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 band's self-titled 1987 album was a critical ... He utilized both on "Still of the Night," a bonafide glam metal epic and the definitive Whitesnake song. Steelheart scored their first and ...

With Motley Crue we changed the approach considerably from those old metal bands that would not be popular today. The Californian band became famous at a time when glam was beginning to gain a lot ...

Ugly Kid Joe is best known for the 1992 hit “Everything About You” and “Cat’s In The Cradle” from 1993. This outfit teetered between hard rock and the 1990s’ particular brand of alternative rock. And ...

As the '80s came to a close and a new decade dawned, it was obvious that the heavy music landscape needed — and had begun to undergo — a radical shift. It was a unique moment in hard rock and ...

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 ...