10 Hair Metal Music Videos That Defined ’80s (and Very Early ’90s) Pop Culture
The riffs may fade and the hair may flatten, but these videos have remained burned into pop culture for good.
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5 Hair Metal Songs That Actually Have Progressive Lyrics
Hair metal wasn’t always all lipstick and leather. Sometimes, it had something to say.
The Most Underrated Album By 11 Big Hair Metal Bands
Think you know every classic from hair metal's finest? These underrated albums prove the biggest bands still have hidden gems waiting to be cranked to eleven.
The Best Ballad by 11 Big Hair Metal Bands
There's way more substance here than haters would lead you to believe.
The 5 Most Surprising Lineup Changes In Hair Metal History
Who ever saw these hair metal lineup changes coming? When they happened, it was quite a surprise for fans.
The Heaviest Song by 11 Big Hair Metal Bands
The subgenre packed a harder punch than its detractors were willing to admit.
6 Bands Who Are Wrongly Labeled Hair Metal
Are these bands hair metal or not? History lumps them into the subgenre, but there's some arguments to be made against it!
The 6 Most Underrated Hair Metal Guitarists
Some were in pretty successful hair metal bands, but don't get mentioned often enough in discussions about metal's best guitarists.
Why Hair Metal’s Biggest Hit (Def Leppard’s ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me’) Shouldn’t Exist
Learn about the unlikely series of events that led to it all.
Is ‘Hair Metal’ REALLY a Derogatory Term?
Here's our response to the long-debated question.
The 10 Best Hair Metal Albums of the 1990s
Hair metal may have died in the '90s, but not without a fight!