Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves in the ’80s — ...

Some were in pretty successful hair metal bands, but don't get mentioned often enough in discussions about metal's best ...

The writing was on the wall long before Nirvana sounded ... bands on this list tried to shake up the hair metal formula with blues, Southern rock or heavy metal elements and floundered for ...

Metal music began in the late 60s and rose to prominence in the early 70s in Britain. The term “metal” is believed to have come from the hippie movement, when “heavy” meant deep or serious.