Are these bands hair metal or not? History lumps them into the subgenre, but there's some arguments to be made against it!

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.

There is no better testament to the power of hair metal than this: a Christian band could get kids to headbang to songs about Christ when, just the night before, they were singing along to Crüe ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Kicking off with the words "Love your hair / It makes me smile a stupid smile" this single from 1996 showed the Newport indie band at their most sensitive.

The Jambar Throughout the history of recorded music, many styles have overtaken the airwaves. Be it one of the ...

In May 1988, LA hair metal band Dokken set out on the ... Dokken were a melodic hard rock band with some punchy songs and a ...