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

Few bands define the era more than Mötley Crüe. Known for their pyrotechnic-heavy shows, outrageous antics, and metal anthems like “Kickstart My Heart,” the band reunited multiple times and continues ...

Here's five hair metal bands who haven't reunited in 20-plus years... but should! Let’s face it — no genre took the phrase “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll” more seriously (or sprayed more Aqua Net) ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is no stranger to criticism, and one of the most common complaints about the institution is its woeful lack of metal representation. That's not a radical stance to take.

The term "hair band" evokes a visceral response from almost anyone who lived through the 1980s. To some, they were hokey, overprocessed fluff bands that cared more about how they looked than ...

When a punk musician named Duff McKagan left Seattle for Los Angeles in 1984, he was surprised by what he found in his adopted city. He encountered countless telephone poles plastered with band flyers ...

In the ’80s, Kenmore Square’s Narcissus club hosted the city’s biggest, loudest heavy metal night. The weekly Wednesday event featured Poison, Kix, White Lion and dozens more national headliners. The ...

Our picks for the Heaviest Song by 11 Big Hair Metal Bands proves that the genre, which relied so heavily on simple pop sensibilities, packed a harder punch than its detractors were willing to admit.