1984’s Haunting The Chapel EP was a huge leap forward, but for most it was 1985 full-length follow-up Hell Awaits that really ...

Along with the attention came an increased scrutiny of Slayer’s lyrics, particularly the Hanneman-penned album opener, Angel ...

Thunderlover takes an ’80s hair metal mentality, implants bombastic arena hooks, and presents it in a ’90s grunge package.

Built around Iommi’s thundering guitar, Butler’s spooky lyrics, Ward’s doomy drum beats and Osbourne’s eerie caterwaul, the ...

Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling ...

His death comes just weeks after Black Sabbath’s final concert, which took place on July 5 and netted $190 million, making it ...

Here are 10 hair metal music videos that defined 1980s (and very, very early 1990s) pop culture. Big hair. Bigger hooks. Even bigger budgets for fog machines and neon lighting. If there’s one thing ...

Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band included Steve Lukather, the guitarist for Toto, Colin Hay, guitarist and singer for Men at Work, and Hamish Stuart, formerly of the Average White Band.

The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true guilty pleasures in the history of music. The hair spray, makeup and catchy pop tunes touched up with distortion were made for ...

It's more than hair and metal that makes a hair metal band. The bands on this list are often given that label, but is the description fair?

Spandex sales in the 90s may have dwindled in favor of flannel, but hair metal and grunge aren’t completely unrelated.