Hair metal is a divisive subgenre, even down to the name of the style of music it’s most known as. Whatever you want to call it, we’re looking at the most underrated bands from the scene that ...

Our picks for the Heaviest Song by 11 Big Hair Metal Bands proves that the genre, which relied so heavily on simple pop sensibilities, packed a harder punch than its detractors were willing to admit.

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 ...

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.

W.A.S.P. 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.

This pick is bound to anger some people, though we do admit that early Guns N' Roses did have many commonalities with hair-metal bands. They were a Los Angeles sunset strip group with wild hair ...

They wore big hair, tight spandex and had difficulty spelling their own names. While hard rock purists grumbled about their reliance on flashy solos and heavy pyrotechnics, the hair metal bands ...

The Last Hair-Metal Band: Inside Poison’s Never-Ending Party How Bret Michaels & Co. turned a string of Eighties hits into 30-plus years of debauched good times By Erik Hedegaard ...

Whatever the case, many of these bands retain cult followings today, and for good reason. Read on to see our list of 10 Underrated Hair Metal Bands That Deserved to Be Way Bigger.