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a group of young men standing next to each other in front of a stage wearing costumes

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. Though there really wasn't much substance to the music, the scene was popular to the mainstream. We've decided to rank our 20 hair metal bands of all time. But before we go on, bands like Def Leppard, Kiss, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Extreme, and Tesla are not on this list. While, yes, some of these groups…

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an article about the band's album, you are the metalhead

Everyone Has A 1980s Stereotype That Matches Their Personality — Here’s Yours Quiz: You are the Metalhead! "Be it Motley Crew, Guns 'N Roses, or other rock bands of the era, you love '80s headbanging music!" 100% accurate. Rock on!

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Skid Row were one of the very last hair metal bands to hit the mainstream before grunge took over in the early '90s. While the band's self-titled debut employed standard pop-metal riffs and generic lyrics (albeit to great commercial success), 1991's Slave to the Grind and 1995's Subhuman Race broke away from the pop-metal mold with uncharacteristically hard, thrashy guitars and unique songwriting techniques. Though personal differences and changing trends would eventually tear the core…

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Would love to interview Taime Downe or Brent Muscat on my show. Is it true that Faster Pussycat attended Brent's high school graduation together? #fasterpussycat #taimedowne #brentmuscat #gregsteele #markmichals #ericstacy #1980s #80s #80smusic #hairmetal #sunsetstrip #classicrock #80srock #sleazerock #seattle #90s #1990s #90smusic #90srock

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Tracii Guns, founder and the lead guitarist of L.A. Guns - (photo: Skid Row: No fuckin' frills tour 91/92, support L.A. Guns) Happy birthday, Tracii Guns... Born Tracy Richard Irving Ulrich on January 20 1966 in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Tracii Guns...

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