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.

READ MORE: The 10 Best Hair Metal Albums of the 1990s As the ’80s progressed and the L.A. hard rock scene became increasingly saturated, the latter category began to outweigh the former. The ...

The bands that had once thrived on the colorful, over-the-top glam of the '80s now found themselves faced with a new reality. Many hair metal bands released albums throughout the 1990s and beyond ...