VIDEOS OF THE WEEK #17 (with GUEST HOST)

Hey folks, RJhog here. This week I'll be guest hosting VOTW for Niels, as he will be doing the same for me on AOTW. I will follow basically the same layout as Niels and I hope I can do justice to the awesome feature that VOTW has become.

I'm gonna show you seven videos. I know, that's a lot of videos. It was originally six, but I realized I needed to add one more as a companion/opponent of my classic offering. I'll put up 2 new videos, each by post grunge bands, one that is classified by Wikipedia as a heavy metal band, the other as a metalcore band. I have a new video from a classic band (well, based on some opinions that I'm familiar with a few members, they may not actually be classic, but for me they are). I have 2 Cheese Factor videos. I'm posting 2 because the first thought that comes to my mind when I hear "cheesy video" is hair band, but I think this will show that many 80's videos, despite the genre, were quite cheesy. And finally, I'll add one classic video by a classic band. The reason for the additional video is that it's a cover of that same classic song and I want you guys to judge the two videos and song performances and let your thoughts be known.

Please remember to rate each video and song and score the Cheese Factor videos for their cheesiness. After a couple of members chime in, I'll then post my thoughts on each video. Thanks for watching and thanks to Niels for letting me guest host VOTW. Here goes:

New Videos

Unraveling by Sevendust

Sevendust is from my neck of the woods (Atlanta, Georgia). They are classified as a heavy metal band by Wikipedia and released their first of 8 albums in 1997. The song Unraveling is taken from their most recent release, 2010's Cold Day Memory.

Hold On by All That Remains

All That Remains is an American metalcore band from Springfield, Massachusetts. The have released 5 albums since 2002 and Hold On comes from the album For We Are Many, which was released today (Oct. 12, 2010).

Classic Band/New Video

What Do You Got by Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey, and they've been putting out albums since 1983. The band has released 11 studio albums to date and this song is one of 4 new tracks that will be included on their upcoming Greatest Hits - The Ultimate Collection which is due in November.

Cheese Factor

Breaking The Chains by Dokken

Dokken is an American hard rock/heavy metal band whose first album was released in 1983, while their most recent studio effort was in 2008. They are sometimes thought of as a hair band, but I'm not sure that's entirely accurate. Breaking The Chains is the title track from their debut album.

Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen is an American singer/songwriter who has released many albums. This particular song and video come from his second number 1 album, 1984's Born In The USA.

Classic Video (followed by a cover version and video)

Land Of Confusion by Genesis

Genesis is an English rock band that formed in 1967. Land Of Confusion comes from their 1986 album Invisible Touch. The song is basically a political statement concerning the fear of what could happen during the cold war. The video itself is full of cameo's by famous caricatured celebrities and world leaders. It won a Grammy for Best Concept Music Video in 1988 and lost the MTV Music Awards category for Video Of The Year to Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer in 1987.

Land Of Confusion by Disturbed

Disturbed is an American heavy metal band from Chicago. The cover version of Land Of Confusion comes from their 3rd album, released in 2005, called Ten Thousand Fists.