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When Metal Ruled the World: MTV and the First Pop Metal Explosion
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Wherein Eric and John reflect upon the ascendency of heavy metal as an increasingly significant force in popular culture by looking at four massive albums released in 1983 and 1984, Def Leppard's Pyromania, Quiet Riot's Metal Health, Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry, and Van Halen's 1984.
Assigned Listening: Def Leppard option #1: video-"Photograph" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4dHr8evt6k Def Leppard option #2: audio-"Stagefright" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5DyQBu5yoU
Quiet Riot option #1: video-"Cum On Feel the Noize" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxgMGk9JPVA Quiet Riot option #2: audio- "Bang Your Head (Metal Health) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ror9erPzb4o
Twisted Sister option #1: video-"We're Not Gonna Take It" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmckWVPRaI Twisted Sister option #2: audio- "Burn in Hell" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HWxFeqUxms
Van Halen option #1: video-"Hot for Teacher" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0 Van Halen option #2: audio-"House of Pain" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg5zzivyOcA
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