dude, rush was there though.
shit i saw them last year.
old as fuck, but still fuckin badass as fuck!
best 2 concerts i've ever attended, was Rush on a saturday and then Dream Theater on sunday!
rush and dream theater didnt really follow the lines of hair metal (ugly-ass graphics on guitars, songs played in e and sung 5 octives higher, and mike portnoy-sized drum kits with meg white-size riffs(with exception of van halen)), but they were there through the whole thing, and had some really 80's sounding stuff, so i consider the 80-89 Rush and Dream Theater stuff "80's metal"
still...van halen should've been in the poll.