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 ...

Boasting big hair, leather pants, and more eyeliner than an emo show, hair bands in the ’80s didn’t just play music — they embodied it. Bands like Mötley Crüe and Guns N’ Roses gave life ...

Big hair, big sounds, and big albums that have stood the test of time — these are the most collected album by 11 big ’80s metal bands (on Discogs). The 1980s are home to some of the most collected ...

Hair metal. One of the most distinct music subgenres of all time, and one of the biggest fads of the 1980s. Bright colors, skin-tight leather, sticky sweet guitar riffs and enough hairspray to ...

Nostalgia can be a big draw especially when it comes to music, and one of the mainstays on the tribute circuit is Hairbanger’s Ball. The 1980s hair rock tribute performs more than 150 shows a year.

Let’s play a contrast game, and see if you can guess which two bands are being described. * Band of the 1980s: big hair. Band of today: big beards. * ‘80s: prom-rock crooning. Today: rasping roar.

U2 U2 ‘s music doesn’t even sound like typical 1980s music. Between their socially insightful lyrics and guitar-driven style, U2 didn’t touch the synthesizer rock ‘n’ roll of the decade.