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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

Like any genre, there are many tiers of hair metal bands. Unlike Mötley Crüe and Guns N’ Roses, many hard rock bands from the 1980s disappeared into obscurity after MTV fame. While some have continued ...

Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them ...

Legendary '80s Hair Metal Band Shares Old Concert Footage and People Are Begging for a Time Machine originally appeared on Parade. Ask nearly any Gen Xer and they'll tell you that the mid to late ...

The Monsters Of Rock tour in 1988 was a disaster for Dokken ...

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 ...

It's no wonder so many hair metal bands recorded great cover songs in their heyday. Many of the bands that exploded in popularity during the 1980s glam metal zeitgeist cut their teeth playing clubs in ...

A chart-topping 1992 power ballad helped close the door on the hair metal era as the genre’s dominance on the Billboard charts began to fade. Mr. Big's "To Be with You" was the last hair metal song to ...

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 ...