Hairspray. Spandex. Leather pants. Makeup. The ‘80s metal scene left a long and lasting legacy, and the stories of five of its top artists are told in “I Wanna Rock: The ‘80s Metal Dream.” Paramount+ ...

Before we can dive into bands who are wrongly labeled hair metal, we must ask ourselves: what exactly defines hair metal? Is it the teased hair? The extravagant stage garb and makeup? Songs about ...

Our list of the Best Hair Metal Album of Every Year From 1981 to 1991 proves that before it was relegated to the dustbin of history, hair metal — or glam metal, or pop-metal, or whatever the heck you ...

Here are 10 hair metal music videos that defined 1980s (and very, very early 1990s) pop culture. Big hair. Bigger hooks. Even bigger budgets for fog machines and neon lighting. If there’s one thing ...

Hair metal is a divisive subgenre, even down to the name of the style of music it’s most known as. Whatever you want to call it, we’re looking at the most underrated bands from the scene that deserved ...

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Hair metal is a funny way to describe a music scene. Plenty of bands not associated with 80s glam metal have (or had) great hair. From The Beatles to Oasis, Led Zeppelin to Soundgarden, rock and roll ...

Our list of the 11 best hair metal debut albums shows just how much diversity existed within a subgenre that was too often maligned by critics as one-dimensional fluff. Granted, hair metal — or glam ...

Isabella Soares is a Senior Writer for Collider, as well as a Cherry Picks-approved critic. A film and TV enthusiast from an early age, Isabella used to write reviews in her journal growing up, which ...