Eyes Set To Kill, Viridescent, Stitched Up Heart and Lauren Babic are no longer exceptions to the rule - they’re remaking the genre’s sound, aesthetics and narratives.

This list celebrates 5 all-female bands that left a lasting mark on music history. From punk to pop to hard rock, each group brought something unique to the stage and the studio. For decades, the ...

Think hair metal and glam rock are dead? Think again. The genres are thriving, mainly in Europe, but also globally. Here is a non-comprehensive list of some modern bands that sound like 80s hair metal ...

Here are five hair metal bands who only got to release one album. We can all envision the rock and roll culture of the 1980s: Los Angeles was packed, MTV was blasting power ballads on repeat, and ...

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 ...

Horns up! There is nothing like listening to insane guitar riffs, heavy bass, soaring, even growling vocals, and a powerful drum beat. Even better, much of metal music is based on classical theory.

Middle school was an odd time for me. As I’m sure most angsty preteens do, I struggled to define the boundaries between who I was and who I was not. And most often, that struggle manifested in my ...

"Hair metal" is not an actual genre. You know it, we know it and the myriad bands that got unfairly lumped into the category know it. That said, the pejorative phrase serves a purpose here. Critics ...

Hair metal is a funny way to describe a music scene. Plenty of bands not associated with 80s glam metal have (or had) great hair. From The Beatles to Oasis, Led Zeppelin to Soundgarden, rock and roll ...