So... I started a new band.. Hard Rock/ AOR... And I need some bands to get a better Idea of wath AOR is, until this time, I had listened to Loverboy, Toto, Journey, Harem Sacerem... Also I would like to know where I can find some Casanova stuff??

I can't speak to Casanova, but check out:

Hardline
Tower City
The Brandos

And the site, heavyharmonies, has a great AOR reference.

April Wine, Boston, Foreigner, Heart, Night Ranger, Survivor, Bon Jovi, later Def Leppard, etc.

Also, Cacumen (Bonfire):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jtJkpmKoKA

At a time Glam was my absolute favorite so I have an encyclopedia's worth of Glam bands and seeing as how this thread isnt COMPLETELY dead.

Check out this song by Crashdiet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCfF0Qw_J9k

Its pretty awesome

Some of these new glam and sleaze bands (or whatever you want to call it) aren't bad. Have you heard Vains of Jenna or Dirty Penny? Another good one is Skull Daze from Italy: http://www.myspace.com/skulldazeband

Also, Crazy Lixx: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGi1TdOk ... re=related

Reckless Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1lxcVem ... re=related

Can anyone recommend me some good hard rock that is close to glam,but isn't really glam?Something like the 80s Scorpions,Whitesnake,Van Halen,Def Leppards 2nd and 3rd album or Guns n Roses.

DeathRiderDoom posted this list in the Heavy/Speed Thread:

Mad Max
Fate (Dnk)
Ratt
Bloody Six (Krokus/Accept)
XYZ (Dokken-ish, produced by Don himself)
Frehley's Comet (anthemic, slightly KISS esque hard rock)
Badlands (neo-Led Zeppelinish blues rock done well)
Vinnie Vincent Invasion (energetic, ballsy, glitzy glam)
Black Angels (Che)
Autograph
Valentine
Kix (Midnight Dynamite only)
Bellicose
Bullet (again Accept/Krokus)
Burning Starr (1st album is very hard rock)
Black 'N Blue (akin to KISS glam work, RATT)
Brighton Rock
Coney Hatch (Canadian Night Ranger)
Diamond Rexx (At times almost like WASP - not as good of course)
Crystal Roxx (Awesome early 90s Glam Hard Rock)
D' Molls
Elektradrive (powerful melodic heavy metal)
Norden Light (powerful melodic heavy metal)
Firehouse
Heavy Pettin'
Keel
Lillian Axe
Mayday
Ruffkut (excellent heavy metal/hard rock)
Santers (first stuff is ballsy enough hard rock/AOR)
Rock Goddess
Rock City Angels (blues/glam rock/punk/hard rock/heavy metal)
Widowmaker (dee snyder)
Desperado (dee snyder)
Zar (powerful melodic heavy metal)
Horizon (Nld) (powerful melodic heavy metal)

BTW,what would be some essential/classic glam releases,that have a reputation among glam fans like Painkiller,Holy Diver,Maidens first 7,Metallicas first 4,Sabbaths first six and Heaven & hell,Helloweens Keepers,Saxons 1980-1 albums etc. have among metalheads?

Fuck my glam/aor project dissbanded... It sucks because we had 3 cool sounding songs... and it would be nice to have that kind of band here in Perú, maybe in a few months...
@TheGreatDuck: Try to contact DeathRiderDoom... He's the man in this topic... also give me some time.. Im at university right now, But I promise to give you some information.

Also does anyone could give me a review about Celtic Frost's Glam era???

Dude it would be awesome if you start to pst in this thread often

I haven't listened to whole Cold Lake,but judging from the songs off CL Ive heard,its not glam,its thrash with spandex and hairspray.I don't get why is the Cold Lake era listed as glam here,considering Turbo,Destiny and Eat The Heat all were glammier than CL,but glam isn't listed as a genre for Priest,Saxon nor Accept,not to mention actual glam bands such as Crue,WASP,Stryper or Twisted Sister.
Also,check out this site:
http://www.sleazeroxx.com/index.html

I see there isn't much talk going on here,so I'd recommend everyone to check out White Lion.Don't let the crappy hits such a Little Fighter or Wait turn you off;check out the songs Hungry,Lonely Nights and If My Mind Is Evil,as well as their debut album,there's some awesome soloing and decent riffing to be found there.

I've just been listening to the new Bad City and it's pretty awesome. If you like melodic hard rock with big hooks and soaring vocals, check 'em out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAhL34f4 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD-Qdy0p ... re=related

Found another great Glam/Sleaze band from Sweden named Sister. They just released an album on Metal Blade titled "Hated" and it rocks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxdCP-jT ... re=related

http://youtu.be/OaN7I5ktcVw

A friend of mine listens to a variety of music (heavy metal, (hard)rock, pop, folk et cetera) and wants some (hard)rock cd's for his birthday (which he celebrates within a few days). Now, he is a more 'general listener' and isn't rooted deeply in such music scenes but I know he enjoys the works of AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Sabaton, Black Label Society, Dropkick Murphy's, Steppenwolf and such. What are some recommendations of good albums (outside these bands, as I don't know which albums he has from these bands) that are easy to acquire yet still good, catchy and so on? I don't really care about 'he needs to listen to other music' et cetera, I just want to make him happy with music I know he will enjoy.

Thank you for your help in advance,

Try UFO:
Lights Out
Obsession
Strangers in The Night

Also, first two MSG albums.

Some new finds:

Q5: Excellent 80s hard rock that I just became aware of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnjheXwh0vo

EZ Livin': German hard rock in the vein of 80s Scorpions or Bonfire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlv-MlnT8TE

Eclipse: Modern Swedish hard rock with great vocals and guitars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPUzo1fkM38