Originally Posted by: alucard0941Yeah ... what exacly is it...

I know a couple of bands that are considered Hair Metal like Twisted Sister, Poison, Guns n' Roses, ect.
But what do those bands have in common??? :confused:

Well first off Guns n roses are not hair metal, they are heavy metal.
Since it's called hair metal, you've probably already found
out one thing they all have in common.

Hair metal is basically glam rock and heavy metal mixed together,
with heavy makeup, long curly hair, over-the-top clothing, heavily distorted
guitars and melodic screaming vocals.
The clothing was sort of New York Dolls, but the music was still heavy metal,
and so the mainstream crowd discovered the hair bands, many through MTV
which sadly has taken a turn for the worse (Usher, Sisqo, 50 cent etc).
The songs were mainly about the rock & roll excess, their fabulous lives,
sort of like modern hip-hop/pop-songs.


Ratt 1, 2, 3 or 4?

Most of them re-records the same old 80's metal, and claim they're back and
better than ever, which everybody including themselves of course know
they're not. But they still sell out shows and sell records because despite
the fact that the 80's are long gone, there will always be some people who
refuses to accept that. I am one of them I guess.

I hope I've answered your question!

/Marcus the Hair-junkie