This hard rock subgenre originated in the '80s and became emblematic of the decade, a hedonistic celebration of partytime USA. Though the music started in ...

Poison may have represented some of the '80s worst excesses, but there's no denying the quintessential LA-based pop metal band was one of the era's most ...

As one of pop metal's most prominent and trashiest prototypes, LA's Motley Crue consistently lived up to a fearsome reputation for self-destructiveness and ...

One of hair metal's most popular and vilified bands of the '80s, Poison made some of the era's most defining music, for better or for worse depending on ...

While 1987 was certainly a year that really began to usher in the era of hair metal in earnest, its best songs demonstrated a diversity that the decade has ...

While no one would ever argue that hair metal was a genre full of variety, the form did boast a handful of archetypes, the most well-known of which is ...

Although these New Jersey superstars led the hair metal explosion of the mid to late '80s, they were unique within that genre in terms of their musical ...

Although this late-'80s hard rock band from Texas injected some much-needed raw energy to the wildly popular but increasingly syrupy hair metal genre, ...

May 13, 2006 ... Great White Tragedy Remains a Stain on Carefree Hair Metal Days.

Yes, up until now the band had been strictly a heavy metal band, as the notions of pop metal and, especially, hair metal were still years away from common ...