There are many reasons that can prevent a heavy metal band from reaching the heights of some of the greats, but these 10 ...

Read on to see hair metal's five best bassists. It's not easy contending with two guitar wizards at once, but Juan Croucier ...

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.

The 21st century is hardly the peak of popularity for hair metal, but plenty of newcomers have released some great albums ...

F or some, the 1980s were about neon and new wave, yacht rock and wine coolers, wide lapels and pristine pop. For others, the ...

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

By almost any conceivable metric, Guns N' Roses were categorically not a hair metal band. But here's the thing: Their biggest hit is a tender, uptempo ballad with a sugary-sweet chorus and a ...

Anyone who thought that hair metal would last forever was living a pipe dream by the 1990s, and one song could justifiably be ...

with glam and hair metal acts like Motley Crue and Poison spearheading the movement. Thrash metal became huge, with bands such as Metallica and Megadeth reaching ever larger audiences, thanks in ...

In the early 1990's, American rock music was just beginning to emerge from "hair metal." A new book recounts the wild festival of music and activism that helped redefine rock: "Lollapalooza." ...