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In many ways, and for many people, the 1980s were a time of excess. Nothing captured this quite like the popular music of the ...

Here is the best metal song of each year of the 1980s, including one runner-up for all 10 years!

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Many songs contributed to rock in the '80s, but the three below were major players. Revisit these three songs, all released ...

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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 ...

The premier rockers for hair band fanatics and lovers of rock ‘n’ roll playing Newburgh, NY. Mullett is a popular American glam rock tribute band, formed in Connecticut, that perfectly captures the ...

Commit to keeping an open mind before you read our list of the best prog song by five hair metal bands. No, we’re serious. We know as well as you do that the ’80s glam metal boom was not necessarily ...

During the late ’80s hair metal ruled the rock-and-roll world. The glam-influenced brand of hard rock was big, brash, loud and lascivious. In psychological terms, it often felt like pure id in musical ...