History Main / HairMetal

* {{Improbably Hairstyle}}: Young Cici Deville's physics defying do' for one.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: The costumes for both the bands and their

* {{Long-Haired Pretty Boy}}: How the genre got its name.

* {{Estrogen Brigade Bait}}: This was the most commercially successful version of metal, arguably because of the {{bishonen pretty boys}}

* {{Stage Names}}: Rikki Rocket, Nikki Sixx,

** InNameOnly; they actually broke up in 1973 and merged with another band, who then changed ''their'' name, as {{Scorpions}} were better-known.

* BonJovi

* VanHalen

* Scorpions (who not only predate the hair metal era, but actually formed in [[OlderThanTheyThing 1965]], a handful of years before BlackSabbath or LedZeppelin did)

* Scorpions

Note: It may have fallen out of fashion for many people, but it still has a dedicated fanbase. If you meet any of them today, you might not want to risk [[BerserkeButton mentioning]] [[ReplacementScrappy grunge]]...

Musically, Hair Metal is a bit less "heavy" than standard Heavy Metal, making use of more melodic arrangements (but still heavier than standard pop rock). Hair Metal also tends to be less "raw"-sounding, making full use of studio engineering equipment and audio modification devices such as reverb and other electronica.

It should also be mentioned that while some of these bands are still around, piratically none of them these days stick to the Hair Metal sound and image of its glory days. So their newer music may not fall under this label.

* Enuff Z'nuff (these guys were actually a slightly hard sounding, CheapTrick inspired PowerPop band who [[ExecutiveMeddling were marketed as a Hair Metal band by their record label]] despite not actually being, you know, a ''metal band'', whatsoever)

* Enuff Z'nuff (these guys were actually a slightly hard CheapTrick inspired PowerPop band who [[ExecutiveMeddling were marketed as a Hair Metal band by their record label]] despite not actually being, you know, a ''metal band'' whatsoever)

* Enuff Z'nuff (these guys were actually a CheapTrick inspired PowerPop band who [[ExecutiveMeddling were marketed as a Hair Metal band by their record label]] despite not actually being, you know, a ''metal band'' whatsoever)

** According to Slash, the band went through a "glam period" that was short-lived because the band got tired of borrowing stuff from a carousel of girlfriends. By the time Appetite for Destruction came out, only trace elements remained. The group actually made themselves staunch opponents of the Hollywood glam scene, particularly Poison.

* {{Accept}} (''Eat the Heat'' album, [[DisContinuity which never happened]])

A subset of Music/HeavyMetal popular mainly during TheEighties, so called because of the tendencies of the musicians to sport EightiesHair. Some bands accentuated this by wearing [[CampStraight gender-neutral (at best)]] clothing and sometimes makeup as well. While none of this was actually originated by Hair Metal itself, the decade's emphasis on visual presentation has made the style synonymous with the term (which, today, is commonly used in a decidedly derisive tone).

A subset of Music/HeavyMetal popular mainly during TheEighties, so called because of the tendencies of the musicians to sport EightiesHair. Some bands accentuated this by wearing gender-neutral (at best) clothing and sometimes makeup as well. While none of this was actually originated by Hair Metal itself, the decade's emphasis on visual presentation has made the style synonymous with the term (which, today, is commonly used in a decidedly derisive tone).

* [=~Mötley Crüe~=]