VAIN

An American glam-metal outfit fronted by vocalist Davy Vain, Vain were founded in 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area around the talents of Davy Vain, James Scott (lead guitar), Danny West (rhythm guitar), Ashley Mitchell (bass), and Tom Rickard (drums). A driving and melody-driven metal/hard rock unit in the vein of West Coast contemporaries like Guns N' Roses, Faster Pussycat, and Mötley Crüe, the band's early demos eventually found their way to Island Records, which released the band's 1988 debut, No Respect. Like many pop-metal outfits wrestling to be heard above the clamor...