I just wrote an article with some accompanying music videos for CDinsight.com called “Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow - Ten Glam Bands You May Have Forgotten” (yes, the title is intentionally cheezy) and I was surprised to find out about a band that should’ve been the next big thing. Their problem was they were released too late–1992.

The band was called Wildside, not to be confused with another band on the net with the same name. This is definitely a hair metal band, but one that, within the confines of the genre, put out some good music that hardly anyone has heard. If you look them up on Rhapsody.com there are two volumes called The Essential Wildside. I’d recommend at least listening to volume one unless you absolutely hate hair metal and that raspy voice sound inspired by AC/DC. Being that I’m a Cinderella fan, I enjoyed the collection.

Now an example of a glam band that deserved its slow death, at least with their debut, is Britny Fox. However, I must admit their “Girl School” video is a guilty pleasure. Unfortunately all the rest of the songs on their debut feel like Spinal Tap wrote the lyrics. “Save the Weak” is awful and funny at the same time. Can’t understand how anyone would publish a song like that.