Heavy metal branch
Glam metal
Heavy metal › Glam metal
- Emerged
- 1981
- Origin
- Los Angeles, USA
- Subgenres
- None
Hard rock with hairspray, a radio chorus and a mandatory power ballad. It ruled MTV until 1991.
- Heaviness
- 5
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 10
Key acts
- Mötley Crüe
- Ratt
- Poison
- Skid Row