Critics coined the term “hair metal” as a shorthand dismissal of the countless copycat hard rock bands that cluttered the ...

The hair, or glam ... made massively successful pop-tinged metal albums during the '80s, they were either already successfully established hard-rock acts before this time and went for some ...

These 80s rock bands were hyped like crazy back in the day, but they never quite matched the star power that was predicted of them.

On the flip side, you'll find some bands and albums on here that were only tangentially related to the hair metal scene, which we nevertheless chose to include either because they had a massive ...

Read on to learn more about 5 Hair Metal Songs Featuring Big-Name Guest Performers.

Metal bands had their heyday in the 80s and, believe it or not, controversy also helped. These were the days of the “satanic panic” ...

Pull out those tights from your closet and grab your Aqua Net, The Hairband Experience is coming to Columbus. The heavy-metal tribute band will put on their "The Best Hair Bands in the Land" ...

The iconic keyboard riff to "The Final Countdown" is cheesy pop-metal perfection, but John Norum's fiery guitar solo gives the song some much-needed muscle. Built around a simple-but-memorable pattern ...

When Pearl Jam came, that was another one of those grunge Seattle bands. And that’s when I was like, ‘Oh my God. This isn’t ...

Comedian Bill Burr confronted Eddie Vedder at the SNL50 celebration, telling the Pearl Jam singer that he hated his band for ...

Michaels, who earned fame in the ‘80s and ’90s as ... “ignited the 1980s reign of metal,” according to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame website. The hard-rocking band, inducted into the ...