# Embarrassingly bad videos of 1980s heavy metal bands **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 19, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934 "2020-11-19T00:54:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/1 "2020-11-19T00:54:07Z")
Here’s a 1986 video of an obscure heavy metal band from Montréal, Quebec called [Trop Féross](https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Trop_Feross/6003). The name of the song is _Richard Coeur de Fer_. I love how the guitarist comes out of nowhere at 1:21 to play a solo. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m5f5gl8-I5Y/hqdefault.jpg "Trop Féross\_Richard Coeur De Fer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5f5gl8-I5Y) Show me more hilarious, cringe-worthy, or embarrassingly bad videos made by heavy metal bands in the 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/2 "2020-11-19T01:01:13Z")
There are undoubtedly cheesier videos out there, but I submit Dio’s video for “Rainbow in the Dark” – it’s like the bastard child of Yes’s video for “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” and a Monty Python sketch. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PrBUjXaRSUQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Dio - Rainbow In The Dark (Official Music Video) [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrBUjXaRSUQ) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/3 "2020-11-19T01:20:40Z")
I actually enjoyed the album back in the day, but had no idea how bad the video of the “hit song” was until now. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zDk4UtCOQ5E/hqdefault.jpg "Black Widow - Come To The Sabbat (1972)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDk4UtCOQ5E) It’s not even the worst “Come To The Sabbat(h)” video. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b-e7eclhrkk/maxresdefault.jpg "King Diamond - Come to the Sabbath (Mercyful Fate song) live at Gröna Lund, Stockholm 2014") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-e7eclhrkk) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/4 "2020-11-19T16:47:03Z")
Savatage “Hall of the Mountain King” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mOKoLiOkWWQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King (Official Music Video) [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOKoLiOkWWQ) ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/5 "2020-11-19T18:16:43Z")
Here is what became known as the career ending video from Billy Squier. He was not exactly heavy metal, but it was a ill advised video. Prancing, dancing, pastels and pink satin sheets. Probably missed his target audience. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ySfzJPthRoQ/hqdefault.jpg "Billy Squier - Rock Me Tonite") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySfzJPthRoQ) ---
**Author:** ![ric62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/6 "2020-11-20T06:40:15Z")
Crafter Man wins the prize, no need to see anymore. Do you think these guys would even admit to this monstrosity? ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/7 "2020-11-20T18:04:06Z")
The drummer knows one fill. And really likes to use it 🤣 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sJgv-qBBT3Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Grim Reaper - See You In Hell [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJgv-qBBT3Y) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/8 "2020-11-20T18:32:17Z")
Candlemass - bewitched [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-3uvf0cn0jo/hqdefault.jpg "Candlemass - Bewitched") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3uvf0cn0jo) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/9 "2020-11-20T19:54:25Z")
I always cracked up when Beavis and Butthead called out the lame metal bands and videos: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SsuYGiG77Ik/maxresdefault.jpg "Top 10 Beavis & Butt-Head Metal Roasts") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsuYGiG77Ik) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/10 "2020-11-20T19:59:42Z")
Lol did those guys go out and get perms together? ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/11 "2020-11-20T22:05:05Z")
The guy who directed the Bewitched video would go on to do videos for Roxette, U2, Metallica and Lady Gaga, among other unknowns. ---
**Author:** ![Jay\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/12 "2020-11-21T03:03:22Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/reL4GuYhtMY/maxresdefault.jpg "Krokus - Screaming in the Night") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reL4GuYhtMY) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/13 "2020-11-21T05:31:37Z")
I wasn’t sure if the singer in the OP was male or female, until 1:49! This video looks like it was shot at a public access studio. (Was it?) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/14 "2020-11-21T16:49:01Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I wasn’t sure if the singer in the OP was male or female, until 1:49! This video looks like it was shot at a public access studio. (Was it?) I’m still not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/15 "2020-11-21T22:42:43Z")
Krokus: Screaming in The Night. Until today, the one and only time I saw that video was on a special half-hour show about “banned videos”, Apparently, all the ones were deemed too something for MTV. Too violent, too sexist, too sexy, something. Now, seeing it again, not only can I not see what was so bad about it, I can’t stop laughing. I still like the song. Some songs, you should just not see the video to. It could irreperably damage your opinion of the song, the band, or of a just God. ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/16 "2020-11-21T23:30:36Z")
Here is an alternate version of Video #1. This one was apparently on a Canadian music show. What I love is that at 1:43, the footage from the original vid, with the guitar player coming out of nowhere is inexplicably spliced in. I laughed so much at that video the past few days. I’m picturing the camera guy saying “wait…wait…waaait…annnnnnnd…GO!” Just before the guitar player runs onstage to do that awful solo. ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/17 "2020-11-21T23:32:14Z")
Not sure why it won’t embed… [Trop Féross\_Richard Coeur De Fer - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4gu48WC_KQ&fbclid=IwAR3kYfOdxIfiDFRkB269l5yhkV0G-dOwlNes3Tk1dky8yS26nWaWzPD9v7w)) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/18 "2020-11-22T04:37:11Z")
The singer is definitely female. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/19 "2020-11-22T20:28:09Z")
Yup. [https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Ginette\_"Féroce"\_Provost/153397](https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Ginette_%22F%C3%A9roce%22_Provost/153397) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassingly-bad-videos-of-1980s-heavy-metal-bands/925934/20 "2020-11-22T21:21:38Z")
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