The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true guilty pleasures in music history. The hair spray, makeup, and catchy pop tunes touched up with distortion were made for MTV.

then-Priest guitarist] got his hair, we were all in that same melting pot, really. The ’80s was a remarkable time for metal, glam rock, rock, whatever you want to call it. The visual presentation was ...

lead singer for the harder-edged ’90s metal band, Slipknot, and an unabashed defender of ’80s glam. But even as the series ...