The hair metal era is often remembered for the big hair, the overuse of Aqua Net, flashy videos, and overall an over-the-top image, but behind all that were bands made up of truly solid players ...

From Bon Jovi to Whitesnake, Loudwire names the best album by 11 legendary hair metal bands. ... Some hair metal bands made their best work when they broke the genre norms.

The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true guilty pleasures in the history of music. The hair spray, makeup and catchy pop tunes touched up with distortion were made for MTV.

Hair Metal Heroes #10: RATT. A little too made-for-MTV for our tastes. That notwithstanding, truly excellent hair metal hair. Skanky, stupid, luscious - the works.RELATED RETROSPECTIVE: 20 YEARS ...

The episode transitions into discussing the emergence of other hair bands, which Mötley Crüe had ultimately paved the way for. If you are looking for an in-depth representation of hair metal, this ...

Read on to see our list of 10 Underrated Hair Metal Bands That Deserved to Be Way Bigger. Even as the genre hurtled toward irrelevance, several bands eked out terrific, underappreciated music ...

While some rockers of a certain era may despise the term “hair metal,” you won’t find Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy overly bothered by it. The narrative that many hard rockers from the mid-to ...