RYM Ultimate Box Set - Glam Metal
13 videos • 235 views • by RYMJimmy "Glam metal (also known as pop metal, hair metal) is a term used to describe the visual style of certain heavy metal music bands that arose in the early 1980s in the United States and mostly from the Los Angeles scene. It was popular throughout the 1980s and briefly in the early 1990s, combining the flamboyant look of glam rock and playing a power-chord based hard rock musical style. "Hair bands" was the term popularized by MTV in the 1990s and derives from the tendency among most such bands to style their long hair in a teased-up fashion. Musically, glam metal songs meld traditional hard rock or heavy metal songs with catchy hooks. The overall sound is much more studio-engineered than earlier styles of heavy metal. The vocals have a softer melody, sometimes with an anthemic "sing-along" chorus. In addition, they were usually sung with a clean hard rock tone, in contrast to many other heavy metal music that often employ a more extreme vocal style."