrior87]

@pablotepa13 core is a disease that shouldn't exist, so are today's "metal" and the 2000s

[Slayter51]

Guys i want to start a Facebook group of metal all kinds of 80s metal But it says Members and i don't have friends on Facebook that like metal since i don't really use Facebook if anyone of you guys have a Facebook and would like to start a group with me tell me and ill tell my name and you'll tell me yours so we could be friends and then put you guys as members if we do this and get a lot of people to like this we can bring back metal like this.

[THRASHFKINFILLETS]

Best albums of the early 80's - *Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast *Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz *Judas Priest - British Steel *Accept _Restless and Wild *Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell *Motorhead - Ace of Spades *Venom - Welcome to Hell *Metallica - Kill 'em All *Dio - Holy Diver *Quiet Riot - Metal Health *Motley Crue -Shout at the Devil *Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath *Scorpions - Blackout *Def Leppard - Pyromania *Saxon - Wheels of Steel *AC/DC - Back in Black 'nuff said.

[wimpyliberalbuster32]

@THRASHFKINFILLETS *Van Halen - Fair Warning*

[06tripleh]

THE 80'S WILL NEVER DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RedwolfofGreen]

AMAZING!!! Best Selection and Display of what 80's Metal and Hard Rock was all about I've ever been lucky enough to see!

[mkruse820]

no more alibies turn it up got me hypmatised,rock on i wana be tranqualize loud i wana hear it loud right between the eyes loud i wana hear it loud dont want no compromise!!

[mkruse820]

80s heck ya what i would have done to have seen these bands in concert!! but was either to poor or ....PARENTS LOL however i have good news almost all these bands came to the house of blues in myrtlebeach!!!!!!! anyware from 20 to 50 dollars for general addmission tickets!!! ive seen dokken quiet riot, poison, ratt ,RONNIE FING JAMES DIO!!!!!!!! tesla,greatwhite,slaughter,cin­derella,warrent and so many to name and ive seen all these within the past 15yrs or so.

[burtonreed1968]

one of the best selections of 80's metal, i love your taste in music

[monkeybutlers1234]

@burtonreed1968 this stuff was mostly hair/glam, metallica was just heavy back then and later on thrash, but they still make peoples heads bang

[adamjmoore38]

Im so glad my dad and uncle listened to this music!!! im only 15 and this is all i listen to, the 80's need to take over again!

[Gunwacko]

Where's Lita Ford, Torch, FIST, Savage Grace, Divine Rite, Riot, Lee Aaron, Hellion, Roadrunner, Killer, Abbatoir, Armored Saint, Y&T, Axewitch, Force, Bullett, The Booklyn Brats, Pandemonium, Cirith Ungol, DIO, Warrior, Helix, Heaven, KEEL, Kick AXE, Lizzy Bordon, Loudness, SLAYER, Raven, Malice, Megadeth. Anthrax, Pantera, Rock Goddess, Sacred Rite, Queensryche, Rough Cutt, Scorpions and TANK????? :-) Just to name a few.

[AngelofAnguish]

@Gunwacko Don't or Can't forget the Tygers of Pan Tang, Angel Witch, Grim Reaper, Mama's Boys, the Rods, Destruction, Venom, Exodus, Culprit, Bitch/Betsy, Helloween, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Mercyful Fate, Tokyo Blade, Uriah Heep, and WASP! Did I forget anyone?

[Gunwacko]

@AngelofAnguish....lol...how about Alcatrazz, Steeler, Autograph, Stryper, Extreme, Great White, Montrose, Warlock, Anvil, UFO, Heaven, King Diamond, Leatherwolf, Michael Schenker Group, Extreme, Waysted, Rainbow, Torch, Whitesnake, Omen, Rose Tattoo, EZO....whew....Sound Barrier and Sin Witch..?

[phantomgirl317]

@Gunwacko King Diamond is the shit!

[DefyingRiot86]

of course he saved the best for last

[DrDragon63]

There's gonna be one helluva party in the afterlife...up the irons!!! \\m//

[jonbonjovisgirl1]

R.I.P. Randy

[AidanTA]

SCARRED FOR LIFE!!!!!!

[MsMsgracie]

i love ozzy

[maclochlainncian3]

UP THE IRONS!!!!!

[DeathBat12051992]

3 seconds of motorhead? what the hell?

[vektorblue]

ug....doken....still gay 30 years later.

[wink1965]

RIP Steve Clark

[rkhale02]

i thought van halen was hard rock, why are they on a metal video. (i still like them the same, just asking) have to ask cause i wasnt born yet ;)

[JoshGoldie]

RIP Randy The Guitar God.

[runningwiththedevil9]

rest in peace dio<3

[1zumbalove]

Van Halen isnt metal either, but everyone these days has no clue about that. Come to think of it neither is Dokken, or kiss. Great videos, I enjoy them... takes me back. But the metal purist in me is screaming

[CRITTERBUSTERS]

@1zumbalove: I think that the Word METAL is a blanket term to put any band that has Loud Mean Riffs and souring vocals into a category, i think now you could take all those bands and put them into Sub-Categories of the Genre.

For Example Dokken is Considered a Melodic Hard Rock or Melodic Metal band but In the end Journalists just lump them into the METAL category, infact i think Journalists came up with the Term Heavy Metal

[dpeab11370]

MAIDEN!!! \m/ \m/



[yukitrr]

What's the first song??

[fitterx]

@yukitrr "and the cradle will rock" by Van Halen

[1zumbalove]

@yukitrr and the Cradle will Rock by Van Halen

[kll510]

OMG I was a teen in high school in the early 80's and I listened to all these bands and more. I was really into metal. My mom was always yelling at me to TURN IT DOWN! LOL

[HazelSparks]

Im 19 but this is my fav music... this is real music.!!!

[swconger9563]

Good job on the video! Loved the 80's music!!

[TheBadonkadonky]

BALLS TO THE WALL!

[tetondragon]

kiss isnt metal either, and neither is ac/dc



[tetondragon]

kiss isnt metal either



[fistofm3tal]

Metal or Not these bands defined a generation. What a time to be a Teen! I wouldn't change nothing about being a teen in the 80's what a fu*king blast!

[AngelofAnguish]

@fistofm3tal I agree! Got "introduced" to metal in 1979 (thanks to KISS!). Since then, metal is or has become my LIFE! THANK GOD you and I weren't born in the '90s or post-'90s! I CANNOT see myself listening to what some people, radio stations, and music stores, promote as "metal," TODAY!

[Charbyno57]

LONG LIVE RONNIE

[immortal0666]

break the law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thiagohenrique87]

Just amazing... good times that will never come back !!! :(

[moloci21]

heavy metal is defined by the drum beat alex used a metal beat they are heavey metal...they claimed not to be because of a boycott of the grammies when the very first heavey metal winner was jethro tull...a defanately non heavy metal band. and for those who are wondering a metal beat is a drum beat that emphasises the back beat instead of the heartbeat

[moloci21]

heavy metal is defined by the drum beat alex used a metal beat they are heavey metal...they claimed not to be because of a boycott of the grammies when the very first heavey metal winner was jethro tull...a defanately non heavy metal band

[epistte]

Van Helen isnt metal! They might be hard rock, but they arent metal.

Lemmy, Saxon and Accept.

[epistte]

Van Helen isnt metal! They might be hard rock, but they arent metal.

[Highland45]

@Gcrash95 They're an Australian band in the same flavor as AC/DC. AC/DC got them signed to the same label as them and Rose Tattoo had the same producers as AC/DC. They were bigger in the late '70's. Check out "Bad Boy For Love" and then go and listen to AC/DC's "She's Got Balls" very similar.

[filth69ify1]

OZZY! OZZY! OZZY! GOD & LEGEND! OZZY! OZZY! OZZY!

[seraph127]

RIP Ronnie James Dio, Kevin Dubrow,Steve "Steamin'" Clark, Randy Rhodes...

We miss you all

[banger181]

Nice to see the Tatts in there.

[MrPulse82]

Como se llama la canción de DIO que pones en este video.

Gracias.

[Maidensfan1]

@MrPulse82 Se llama Holy Diver, es un placer...

[floatingcompassmedia]

I was the first Metal Head in my JR High school

Video needed the Paul D. Maiden - Women in uniform

[Chewy6886]

and 92YotaDude?? Slayer rules them all !!!!

[Chewy6886]

sorry, but bon jovi and most of these bands are NOT heavy metal!!!!!

[iago68]

you gave bon jovi more screen time than motorhead?? yeah that works...

[BadFlyingV69]

Right on! The years 1980-1984 were THE best for metal!!! Then the circus came to town with hair metal and shit bands like Poison.

[LeppardBikini]

The 80's Fuc*en rocked!!!!! ahhh my youth.....

[m00se321]

Dio,BlackSabbath,Accept,Scorpi­ons,MoTorHead,RATT!!!!

[92YotaDude]

Half that shit isnt even metal, and where the hell is slayer?????

[universe112]

@92YotaDude slayer is garbage. not only does the guy scream instead of sing, they preach all about death, hell, satan, torture, armagedon, mocking God and guess what?? THE LEAD SINGER IS CATHOLIC!!! He gets all these teen's hating God and wanting to go to hell when he, himself is catholic.

[breakfastMcgull]

@universe112 Tom Araya isnt the responsible for the lyrics,its kery king

[MrStraight6]

@Gcrash95 an australian hard rock band, and quite good one

[xPLOWBOYx]

Manowar war one of the great 80s and they still are to this day.one of the last of great metal bands still make money and music

[drown34]

o how i miss this shit.. i realy wish they would sale the stuff as of the boots with buckles and leather jackets with zippers and spikes and other stuff like the old days.. now these days every one is a prep -.- i dont like preps... ehh but this is when hottopic came out of the year 88 or 89? i believe thats where they realy started saleing alot of shit... now he days of hottopic is full of freaking pop shit -.-.... dear god bring the old school metal back? :(

[thamescanada]

HAHAHAHAHA has anyone ever watched the holy diver music video? definatly pre thriller lol

[EldestSauce]

@thamescanada Thriller came out in 1982 and Holy Diver in 1983... unless you meant something else

[JoshGoldie]

where's spinal tap ? :P

[metalhead3912]

judas priest actually started in the 70s and dokken sucks dick

you know what u shouldnt call it 80s metal bands half these bands started in the 70s

[metalhead3912]

judas priest actually started in the 70s and dokken sucks dick

[metalhead3912]

judas priest actually started in the 70s

[austinbagwell]

watch?v=L05xNhsh6nI

[MrKe11y]

nice !!!

[ldgnsadbjcc]

R.I.P Dio.

[bradtolbert7]

DIO!!

[fordtractors4100]

fucking A def lepperd!

[MrSnorreke]

I do not know what's wrong with this video...Everyone who started to be metal maniac in these years just started with those bands, in every part of the world where metal was present. We in ex Yugoslavia had this luck.There weren't Symphony X, Dream Theater or i don't know what else to start with that. Thank you for this great clip. And...where's W.a.s.p.,Giuffria, Icon, Rods...???!!!:-))))

[wayneandgarth122]

what black sabbath song is that

[denmalski]

@wayneandgarth122 Neon Knights 

[fatdude600]

I agree with everything except acdc and bon jovi, acdc is hard rock and bon jovi has always been more pop than rock

[wayneandgarth122]

@fatdude600 bon jovi was metal not pop

[dreamwever87]

@wayneandgarth122 haha and you consiter metal to have "poppy" chorus' and subject lead work? get a fucking clue, bon jovi is about as metal as tom petty

[fatdude600]

@wayneandgarth122 hahahahaha yah sure whatever im not dissin on bon jovi or anything but they werent metal and most of those bands in the 80s preffered to be called rock n roll not metal

[darkartproductions]

lolgirlschool

[slrider3]

the good old days

[freedfg]

Where the hell is Metallica and anyone who doesnt say they where not from the early days you are wrong because Metallica was formed in 1981 when James Hetfield answered an ad in the paper from Lars Ulrich... Rock on Metal fans \m/