Twenty 80s rockers…Twenty years later
Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider. Photo: urbanmixer
Paul Stanley of KISS. Photo: beddiewedder
Ronnie James Dio. Photo: Marek Krajcer
Warrant’s Janie Lane. Photo: beddiwedder
Stephen Pearcy of RATT. Photo: Äppelmos
Tesla’s Brian Wheat and Frank Hannon. Photo: vazzz
W Axl Rose of Guns N Roses. Photo: Cuene Chiste
Night Ranger’s Jack Blades. Photo: zengrrl
Taime Downe of Faster Pussycat. Photo: bantam10
Mike Reno of Loverboy. Photo: michiee
Don Dokken. Photo: beddiwedder
Quiet Riot’s Kevin DuBrow. Photo: BradP
The Scorpions. Photo by Photo Agency
David Coverdale of Whitesnake. Photo: emalaith
Phil Collen of Def Leppard. Photo: kaleid
Lita Ford. Photo: shadowgate
Alice Cooper. Photo: denaflows
Kip Winger. Photo: Rick
Sammy Hagar and, inexplicably, David Hasselhoff. Photo: suzanneandsimon
Van Halen’s David Lee Roth. Photo: anirudhkoul
Tom Gates
Tom is a wayward writer based in Los Angeles. He has served as Editor for both Matador Nights and Life. He loves to go far, far away whenever possible. He is also pretending to be a third person right now and is obviously writing his own bio. He knows that you knew that, despite the deft maneuvering of pronouns. Tom's new book 'Wayward: Fetching Tales from a Year On The Road' is available for download on Amazon and iTunes.
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It is hard to believe that they have all got even uglier as they got older, that is truly scary…….
I saw Dee Snider and Alice Cooper when I worked at an airport a few years ago. Even without all the makeup and outfits you could tell it was them. Alice Cooper was coming by after the Junos (the Canadian version of the Grammy’s). He was super nice to everyone, gave out autographs and talked to his fans even though he was catching a flight.
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DIO actually died as well. Nice pics!!
Oh God. Axl used to be such a babe. WTF happened?