Winger

There's way more substance here than haters would lead you to believe.

The subgenre packed a harder punch than its detractors were willing to admit.

For the hair metal bands that managed to survive, a change in style was necessary. These albums are the best representation of that!

Some were in pretty successful hair metal bands, but don't get mentioned often enough in discussions about metal's best guitarists.

The creep factor is deceivingly strong in these songs.

Back to an era of big hair and even bigger video hits. How well do you remember the '80s hair metal videos playing on MTV?

Fromage in hard rock ballad form.

Who has the most played hair metal song and which hair metal acts live stats may surprise you? Find out.

Hair metal may have died in the '90s, but not without a fight!

Um, I'm not sure that line still works . . .