I still followed the glam bands around for a couple more years by the more I got into that "dark horse" called Metallica the more I liked real music.
In the 70s I was into Black Sabbath and the likes of such bands but then in 1980, I got "born again" and renounced all rock music to the devil. That lasted about 3 or 4 years. But during that time, I was into Stryper (ha ha)!!!! So from Stryper it was a natural progression towards glam bands when I got back into that "devil music"... and Axl Rose!!! I spent the majority of my 20s in pursuit of that man, following him around, going to so many of his shows. I moved to Hollywood and started writing for the local rock rag, got into all the clubs for free, backstage and the likes. Since glam was dominating the Hollywood underground scene at the time, I got sucked in. I even went to the Warrant record release party!!
It wasn't until the late 80s that I really got into Metallica. But then in 1990, I moved to the tiny island of Kauai and rock and roll oblivion. However, I kept up on the Mighty Met and could be found blaring them from my car as I tooled around the island... and well of course, Guns N Roses. The Use Your Illusions albums came out while I lived there.
When I moved back to the "mainland" in the late 90s rock had drastically changed but my love for Metallica and my disillusions with Axl had grown... the rest is history.
)....another soul saved 
