There’s a new docuseries on 80s hair metal coming to Paramount+. Here’s the trailer.
By the time the 90s began, hair metal was viewed as old, tired, and out of touch with what young people wanted to hear. Enter Gen X and the alt-rock
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Ongoing History Daily: A new book on hair metal
Back in the 80s, the dominant form of rock was hair metal: guys with big hair, wearing spandex, and sometimes makeup, playing big riffs with punchy pop hooks. Think Motley
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Random Music News for Saturday, October 14, 2017
The Cuban Missile Crisis began on this day in 1962. We don’t want to go through that again, do we, Donald? And now, the music news for October 14. This
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Sorry. Still trying to process the whole Chris Cornell story. Here’s what else is making music news on May 19. The major labels are now making $150 a second from
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The Sexist Hell Endured by Female Rockers in the 80s
For decades, women were told that they couldn’t rock. Sure, there were exceptions–Janis Joplin and Grace Slick come to mind–but for the most part, women were subjected to endless sexism
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The Big Book of Hair Metal
Martin Popoff, the Canadian music expert (especially on all things metal) has a new book featuring the oral history of hair metal. The genre’s story is told through quotes from
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