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

With such famous names as David Lee Roth, Axl Rose, Bret Michaels , Dee Snider, Jon Bon Jovi and Sebastian Bach hair metal ...

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 ...

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.

Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves ... But many of the era's biggest and best bands also had great singers to match ...