Metal bands had their heyday in the 80s and, believe it or not, controversy also helped. These were the days of the “satanic panic” and a lot of parents were concerned about metal music.

With such famous names as David Lee Roth, Axl Rose, Bret Michaels , Dee Snider, Jon Bon Jovi and Sebastian Bach hair metal boasted some of the greatest frontmen to ever step behind a mic. But who was ...

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Few bands can legitimately lay claim to pioneering an entire new genre, but Korn are one of them. With their self-titled 1994 ...

Are these bands hair metal or not? History lumps them into the subgenre, but there's some arguments to be made against it!

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The mystery of the identity of the hardcore band in Westside Gunn's viral video has been bugging us, so we did some more digging and can confirm that this is in fact the veteran Long Beach band who ...

I've been covering music in-depth since 2009 and I know more about obscure '80s metal bands than any human being should. I love writing, and, when it comes to reviewing bands/artists, I echo what ...

Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves in the '80s — is known ... era's biggest and best bands also had great singers ...