I know there's a lot of disdain out there in the metal community towards hair metal bands. But I ask you to push those misconceptions aside, and give this album a real chance.
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
I've recently been turned on to it, and it's just an incredibly album. One of the most amazing pieces of music I have ever heard. It's an amazing concept album with simply epic, and memorable tunes (with some beautiful guitar-work) throughout it as it tells the story of the rise and fall of an imaginary rock star. The description on YouTube can do a better job at explaining it:
The Crimson Idol was the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., originally released by Capitol Records in 1992 (1993 in the United States). The album is a concept album, telling the story of the rise and fall of a fictional rock star named Jonathan Steel.
The album took nearly three years to complete, and was originally recorded as a Blackie Lawless solo album, but Lawless bowed to fan pressure and released it under the W.A.S.P. moniker.
Listen to it, you'll thank me:
If not the whole album, at least check out these two tunes:
The opening song to album, "The Titanic Overture", an opening track that just grabs you and the rest of the album never lets go:
And the amazingly haunting rock ballad, "The Idol", is a treat for you ears, and heaven for a guitar-lover:
