Q, The Winged Serpent, 1982
By James Porter For some reason or another, whenever a giant monster appears in America, it’s always got to attack New York City. Think about it, King Kong went on a rampage through it in 1933, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms attacked it in 1953, Roland mmerich’s Godzilla ravaged it in 1998, and Cloverfield finally brought it down in 2008. One thing’s for certain, there have been a lot of monster movies set in New...
Top 10 80s Songs Your Mom Forbade (and you listened to anyway!)
WARNING: LT80s tries to keep the site and our articles clean and quasi family-friendly whenever possible. However, the subject matter of this piece makes that impossible. Understand that this article contains content that is sexually explicit at times. If that is not something you want to read, hit the back button. It is easy to think back on the 80s as a more innocent time – a time when middle school didn’t include sexting, girls...
Military References in Heavy Metal
By Will Stroock There has never been anything like Heavy Metal. Featuring thundering power chords, lightning strike guitar solos, and ear splitting lyricists, by the mid 1980’s metal conquered rock and roll, dominating the airwaves and MTV. Some bands employed life sized dummies and sung before giant murals depicting great battles. Many bands used pyrotechnics to add to the impact of a live performance. Some even recorded cannon...
Top 5 Costume Ideas for Halloween
By Ryan Zimmerman Ryan here, back again with a Top 5 for you 80s lovers. Just in time for the spooky season, I wanted to share my top 5 costume ideas for Halloween this year – 80s style! So check that flex capacitor, because we’re going Back to the Future! 5. Hair Band Member The 80s brought us a long list of unforgettable Hair bands. Warrant, Poison, Winger and the list goes on and on. It’s a genre to celebrate, and what...
Choose Your Leppard
By Will Stroock Generation X is usually viewed as a monolith but there are major differences. If you were born in 1968, like my older sister, or 1973, like me, the cultural feel of your formative years is very different. This difference can be illustrated by the heavy metal band, Def Leppard. In many ways, Gen X can be divided into two groups with one simple question: which was your Def Leppard Album, Pyromania or Hysteria? Both were...
