Hair metal is often remembered for its larger-than-life style. Between the big hair, flashy clothes, and high-energy anthems about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, the genre wasn’t taken very seriously.

In the 1980s, a legendary hair metal band soared to the top of the charts with a song fueled by its frontman’s real-life heartbreak. The power ballad, titled "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," became one of ...

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 ...

Though Def Leppard and Guns N’ Roses weren’t exactly hair metal, fans of hair metal were certainly buying those records. Most remember “Pour Some Sugar On Me”, “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, and “Wild Side”, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the late '80s and early '90s, hair metal ruled rock radio and sold millions of albums. Then, that shifted after one popular ...

Both Def Leppard and Guns N’ Roses were still one year away from glam metal masterpieces. But 1986 was a crucial year for making hair metal something impossible to escape. So here are three songs you ...

Sometimes it’s hard to shake the music you grew up with. Just ask Indiana-based singer-songwriter Alex Williams. Although he has released two albums featuring original material, the country ...