Sure, they're men with really long hair and tight pants. And yes, they wear leather and leopard prints. But they make their music look good, and sound good too. The band can fill up a bar with an excited crowd on any Sunday night.
They're Metalhead, a hard-rocking 80s cover band, blasting heavy metal from the best of the hair band gods.
Their play list is a popular mix of Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, and more, which they perform with remarkable accuracy.
"We want our shows to be so obnoxiously funny, but then people to say, 'Wow, they play really good music'," lead singer Lucky said.
"It's supposed to be a spoof and the fans get what we're trying to do," bassist Steelwolf said.
Others in the band include drummer Tommy Legg, and guitarist, G-String. The band is only about 6 months old, but has managed to gain some pretty hardcore fans who may have forgotten that it isn't the 80s anymore.
"They're better than most cover bands out there, and they do it better than most of the bands themselves," longhaired fan Nic Stewart said.
Stewart is in his mid-twenties and sings along to every song, while pounding away on his air guitar.
"I'm a drummer myself and I know talent, and that singer and guitarist really stand out," he added.
Other fans would agree. And one look around at the crowded stage front tables of people rocking out is proof.
"The only time we even come here is to see Metalhead," said Randy Austin, an earring-clad fan in his early 30s.
A look around the bar reveals not only one age group, hopelessly stuck in the 80s, but also a wide variety of men and women in their early 20s to mid 40s.
"There's an inner Metalhead in everyone," said Lucky jokingly. He added, more seriously, "But some of these kids are living it up for the first time, while others are MTV kids who grew up with this music."
The group says that their biggest goal is to play Vegas.
"But the band is so new that we have to get the word out," said Steelwolf.
It seems the fans are taking care of that for him.
"I brought my friends with me from out of town, and they really like the music," Stewart said.
Others in the crowd were there for the first time because they had "heard the band was good", while some weren't regulars, but rocked along with the best of them.
Metalhead plays regularly at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale and City Limits in Tucson. But don't be swayed by the big hair and tight pants. Their energy is contagious and their music is flawless.
Katie McDevitt is a reporter for the Web Devil. Reach her at kathleen.mcdevitt@asu.edu.
