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Remember When Cher Tried Being in a Hard Rock Band? Yeah, It Didn’t Go Well

Cher’s attempt at a rock band didn’t quite go as planned, but it did lead to some interesting influences in her late-80s music.

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Cher made a name for herself through the 60s and 70s as a glamorous sort of diva character, often dressed in sequined jumpsuits with her black hair long and ironed impossibly straight. She cut a strikingly beautiful, if not a little imposing figure, and she was everywhere.

By the 80s, Cher had checked off the majority of her creative to-do list. She was a pop icon, a television regular, basically a permanent fixture in Las Vegas. Cher was at the height of her fame and notoriety. What else was there for her to dabble in?

Only one thing: starting a rock band. The one endeavor Cher hadn’t yet embarked on was forming and fronting a kick-a** rock band. Although she did express the theory that the outrageous........

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