Break out the Aqua Net and lock up your daughters. That was the mantra throughout the 1980s, when leather-clad rockers with hair teased skyward, sex appeal gushing and guitar solos screaming, prowled ...

Hair metal is often remembered for its larger-than-life style. Between the big hair, flashy clothes, and high-energy anthems about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, the genre wasn’t taken very seriously.

Rock 'n' roll fans can relive the glory days of the '80s as Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy, Quiet Riot and Vixen hit the stage Friday at Barton Coliseum during the Arkansas State Fair. The three acts ...

When grunge exploded in the early '90s, it left the '80s hair metal scene in the dust — but the best grunge song by these five hair metal bands shows that some groups managed to adapt to the times ...

In the 1980s, a legendary hair metal band soared to the top of the charts with a song fueled by its frontman’s real-life heartbreak. The power ballad, titled "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," became one of ...

One of the most popular hair metal bands of the 1980s has canceled its reunion tour as its lead singer abruptly retired.

The ’80s hard rock scene, known affectionately/pejoratively as hair metal, that grew out of L.A.’s sunset strip and spread around the world is the subject of a ...

Vinyl Scream isn't your typical '80s metal cover band. Not because it plays in a sports bar (Touchdowns) every Friday night. And not because it doesn't wear campy wigs. It's more to do with the music ...

Sometimes it’s hard to shake the music you grew up with. Just ask Indiana-based singer-songwriter Alex Williams. Although he has released two albums featuring original material, the country ...