This all changed in 1989 when Coop teamed up with Bon Jovi and Aerosmith hit doctor Desmond Child to conquer hair metal with ...

The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true guilty pleasures in music history. The hair spray, makeup, and catchy pop tunes touched up with distortion were made for MTV.

So whether you consider it glam metal, hard rock or something else, for all intents and purposes, "hair metal" is a decent catch-all for the scene. On the flip side, we included '80s hard rock ...