UK Rock/Metal Charts (1980s and early '90s)

[Blondini]

^Point proven! Bland bland bland Genesis top when it should be The Cult or Beastie Boys. And Berlin now suddenly included - what the hell?!

[Metalweb]

11 April 87

01 (-) Big Time - Peter Gabriel [16]
02 (-) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake [22]
03(01) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis [35]
04 (-) Heat Of The Night - Bryan Adams [77]
05(02) Don't Need A Gun - Billy Idol
06(07) Like Flames - Berlin
07 (-) Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper [95]
08 (-) It's In The Way That You Use it - Eric Clapton [79]
09 (-) Nothing's Gonna Stop us Now - Starship [50]
10(04) Wild Frontier - Gary Moore
11(05) I Am The Law - Anthrax
12(03) Rock The Night - Europe
13 (-) Whole Lotta Love - Vicious Rumor Club
14(06) Behind The Mask - Eric Clapton
15 (-) Only Human - Lee Aaron
16(12) Creeping Death - Metallica
17(08) Break Down The Walls - Shy
18(18) Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
19(09) When The World Comes Down - Magnum
20(16) Heaven Tonight - Waysted
21(10) Call Of The Wild - Deep Purple
22(30) Over The Hills And Far Away - Gary Moore
23(11) Still The Same - Slade
24(13) Shake Me - Cinderella
25(22) Amanda - Boston
26(15) The Final Countdown - Europe
27(17) Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
28(14) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
29(19) Frozen Heart - FM
30(25) You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi

For comparison, this is the MRIB chart from No.1 magazine dated 11 April:


01(01) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake [22]
02(03) Heat Of The Night - Bryan Adams [77]
03(02) I Am The Law - Anthrax
04(04) (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys [25]
05(19) Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper [95]
06 (-) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi [17]
07(05) Creeping Death - Metallica
08(30) Only Human - Lee Aaron
09(07) What Gives you The Idea - Crazyhead
10(06) Wild Frontier - Gary Moore
11(08) Break Down The Walls - Shy
12(12) Madhouse - Anthrax
13(09) When The World Comes Down - Magnum
14(10) Rock The Night - Europe
15(11) Call Of The Wild - Deep Purple
16(24) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm [82]
17(13) Amanda - Boston
18(16) Fame And Fortune - Bad Company
19(18) Blind Before I Stop - Meat Loaf
20(14) Shake Me - Cinderella
21(27) Jump Into The Fire - Metallica
22(15) The Final Countdown - Europe
23(23) Animal (F*** Like A Beast) - W.A.S.P.
24(25) Frozen Heart - FM
25(17) Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
26(22) Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
27(20) Heaven Tonight - Waysted
28(21) Red Shoes - Pendragon
29(29) Brain Death - Nuclear Assault
30(26) You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi

So Spotlight Research extend a warm welcome to Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Billy Idol, Berlin and Eric Clapton - but draw the line at The Beastie Boys....

[Blondini]

oh, yes, even MRIB were slow on adding The Cult. The album release must have made them add it. But they have grebo rockers Crazyhead in the chart (full title What Gives You The Idea That You're So Amazing, Baby?). The suits that compile the Kerrang! charts would have no idea who Crazyhead were! The previous weeks refer to the music industry chart used by Channel Four's The Chart Show but not previously made available in full to the public. The Chart Show would eventually make their own specialist charts.

Both charts are dated 4th April? Did Kerrang! go weekly at this point?

EDIT: they've ignored the Beastie Boys but that version of Whole Lotta Love is actually a hip hop track! It's like they added it without even listening to it!

[Metalweb]

Don't remember that version of Whole Lotta Love at all - probably shouldn't be in the chart but personally I wouldn't include the Beasties either - it's all so subjective....

Kerrang! is fortnightly until later in the year - I'm still using the date of the equivalent chart in Sounds.

[Blondini]

Don't remember that version of Whole Lotta Love at all - probably shouldn't be in the chart but personally I wouldn't include the Beasties either - it's all so subjective....

Kerrang! is fortnightly until later in the year - I'm still using the date of the equivalent chart in Sounds.

But you went from 28th March to 4th April. That's why i asked.


On the basis of the amount of rock on that album, i wouldn't have included Beastie Boys either. I think people got the wrong idea from the way they were marketed. They did start as punk rock, though.

Stand by for the debut of Cher as a "metal" act soon on the MRIB chart - only for that to disappear with The Shoop Shoop Song in 91.
Michael Bolton would be included, too - much to the confusion of people who didn't know his background. Frankly, they should not have included any of his subsequent material.

[Metalweb]

Oh No - you're right - that should be the chart for 11 April.

How did that happen?!?

Now corrected!

[Metalweb]

25 Apr 87

01 (-) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi [16]
02(02) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake [23]
03(09) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship [15]
04(01) Big Time - Peter Gabriel [44]
05 (-) Carrie - Europe [35]
06(03) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
07(08) It's In The Way That You Use It - Eric Clapton [89]
08 (-) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm [88]
09(05) Don't Need a Gun - Billy Idol
10(07) Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
11(04) Heat Of The Night - Bryan Adams
12(10) Wild Frontier - Gary Moore
13(15) Only Human - Lee Aaron
14(12) Rock The Night - Europe
15(06) Like Flames - Berlin
16(26) The Final Countdown - Europe
17(11) I Am The Law - Anthrax
18(13) Whole Lotta Love - Vicious Rumour Club
19(18) Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
20(14) Behind The Mask - Eric Clapton
21(25) Amanda - Boston
22(16) Creeping Death - Metallica
23(19) When The World Comes Down - Magnum
24(17) Break Down The Walls - Shy
25(22) Over The Hills And Far Away - Gary Moore
26 (-) I'll Be Alright - Journey
27(21) Call Of The Wild - Deep Purple
28(24) Shake Me - Cinderella
29(29) Frozen Heart - FM
30(27) Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

MRIB chart for comparison:

01(01) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi [16]
02(02) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake [23]
03 (-) Carrie - Europe [35]
04(04) (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys [39]
05(03) I Am The Law - Anthrax
06(05) Heat Of The Night - Bryan Adams
07(10) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
08(06) Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
09(07) Creeping Death - Metallica
10(09) Only Human - Lee Aaron
11(08) What Gives You The Idea - Crazyhead
12(11) Wild Frontier - Gary Moore
13(13) Shake Me - Cinderella
14(17) Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
15(14) Rock The Night - Europe
16(12) Madhouse - Anthrax
17(26) Frozen Heart - FM
18(23) Fame And Fortune - Bad Company
19(15) When The World Comes Down - Magnum
20(19) Jump Into The Fire - Metallica
21(16) Break Down The Walls - Shy
22(25) The Final Countdown - Europe
23(18) Call Of The Wild - Deep Purple
24 (-) Love Removal Machine - Cult [86]
25(21) Amanda - Boston
26(24) You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi
27(20) Animal (F*** Like A Beast) - W.A.S.P.
28(28) Still The Same - Slade
29(22) Brain Death - Nuclear Assault
30(27) Blind Before I Stop - Meat Loaf

[Metalweb]

9 May 87

01(03) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship [01]
02 (-) Li'l Devil - The Cult [17]
03(01) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi [33]
04(05) Carrie - Europe [27]
05(02) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake [55]
06(04) Big Time - Peter Gabriel [71]
07(06) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
08 (-) That's What Friends Are For - Slade
09(08) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
10 (-) Romeo - Heavy Pettin
11(07) It's In The way That You Use It - Eric Clapton
12(05) Don't Need A Gun - Billy Idol
13(11) Heat Of The Night - Bryan Adams
14(16) The Final Countdown - Europe
15(14) Rock The Night - Europe
16(17) I Am The Law - Anthrax
17(15) Like Flames - Berlin
18(19) Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
19(12) Wild Frontier - Gary Moore
20(10) Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
21(22) Creeping Death - Metallica
22(20) Behind The Mask - Eric Clapton
23(18) Whole Lotta Love - Vicious Rumor Club
24(13) Only Human - Lee Aaron
25(21) Amanda - Boston
26 (-) Calling On You - Stryper
27 (-) Colour Of Your Smile - Night Ranger
28(30) Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
30(29) Frozen Heart - FM

MRIB:
(Clearly slightly ahead of Spotlight!)

01(01) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi [33]
02(06) Li'l Devil - The Cult [17]
03(02) Carrie - Europe [27]
04(03) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake [55]
05 (-) Friday On My Mind - Gary Moore [62]
06(04) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
07(05) (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys [75]
08(07) I Am The Law - Anthrax
09 (-) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp [40]
10(08) Heat Of The Night - Bryan Adams
11(13) Creeping Death - Metallica
12(09) Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
13 (-) Colour Of Your Smile - Night Ranger
14(11) Shake Me - Cinderella
15(18) Romeo - Heavy Pettin
16(16) That Ain't Love - REO Speedwagon
17 (-) That's What Friends Are For - Slade
18 (-) Calling On You - Stryper
19(12) What Gives you The Idea - Crazyhead
20(10) Only Human - Lee Aaron
21(14) Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
22 (-) Special Girl - Meat Loaf [81]
23(24) Jump Into The Fire - Metallica
24(22) Break Down The Walls - Shy
25(17) Rock The Night - Europe
26(19) Madhouse - Anthrax
27(15) Wild Frontier - Gary Moore
28(27) Love Removal Machine - The cult [98]
29(29) Amanda - Boston
30(25) The Final Countdown - Europe

[Metalweb]

23 May 87

01(01) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship [01]
02(02) Li'l Devil - The Cult [13]
03 (-) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp [19]
04(04) Carrie - Europe
05 (-) Friday on My Mind - Gary Moore [35]
06 (-) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites [51]
07(03) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi [69]
08 (-) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison [67]
09(06) Big Time - Peter Gabriel [87]
10 (-) The Old Man And The Angel - It Bites [72]
11 (-) Special Girl - Meat Loaf
12(05) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
13(08) That's What Friends Are For - Slade
14(07) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis [98]
15(12) Don't Need A Gun - Billy Idol
16(11) It's In The Way That You Use It - Eric Clapton
17(09) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
18(19) Wild Frontier - Gary Moore
19(18) Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
20(14) The Final Countdown - Europe
21(22) Behind The Mask - Eric Clapton
22(15) Rock The Night - Europe
23(13) Heat Of The Night - Bryan Adams
24(10) Romeo - Heavy Pettin'
25(16) I Am The Law - Anthrax
26(17) Like Flames - Berlin
27(20) Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
28 (-) Passing Strangers - IQ
29(21) Creeping Death - Metallica
30(26) Calling On You - Stryper

MRIB

01(01) Li'l Devil - The Cult [13]
02(04) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp [19]
03(02) Friday On My Mind - Gary Moore [35]
04 (-) Incommunicado - Marillion [6]
05(15) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites [51]
06 (-) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison [67]
07(05) Carrie - Europe [27]
08(06) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
09(03) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi [69]
10(07) Special Girl - Meatloaf
11(09) Calling On You - Stryper
12(08) Colour Of Your Smile - Night Ranger
13(11) You Gotta (Fight For Your Right) To Party - Beastie Boys [90]
14(10) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
15(13) Creeping Death - Metallica
16(12) I Am The Law - Anthrax
17(19) What Gives You The Idea - Crazyhead
18(18) Only Human - Lee Aaron
19(14) That's What Friends Are For - Slade
20 (-) Passing Strangers - IQ
21(25) Little Suzie - Tesla
22(22) Shake Me - Cinderella
23(17) Heat Of The Night - Bryan Adams
24(28) Love Removal Machine - The Cult
25(20) Romeo - Heavy Pettin'
26(16) Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
27 (-) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
28(21) Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
29(27) Jump Into The Fire - Metallica
30(29) Wild Frontier - Gary Moore

[Metalweb]

6 June 87

01(01) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship [2]
02 (-) Incommunicado - Marillion [12]
03 (-) Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen [21]
04(03) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp [33]
05(02) Li'l Devil - The Cult [32]
06(05) Friday On My Mind - Gary Moore [29]
07(04) Carrie - Europe [43]
08(06) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites [47]
09 (-) Radio Waves - Roger Waters [79]
10(08) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
11 (-) Alone - Heart [86]
12(10) The Old Man And The Angel - It Bites
13 (-) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
14(07) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
15 (-) Cant'cha Say - Boston
16(12) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
17(09) Big Time - Peter Gabriel [96]
18(11) Special Girl - Meat Loaf
19(14) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
20(22) Rock The Night - Europe
21(13) That's What Friends Are For - Slade
22(16) It's In The Way That you Use It - Eric Clapton
23 (-) In High Places - Mike Oldfield
24(20) The Final Countdown - Europe
25(15) Don't Need A Gun - Billy Idol
26(17) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
27(18) Wild Frontier - Gary Moore
28(19) Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
29(28) Passing Strangers - IQ
30 (-) Jammin' Me - Tom Petty

MRIB

01(01) Incommunicado - Marillion [12]
02(02) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp [33]
03(04) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
04(08) No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys [16]
05(03) Li'l Devil - The Cult [32]
06(06) Friday On My Mind - Gary Moore [29]
07 (-) Is This Love - Whitesnake [30]
08(12) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
09(05) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites [47]
10 (-) Alone - Heart [86]
11(07) Carrie - Europe [43]
12(10) Cant'cha Say - Boston
13(13) (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys [93]
14(09) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
15(14) Calling On You - Stryper
16(11) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
17(16) Special Girl - Meat Loaf
18(22) Love Games - Pretty Maids
19(17) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
20(15) Colour Of Your Smile - Night Ranger
21(21) What Gives You The Idea - Crazyhead
22(18) Passing Strangers - IQ
23(19) Little Suzie - Tesla
24(24) Shake Me - Cinderella
25(20) Creeping Death - Metallica
26(23) I Am The Law - Anthrax
27(30) Love Removal Machine - The Cult
28(28) Jump Into The Fire - Metallica
29(26) Heat Of The Night - Bryan Adams
30(29) Only Human - Lee Aaron

[Metalweb]

20 June 87

01(01) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship [05]
02 (-) Is This Love - Whitesnake [16]
03(02) Incommunicado - Marillion [54]
04(06) Friday On My Mind - Gary Moore
05(03) Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
06(04) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
07(05) Li'l Devil - The Cult
08 (-) Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol [41]
09 (-) Criminally Insane - Slayer
10(11) Alone - Heart [66]
11 (-) Let Love Be The Leader - FM [71]
12(07) Carrie - Europe
13(08) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
14 (-) White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
15(10) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
16(14) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
17(09) Radio Waves - Roger Waters
18(13) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
19(17) Big Time - Peter Gabriel
20(19) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
21(16) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
22(15) Cant'cha Say - Boston
23(12) The Old Man and the Angel - It Bites
24 (-) Young Heart - Shy
25(18) Special Girl - Meat Loaf
26(26) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
27(23) In High Places - Mike Oldfield
28 (-) Into The Night - Ace Frehley
29(20) Rock The Night - Europe
30(22) It's In The Way That You Use It - Eric Clapton

MRIB

01(03) Is This Love - Whitesnake [16]
02(02) No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys [19]
03(06) Criminally Insane - Slayer
04(01) Incommunicado - Marillion [54]
05(08) Alone - Heart [66]
06(05) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
07 (-) Let Love Be The Leader - FM [71]
08(04) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
09(09) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
10(12) Blow Your Speakers - Manowar
11(10) Li'l Devil - The Cult
12(07) Friday On My Mind - Gary Moore
13(11) (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys
14(14) Carrie - Europe
15 (-) Into The Night - Ace Frehley
16(20) Young Heart - Shy
17(13) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
18(18) Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
19(15) Cant'cha say - Boston
20(16) Calling On You - Stryper
21(29) Creeping Death - Metallica
22(19) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
23(21) Colour Of Your Smile - Night Ranger
24(24) I Am The Law - Anthrax
25(17) Love Games - Pretty Maids
26(26) Shake Me - Cinderella
27(22) What Gives You The Idea - Crazyhead
28 (-) Passing Strangers - IQ
29(27) Jump Into The Fire - Metallica
30(25) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm

[Metalweb]

4 July 87

01(02) Is This Love - Whitesnake [09]
02(01) Nothing's Gonna Stop us Now - Starship [15]
03(08) Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol [23]
04 (-) Indians - Anthrax [45]
05 (-) Throwing It All Away - Genesis [32]
06(10) Alone - Heart [28]
07 (-) Tearing UsApart - Eric Clapton & Tina Turner [61]
08(11) Let Love Be The Leader - FM
09 (-) Hearts on Fire - Bryan Adams [59]
10 (-) It's So Easy - Guns n' Roses [88]
11(03) Incommunicado - Marillion [79]
12(06) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
13(09) Criminally Insane - Slayer
14(07) Li'l Devil - The Cult
15(04) Friday On My Mind - Gary Moore
16(13) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
17(05) Born To Run (Live) - Bruce Springsteen
18(16) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
19 (-) Blow Your Speakers - Manowar
20(15) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
21 (-) Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
22(14) White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
23 (-) Good Thing Going - Terraplane
24(20) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
25(12) Carrie - Europe
26(19) Big Time - Peter Gabriel
27(21) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
28(18) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
29(17) Radio Waves - Roger Waters
30(28) Into The Night - Ace Frehley

MRIB

01(01) Is This Love - Whitesnake [09]
02(10) Indians - Anthrax [45]
03(03) It's So Easy - Guns n' Roses [88]
04(02) No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys [43]
05(05) Alone - Heart [28]
06(06) Hearts On Fire - Bryan Adams [59]
07(07) Let Love Be The Leader - FM
08(04) Criminally Insane - Slayer
09(08) Incommunicado - Marillion
10(12) Into The Night - Ace Frehley
11(09) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
12(16) Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
13(11) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
14(13) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
15(14) Friday On my Mind - Gary Moore
16(15) (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys
17(23) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
18(18) Blow Your Speakers - Manowar
19(17) Li'l Devil - The Cult
20(20) Good Thing Going - Terraplane
21(19) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
22(22) I Am The Law - Anthrax
23(21) Carrie - Europe
24(24) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
25(27) Creeping Death - Metallica
26(26) Young heart - Shy
27(28) Shake Me - Cinderella
28(30) Calling On You - Stryper
29 (re) What Gives You The Idea - Crazyhead
30 (-) Only A Fool - Strangeways

[Metalweb]

Heart celebrate their recent Quarantine Survivor victory by leaping to the top of the Kerrang! chart....

18 July 87

01(06) Alone - Heart [09]
02(01) Is This Love - Whitesnake [19]
03(03) Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol [18]
04(05) Throwing It All Away - Genesis [24]
05(02) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship [30]
06 (-) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel [46]
07(04) Indians - Anthrax [67]
08(07) Tearing Us Apart - Eric Clapton & Tina Turner
09(09) Hearts On Fire - Bryan Adams
10(10) It's So Easy - Guns n' Roses
11(11) Incommunicado - Marillion
12(08) Let Love Be The Leader - FM
13 (-) Crazy Train (Live) - Ozzy Osbourne
14(14) Li'l Devil - The Cult
15(24) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
16(12) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp [99]
17(18) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
18(20) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
19(15) Friday On My Mind - Gary Moore
20(21) Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
21(13) Criminally Insane - Slayer
22(29) Radio Waves - Roger Waters
23(28) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
24(25) Carrie - Europe
25(17) Born To Run (Live) - Bruce Springsteen
26 (-) The Secret Of My Success - Night Ranger
27(27) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
28(19) Blow Your Speakers - Manowar
29(16) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
30(23) Good Thing Going - Terraplane

MRIB

01(01) Is This Love - Whitesnake [19]
02(03) Alone - Heart [09]
03(05) Crazy Train (Live) - Ozzy Osbourne
04(02) Indians - Anthrax [67]
05(06) Hearts on Fire - Bryan Adams
06(08) Let Love Be The Leader - FM
07(04) It's So Easy - Guns n' Roses
08(07) No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
09(10) Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
10(09) Incommunicado - Marillion
11(11) Into The Night - Ace Frehley
12(12) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
13(14) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
14(18) Good Thing Going - Terraplane
15(15) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
16(24) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
17(13) Criminally Insane - Slayer
18(22) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
19(16) (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys
20 (-) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
21(26) Shake Me - Cinderella
22(19) Blow Your Speakers - Manowar
23(30) Calling On You - Stryper
24(17) Friday On My Mind - Gary Moore
25(20) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp [99]
26(21) Li'l Devil - The Cult
27(25) Creeping Death - Metallica
28 (-) Home Street Home - King Kobra
29(27) What Gives You The Idea - Crazyhead
30(23) I Am The Law - Anthrax

[Robbie]

I'm not sure which version of the chart I prefer or which should be seen as the more authorative. By this point in 1987 I was barely following the main Gallup chart and had long since stopped buying Record Mirror. Unless a record was in the charts and on the video jukebox in the local or was getting played on Capital FM or the London pirate radio stations I probably never got to hear it. Rock records beyond those that made the Gallup top 40 were largely unknown to me by this point.The Kerrang chart still attracts the more poppy rock hits but the chart no longer feels representative of a genre. It's more like the pop charts with dance and indie music taken out. Is the MRIB chart more representative? I only really got to notice rock music again in late 1988 to1989 by which point Guns N Roses were dominant and the likes of Metallica and Megadeath were having big hits.

[andrej]

I think they were Iron Maiden, the first heavy metal rockers, who made a breakthrough into pop charts in 1988 with Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album and singles like Can I Play With Madness and The Evil That Men Do, both reaching Top 5.

[BobPatience]

The Kerrang chart still attracts the more poppy rock hits but the chart no longer feels representative of a genre. It's more like the pop charts with dance and indie music taken out.

Is that really a fair assessment? It does not include U2, Chris Rea, The Cure, Simple Minds or Broken English, who are all in the top 40 on the Pop chart. Let alone all of the non-Rock Pop that occupies the top 40. It is not a pure Hard Rock/Heavy Metal chart by any means, but I think that the chart still has a lot of merit if you are interested in Rock music beyond what appeared on the Pop chart.

[Robbie]

Is that really a fair assessment? It does not include U2, Chris Rea, The Cure, Simple Minds or Broken English, who are all in the top 40 on the Pop chart. Let alone all of the non-Rock Pop that occupies the top 40. It is not a pure Hard Rock/Heavy Metal chart by any means, but I think that the chart still has a lot of merit if you are interested in Rock music beyond what appeared on the Pop chart.

That's a fair comment especially as I forgot about U2!

[Blondini]

I think they were Iron Maiden, the first heavy metal rockers, who made a breakthrough into pop charts in 1988 with Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album and singles like Can I Play With Madness and The Evil That Men Do, both reaching Top 5.

Black Sabbath were the first heavy metal band (1970). (Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin were around the same era but are more hard rock than metal). Hence the term New Wave of British Heavy Metal for the late 70s. I'm pretty sure there were bands before Maiden in this movement, too.
Maiden did have a bigger boost in 88 but they'd already had a big top ten hit with Run To The Hills.

EDIT: i think i get what you mean. Sabbath and co were not called heavy metal when they came out, the term came later. Although Motorhead preceded/influenced and are seen by some as being part of the NWOBHM, Maiden seem to be regarded as the first actual group or notable group of that movement/scene.

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Megadeth didn't have a big UK hit until their cover of Alice Cooper in 1990. Anthrax were bigger on the singles chart before that.
88 was Maiden and Jovi. G N R struggled until the remix of Sweet Child in 89.

It's obvious that the MRIB chart is more representative as The Chart Show used it for television. And Kerrang! then reverted back to actual hard rock and metal later. Kerrang! magazine itself would not be having Phil Collins and Chris Rea in their interviews or live reviews so why are they in their charts? If you can show me evidence that they did....

[Metalweb]

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Actually Kerrang! did sometimes run interviews with/reviews of artists like these.

The issue with the latest charts has a lengthy (and generally favourable) review of Genesis at Wembley Stadium.

".....this band has changed almost beyond recognition, yet still puts on one of the most entertaining live acts in rock today."

[Blondini]

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Actually Kerrang! did sometimes run interviews with/reviews of artists like these.

The issue with the latest charts has a lengthy (and generally favourable) review of Genesis at Wembley Stadium.

".....this band has changed almost beyond recognition, yet still puts on one of the most entertaining live acts in rock today."

well they never did when i read it in the nineties. Genuinely shocked that they would seem to have a justification that your average metalhead (or even prog fan) would still be interested in them by then. Having said that, they have gushing features on Pvris and Twenty One Pilots these days - who are barely even rock.

[andrej]

Black Sabbath were the first heavy metal band (1970). (Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin were around the same era but are more hard rock than metal). Hence the term New Wave of British Heavy Metal for the late 70s. I'm pretty sure there were bands before Maiden in this movement, too.
Maiden did have a bigger boost in 88 but they'd already had a big top ten hit with Run To The Hills.

EDIT: i think i get what you mean. Sabbath and co were not called heavy metal when they came out, the term came later. Although Motorhead preceded/influenced and are seen by some as being part of the NWOBHM, Maiden seem to be regarded as the first actual group or notable group of that movement/scene.

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Megadeth didn't have a big UK hit until their cover of Alice Cooper in 1990. Anthrax were bigger on the singles chart before that.
88 was Maiden and Jovi. G N R struggled until the remix of Sweet Child in 89.

It's obvious that the MRIB chart is more representative as The Chart Show used it for television. And Kerrang! then reverted back to actual hard rock and metal later. Kerrang! magazine itself would not be having Phil Collins and Chris Rea in their interviews or live reviews so why are they in their charts? If you can show me evidence that they did....

Oh no no no, you got me wrong ) I was talking purely about the late '80s. Perhaps Maiden wasn't the first heavy metal band that conquested the pop charts. However, their audience expanded far beyond the group of ardent fans of the genre by the end of the decade. It's not only music but also their videos that entertained a wide range of the public but, first of all, the teens.

Bon Jovi shouldn't be classified as rock to my taste, as well as Bryan Adams. Though I know many people would disagree with me.

[jimmypages59]

I don't think Maiden did expand their appeal much beyond their fanbase, in the late 80's and their tracks certainly never crossed over into the mainstream. None of the tracks from 7th Son stuck around the charts for any longer than their earlier singles did, yes they charted higher but still spent a similar amount of weeks on chart. I'd say their only track that appealed much beyond their fan base was 1982s Run To The Hills.

While they had always released a plethora of different limited editions of their singles (Pic Discs, Poster Sleeves, Gatefolds etc) I think they just started staggering the releases on 7th Son, so they would get a 2nd or 3rd week Top 10. Like 3 editions on release, then say a Pic Disc wk 2 and then Poster Sleeve wk 3.

I'd say acts like Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams were/are definitely rock acts, certainly not Hard Rock let alone Heavy Metal but definitely (soft) rock.

[Metalweb]

1 Aug 87

01(01) Alone - Heart [05]
02(03) Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol [36]
03 (-) Sugar Mice - Marillion [22]
04(02) Is This Love - Whitesnake [37]
05(04) Throwing It All Away - genesis [51]
06(05) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship [55]
07(06) Red Rain - Peter Gabriel [78]
08 (-) Shakedown - Bob Seger [91]
09(07) Indians - Anthrax
10 (-) Hearts Of Fire - Roger Daltrey
11(08) Tearing Us Apart - Eric Clapton & Tina Turner
12 (-) Edge Of A Broken Heart - Briar
13(10) It's So Easy - Guns n' Roses
14(20) Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
15(14) Li'l Devil - The Cult
16(09) Hearts On Fire - Bryan Adams
17(11) Incommunicado - Marillion
18(16) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
19(12) Let Love Be The Leader - FM
20 (-) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
21(17) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
22(13) Crazy Train (Live) - Ozzy Osbourne
23 (re) White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
24(18) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
25(27) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
26 (re) Love Removal Machine - The Cult
27(24) Carrie - Europe
28(15) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
29(29) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
30(19) Friday On My Mind - Gary Moore

MRIB

01(01) Alone - Heart [05]
02(08) Sugar Mice - Marillion [22]
03(03) She's On It - Beastie Boys [10]
04(02) Is This Love - Whitesnake [37]
05(04) Indians - Anthrax
06(05) Crazy Train (live) - Ozzy Osbourne
07(13) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
08(07) It's So Easy - Guns n' Roses
09 (-) Girls Girls Girls - Motley Crue [35]
10(12) Hearts On Fire - Bryan Adams
11(06) No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
12(14) Shakedown - Bob Seger [91]
13(09) Incommunicado - Marillion
14(11) Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
15(18) Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
16(10) Let Love Be The Leader - FM
17(19) Criminally Insane - Slayer
18(22) Good Thing Going - Terraplane
19(15) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
20(20) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
21(17) Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
22(16) (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys
23 (re) Blow Your Speakers - Manowar
24(25) Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp
25(21) Into The Night - Ace Frehley
26(26) Li'l Devil - The Cult
27(30) Secret Of My Success - Night Ranger
28(28) I am The Law - Anthrax
29(24) Possessed To Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
30 (re) Creeping Death - Metallica

[Blondini]

That song by Briar - not the same as the one by Vixen - made UK #95 the following week. Also entered MRIB chart at 8 that week. Though the archive for that issue of Number 1 is missing. https://michaelmouse1967.wixsite.com...e---number-one

[Metalweb]

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Yup, it's a naff song though.

The Vixen hit of the same name is much better (though I guess they must have nicked the title....)