You might think hair metal and country music have very little in common. The former is glossy and often androgynous, while the latter finds its connection in down-to-earth relatability. However, they ...

Whether you want to call them glam metal or hair metal, the bands that dominated the hard rock scene in the late 80s understood the value of a well-timed power ballad. Many of the slow songs they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the late '80s and early '90s, hair metal ruled rock radio and sold millions of albums. Then, that shifted after one popular ...

In our usual mail haul this morning, Rocks Off received an invitation to a porn store’s grand re-opening (natch), a copy of the brand-new Fucked Up album, David Comes To Life, and the anxiously ...

Our list of the best song by 11 big hair metal bands is woefully overdue. We've already listed the heaviest song by 11 big hair metal bands, the best ballad by 11 big hair metal bands and the best ...

Here are 10 hair metal music videos that defined 1980s (and very, very early 1990s) pop culture. Big hair. Bigger hooks. Even bigger budgets for fog machines and neon lighting. If there’s one thing ...

Saxon Singer Biff Byford: ‘Metal Never Really Seems to Go Out of Fashion’ Periphery Guitarist Misha Mansoor on Why He Loves Playing in Australia, the Term ‘Prog’ + Dream Theater Kowloon Walled City’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's no question that grunge was starting to take over the music scene back in the early '90s, but the days of hair metal weren ...

There's no question that grunge was starting to take over the music scene back in the early '90s, but the days of hair metal weren't quite over yet. That's why when FireHouse released their ...