I saw Keifer perform at Throttlefest, and it sounded great. I hadn't heard any Cinderella, or Keifer music is years....and honestly didn't even put two and two together when I saw that Tom Keifer was on the bill.


but even the hair metal Cinderella still stands the test of time.
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Of all those guys, Cinderella is the clearcut winner IMO... they were basically AC/DC with more musical range, and they were outstanding live.

Warrant? pshhh, but Uncle Toms Cabin was good.

Poison, seen them twice opening for RATT, awesome live band, they felt like the headliner not the opener... CC Deville was a very underrated guy, he had some ripping solos.

Slaughter? shit band... but I talked to Mark Slaughter for a good 10 minutes backstage one time and he was SUPER cool, even when the rest of his band were being total jackoffs... he even put a stage banter together based on our backstage discussion, so I'll always give him his props, a helluva singer with great range.
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:-)
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As it is with most bands, its the early days that hooked me, they're not rich yet and still living on the couches and coke of random girls across the USA...


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CC is a shredder, he was almost in GNR over Slash, but they rightly decided he wasnt quite right for them... still though...


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My vote goes to Cinderella too. Bad Seamstress Blues.
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Killer choice, its this kinda thing that separated them from the pack...


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Cinderella wins. I move we start a new "Ultimate" poll. Some Whitesnake, Skidrow, Europe, et al?

And Motley Crue was pretty damn good too.
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Assuming you mean Whitesnake, that's another no-contest. Whitesnake way, way better than the other two.
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Yes and no doubt. I'm a big fan of Sebastian Bach's voice though.
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I was a big Whitesnake fan back in the day. Loved the John Sykes version. I just had a conversation with my wife about them the other day. Here I Go Again came on the radio and I had to change it. Can't stand hearing that song because it has been worn out. Besides, for a ballad, I prefer It's Not Love off that same album. However, there are some great non-ballad tunes on that album. So, I just put on the album but skipped when Here I Go Again came up. :-) :-)
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Off the top of the head...

Still of the Night
Fool for your Loving
Judgement Day
Slow an' Easy
Love ain't no Stranger
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Check out the original version of Here I Go Again on Spotify. I first heard it back in 1982 and suffice to say, it's very, very different altogether. Different lyrics, different instrumentation and it's more like a Gospel song than a Pop song.

My favorite Whitesnake album since 1987 is Good To Be Bad featuring Doug Aldrich and Reb Beach. Doug wrote all the music with David and does a majority of the solos but Reb is definitely Reb on that album. The followup, Forevermore is a solid album as well while One Of These Days is just an amazing acoustic ballad that could have been released in 1974 and been a huge hit.

IMO, both of those albums are as good or better than 1987 and Slide It In, which was repackaged for America in which John Sykes replaced many of the original solos. You can hear his trademark "Slide on the Low E String" on several of the songs, which John Kalodner wanted him to do, not Coverdale. There's more of a "singular vision" on the albums I mentioned than Slide It In to 1987, which saw various member changes while John Kalodner stood loudly watching over their shoulders 24/7/365.
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Is This Love. And it's still awesome.
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Crue was easily my favorite.
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