Possibly one of the first metal bands that comes to mind when thinking about this topic. The thrash metal band was formed in ...

Whitecross had the misfortune of poor timing. The band’s brand of 80s heavy metal and hard rock arrived at the end of the ...

Def Leppard, formed in Sheffield, England, “ignited the 1980s reign of metal,” according to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ...

The term "hair metal" was coined as a pejorative catch-all for the sex- and party-obsessed hard rock bands that emerged predominantly from the Sunset Strip and conquered the world in the '80s.