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Hair metal (also known as pop metal or glam metal) is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States. It was a dominant genre in popular rock music throughout the 1980s and briefly in the early 1990s.

The genre is also referred to, often by detractors, as hair metal and performed by hair bands. This term was popularized by MTV in the 1990s and derives from the tendency amongst most bands to style their long hair in a teased-up fashion. During its heyday, the genre was often referred to as heavy metal or simply metal.

Musically, glam metal songs use distorted guitar riffs based around power chords and catchy hooks over hard-hitting drumming. Most songs feature flashy virtuoso shred guitar solos with heavily effect-processed lead guitar sound. The overall sound is much more commercial and studio-engineered than earlier styles of metal, such as the rough, noisy sound of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands. The vocals have a catchy melody with an anthemic “sing-along” chorus. In addition, they were usually sung with a clean tone like in hard rock, in contrast to many other heavy metal subgenres such as death metal, which have usually guttural and distorted vocals.

Glam metal performers became infamous for their debauched lifestyles of late-night parties - widely covered in the tabloid press - , very long teased hair (hence the alternative “hair metal” tag), use of make-up, and gaudy clothing and accessories (chiefly consisting of tight denim or leather jeans, spandex, and headbands). Many of these traits are somewhat reminiscent of glam rock, a music genre which first emerged in the United Kingdom during the early 1970s.

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October 2008
Saturday 11 October 2008
Art Exhibition at Wentworth Gallery Paul Stanley	Wentworth Gallery Washington DC, United States	Add shout
Autmus Fest at TAMIU Grounds Kinky, Night Ranger, Nothing More, Little Joe Y La Familia, warryor, Krystal Blue, JR Castillo	TAMIU Grounds Laredo, United States	Add shout
Today (Sunday 12 October 2008)
Yngwie Malmsteen Anj	Avalon Hollywood Los Angeles, United States	2 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Tuesday 14 October 2008
White Lion Pretty Boy Floyd	House of Blues San Diego, United States	Add shout Buy Tickets
Tesla	Coyote's Louisville, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Wednesday 15 October 2008
Tesla	House of Blues Cleveland, United States	Add shout Buy Tickets

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westonelchulo wrote:
2 hours ago

Thank god this genre is dead.

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SawDecapitation wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

no more gay - no more hair metal

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ratts36 wrote:
last week

glam metal is the term that was used during the 80s and the early 90s. in the arrival of grunge, people started calling it ''hair metal'' to put the emphasis on the physical aspect of the genre.

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Rincen wrote:
last month

thanks ;)

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alicenroses wrote:
last month

There is no difference, however people who dislike the genre are more likely to call it "hair metal".

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Rincen wrote:
last month

What is the difference between hair metal and glam metal?? Anyone knows??

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Samagonskis wrote:
August 2008

Hair metal = gay.

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Joppsson wrote:
August 2008

Hair metal XD... it cant be a tag haha... its just the haircut they had in the 80s... lol

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Nice_Santa wrote:
July 2008

my favz

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bak4 wrote:
July 2008

puxa vida!!!!! nunca tinha ouvido falar em hair metal!! hahaha.....^^

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