10 80s Albums That Changed Rock Music

Although rock has always been the genre of indulgent hedonism - with hotel trashing, wild drug consumption and groupies on tap - there is a certain place and time unmatched by any other for its glamorisation of debauched mayhem.

The Sunset Strip in the '80s was the place to find every and all desire you could imagine. The guys dressed like women and the women danced half naked for their amusement. At least that's the impression you get from listening to Mötley Crüe.

Whether Mötley Crüe are your thing or not, their second record was monumental, not only for band's own rise to success, but for the '80s metal scene. Although the album received a lukewarm response from critics, with Rolling Stone saying: "The whole point of bands like Motley Crue is to provide cheap thrills to jaded teens, and that's where the album ultimately disappoints." - it nevertheless paved the way for other hair metal acts to follow. The rising infatuation with the genre even inspired veteran rockers like Van Halen, Scorpions and Aerosmith to jump on the bandwagon in hopes of revitalising their careers.