Outsiders might think heavy metal is all big scary riffs and songs about Satan and darkness and whatnot, but those in the know understand that some of music's biggest, soppiest, most spectacularly ...

In the early years of hair metal, the Sunset Strip bands were more akin to The New York Dolls’ glam punk than what emerged on MTV in the mid-80s. Some bands, like Faster Pussycat and L.A. Guns, ...

Write off our list of The Best Ballad From 11 Big Hair Metal Bands at your own risk — there’s way more substance here than haters would lead you to believe. Hair metal — glam metal, pop-metal, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

Before Seattle plunged into grunge, heavy metal thunder reigned. Saturday, Queensryche brought back those days of yesteryear -- the '80s, that is -- in a nearly two-hour set that was often thrilling, ...