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.

The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true ... massively successful pop-tinged metal albums during the '80s, they were either already successfully established hard-rock ...

So for now, let's take a trip back to the '80s and revisit some of the great bands who probably should have had a bigger career. The 6 Most Underrated Hair Metal Guitarists The 6 Most Underrated ...

Since the subgenre exploded in the early '80s, hair metal has been widely ... some of the era's biggest and brightest bands helped legitimize hair metal in the eyes of the critical establishment ...

You might be an '80s hard rock aficionado and guitar fanatic ... By almost any conceivable metric, Guns N' Roses were categorically not a hair metal band. But here's the thing: Their biggest ...

The bands that had once thrived on the colorful, over-the-top glam of the '80s now found themselves faced with a new reality. Many hair metal bands released albums throughout the 1990s and beyond ...

Guitarist Dave “Snake” Sabo spoke about the band’s future plans in an interview with Scott Michael Nathan of “The Bad ...

The heavy-metal tribute band will put on their "The Best Hair Bands in the Land" performance ... Guests are encouraged to come dressed in '80s-era clothing to take part in the nostalgic experience.

A couple of years back, I posted on the efforts of Rick Masi, Executive Producer of the 80’s hard rock/hair metal band film, Turn Up The Night, being filmed in Buffalo. At the time, film ...