The 1980s were fantastic ... They still produced excellent songs, though. One of these bands still makes new metal and plays ...

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.

Here are the highest selling albums from some of the biggest metal acts including Metallica, Korn, Megadeth, Tool and others.

But because there were so many excellent musical artists finding their own way, some who might have been popular in the ...