The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true ... they were either already successfully established hard-rock acts before this time and went for some easy money or were ...

Released on MCA Records, Double Eclipse immediately garnered radio airplay with the release of the album’s first single, ...

Before we can dive into bands who are wrongly labeled hair metal, we must ask ourselves: what exactly defines hair metal? Is it the teased hair? The extravagant stage garb and makeup? Songs about ...

Critics coined the term “hair metal” as a shorthand dismissal of the countless copycat hard rock bands that cluttered the Sunset Strip and ruled the airwaves throughout much of the ’80s.

Characterized by pop sensibilities intertwined with emphatic guitar riffage, hair metal was the overwhelming rock style of the decade. The genre brought with it a cavalcade of new bands ...

The conventional wisdom of the grunge revolution goes like this: Spandex-clad hair bands lived high on the hog until 11:59 ...