33 Reasons Why Hair Metal Is The Greatest Musical Genre Ever To Exist On Planet Earth

    The greatest era of music is highly underrated and here are things that only us hair metal fans really understand

    blakeboz
    by blakeboz

    BuzzFeed Sales Director, West Coast

    1. Wearing spandex was a way of life

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    Stryper

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    Jaime St. James from Black 'N Blue

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    Vixen

    2. The bigger the hair the better

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    Nitro

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    Britny Fox

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    Scarlet Red

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    Pretty Boyd Floyd

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    Vinnie Vincent Invasion

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    Tuff

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    Roxx Gang

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    David Coverdale from Whitesnake

    3. Wearing more makeup than your female fans was totally acceptable

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    Poison

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    Tiger Tailz

    4. The crazier the guitar the better

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    Nitro

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    Chris Holmes from W.A.S.P.

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    George Lynch from Dokken

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    Erik Turner from Warrant

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    Dangerous Toys guitar

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    Mark Kendall from Great White

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    C.C. DeVille from Poison

    5. MTV was great, especially Headbanger's Ball

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    Riki Rachtman

    6. Power ballads made our day

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    Skid Row

    7. "That Metal Show" is the only TV show worth watching now

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    8. It was cool to misspell your band's name

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    Kix, Britny Fox, Enuff Z' Nuff, Trixter, Ratt, Sleeze Beez, Tuff to name a few

    9. During a concet, you didn't move an inch when a drum solo was happening

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    A.J. Pero from Twisted Sister

    10. KNAC was THE radio station to listen to

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    11. Mandatory monthly reading

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    Included MetalEdge, Hit Parader, RIP, Circus

    12. Screaming was singing

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    Dee Snider from Twisted Sister

    13. The Sunset Strip was the place to see and be seen

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    Rainbow Bar and Grill, The Whiskey a Go Go, The Roxy Theater, The Troubador, The Starwood, Gazzarri's

    14. Shirts were overrated

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    Kip Winger from Winger

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    Jani Lane from Warrant

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    Tracii Guns from L.A. Guns

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    Kik Traceee

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    Lillian Axe

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    Vain

    15. It was totally ok to wear this

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    Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P.

    16. And this...

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    17. And this...

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    Poison

    18. And this...

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    Holy Soldier

    19. And this...

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    Twisted Sister

    20. And this...

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    Ratt

    21. And this...

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    Cinderella

    22. Sure why not...

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    Shotgun Messiah

    23. And this...

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    Wrathchild U.K.

    24. And this...

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    Madam X

    25. And this...

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    Kiss

    26. And this...

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    Quiet Riot

    27. And this...

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    Autograph

    28. And this...

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    Krokus

    29. And this...

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    Vyper

    30. And this...

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    Lita Ford

    31. This too...

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    Bon Jovi

    32. But most of all, the music was amazing and still sounds just as good today

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    33. Keep on rocking like it's 1985

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    Motley Crue