Hair Metal Hall of Fame with Molly Lambert

Bandsplain

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4.4 • 582 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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In today’s episode we’re heading back to the Sunset Strip — a leather clad world of teased hair, tight pants, and pure chaos. Guest Molly Lambert helps us remember the golden era of hair metal, when bands like Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Ratt made the Sunset Strip their glitter covered playground. Turn it up, spray it higher and relive the excess and freedom of the 80s with us. Episode Playlist: Listen to Hair Metal Fall of Fame ⁠Here⁠ CREDITS: Host: Yasi Salek @yasisalek Guest: Molly Lambert Producer: Rob Sundermann Video Editor: Ashleigh Smith Audio Editor: Adrian Bridges Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles, Juliana Ress Theme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's with this band anyway?
0:03.0	I don't get it. Can you please explain?
0:07.0	Wait, like, Bansplaine?
0:11.0	Never heard this band in my life.
0:15.0	Oh, you haven't? I love that. Really? Why?
0:18.0	Yeah, I love this song. Oh, I don't know that one.
0:22.8	Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplain. I really hate this Bandsplett. Whatever. I'm their biggest fan.
0:29.5	Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplain, Bansplain.
0:35.8	Bansplain!
0:43.4	Hello and welcome to Bandsplain. I am your host, Yassie Salick.
0:48.7	This is a show where I invite an expert guest on to help me explain a cult band or iconic artist, usually.
0:54.0	But today's episode, we're covering a broad range of iconic artists. We're going to really give a rundown of
0:57.2	the broader 80s hair metal landscape via compiling a list of what might be 10 or 12
1:06.2	hair metal bangers. I haven't decided. You guys are my guest today?
1:12.1	Writer, podcaster, San Fernando Valley legend.
1:17.1	Molly Lambert.
1:17.7	Welcome to the show, Molly.
1:18.6	Hello, I'm so excited.
1:20.8	I feel you're the perfect person to be here for this.
1:24.7	And I can't quite put my finger on why, but I feel it spiritually.
1:29.2	I also feel like we were destined to do a podcast about hair metal.
1:35.1	The gods decreed it.
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