There may not be a decade with more diverse music than the 1980s. The era saw a lot of different styles, including the popularity of rock music by so-called hair bands, named that for the long hair ...

When grunge exploded in the early '90s, it left the '80s hair metal scene in the dust — but the best grunge song by these five hair metal bands shows that some groups managed to adapt to the times ...

Stacker scoured Billboard charts from the '80s and chose 25 of the top bands whose music became the soundtrack of the decade.

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 ...

In the early years of hair metal, the Sunset Strip bands were more akin to The New York Dolls’ glam punk than what emerged on MTV in the mid-80s. Some bands, like Faster Pussycat and L.A. Guns, ...