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Can You Guess the ’80s Hair Metal Video From the Screenshots?

Can you guess these '80s hair metal videos from just a couple of screenshots?The '80s, especially the latter portion of the decade, brought us a wealth of rockers depleting the ozone with hair spray, growing out and teasing up those locks and yes, rocking the daylights out of the stage and MTV. It was a golden era for hair metal and you likely were jamming up the Dial MTV phone lines […]

todayMarch 19, 2024 1

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The Most Played Song Live by 20 Big Hair Metal Bands

What are the most played live songs from hair metal's biggest bands?It was a decade of decadence, big hair, bigger hits and we're sure if you were alive in the '80s these were all the songs you were just waiting to hear at a show.READ MORE: What Is Hair Metal?Thanks to concert archive Setlist.fm, we've been able to scan the touring histories of hair metal's biggest acts to see what […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024

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Beyonce Says Cutting Off Her Long Hair Was an Act of Rebellion

Beyoncé was ready for her renaissance back in 2013 when she chopped off her long locks for a stylish pixie cut, and now, she’s explaining why she made the major hair transformation at the time. “I remember the day I decided to just cut all my hair off. I didn’t have a particular style in mind. It wasn’t an aesthetic choice, but it was a very big emotional transformation and […]

todayFebruary 19, 2024

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Why Hair Metal’s Biggest Hit Shouldn’t Exist

Hair metal's biggest hit song — Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me" — shouldn't even exist. Fortunately, a series of unlikely events ultimately led to one of the biggest mainstream breakthroughs of any musical act in the 1980s.Def Leppard had already made a name for themselves by the time they entered the studio to record the now historic 1987 album, Hysteria. But the success of the track that was a […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

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Beyoncé’s New Hair Care Line, Latto & Ice Spice Alleged Beef

After teasing it last year, Beyoncé announced that she’s releasing a new hair care line called Cécred. Queen Bey also sent flowers to SZA and showed some love to Victoria Monét following their wins at the Grammys. Fans think Latto and Ice Spice may be beefing and taking shots at each other through their music. T-Pain opens up about dealing with racism while ghostwriting country music. Snoop Dogg and Master […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

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Is ‘Hair Metal’ REALLY a Derogatory Term?

Is "hair metal" really a derogatory label for many of the bands it became associated with?This topic has been long-debated by musicians, music industry professionals and the fans that lived it. But our article that we published last summer, titled "What Is Hair Metal?," took the discussion a bit further after it was called out by Sebastian Bach and rock 'n' roll personality Eddie Trunk.Bach replied to our story on […]

todayJanuary 31, 2024

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The 10 Best Hair Metal Albums of the 1990s

Ah, the 1980s. The decade best known for sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, catastrophic amounts of Aquanet – and all things glam metal. Although the ‘80s were best known for its seemingly endless supply of guitar virtuosos, flashy frontmen, and some of the catchiest riffs you’ve ever heard – it didn’t stop there. The 1990s also had their fair share of metal releases that have stood the test of time.Before […]

todayJanuary 27, 2024

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Fishnet stockings, barely-there outfits and fairy wings: Thousands of revellers let their hair down at hardcore music festival as the Australia Day weekend continues in full swing

By Olivia Day For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:22 EST, 27 January 2024 | Updated: 08:23 EST, 27 January 2024 Advertisement Hundreds of scantily-clad revellers in fluffy boots, fairy wings and devil horns have descended on a hardcore music festival in Sydney as the Australia Day weekend continues in full swing. Attendees were in high-spirits as they arrived at the Sydney Showground on Saturday for the HTID (Hardcore Till I Die) Festival […]

todayJanuary 27, 2024 2

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Kiss’ Gene Simmons First Sets His Hair on Fire

You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, and you can't spew thousands of fireballs without setting your hair on fire a few times. Just ask Gene Simmons of Kiss.Simmons estimated during an 1999 online chat that he'd already set his own hair aflame "probably six or seven times." The first time it happened was Dec. 31, 1973, when Simmons debuted his now-signature fireball-spewing trick during the night's […]

todayDecember 31, 2023

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