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 ...

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.

Metal bands had their heyday in the 80s and, believe it or not, controversy also helped. These were the days of the “satanic ...

Alice in Chains Though their earliest origins lay in ‘80s-style glam metal, Seattle’s Alice in Chains became one of the signature bands — along with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Nirvana ...