Both Def Leppard and Guns N’ Roses were still one year away from glam metal masterpieces. But 1986 was a crucial year for making hair metal something impossible to escape. So here are three songs you ...

Write off our list of The Best Ballad From 11 Big Hair Metal Bands at your own risk — there's way more substance here than haters would lead you to believe. Hair metal — glam metal, pop-metal, ...

About a decade ago, Nashville was breathlessly trying to find the next Chris Stapleton, who had just vanquished “bro country” and resurrected a more authentic country sound with his debut album, ...

Though grunge did away with hair metal’s cultural ubiquity, you can easily spot the hair metal roots (accidental pun) in bands like Pearl Jam and its precursor, Mother Love Bone. Stone Gossard said he ...

Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves in the '80s — is known for its hotshot guitar players and over-the-top showmanship. But ...

Commit to keeping an open mind before you read our list of the best prog song by five hair metal bands. No, we’re serious. We know as well as you do that the ’80s glam metal boom was not necessarily ...

You're probably reading this list of the Top 20 Hair Metal Guitar Solos for one of two reasons. You might be an '80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic eager to see which of the era's solos we ...

The remaining celebrities face a double elimination as they put their best foot forward in the ballroom to celebrate a genre dedicated to the feel-good music of the 1980s and ’90s. The night begins ...

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Here are the 9 best non-hair metal albums released by hair metal bands. The 1980s were synonymous with larger-than-life personas, infectious, anthemic choruses, long, flowing locks, skin-tight leather ...