The case of this band is quite interesting because they went from heavy metal to a more pop-oriented sound. A few years later, most kids in the 80s would be listening to Def Leppard thanks to the ...

Are these bands hair metal or not? History lumps them into the subgenre, but there's some arguments to be made against it!

bands like Def Leppard, Kiss, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Extreme, and Tesla are not on this list. While, yes, some of these groups made massively successful pop-tinged metal albums during the '80s ...

Pop quiz: who was the heaviest band of the 80s? If you’re tempted to respond to that question with some of the usual suspects ...

Heavy Metal. Pure Rock KNAC launched on January 8, 1986. The station was designed to attract a younger audience, and it did. I recall numerous kids wearing Pure Rock T-shirts or those of bands ...

But if Led Zeppelin and AC/DC are best described as hard rock bands, then so are Quiet Riot. Despite its title, Metal Health is more hard rock and than heavy metal. And the same can be said of other ...