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Old 01-28-2015, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Becky View Post
Am I going to get skewered for saying this? I imagine it's possible they were "encouraged" to aim for a certain type of sound to be marketed for a certain type of audience and get on MTV and radio at the time. I think they went with their heavier stuff to try to establish themselves with contemporaries in the vein of Motley Crue and Whitesnake.
Whitesnake may have existed in 1984, however, they were hardly the juggernaut you probably associate them with.

Either way, that's pretty much what I meant before - the band did what sold well at the time.
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