Cool 1980S Hair Bands Ideas. Web inspired by 70’s glam and punk rock music movement from legends such as alice cooper, new york dolls and david bowie, pop metal or hair metal bands rose in the late 70’s and early 1980s in the u.s., particularly around l.a.’s sunset strip music scene. Over the next few decades, they continued to release new music and still perform.

They are known for having a very wide range of hits, with one of their most popular albums, hysteria (1987), managing to sell copies at the amount of over 25 million not just in the us, but worldwide. Web four giants, one band, the hair metal 100’s absolute number one—hands down, horns up, and hair way, way high. Let’s take a look at the best hair bands of the 80s.