Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves in the '80s — is known ... is best known for mega-ballads "Love of a Lifetime ...

Whether it’s almost changing their name to Stalingrad or filling their biggest hit with whistling, there’s always a sting in ...

“Man, back in the day, if a fella had a dream, a fifth of Jack and a decent amount of hair, there was nowhere ... bands known for their Top-10 power ballads--REO Speedwagon, Journey, Foreigner ...

The multi-faceted guitarist looks back on a career including stints with Robert Fripp, John Cale, Kevin Ayers and others ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Wednesday unveiled a relatively short list of 14 nominees for induction as performers in 2025, including two hitmaking women — Mariah Carey and Cyndi Lauper — one ...

Vices started out simple at first; however, it was the 80s and stimulants were rarely ... And thus, the hair metal power ballad was born. At the pinnacle of this hair metal tradition is Poison ...

The commercial, artistic and chemical highs of the 70s; their against-the-odds resurrection in the 80s; the ongoing five-way soap opera ... and a singer/guitarist with a mop of thick black hair and a ...

Before we can dive into bands who are wrongly labeled hair metal, we must ask ourselves ... The ability to craft a memorable power ballad? (I know, I know… we’re all thinking of Motley ...

The '80s were a time of musical decadence, delivering some of the most timeless stars in rock history. And no sound was louder, both literally and figuratively, than hair metal. Characterized by ...

Here is our ranking of the 12 best progressive metal albums of the 1990s! Progressive metal began in the mid-80s (via bands ...

He helped compose one of the defining power ballads of the late-1980s hair-metal scene in “Is This Love,” which drove sales of Whitesnake’s self-titled 1987 LP to sales of more than 8 ...