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The best cover song by 11 big hair metal bands

It’s no wonder so many hair metal bands recorded great cover songs in their heyday. Many of the bands that exploded in popularity during the 1980s glam metal zeitgeist cut their teeth playing clubs in ...
Poison has some of the greatest hair metal songs of all time, and not just in the 1980s. However, it’s the album Look What ...
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" reached No. 2 and fueled Def Leppard's 'Hysteria' album success. The song almost wasn't recorded until its catchy chorus inspired the band and producers. Audio Ink Radio named ...
Though Def Leppard and Guns N’ Roses weren’t exactly hair metal, fans of hair metal were certainly buying those records. Most remember “Pour Some Sugar On Me”, “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, and “Wild Side”, ...
Here are five hair metal bands whose biggest-selling records were definitely not their best. The hair metal era is often remembered for the big hair, the overuse of Aqua Net, flashy videos, and ...
Commit to keeping an open mind before you read our list of the best prog song by five hair metal bands. No, we’re serious. We know as well as you do that the ’80s glam metal boom was not necessarily ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the late '80s and early '90s, hair metal ruled rock radio and sold millions of albums. Then, that shifted after one popular ...
Our list of the best song by 11 big hair metal bands is woefully overdue. We've already listed the heaviest song by 11 big hair metal bands, the best ballad by 11 big hair metal bands and the best ...
Both Def Leppard and Guns N’ Roses were still one year away from glam metal masterpieces. But 1986 was a crucial year for making hair metal something impossible to escape. So here are three songs you ...