The following list of glam metal bands and artists includes bands and artists that have been described as glam metal or its interchangeable terms, hair metal,[1][2] hair band,[3] pop metal[1] and lite metal[1] by professional journalists at some stage in their career. Glam metal is a subgenre of heavy metal[4] and is influenced by 1970s glam rock.[5] Glam metal groups wear "flashy clothing, heavy makeup, and large, teased hair".[6]
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They invented the power ballad altogether with 1973's "Dream On," which they'd go on to perfect further with "Angel," "Janie's Got a Gun," and "Cryin'," reclaiming the territory a decade later from other glam-inspired "hair metal" bands who owe the original article quite a bit.
David Coverdale, the lead singer of Deep Purple in the 1970s, remade himself as a hair-metal star
Mr. Big debuted as a fairly standard issue pop-leaning hair metal outfit in 1989
hair-metal god Paul Shortino