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Remember the '80s, when every rock band seemed to have big hair and a hot shot guitarist? Then there was the '90s that killed glam thanks to the rise of grunge. All good trends repeat, and the '80s ...

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

Not all hair metal bands’ music has aged well. However, Twisted Sister found anthemic tracks like “I Wanna Rock” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It” to be timeless, touring on and off until ...

Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves in the ’80s — ...

While hard rock purists grumbled about their reliance on flashy solos and heavy pyrotechnics, the hair metal bands that ruled the earth in the '80s ... Return To Top. Times Union Logo.

It didn’t help that, like so many hair metal bands, the big hit that catapulted them into public view was a power ballad. So despite incorporating myriad influences from funk to punk to, of course, ...

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 ...

On the east coast, the hair was also high in bands like Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Kix, and Twisted Sister by the mid-’80s, marking them all “hair metal” at one point or another.

Good. Now read on to see our picks for the Top 15 Hair Metal Singers. READ MORE: Top 40 Glam Metal Songs. 15. Michael Sweet . Imagine Dennis DeYoung fronting a Christian glam metal band and you'll ...

EVERY girl knows the frustration of leaving the house without anything to tie up your hair. This can be particularly annoying if you were planning a workout but don’t worry, your gym gear mig… ...

When other Sunset Strip bands wanted to talk about drugs, they did it in the third person, as part of a cautionary tale in which they clearly did not believe (“Dr. Feelgood”); GN’R talked about it in ...