With such famous names as David Lee Roth, Axl Rose, Bret Michaels , Dee Snider, Jon Bon Jovi and Sebastian Bach hair metal boasted some of the greatest frontmen to ever step behind a mic. But who was ...

The writing was on the wall long before Nirvana sounded the hair metal death knell with 1991’s Nevermind. But even as the genre hurtled toward irrelevance, several bands eked out terrific music ...

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.

Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves in the '80s — is known for its hotshot guitar players and over-the-top showmanship.