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” is not an actual genre. You know it, we know it and the myriad bands that got unfairly lumped into the category ...

"Hair metal" is not an actual genre. You know it, we know it and the myriad bands that got unfairly lumped into the category know it. That said, the pejorative phrase serves a purpose here.

As with most scenes, the rise of hair bands to prominence was an organic one. The more bands that popped up, the more venues opened and the more deals were signed. Vices started out simple at ...