Genre
Glam Metal
9 bands in the Top 500 carry Glam Metal as a primary or secondary tag.
- 9 bands
- 1980s dominant era
- 2 countries
- #020 Guns N' Roses
Sunset Strip rockers whose debut became one of the best-selling debuts ever.
- #066 Kiss
Face-painted New Yorkers whose theatrical shows scaled rock to spectacle.
- #093 Whitesnake
David Coverdale's bluesy hard-rock outfit turned MTV-era hitmaker.
- #094 Def Leppard
Sheffield band whose layered hard-pop took NWOBHM to the masses.
- #095 Bon Jovi
New Jersey arena rockers behind the most enduring 80s glam-metal hits.
- #096 Mötley Crüe
Sunset Strip excess incarnate, the genre's biggest tabloid stars.
- #207 New York Dolls
Trashy NYC glam pioneers whose sleaze inspired both punk and metal.
- #429 Velvet Revolver
GN'R-Weiland supergroup who briefly revived 90s arena hard rock.
- #431 Mother Love Bone
Pre-Pearl-Jam Seattle band whose lone LP previewed the grunge era.