Retrospectives on ‘80s rock often paint the whole decade with the hair metal, er, brush. But nobody used the term back then.
Mötley Crüe and Poison were regarded as glam metal, and while some members of Skid Row and Warrant had hair as big as their choruses, one listen to the Skids’ Monkey Business or Warrant’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin should convince you they were both essentially hard rock bands.
