“In the ’80s, MTV buttered our bread. But after Kurt Cobain wore his grandfather’s sweater in the video for Smells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place on MTV for bands like us and Mötley Crüe”: The life and death of the thinking person’s hair metal band

“In the ’80s, MTV buttered our bread. But after Kurt Cobain wore his grandfather’s sweater in the video for Smells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place on MTV for bands like us and Mötley Crüe”: The life and death of the thinking person’s hair metal band

In the summer of 1988, New York-based rock band White Lion were flying high.Their second album, Pride, had sold a million copies, and they were on a huge US tour opening for AC/DC.Fronted by Danish singer Mike Tramp, White Lion had been on the road for a whirlwind 10 months.They had also opened for Kiss – whose bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons had told Tramp he had “the coolest name in rock ’n’ roll” – and then Aerosmith, whose singer Steven Tyler …