Our picks for the Heaviest Song by 11 Big Hair Metal Bands proves that the genre, which relied so heavily on simple pop sensibilities, packed a harder punch than its detractors were willing to ...

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The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true guilty pleasures in music history. The hair spray, makeup, and catchy pop tunes touched up with distortion were made for MTV.

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One does not have to be a big fan of the Crüe to appreciate the effect they had on music in the late 1980s. The difference between them and other hair metal bands, like Poison, is that Mötley ...