Yeah, it was his I Was Made For Loving You moment, only about a million times worse.
Yup, that’s the one. It looks like Richard Simmons doing Flashdance. The video pretty much killed his career. 
Oh, I’m aware of who they are. I know the band who knows how to Break Like the Wind.
I found that when I was looking for a video of Hell Hole. Not the video version – the stage version where Nigel does that cool leaning back thing, but goes a little too far.
Oh yeah i got one for this… right here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z02LHM1kROM
Huey Lewis and the News… “Jacob’s Ladder”, Chris Hayes at 2:38 in the song… never has one man grimaced so much to play a really shitty lead on a song. Was he constipated? Or perhaps tired of hearing his cliched lines? And the gear… man… that jacket is a reflection that the 80’s wasn’t all wonderful now was it…
Cheesy and he looks like the unholy lovechild of Mick mars and Nigel Tufnel.
I knew you did - I just spoilered the reveal since you hadn’t named them in your link.
Sorry, he’s a rookie compared to this guy. I give you Tony Peluso (at about 1:32 and more at the end). What do I win?
I don’t have much to offer, but your clip made me LOL.
Great thread. For some reason my iPad won’t link to the YouTube vids, so can folks list song name and artist?
Never thought that I’d defend Kip Winger, but he has nothing on the Huey Lewis guy, Billy Squier, and that Michael Angelo guy. Oh man. Do those guys run out of the room when those vids come on? Those were cheesy even in the 80s!
Somewhere I remember someone opining that guitar solo face was the same as the dude’s O face. Get that image out of your head. To this day I can’t watch Clapton play a solo.
You forgot to mention the pink checkered tank top!
Oh lord have mercy. That video is the epitome of cheese. Nice job sir. I like the keyboard mounted to the side of the corrugated steel building–someone got creative.
Oooh, nice. The motherfucker has a guitar purpose-built for cheese.
Well, I’m officially totally cheesed out now. We really should apologize to humanity for the '80s–what the hell was that all about?
Cocaine’s a helluva drug…
If Journey wasn’t cheesy enough…
When you’re too cheesy for THESE guys, you’re too cheesy.
Judas Priest… the Beavis and Butthead clip. BREAKIN THE LAW! BREAKIN THE LAW!
That is an unfortunate blot on The Priest’s street cred ;)
I think the high heeled boots make the video.
C’mon, WordMan. Beat me. I havn’t even pulled out the heavy hitters yet.
Hey now, that’s the edgiest guitar solo you’ll ever see in a Carpenter’s video.
Aw man - just go out of our Board meeting; I’ve been swamped. Lemme think about this…some Night Ranger where Jeff Watson wears that stupid band major outfit with fringe epaulets comes to mind…
Ok, here’s one of my enntries, Aldo Nova Fantasy. At about 3:50 he starts his guitar solo where he throws in just about every cliched move and facial expression. But the whole vidoe, including his leopard print outfit is pretty cheesy.