Call it what you will — glam metal, hair metal, cock rock, or plain old ’80s metal — but there’s something to be said for a subculture that extended from the late ’70s into the early ’90s that refuses ...

Contrary to popular opinion, glam metal didn't immediately disappear once grunge hit the scene — but for all intents and purposes, the subgenre took its last breath on Sept. 24, 1991, the day Nirvana ...

You'd be hard-pressed to find a rock subgenre more critically reviled than glam metal. Unsurprisingly, the critics hated it, and not always without reason. For every six-string virtuoso and ...

Set fire to your drumsticks and crank the dry ice up to 11. The bands that once ruled metal may be returning to the throne. But is there more to glam than loud riffs, spandex and debauchery? A diving ...

Usually when a fad fizzles, its casual fans disperse and its faithful just hang tough. But no trend, including the macarena and Jewel, has been subjected to the hostility and convenient disgust that ...

Remember the musical landscape in 1987? Back then, glam metal undisputably owned rock and roll. Mötley Crüe’s “Girls, Girls, Girls” hit number two. Whitesnake went multi-platinum. Poison, Ratt, and ...