I'd give "butt rock" a different definition. As opposed to late-'80s, early-'90s metal, butt rock is really exemplified by plodding, thudding, vaguely bluesy hard rock from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.
Nazareth, Foghat and Blackfoot are all perfect examples of Butt Rock.
By Reformed Butt Rocker
1) A cranked up, stiff non-syncopated drum beat. The snare drum must be very loud. This is a result of a music industry in the 1980’s that wanted to distance itself from any of the “boring” improvisational aspects of hard rock music. 2) Squealing lead guitar that lacks any semblance of feeling and may be dropped into any other song on recording by said band. 3) Angry lyrics about teachers, cops and parents who are always f-ing with you. Sometimes even librarians may be a target in videos. 4) Lyrics about being high. 5) Band members must laugh incessantly at all of their own responses to interviewer's questions. (David Lee Roth started this trend but he actually was funny.)
Butt rock is 1980's lightweight pop metal strutting with hair spray.
By Skipgalv
let me start off by saying that "Butt Rock" is a misunderstood art form. Butt Rock as defined by the everyday world is "a song or songs that is/are horrible but EVERYONE reacts to." I have seen many people who swear up and down that 80s rock is the worst ever, but when "cum on feel the noise" or "holy diver" or "separate ways" come on, they are rocking along with everyone else. Bands who performed "Butt Rock" wre known as Hair Bands.
Quiet Riot, Dio, Journey. Also: Motley Crue, Supertramp, Scorpions, Whitesnake. "I hate Butt Rock...but I LOVE this song, who sings it?"
By Rockin!
Cheesy 1980's hard rock/heavy metal, that might have sounded good back in the day, but sounds totally gay to people today. Buttrockers typically had long girly hair, wore assless chaps or ball hugging leather pants, and the band usually had 1 guitarist, instead of 2. Most videos featured at a girl with horribly big hair.
Poison, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Warrant, Winger, Great White, Skid row, and their likes all played butt rock on the Sunset Strip back in the day.
By Dick Fitzentite
Butt Rock is really irony. In simple terms it is any music that one does not like and/or lives in denial that they actually listened to that music during that time period but now want to pretend they did not. It has actually nothing to do with quality of said music just the arrogance, inflated ego, and heavy pride of the one labeling it butt rock so they can distance themselves and feel superior. The sad truth is that those who label it butt rock may as well had been those that listened to it at the time and thus are calling themselves butt rockers. Hence the irony.
Butt Rock? Art #5 knows he listened to that music back in the 80s. He is not fooling anyone. He knows he was a butt rocker then.
By Devin MacGregor