The 21st century is hardly the peak of popularity for hair metal, but plenty of newcomers have released some great albums ...

Our picks for the Heaviest Song by 11 Big Hair Metal Bands proves the subgenre packed a harder punch than its detractors were ...

Pull out those tights from your closet and grab your Aqua Net, The Hairband Experience is coming to Columbus. The heavy-metal ...

Our list of the Best Hair Metal Album of Every Year From 1981 to 1991 proves that before it was relegated to the dustbin of ...

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The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s ... While, yes, some of these groups made massively successful pop-tinged metal albums during the '80s, they were either already successfully ...

That's not a radical stance to take. Since the subgenre exploded in the early '80s, hair metal has been widely reviled by critics, dismissed for its pigheaded lyrics and hackneyed songwriting.

Here is a non-comprehensive list of some modern bands that sound like 80s hair metal of old ... Additionally, thye are known for blending heavy instrumentation with humorous lyrics.

“The results came back that I had heavy metal ... from heavy metal poisoning. The Lucifer star tells PEOPLE exclusively that it happened after wearing seemingly harmless hair extensions.