Even if the mark of being called “hair metal” or “glam metal” is one that many bands coming out in the 1980s wanted to wash away like the Aqua Net freezing up their locks, it was one most couldn’t ...

The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true guilty pleasures in music history. The hair spray, makeup, and catchy pop tunes touched up with distortion were made for MTV. Though ...

"Hair metal" is not an actual genre. You know it, we know it and the myriad bands that got unfairly lumped into the category know it. That said, the pejorative phrase serves a purpose here. Critics ...

When grunge exploded in the early '90s, it left the '80s hair metal scene in the dust — but the best grunge song by these ...

With that in mind, read on to see the best prog song by five hair metal bands. Bon Jovi sought to move beyond the frothy ...

Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves in the '80s — is known for its hotshot guitar players and over-the-top showmanship. But ...

Hair metal is a divisive subgenre, even down to the name of the style of music it’s most known as. Whatever you want to call it, we’re looking at the most underrated bands from the scene that deserved ...