6.Hanoi Rocks Some credit this band from Finland with inventing the whole Glam Metal style in the early days of the 80s, with the definitive sound, that paved the way for bands such as Guns N ...

Pantera started out as a glam metal band, which is hard to believe today. In the 90s, they changed their style to something that is now known as groove metal. The band had an aggressive and raw sound.

American musicians Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the group, taking their sound in a dramatic new direction. The best-selling album 1977 Rumours and the impact of tracks like The Chain, Go ...

Drummer Yoshiki Hayashi is one of the world’s biggest rock stars. However, most Americans — even of the music buff variety — haven’t heard of him or his glam metal band X Japan. Back home ...

3. New York Dolls. The birth of glam rock didn’t just occur in the U.K.; it was happening across the pond as well. Take New York Dolls, for example.The band didn’t achieve much commercial ...

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John Lennon once described glam rock simply as rock and roll with lipstick on. A succinct summation, to be sure, but Lennon was onto something. While glam has often been maligned for emphasizing ...

For head-bangers invading Columbus Crew Stadium this weekend in pursuit of metal and alternative acts, the British band’s Sunday-afternoon set ought to provide a chance “to recharge their neck ...

Compared to other hair metal bands of the '80s, with its much darker sound and raunchy, shocking live shows, W.A.S.P. fits better in the “fuck you!” category than the glam category.

13. Cinderella Cinderella's glam metal fairytale got its start in Philly a world away from the Sunset Strip. Breaking through the thousand-strong army of already waging hair metal bands with Night ...

Days before Andy Biersack joined his first Vans Warped Tour as an artist, the singer for the L.A. glam-metal band Black Veil Brides got a little overexuberant onstage.