Rocktober Deep Cut M: "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)" by Mr. Big

You probably assumed I was going to go with something from Mötley Crüe, given that it's Hair Band Friday and all.  You were wrong.  Don't pigeon hole me, man.

I decided to go with Mr. Big, who hit it big (no pun intended) in the early '90s with their megahit, "To Be With You" -- which went to #1 in 15 countries, including the U.S. -- off of their second album, 1991's Lean Into It. Everyone knows that song, and you may also know "Just Take My Heart" off of the same album, which hit #16 on the Billboard charts, or their cover of Cat Stevens's "Wild World," which hit #27 in 1993.

"To Be With You" and "Just Take My Heart" are both ballads, and "Wild World" isn't exactly hard rock.  Unfortunately for Mr. Big, like so many other hair bands, they were forced to release their ballads as singles, so the world isn't aware of their propensity to rock.  Paul Gilbert is a phenomenal guitarist, and Billy Sheehan can play the bass with the best of them.  Eric Martin's voice has a lot of soul, and Pat Torpey was a pretty good drummer.

For Mr. Big's sake, I am including their most-rocking song off of Lean Into It, "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)," even though it's technically on their greatest hits album, since it wasn't released as a single and chances are, you've never heard it, unless you live in Japan, where Mr. Big is huge (that's not a joke).  The song proclaims, "I'll be your daddy, your brother, your lover, and your little boy."  I'm not sure I want to delve into exactly what the implications of that statement might be, but the song rocks.