When I was back in High School, my friends and I would frequently make 80’s references and were somewhat infatuated with the craziness that is associated with that decade. When we’d run across anything that was from back then we’d always refer to it as having broke the decade barrier. For example, the movie Kull the Conqueror came out when I was in high school, and it is just filled with 80’s metal music. (As an aside, if you’re into that sort of thing, it’s definitely a movie worth watching. I actually already own it myself.)

Well, this last weekend the decade barrier was broke once again. We went out with some friends from work to a bar down in south STL called Helen Fitzgerald’s to see an 80’s cover band, the Metal Studz. It was the second time now that we’ve seen them, and they put on quite the show. They dress up with the long hair wigs and the tight leopard print pants. The lead singer also has a fan “strategically” placed on the front of the stage that he can kneel in front of to blow the hair all around.

They don’t play any original music, but no one seems to care since they’ve come to be reunited with a piece of their past. We heard music from Def Leppard, Motley Crue, the Scorpions, and a bunch of others including Guns ‘n’ Roses. It was a great time (except for the totally rad smoker chicks standing right next to our table), and one where the decade barrier was definitely broke in two.