This ROCK Band Had 3 Big HIT Records & Then They DISAPPEARED...What Happened?--Professor of Rock

Poll: What is your pick for the BEST SONG or ALBUM of the Hard Rock or Heavy Metal genre?

My sister was dating a man who was from Laos. He was a really cool dude. He really loved the 1970s, music. Especially disco. His musical taste seemed to be stuck from that decade. He went to a record store. I think it was a Sam Goody store. I think it was right around the holiday season of 1986, maybe early 1987. He had just heard the song Nobody's Fool. He wanted the single. The store didn't have it. So he bought the album Night Songs. He loved the album, and from that moment forward. He not only became a Cinderella fan, but a hard rock/heavy metal fan. We also became pretty good friends. He was definitely my sister's favorite boyfriend, for me. He promised to take me to a Cinderella concert. They came to Seattle with Bon Jovi in 1987, he took my sister of course. About a year later they broke up. In 1989, he called me on my birthday. He wished me Happy Birthday. Asked me how I was doing. He said he has tickets to the Cinderella,Bulletboys,Winger, concert next month in Spokane. You want to go with me? I am like fuck yeah. It was awesome. He was a great guy. He was like a big brother to me. He and my sister only dated for about a year. He was so cool to me. He told me he always felt bad, about not taking me to the first concert, back in 87. His current girlfriend at the time, couldn't understand why he was talking his ex girlfriend's brother to a concert, and not her. We had a great time. Two months later in August,he was killed in a motorcycle accident. His parents called and told me about it. They wanted me to come to funeral. Their son, Pytoon, would have wanted me there. It was the first funeral I ever went to. I was a fat chubby kid. Who older kids always picked on. I was a loner, and felt like a weirdo. This young man, from another country, halfway around the world. Treated me like family. I will forever be grateful to him. Every time Nobody's Fool comes on the radio. I think of him.

Tom is an insanely talented musician, plays everything expertly, writes incredible songs, and his voice is incredibly hard on the vocals, but he pulls it off.

Cinderella came through Mojave, CA, on their way to shoot the video for "Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)", at Mono Lake. They had stopped at Carl's Jr., my brother was there and he called me and I hauled ass down there. I got there just as they were getting back on the tour bus, I had my Night Songs cassette and I handed it to the driver and they all signed it, minus Fred. I still have that cassette to this day! Such a Great band!

"Destiny's call had just overruled nature's call..." 😂 Touché, Professor!

I was stationed at an Air Force base in Japan in the late '80s. We were at the edge of the world and end of the supply line. When a new shipment of stateside stuff came in, it was immediately grabbed up. I was in a little on-base convenience market late one afternoon and the CD rack was almost empty after the latest supply run. I was looking for some new music. The rack had a couple of country and adult contemporary offerings and there, hidden on the bottom shelf, one last copy of Long Cold Winter. I'd never heard of Cinderella, but I bought it anyway. I took it home and gave it a listen. Then, I turned it up and really LISTENED! Loved it then; still love it today.

I was stationed in Korea from 87 to 88 and we would all hang out at the Korean clubs to hear the latest music. When the local DJ got a bootleg of "Coming Home" and started showing it on the large projection screen TV behind the bar it became the most requested song at the club! The 80's was the BEST music decade in my opinion to date and Cinderella was a quintessential part of the rock scene at the time. Sure, they caught some flack due to their looks, but you can't argue with the end result.

The night my Friends and I went to see Cinderella, Bulletboys, and Winger in my little hamlet was one of the most fun nights of my Life...sold out (7500 capacity), and EVERYONE I knew seemed to be there...I have so many stories revolving around Cinderella and their songs...good times!

Cinderella is my favorite of the “hair bands.” The voice, the lyrics, the melodies…just amazing. “Heartbreak Station” is another under appreciated song!!!

The Night Songs album is one of those few that i can let play from start to finish without the urge to skip a song. Tom's raw edged vocals were compelling & draws you right in while the music rocked your socks off! The title track is my favorite. Keep bringing us more great videos and please take a dive into Britny Fox!!! Lots of connections to Cinderella & other rockers.

Cinderella was so underappreciated because of the hairband stereotype and the snobbery of the more hardcore metal fans. Last Mile, Coming Home, Heartbreak Station, Gypsy Road, and so many more deserve respect.

They were my second concert as well! Opening for Bon Jovi on the Slippery When Wet tour for Night Songs... I was nine... cool aunt. Plus, my first slow dance was at a high school dance to "Don't Know What You've Got"... the same woman and I danced to it at our 20 year reunion as well. Love Cinderella and Tom! Thank you for featuring them, sir.

I just saw Tom Keifer on Thursday, Aug. 1st. He puts on a great show and can still bring it. I highly recommend seeing them if you get a chance.

Somebody Save Me is still to this day one of the best and hardest riffs ever! Love that song.

One of my earliest MTV memories is when they were holding a contest, something to do with Cinderella. The commercial had those 2 girls in polka dot dresses and sunglasses, and they said something like "WE'RE going to the Cinderella concert! Are you?" Couple years after that I saw their video for "Shelter Me" on MTV, and I bought the cassette tape of Heartbreak Station. Always loved the song "The More Things Change" from that album.

I have been a defender of this band for a couple of decades and I love to see them getting respect from the Professor. Awesome band, criminally underrated.

Cinderella is my favorite 80s hair metal band, and I was all about the 80s hair metal. I regret never having seen them live. RIP Jeff LaBar

I started seeing this band at smaller clubs in the Philadelphia suburbs in their early days. They sounded just as SHARP live as they did in the studio. And they were truly nice guys. In fact, I still have the wedding favor Jeff Labar gave to everyone who attended his wedding in 1990 - a miniature porcelain Cinderella slipper with their names engraved on it. I miss him. But their music endures!

"Long Cold Winter" is one hell of an album. I still play that one regularly. It's like a time machine that takes me right back to the summer of 1988. The Tom Keifer Band is pretty good too.

One of my fondest memories of Cinderella was when my brother and I were watching the music Peace Festival from Moscow back in 89 and Tom Keifer was doing the intro to Gypsy Road and we were completely mesmerized. I get chills to this very day watching him blare out those vocals on the intro. To this very day I still try to match those vocals every time I hear it, it gives me chills every time.