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.

Some of the members even moonlight in a hair-metal tribute band called Mr. Steak, offering double the fun. Shame on you for laughing: Grind Cat Grind's set is chock-full of excellent anthemic rock ...

“Hair metal” is not an actual genre. You know it, we know it and the myriad bands that got unfairly lumped ... radio-friendly hooks. At its best, it could be pure escapist bliss.