Here are five hair metal bands whose biggest-selling records were definitely not their best. The hair metal era is often remembered for the big hair, the overuse of Aqua Net, flashy videos, and ...

Here are 5 hair metal musicians who never really drank alcohol or did drugs. This 1980s scene is often most remembered for ...

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 ...

It’s easier to make sense of history by placing events into clean boxes. For example, the day Nirvana dropped “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, a bunch of hair metal bands lost their record deals. Grunge and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your favorite smart metal band is back on tour in 2026. Here is the where and when of Def Leppard's run of shows.

The following list of the most underrated song by 11 legendary hair metal bands proves that the genre was more than hits and filler. Hair metal – or glam-metal, or pop-metal, or whatever you want to ...

Paramount’s new docuseries called “NOTHIN’ BUT A GOOD TIME: THE UNCENSORED STORY OF ‘80s HAIR METAL is based on a book by the same name written by Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock It’s full of ...

Commit to keeping an open mind before you read our list of the best prog song by five hair metal bands. No, we’re serious. We know as well as you do that the ’80s glam metal boom was not necessarily ...

Back in 2024, Poison drummer (and Mechanicsburg native) Rikki Rockett said that the band was planning to reunite and tour in 2026 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album, “Look What the ...

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 ...