Talk:Glam metal/Archive 1

How the fuck can this be a source
"The genre is also referred to (pejoratively by detractors) as hair metal. Urban dictionary defines it as, "a form of 80's teenybopper music made primarily by effeminate men wearing makeup and dressed like women"

As the source is written by a guy called Axl Gump and urban dictionary definitions can be written by anybody. Which is why I removed it.

Characteristics
The Characteristics section on this article is very vague and not accurate. What the section is describing is nothing different from ordinary heavy metal songs. I think it should be noted that Glam Metal songs use much less distortion than ordinary Heavy Metal and the difference in lyrical themes. That is all that really separates the two genres aside from image.96.51.21.229 (talk) 20:40, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Date/timeline
Hello everyone I just want every one to stop fighting on the birth and death dates of Glam metal. What should be done is glame started around 1975 in clubs, then it became popular in 1978 with bands like Quiet Riot and Van Halen ect, and by 1980 it became a popular Genre and dominated from 1980 to 1992 and went of the air in 1994. Then started to rise up again in 1997 and on. protos99

pleas stop fighting
Every one listen Glam metal is the same as Hair Metal. Hair metal is glam metal what happend was many people in the 1990's named glam metal this and it has stuck ever since. Also every one stop fighting over the names and subgenres ok heres how it goses Glam metal subgenres Shock Rock,Sleaze Glam aka sleaze rock,and pop metal. Genres related classice metal, Arena rock. Also some genres got mixed in like Motley Crue mixed Pop and punk with Glam also Vinne Vincent mixed in speed metal with Glam. Another thing people stop fighting on the dates Glam metal started for instance in a Quiet Riot Greatest Hits album which stated" One of the greatest bands of glam metal formed in 1975". Also the dates of popularity should be 1978 to 1992. Here's another fact Grunge never killed Glam metal corperation's back stabed Glam metal by firing it's worker and hiring younger workers who were more into Grunge all because people thought they missed out on some big thing because Nirvana's Never mind album sales were huge. Finaly glam was just as popular in 1992 as any other year just because it wasn't on prime time tv[ it main source to get it's musice to the public] It was played late nights and early mourning when most of it's fans were sleeping, working, and/or at shcool, it was still on the air in 1994 then when grunge died it's been slowly came back. Protos99

aggressive?
The article states that

"Generally, Glam metal is of an aggressive style"

which I think can objectively be said to be false. If you look at other forms of rock that existed at the same time, such as hardcore punk and thrash metal, it is clear that glam metal has a comparatively polite and polished style, both in the performances and in the production. Isn't this one of the big factors behind the 90s shift against glam metal and in favor of grunge and alternative rock? The appeal of bands like Nirvana and Alice in Chains had to do with the notion that they were much more aggressive than glam metal and arena rock, with much more shock value. No friendly or glamorous anthems to be found there. Let me know if anyone disagrees with this notion, cuz if not I will probably edit something along these lines.


 * If you compare it to pop music from the same time period, it's very aggressive, however compared to other metal styles (especially thrash, which was a simultaneous movement) it's not very aggressive at all (compare Cherry Pie to Creeping Death!). So it's just a matter of whether or not we're going to look at Glam in the context of pop music or metal music. I think this should be stated outright in the article. Perhaps even just mention how it bridges the two. Grunge is kind of irrelevant to the relative aggression in Glam Metal since it came afterwards, and was in many ways a reaction to it.Thee darcy 16:22, 11 June 2007 (UTC).

Can this Article Seperate Glam Metal in three catagories
Glam Metal= Crue,WASP.

Sleaze Glam-Hard Rock/Metal= Guns N Roses, LA Guns, Faster Pussycat, Tesla, Thunder, Skid Row & Vain.

Hair Metal= Poison, Warrant, Bang Tango, Ratt, Britny Fox, White Snake, Bang Tango (Bango Tango sounds more funky), Fire House, Bonjovi (In 80s Bon Jovi was very much Hair Metal) & Autograph.

EVERYONE READ
F... off with saying so-so isn't glam metal just because you're a fan and think it is an insult. Not all glam metal bands sound the same but that doesn't mean they're not glam metal. Judas Priest wasn't originally glam metal but they did become glam metal for a period of time. Same with most of the other bands people are complaining about. Just because so and so isn't like Poision doesn't mean they're not glam metal. Live with it. The guy who said Iron Maiden isn't would be right though. This has nothing to do with me not wanting them to be called glam, though. I like Iron Maiden and glam metal but if we're going to put Iron Maiden on this list we mayswell put bands like metallica and king diamond on it!

SHUT UP —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.136.1.111 (talk) 19:48, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Lacks 70's background, Merge with Glam Rock
Glam metal started in the 70's with artists like david bowie and the ny dolls. The 70's are not covered very well in this article. also, led zeppelin was never a glam band, but were cock rock. androgeny is the core value that glam bands share, and im pretty sure zep always came across as hetero. Probably should be merged with glam rock as they both share the androgeny value.

Burlyguy 03:57, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Musically glam metal and glam rock are so far apart as can be, much like gothic rock and gothic metal. Led Zeppelin never was cock rock band (now that one was just hilarious). I sort of get the feeling you are trolling, correct me if I'm mistaken, but from my point of view you are deliberately distorting the facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.217.12.167 (talk) 12:58, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Agree with latter. Glam rock and glam metal are wholly different genres, it's just some Americans who confuse them (since glam rock was mainly a European phenomena). Bowie, Roxy Music and T. Rex (glam rock) have more in common with the Smiths, the Cure and the Britpop of the 90's, than with glam metal, even if their clothing and songs did inspire fx Mötley Crüe to a certain extent. They are related genres, since Sweet, T. Rex and Slade made catchy singles that influenced Kiss which in turn influenced Poison, Warrant, Mötley, etc. etc., but they are NOT, I repeat NOT the same genre. Cock rock isn't a genre. Neither all glam rock OR all glam metal bands were androgynous. I'll give that Bowie was - deliberately. But Roxy Music (save for Eno) wasn't at all, and I hardly think ANY of the glam metal bands were - ok, you may be a redneck puritan and not approve of their clothing, but COME ON, there is NOTHING un-hetero about Warrant, Winger, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Cinderella, W.A.S.P., etc. And even if Mötley Crüe wears make up... come on, ever heard Girls Girls Girls? Not that I'm against homosexuality or androgyny, but you're just plain wrong, apparently from lack of knowledge. Yes, Dee Snider sure doesn't look like a man, BUT he sure doesn't look like a woman either! And since you started with indicating that androgyny was un-hetero (you said zep was hetero, BECAUSE they weren't androgynous), you might want to know that androgyny and homosexuality aren't as closely related as you think. It was the completely un-androgynous Rob Halford, who turned out to be gay, while Vince Neil, even the subject of Dude (Looks Like A Lady) by Aerosmith, is more hetero than any of us could ever hope to be. If we follow your logic that's just impossible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.107.24.213 (talk) 17:33, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

redirection
'Hair Metal' should be redirected to Glam Metal.. not the other way round. 'Hair Metal' is just a derogatory term aimed at bands such as Warrant & Poison in the same way "Emo Fags" is used to describe pop bands such as MCR & The Used.

The term "Hair Band" however doesn't cover bands such as Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, W.A.S.P., Judas Priest, etc... only a small minority of the "Glam Metal" bands.

The genres name is simply; Glam Metal.

NeonDevil 05:37, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Exactly. How can the article say: "Fans of the genre usually refer to it as glam metal, referencing the earlier British glam rock movement, and consider hair metal to be a borderline insult." And then go on to call it Hair Metal?

Who decides the name of a music genre if not the people that listen to it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

A few alternations were made.. 1. glam metal rightfully in the place of the derogatory term "hair metal" until redirecting is sorted out. 2. Hanoi Rocks removed from list because they are not a glam metal band. Deathrocker 03:14, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

I personally highly disagree that "Hair Metal" is derogatory, seeing as I am a said "fan of the genre" and i have never called it "glam metal" in my life. Hair Metal is a subset of the larger genre of glam. Jigsaw Jimmy 19:47, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

domination
"dominated popular music"? -- Zoe

Yup. From '86-'91 it was the dominant music genre in the US. That's an irrefutable fact.

getting rid
I think we should perhaps get rid of this paragraph...

"In recent years, certain bands associated (perhaps loosely) with punk rock have scored hits with tracks that seem to evoke the anthemic hair-metal sound, such as the Offspring's Gone Away (1997) and AFI's Girl's Not Grey (2003). It is hard to say whether these tracks are intended as sincere homage or as an ironic reference."

Wizzer


 * Any particular reason? -- IHCOYC

I added a mention of the current "hair metal" revivalists, The Darkness, currently quite popular in the UK.

hair and cock
Hair metal != cock rock. It is a form of cock rock.

Hair metal needs to be merged with cock rock. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Butt rock should be thrown in there as well, since it's a euphemism for the more provocative cock rock. 74.7.55.66 (talk) 21:44, 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * i am not as familiar with the term butt rock, but i agree that cock rock should be mentioned in this article. the term is quite brilliantly applicable given the common use of euphamisms in glam metal lyrics, tight pants, 'cocky' attitude of musicians, and near-transvestite appearance of some bands. Zmbe (talk) 13:43, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Neutral?
I don't know if this article is exactly neutral. I read it and suddenly hated hair metal. Until I realized some of my favorite bands fell into this genre. I don't feel like re-writing it myself, so how does one get the little banner on the top that says "The neutrality of this article has been challenged"?
 * There are two steps: 1) Document some specific not-neutral parts of the article here on the talk page; 2) Add to the top of the article. Tuf-Kat 22:51, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

Judas Priest?

 * Judas Priest was not a hair metal band. If anything, they could be included with the new wave of British Heavy metal--but not hair metal, like Warrant, Poison, and Vixen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)


 * They definitely did not start out as a hair metal band. Around the time of Turbo was the closest they ever got to hair metal, and even that is stretching it. Gringo300 11:43, 7 October 2005 (UTC)


 * They started before the time of NWOBHM. Gringo300 22:12, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, but Judas Priest is Heavy metal. Shady_Joe
 * Absolutely correct, they are Heavy Metal in its purest form. Painkiller was released in 1990 and sounds nothing like any of the Glam bands of the time.

I agree. Rob Halford, the singer for J.P. was freakin bald. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meman1234567890 (talk • contribs) 00:23, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Before Judas Priest, drummer Scott Travis was very briefly in an early version of the band The Scream, who's singer was John Corabi, who was later in Motley Crue and is now in Ratt. That arguably kind of connects Judas Priest to the glam metal thing. The more I learn, the more I conclude that musical genres aren't always clear cut and black-and-white. I'd kind of feel more confortable labelling Judas Priest as glam that as alternative rock/grunge/etc.. They often DID put heavy emphasis on image. I can't see anything ALTERNATIVE about them... except for maybe...uhm... "alternative lifestyles". Gringo300 (talk) 20:37, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Hairspray rock or Spandex rock
Glam rock is also many times called Hairspray rock or Spandex rock. There could be some mention of that. As for the upper poster - many of my favourite bands also fall into this category, but so what? Glam was always both funny and dead serious for me. Even today I sometimes darg out my old pollished spikes, ripped jeans, leather jacket and sunglasses and go out in such outfit and don't give a flying fu** what other people think. ..Yeah, those were the days, LA, 1984, high flying shred solos, smoke machines and babes were back then still slim and sexy, Soviet Union still existed, night life was active,.. yeah, those were the days, mmmm.. Now go and walk the streets of LA today. What will you see? A bunch of overweight chicks, patriot act, terror color codes and rap beats on every corner.. Makes me wanna cry! 80's FOREVER !!!!

List of bands
Do groups like Mr. Big and Night Ranger really qualify as "hair bands"? JetsLuvver 05:11, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Gringo300 16:07, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * well, mr. big once had former poison guitarist richie kotzen...

Johnny crash!

GN'R
I don't get it. In this article Guns N' Roses is included as a hair metal band, put in the Guns N' Roses article, they seem to make GN'R anti-hair metal. Can anyone clear this up for me? -Big Brother is Watching

I would not consider GN'R to be hair metal. Prairie Dog
 * Why not? They had the hair, they had the metal, and they are certianly amoung the other examples mentioned here alfrin 19:20, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)


 * There are different versions of hair metal, both musically and image wise. Gringo300 11:47, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

having long hair or playing metal does not make you a hair metal band. playing to a female audience makes you a hair metal band, and i shudder at even using "metal" in its name   Lue3378 05:41, 10 February 2006 (UTC) Johnny crash!

GNR are definitely in the Glam-Metal neighborhood. Sleaze-Glam (used properly in this text) or Gutter-Glam are more apt. definitions of their AFD CD.


 * i think gn'r should be included. they came to prominance in the same era and among largely the same fans. the dirty hard-living appearance was introduced with appetite for destruction; previous to that they definitely had the appearance of a typical cockrock band. Zmbe (talk) 13:45, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Is the list even necessary?
There is a category for hair metal bands in use. Can't that provide a list? I can see listing out some of the more popular/well-known bands, but these lists always generate controversy and add little value.
 * All band lists in genre articles should be moved to something like list of hair metal bands. In order to make them useful in a way that categories are not, they should have brief captions describing each band. Tuf-Kat 20:46, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

Despite the periodic fussing over these lists, I find them extremely useful both in understanding what a genre is actually supposed to mean, as well as in getting ideas of bands to look for. I'm far from alone in that, and long before I was an editor I used the wikipedia band lists that way. They are extremely nice, despite the aggravation they cause for purists and those who strive to thwart them ;). Sam Spade 21:10, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I guess that's true, but it should probably be as TUF-Kat describes, in its own entry (the list is now longer than the article) Davetron5000 15:14, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

The thing about the list is that most of the bands are borderline and controversially hair metal. Ozzy? Hair? GNR? Hair? Van Halen? Hair? etc. Since its all controversial i believe it should be removed

Glam rock/glam metal/hair metal
Why the article reffers to "hair metal" as a subgenre? Isn't it supposed to be glam metal as a subgenre? Hair metal is a category of musicians in the 80's and not necessarily a sub-genre of heavy metal music... Waiting for an answer--Lironos / 2LIRONOS7 16:56, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

"The British band The Darkness has attempted to revive the hair-metal style, albeit in a more tongue-in-cheek style, somewhat reminiscent of early Van Halen, and Queen." A friend of mine knows the band quite well, and claims that they never intended to be tongue-in-cheek, that's just the way they came across to the public.

Pejorative terms
Add here the subject's pejorative terms here, if you like:
 * GLAM = Gay LA Rock (I am not sure, but I think it was coined by Dave Mustaine, Megadeth's founder)


 * that would be GLAR, not GLAM. i think it was "gay LA metal". Gringo300 11:51, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Johnny Crash
At least one person keeps removing Johnny Crash from the list. This is ridiculous. It looks like intentional vandalism to me. Bands such as Judas Priest and Van Halen on the other hand, both of which can far less logically be called hair metal, are NOT removed.

Gringo300 13:16, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

user 200.86.69.8
At least one person keeps removing Johnny Crash from the list. I've identified one user doing this as 200.86.69.8. I recommend blocking this person. Gringo300 06:33, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

I suspect the reason that this person is doing this is because Johnny Crash at first glance looks highly similar to Johnny Cash and they are probably mistaking the two. Avador 19:33, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * That had occured to me. I can see someone making that mistake maybe several times. However, as many times as it's been it seems odd- I would have thought that a person would after several times noticeD the difference. Gringo300 21:59, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I added a note- "not to be confused with Johnny Cash". IF the person is making an honest mistake, this SHOULD nip the problem in the bud. Gringo300 22:09, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I just heard that Wikipedia has blocked people without Wikipedia accounts form editting. Unless this person has an account, this really has been nipped in the bud now. Gringo300 04:19, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Classic Metal
The discussion can be found on the classic metal metal page.

This needs to be merged with Cock Rock.

Glam/Hair/Sleaze
Maybe a paragraph or two explaining the different between the Glam bands (Crue, Ratt, Quiet Riot, etc.) from the Hair bands (Poison, Cinderella, etc.), and then even from the Sleaze of the mid-late 80's (Jetboy, L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat, etc.). There's an obvious difference between the three, and obvious similarites that link the bands within the title, but I didn't want to just go in and add it. Thoughts?

Yeah-Hair, sleaze, AOR, are all different sub-genres of Glam Metal. They were foremed at different periods in different parts of the world. I think you should never merge Glam Rock with Classic Rock because they are NOT THE SAME THING! Totally two different lifestyles, and different sounding music. It would be like merging Rap with Soul (I hate both rap and soul, so don't get any ideas.)


 * I don't think there should be a merge either, but I agree with separating the genres in this article itself (Glam, Hair & Sleaze). Jewofunk 08:34, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Glam Metal started in the United States in the late 1970s?
What about artists such as Slade, Gary Glitter and Wizzard to name just a few who started in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s??

Those bands are Glam Metal, they're Glam Rock. Similar, but not quite. Jewofunk 08:33, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Lists
How can one compare Van Halen to Poison, that they both share the same category? While it was true that Van Halen was over-the-top in its performances, it cannot be put under the label of hair metal or any glam metal that incorporates bands such as Poison. Anyone else share my views on this issue? Feel free to comment. Lue3378 06:06, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Just because a band doesn't sound exactly like the others doesn't make them any more or less part of the genre Ratt is different to Motley Crue, Poison is different to Twisted Sister... just the way it is. Van Halen helped to kickstart the genre in the first place. - Deathrocker 15:30, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

READ THIS ONE<---(COME ON)
Alright lets just call everyone glam metal because apparently bands that have nothing to do with it are being labeled glam in this article (such as Iron Maiden) and I have lost patience with ignorant pricks. Besides this, bands that are glam metal are being mixed with bands belonging to hair metal (such as Van Halen and Poison), 2 totally different genres. Will someone please understand that hair metal and glam metal are different and write an article for each?!?! I am losing my mind thinking that there are people who actually think that they sound the same. Anyone who agrees/disagrees with me feel free to comment. And those who disagree can suck it   Lue3378 05:00, 16 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Glam metal is the euphemism that hair metal fans came up with when they realized they never gave it a name when it was popular and they didn't like the name MTV chose. Glam metal is different from hair metal in the same way Project David was different from Crossover Office. 72.40.101.236 00:14, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Glam Metal Blog Sites
Blogging is becoming hot and happening. We can list some Glam Metal Blog sites here so that Glam Metal fans and Wikipedians can get some important information which can be used to expand the Glam Metal article. Here's the link (keep on adding)


 * The Global Glam Metal Blog

Ted Nugent glam?
Twice I've removed Ted Nugent from the List of glam metal bands page. Twice he's been returned. Isn't calling Nugent "glam" like calling Hitler a humanitarian?Flogg 05:01, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Im not sure you understand. Since you know so effing much about nugent, why dont you have aproblem w/Damn Yankees??????

Because I've never listened to Damn Yankees. No band with former Styx and Night Ranger members can possibly have any interest for me. Also, whether or not Damn Yankees is glam or not is irrelevant to the topic at hand. Pat Boone made an album of metal covers, shall we label him a metal artist? Flogg 15:20, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

News flash Ted F#$%ing Nugent was IN Damn Yankees!!!!!--Anthraxrulz 09:11, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Stop calling Europe a glam metal band for God's sake !. How many times do I have to tell you this ?. They are a melodic hard rock bandAishah Bowron14:32 28 February 2006

Melodic hard rock = glam

Speaking of Europe, the fact that they were somewhat "pretty" got them put into that category.Actually, Kee Marcello was in one of those pretty-boy bands that got called "Metal" by the press because they weren't punk. The band was called "Easy Action," and they were one of the heavily produced mascara mayhem bands that existed in the early 1980s. Their sound and image was more like Kevin Reid era Rox or Ray Zell's Marionette than it was the later strains of Europe, which was more "tasteful" and not so image oriented. You know,outrageous clothes, makeup and heels. They had a lot of teen girl fans back then. Easy Action was in the early part of the 1980s, Europe was later. JBDay 00:27, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Point of View
Yeah, even though the artical never specifically bashes Glam Metal... you still get this very powerful looming feeling that Glam Metal sucks. I think this is because of a total absense of any sort of praise of it. Besides "It was popular during the 80's" everything else seems to be about the negatives of it. Expand, but try to say something good about it. -- Underwater 01:41, 4 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is not a place to criticise or praise. If the article does either then it needs to do both. Feel free to reword things to be simply fact, but dont add POV or praise, as this will be removed. Ley Shade 02:06, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Underwater. The whole article appears to have been written by someone with a grudge, and the fact is I know lots of people who were huge fans, including me, of what is being called Glam Metal or "hair and spandex" 80s rock. The article should inform, and leave the slams for Encyclopedia Dramatica. Andacar 21:21, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Sleaze Glam and other additions
I've tried to sort out the article a bit, adding the Sleaze glam section for the bands that came during 87, starting with Guns N' Roses, hopefully this clears up a bit of the confussion that seems to have been a roblem for a while.

Also pruned down the Decline section to the prominent reasons - Deathrocker 04:33, 5 March 2006 (UTC).

Metal???
This topic has hardly anything to do with metal, the topic title is a misnomer. None of the bands actually make music that is metal-like at all. Apparentely, the glam rock community doesn't like this genre at all either. Perhaps a merge to cock rock as suggested above is a good idea. Spearhead 17:26, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Glam Metal has always and will always be a subgenre of Metal, just as much as any other subgenre; Thrash, Death Metal or Black.

Judas Priest, Dio and Ozzy Obourne have even made albums in this style aswel as Def Leppard who were considered to be part of the NWOBHM.

Early bands of this subgenre included W.A.S.P., Motley Crue, Dokken, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot... stop trying to re-write history to suit your "tastes"... its POV pushing to the extreme. The genre even has a count down of 50 best albums on Metal-Rules.com Metal-Sludge.com also covers alot of Glam metal bands too.- Deathrocker 17:49, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

There needs to be a Criticism Section
Hair Metal recieved A LOT of ciriticism from professional reviewers and rock purists..........so why should we ignore it when that is a fact Chubdub 17:03, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Most. Unnecessary. Comment. Ever. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.22.127.232 (talk) 09:44, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Relationship to Butt Rock?
Hi. There's a page on Buttrock that I don't know what to do with. It's up for deletion, and one proposed solution is to merge it with Hair metal, which ends up here. If somebody with good knowledge of the relationships between the terms could weigh in on the AFD, I'd be much obliged. Thanks, --William Pietri 00:21, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


 * God there are some stupid people out there! Just because of your opinion, this genre is not COCK ROCK, or "BUTTROCK..." So all the people who KEEP repeating this, fuck off


 * I realize this is an old talk item, but there should be some reference to the term. Cock Rock redirects to this article too, so that term should also be mentioned too. 66.191.19.217 (talk) 14:40, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Distinction between glam rock and hair metal.
As explained by professional music information Web site www.AllMusic.com:

Glam rock (http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:388): "Often confused with '80s hair metal (at least by American listeners), glam rock was an almost entirely British phenomenon that became wildly popular during the first half of the '70s."

"Top artists: David Bowie, Gary Glitter, Mott the Hoople, New York Dolls, Roxy Music, Sweet, T. Rex, Cockney Rebel, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Jobriath, Mud, Queen, Lou Reed, Slade, Roy Wood, Marc Bolan, Alex Harvey, Richard O'Brien, Showaddywaddy."

Hair metal (http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:2693): "Hair Metal is a derisive term applied to the slick, pretty, and pop-oriented heavy metal and hard-rock bands of the late '80s."

"Top artists: Bon Jovi, L.A. Guns, Poison, Warrant, Cinderella, Def Leppard, Faster Pussycat, Firehouse, Great White, Mr. Big, Skid Row, Slaughter, Tesla, Vixen, White Lion, Whitesnake, Winger, Babylon A.D., Bad English."

I suggest that this article be renamed "Hair metal" and the appropriate revisions made, and a separate article be created for glam rock. - KB 09:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


 * A) There's already an article for glam rock.
 * B) Whether it's "glam metal" or "hair metal" depends on who you talk to, and "glam metal" was viewed as being less POV. (And hair metal links here anyway.) -- ChrisB 17:10, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion, simply calling one genre glam rock, and the other glam metal, does not sufficiently distinguish between them for the casual fan who is likely to use the terms "rock" and "metal" interchangeably. As the AllMusic article noted, the confusion of referring to the almost exclusively American genre of hair metal as "glam" is usually an American convention, and this could also cause problems for international readers.

I think the music of David Bowie and Bon Jovi are different enough that the title of their respective genre articles should be differentiated by more than just "rock" and "metal," words which, especially in this time, are often used with no real distinction.

As for the POV issue, it is my opinion as a fan of hair metal that it is another case of an originally derogatory term which has been adopted as the standard usage by its fans or those it describes, such as "nigga" or "queer," to name two controversial but well-known examples. - KB 20:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I think, the article's name should remain as it is. We can very well distinguish between rock and metal. Hait metal is a derogatory and biased reference given by grunge and thrash fans, that too in the early 90s, when traditional metal faced a backlash. The term is just like cock rock. And by the way, hair metal as a term was never mentioned in the 80s. Nor was glam metal. This kind of music was called just HEAVY METAL ! And the underground bands were called thrash. All of the glam metal bands (as they are called today), alongwith more traditional bands like Iron Maiden, Scorpions and Dio were called Heavy Metal. The term Pop Metal was used sometimes in the late 80s/early 90s, but only for bands like Bonjovi and Poison. This term was never used for Motley Crue, Ratt or Whitesnake. So, I guess, the proper title should be Heavy Metal, but it is now used to describe the parent genre. Hair Metal is derogatory, so is cock rock. Pop Metal is exclusive and it cant describe early 80s bands or even some late 80s bands. So what remains ? GLAM METAL ! And it is the best way to describe this genre.

-- N R S(talk to me, mail me   or award me a barnstar) 07:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Although I don't agree with several of your points, let me just address the issue of "rock" vs. "metal." Currently, those two words are all that is separating the two categories called "glam." According to Dictionary.com:

"Rock and roll": "n : A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll." [syn: rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock, rock music]"

"Heavy metal": "Loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery."

The point being, metal is a kind of rock, and the casual fan of 1980s rock who is thinking of bands like Bon Jovi and Poison will probably not even be aware that the closely related words "rock" and "metal" will completely change the results of what article he finds, if he searches for "glam ."

Aside from the accessibility issue for those unfamiliar with many rock genres, I think the article is made very POV by calling the 1980s American (plus Def Leppard) style "glam," since in most countries that word refers exclusively to the 1970s British genre, such as David Bowie and Mott the Hoople.

As for "hair metal" being a negative term, I think I have already explained how many hair metal fans don't take offense to it, and in fact have adopted the term as their own. I gave a couple other examples of this linguistic phenomenon which I believe show this point.

As an example of how this terminology can cause problems, the other day I was editing the Stryper article. They were a 1980s hair metal band, with Christian lyrics. In the article, the authors had termed them both "glam rock" and "glam metal." Obviously, the first term, which was linked, led to the completely wrong article, on 1970s glam rock.

Thanks for considering my criticisms. - KB 21:56, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

This is well written with excellent resources. The information here needs to placed into the article so that the article reads correctly. As it stands now the article is incorrect.

198.172.89.148 22:25, 18 May 2007 (UTC)Cisca 17 May 2007


 * I think the article needs a better clairification. Glam metal is a misleading term. It would suggest it connects to Glam rock, and I feel most of these bands took inspiration from Kiss before David Bowie, T-Rex, Brian Eno, Roxy music, and so on. Then again, I do feel that hair metal can be a bit negative. My suggestion is that it be changed to Pop-metal. That way it can be covering bands who didn't really glam it up too much, but do fit the sound and style such as Van Halen. There can be sub sections in the article where it discusses it being called Hair Metal and Glam metal as well. I think we need to vote for it. My vote would be to change it to Pop metal. Andrzejbanas 13:35, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Including the term Hair Farmer.
People didn't start criticizing this music by instantly calling it Hair Metal. First people started deriding the guys in the bands as "hair farmers", and then "hair metal" caught on after that. I provided two examples of the usage from articles in the early 1990s, and I remember an interview with Nirvana where they were calling somebody hair farmers. I think we need to note how the term changed early on to what it is now. 11:58, 4 November 2006


 * I'd like to know why this sentence has been removed repeatedly from the article. It appears to be sourced properly, and I'm going to reinsert it with a slight rewording. | Mr. Darcy talk 16:39, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

The interviews in the sentence are from 94, two years after glam metal fell... its not cronological in the article or a reason why the genre stopped been popular... its a reflective insult on it which came later. Its the equivelent of somebody dying of old age and then revisionists trying to make out the reason they died was because they were later burried in the ground. - Deathrocker 04:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Where does it say usage of the term hair farmer or for that matter hair metal caused anything? Its a reactionary term that caught on, is used as the primary term for the genre, and we have proof of its evolution. This is the etymology of the term hair metal, the primary name of this genre in general usage. These citations are from the early 90s, same as the stated era for the decline of hair metal. If you want to claim the usage of the term didn't occur during the same era as decline, you're splitting hairs. 1992 is an arbitrary year. You can pinpoint an agreed upon time? Then cite it. Either way, we have citations from arguably the two most prominent sources of rock movement documentation of the time, and ignoring that usage while not citing the first use of the term hair metal is revisionist. Xndr 15:28, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The term "hair farmer" seems to be a hoax. And by the way, by the above logic, the article on heavy metal music must include a few lines on how heavy metal was used for glam metal bands in the 80s, which is nowhere mentioned there. But atleast, that is true and was used in those days. The thing about "hair farmer" is that it wasnt used by anyone in glam metal heydays and was used by two-three non-notable nerds to degrade 80s metal. So, there is no sense in including that term. -- N R S | T/M\B 18:05, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * "Two-three non-notable nerds" means you are POV pushing in the extreme. Ann Magnuson writing for Spin (magazine), Alternative Press (music magazine), and yet another, a quote from a member of charting band L7 (band): . There are hundreds of examples of usage in a simple google search. Its a derogatory comment on the bands, and sorry, criticisms are included in articles. This criticism caught on to become the most readily used term for the genre. It has already been covered here, and it was decided to use the term "hair metal", in the 3rd sentence even.  This further expands how a once derogatory term became embraced by fans. You don't have to like it, but that's the origin of the term. Again, if you have evidence of "hair metal" being used (especially in its heyday), cite it.


 * I'm not sure what you mean about having to edit the heavy metal page. If someone wants to, be my guest. That's not revisionism. It was called heavy metal in those days, as is noted in this article, and then it was called hair metal after the fact. If you have evidence to the contrary of the term's origin, cite it. Xndr 19:25, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm with Xndr. There is no argument for excluding the term "hair farmer;" it is properly sourced. Making the article revolve around it would be POV, but mentioning it is acceptable, and deleting it is not. | Mr. Darcy talk 02:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep it, I've heard people use it elsewhere. Ours18 17:52, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, on Google.com, the term is proved non-notable. The derogatory phrase "Hair Metal", has 1,030,000 results. "Hair farmer" has less than a thousand and hardly any are about the topic at hand, alot are about actual animal hair farming and other unrelated topics. - Deathrocker 17:58, 30 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Notability doesn't apply here - I'm not sure why you'd bring it up. The guideline on notability refers to article subjects - people, companies, websites - not to individual terms or subsections within articles. Regardless, even if we were considering the "notability" of the term hair farmer, its use in two articles in mainstream publications would more than suffice. | Mr. Darcy talk 18:38, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

The exact text says "hinting", not "causes". Hinting implies a commmonality, with one preceding the other. Do we have to point out what "hair farmer" and "hair metal" have in common? Do we now have to cite obvious relationships? This nitpicking is amazing. Xndr 17:33, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Van Halen
Wasn't their eponymous album released in 1978? In the article it is listed as part of a group of albums released in either 1983 or 1984. At least that's how I understood the passage. Can someone confirm this?

Pop Metal
Pop Metal shouldn't be redirected to Glam Metal. Reason #1: Hair Metal = Glam Metal, and Glam metal has two things that redirect to Glam Metal

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The second wave = glam ROCK
The first wave of early bands were heavy metal, like WASP and Twisted Sister, while later bands, like Poison and Warrant, are rock music, though not unrelated to the first wave. There is an obvious sound difference between the two waves, and they shouldn't even be considered the same genre of music. Only the glam look was the same, not the music!
 * No. Glam rock is completely different to the second wave of hair metal. Funeral 22:13, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Power ballads
Stop puting Bon Jovi under this subject becouse their rock anthems were way more popular then ballads (Livin on a Prayer spent 4 weeks on #1 on Billboard Hot 100, You Give Love a Bad Name spent one week on #1, but Never Say Goodbye reached only #26. Also Bad Medicine spent 2 weeks on #1, but I'll Be There For You spent only one week). Two more rock anthems reached #3 and #7 (Born to Be My Baby, Lay Your Hands On Me), but Living in Sin reached only #9. If somebody puts Bon Jovi one more time i will put Guns 'N' Roses in subject becouse Sweet Child O' Mine spent 2 weeks on #1 but Welcome To The Jungle reached only #7. Dont be unfair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.2.90.203 (talk) 18:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Hair metal is not just a negative term.
Why does my edit that some fans also call it hair metal keep getting reverted? It is true. -- Kevin Browning (talk) 07:32, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the reasons have to do with why anyone decided to term this article "glam" in the first place. Hair metal is used 100:1 to describe this music colloquially. It came about after the fact as a derision of yesterday's music, but its now used as a term of endearment. So the line "also called hair metal by critics and fans alike" is completely true, but some feel the need to revise this because they think "glam" is more sophisticated or something, I don't know. Xndr (talk) 11:44, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

It was infact called hair metal at the time, by "pure metal" fans actually, too. (The Elfoid (talk) 03:54, 29 December 2007 (UTC))

Wikiproject glam?
I really am amazed this does not exist yet, and if someone sets it up am happy to play a major part. I hate working alone though. (The Elfoid (talk) 03:54, 29 December 2007 (UTC)) id help you on that man if any thing metal is my specialty Zakkman (talk) 21:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * This would be a nice idea but I would suggest a task force instead of a full fledged project. If it works out well you can convert it into a project. − ₪ÇɨгcaғucɨҲ₪  kaiden  07:06, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

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Disputed "cock rock" redirect
I don't believe "cock rock" should redirect to glam metal. There are other bands that play what is considered cock rock that definitely aren't glam, such as AC/DC and Guns N' Roses. Helltopay27 (talk) 18:56, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

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List of Band Article
What happened to the list of glam metal bands page?? I cant find it

Changes
Whoever changed this article, it is a disgrace. Everything is riddled with bad diction, missing words, incomplete sentences, misspellings and factual mistakes (well I'm not so sure about the last one because maybe I just didn't understand what some particular sentences were supposed to say, again, due to bad English). Whoever recently applied all those changes, either don't edit or put up a little more effort (proofreading, spellchecking, etc). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.22.127.232 (talk) 09:51, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

how to sort out this page, several steps
Message me on my talk page if you want to organise a team to get this going - we have to work together since this is becoming a shambles. But I don't want to start it solo.

1) Get citations 2) Split it up better....we need to write about the American/LA scene specifically, making a point of making it clear if a band is from elsewhere e.g. "Glam metal continued to grow its fanbase as the 1980s progressed. Def Leppard’s 1987 album Hysteria spawned seven successful singles, and eventually sold more than 12 million copies just in the US. "....it doesn't even note that a British glam metal hit is unusual in itself 3) We need a "glam metal today" section. That can take on all the revival stuff, as well as talking about the scene in other countries - Swedish sleaze etc. really need defining 4) Pictures. We need a photo of the early look (early 80s Motley Crue is what I would recomend), the "MTV pop look" (Poison a good one?) and a photo of Guns N' Roses. While things like the precursors (New York Dolls) and "modern" sleaze (like Buckcherry) are good, I'd regard those 3 as most important....the modern bands don't look that unusual wheras the 3 80s glam eras were much more defined 5) With the non-US scenes so seperate from it (other than some America-centric bands like Def Leppard) it may be worth making a "glam metal outside the US" section

Someone get back to me and lets do this. (The Elfoid (talk) 15:29, 24 March 2008 (UTC))

The Darkness.. successful?

 * Not unlike all of glam metal...LMAO! I couldn't resist. It's true, though.  Blizzard Beast  ''$ODIN' 19:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Decline?
I think there are all kinds of problems in this article. Motley Crue, Gun's N Roses as "hair metal bands" would release their biggest albums in their history in the 1991-1992 time period with Dr. Feelgood and the Use Your Illusion albums. I don't think one can just say "1991-1992 decline". Something certainly changed in music and it wasn't just "tastes". 1995 is so different from 1990 in a way 1985 wasn't so different from 1990. Hip-hop primarily grew into the mainstream. I'm not sure exactly how to attribute this decline to a year and reason when there are many reasons not stated that could be responsible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.229.171.85 (talk) 00:32, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Removal of POV 'notable' glam metal album lists
I have removed these due to them being being 1) unsourced and 2) Complete WP:POV. Who decides which of those albums best represented glam metal in that era? It's impossible to determine. Could we please have a discussion here to determine if I'm actually sane? Am I misinterpreting the point of this WP:NPOV encyclopaedia? Thoughts on the removal of the lists welcome. Scarian Call me Pat!  23:19, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Comedy rock under Other Topics
Does this belong or is it making fun? Zazaban (talk) 19:43, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I dont think it does and should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tna (talk • contribs) 16:40, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Images
I see that there are almost no images in the article. Someone should look through Commons:Category:Heavy metal bands, I imagine you'd find something suitable. The issue, of course, is who qualifies specifically as glam metal. One that comes to mind for me (being a Seattleite) is Charlie Drown, but they are certainly not particularly famous. Maybe GWAR? Miss Crazy (who look painfully like Kiss; again, though, not particularly famous)? - Jmabel | Talk 22:54, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Nomenclature and definition
I have read all the discussion of what this music is called, and the glam-v-hair dispute. Having done some research, both on the Web and on paper, as to what name this music is known by, several things seem clear to me, but I would like confirmation from the larger community before I start making changes in the introductory section of this article.

1. At the time this music was at its most popular, it was known to most fans, critics and artists simply as heavy metal, and sometimes, disparagingly, as pop metal. (I base this, in part, on my own memories, as well as discussions with my metalhead friends from back in the day.)

2. Both "glam metal" and "hair metal" are retronyms, and that this is the source of the debate over which bands, albums, or songs are glam metal, since at the time, none of this music was identified specifically as such. It seems irrelevant to me that some people view one or both of these terms as negative: the fact is that these are the names by which this music is known, and the dispute over the connotations and application of either name is something to be included in the article by way of explanation and definition. On a side note: one Website I reviewed had a term new to me. Has anyone else ever heard this music described as "poodle rock"? I have not (and do not intend to add it to the article without a lot more documentation), but I am charmed by the fact the it manages to be both funny and insulting at the same time.

3. The controversy about what to call this music also goes to the heart of the discussion of when, where, and with what artists, glam metal begins. It seems to me that, much like the ongoing discussion of the origins of rock and roll, the argument for the inclusion or exclusion of any artist, album or song must be made on the basis of whether or not it contains the elements that make up glam metal. I believe this is the great weakness in this article: glam metal is not sufficiently defined musically, and maybe there is a metalhead-music theorist out there who could add some clarity and detail to the musical definition? The main Wikipedia article about metal is a model for what this page needs, but I do not have the musical chops to do it myself.

4. A substantial part of both the appeal and definition of glam metal is the image of the artists, which was conveyed by a combination of appearance and attitude, and which varies for most artists during the length of their careers. This is why we will continue to have a lively debate about who is glam and who is not. A longer, more precise descrption of these elements needs to be added, along with illustrative photos or a link to such pictures.

I welcome any discussion of these points, because I intend to do a factual and stylistic line edit of the introduction, adding clarity, detail and much needed fact citations. This will take several months, and I prefer to have consensus on any major changes. Or, at least, a well-referenced argument. Any suggestions?

MoiraDetroit (talk) 15:31, 6 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree with a lot of that MoiraDetroit has said. As I read the main article I couldn't help but chuckle. By a show of hands how many people involved in the wording of the main article were actually part of the Sunset strip, pretty boy, hair metal scene in the 80's? Now by a show of hands how many were part of the Glam based Scream scene? A lot of this would not be worded the way it is, and "Glam Metal" was not a term used to describe either of those scenes. The strip scene and the bands who played there were called "hair metal", and "pretty boy" was added around the mid to late 80's. The Scream scene was mainly called "alternative" and a great percentage of the bands were heavily influenced by the glam scene of the 70's - David Bowie, Sweet, Ny Dolls. A band like Warrant would never play at Scream and a band like Human Drama would never play at Gazarris. Sometimes the bands would cross over - L.A Guns somewhat did. Guns and Roses somewhat did. Both were popular Scream bands because they were based in Glam but once they got more popular their image leaned towards metal.
 * Here is a perfect story, and example of the difference. Guns and Roses had a fairly large Scream fan base. However by the time KNAC went on the air and the band opened for Poison at the KNAC sponsored main stage at the Street Scene G-n-R were at a crossroads of sorts. Their first album was coming out, much of the glam look was gone and they were being pushed by a new heavy metal radio station. Poison were based in a glam look, played pop metal and were undoubtedly a hair metal act. G-n-R took to the stage and played about 3 numbers before they were booed off the stage and pelted with bottles and who knows what else. Why? Because Poison was an established act at the time and had a huge fan base of pretty boy, hair metal bands, mainly female fans. They did not want to see some gruff, denim wearing band with a lead singer who was wearing David Lee Roth looking pants. But now lets go back a little bit from that day as well to show how "inclusive" the Scream scene was. Jetboy was another glam band and at one show in Long Beach G-n-R opened for them and were also booed being called a "Hollywood glam fag band". Now flash forward again - Park Plaza, where Scream was held. The day of the "Welcome to the Jungle" video shoot. It was a perfect venue because they band had a huge following at Scream. However the band was now being pushed as a heavy metal act, which at that time was very closely associated with the Sunset Strip scene. The Scream fans started to walk away and they strip's metal fans were not really aware of them. So when the doors opened for the "live" part of the shoot the thousand expected became a few hundred.
 * How important was the Scream scene? With the success of G-n-R labels wanted their own Scream band. Bands were being signed left and right, and most of the labels really didn't know what to do with a lot of them so they died a quick death. Jetboy was signed and dropped before their first album came out. Lions and Ghosts were signed and had limited success. Human Drama were signed and their promotion money was pulled to better support their label mate Lita Ford. And the list goes on. Yes there were other scenes as well - Rajis was closer in vibe to the Scream scene but less image oriented. Many bands who played at Scream would also play there, but almost none of the Sunset strip, pretty boy, hair metal bands would. Then there was Club Lingerie which was sort of a mish mosh of styles, but never any sunset strip metal acts. And pay to play figures heavily into all of this as well. Scream, English Acid, Club Lingerie, Club 88, Rajis and so on - they didn't book metal and they did not do "pay to play". The Whiskey, The Roxy, The Troubadour, Gazzaris - they all brought in promoters who made bands pay to play. Outside of Hollywood it sounded great when a hair metal band would say in an interview or in a press kit: "We headlined the world famous Whiskey a Go-Go!" when in reality all they did was pay to do so.
 * Quite Riot is mentioned - they were not a pretty boy hair metal band. They grew out of the glam that was the 70's. They played the Whiskey before it was pay to play. Rodney Bingimhimer played them on KROQ along with Sweet and David Bowie because they were a glam band. Even when the band would re-emerge they were not part of the whole sunset strip scene. They were harder and nosier but not anything like Warrant or Poison. Motley Crue and WASP were for sure influenced by 1970's glam - hell Blackie Lawless from WASP was even in the NY Dolls for a while. Both of there bands came out of an era just before the whole Sunset strip, pretty boy, hair metal (and pay to play) scenes. But by the time 1983 rolled around neither band was really "glam". WASP was heavy and Motley Crue was still developing as a band - when they play at the US Festival their second album was not even out yet and when they kicked into "Shout at the Devil" is was for sure heavy and metal. But compared to bands like Poison, Liquid Mirror, Paradise, Midnight Voyuer, Pretty Boy Floyd and so on these bands were not "Galm metal" by a long shot. You may as well put Bangles, The Pandoras and Redd Kross into this group as well and they all had the glam images as well. The song "Glitter Years" from Bangles is a perfect ode to living through the first wave of glam - and I mean the 70's, not the 80's. Soundvisions1 (talk) 12:20, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


 * PS - "Has anyone else ever heard this music described as "poodle rock"" - Yes I have. I even used to have a poodle perm. The term came about because during the 80's perms weresemmingly "required" if you were into metal. We used to call them "poodle perms" and that translated into the bands who played pretty boy hair metal as "poodle rock" bands. Soundvisions1 (talk) 12:25, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

The "Poodle" hair dates back to late 60's and early 70's hair sported by the likes of Led Zepplin's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Bad Company's Paul Rogers, Peter Frampton, Mott the Hoople's Ian Hunter, etc, who created the "poodle hair" cliche' that became a pre-requisite for glam bands in the 80's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.22.46.107 (talk) 02:38, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Sister Sin?
Is the Swedish band Sister Sin an example of glam revival. They sound like a female fronted Motley Crue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.162.245.198 (talk) 08:04, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Clarification
I had made edits to the following lines

"It was a dominant genre in popular rock music throughout the 1980s and briefly in the early 1990s, combining elements of glam rock (mostly those related to band image) with heavy metal."

"The genre is also referred to (pejoratively by detractors) as hair metal, performed by hair bands."

By removing the stuff within the parentheses, which just serve as some sort of desperate attempt to make glam metal not seem as image driven as it really was. The image was an integral part of glam metal, and it did borrow more than just image from early glam bands. There were the catchy choruses and hook filled tunes just like those in Kiss songs in the 70s. Also, I've heard it referred to "hair metal" or some bands referred to as "hair bands" by people who were part of that scene (I think in some MTV special charting the history of heavy metal), albeit they did not refer to it as hair metal in the 80s. But the term is common now, it's not solely used by detractors. - 122.169.75.18 (talk) 05:59, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Avenged Sevenfold
They showed some glam elements on their 2 newest albums. Should they be included? BlueGoat (talk) 14:19, 13 January 2009 (UTC)


 * If you can find a reliable source on them saying so then you sure can, otherwise it is very unlikely. By the way, they sure are terrible. FireCrystal (talk) 22:33, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Sleaze Rock?
I looked up 'Sleaze Rock', and it redirected here. Now, I guess I don't know all that much about the term, but is that correct? (Albert Mond (talk) 16:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC))
 * There was an article for it but it was voted by consensus to delete it and re-direct it here since it is just a fairy tale music term that doesn't really exist as a valid form a rock music. The Real Libs-speak politely 16:47, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

This Page
Really needs a cleanup, its missing an infobox(but it says it exist in the article edit), alot of it is unsourced, and alot of sections are to short. Is anyone willing to help fix this? Or perhaps starting a projects glam to cover it all that relates to glam(Other glam genres, bands, etc)? 173.65.141.85 (talk) 19:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

How in the world is Punk Rock
A stylistic origin??? Theburning25 (talk) 23:51, 12 October 2010 (UTC)