Remember those long haired, spandex sporting, eye liner wearing Rock Gods from the 1980’s hair metal scene?

Well I do. In fact; I still love that look and sound. Yes–my body has matured over the years (unfortunately) but my taste in music has not. I still get a thrill when I hear the motorcycles rev at the beginning of Motley Crue’s “Girls Girls Girls”, and no matter where I’m at or what I’m doing, I simply must bang my head whenever I hear Quiet Riot’s “Bang Your Head.”

I just got home from a trip to Las Vegas, and while in Vegas, I was able to attend a Poison, Def Leppard and Tesla concert. I tell you what — IT ROCKED! Seriously–when the show was over I was deaf from the sound level (after all, if it’s too loud–you’re too old right??) and hoarse from screaming and singing along at the top of my lungs. The best part of the night however, came before the show when I was able to hang out backstage with the boys from Poison (Bret Michaels, Bobby Dall, Rikki Rocket and CC Deville). Even when the guys weren’t on stage and under the lights, they still seemed larger than life to me and so full of incredible energy. They were kind, funny and down-to-earth, and yet, they still had that rock star swagger about them.

This got me thinking about the qualities that these rockers possessed that made them so, well….FabYOUlous; and as I thought about those qualities, it occurred to me that (outside of their crazy musical skills) many of these qualities are ones that we can all learn to “rock” in our own lives, thereby unleashing our own inner rock star. Here is a quick rundown of seven rockin’ ways to turn up the volume in your life and rock what you’ve got…