Big hair band
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A Big Hair Band was any of a number of rock & roll bands of the 1980s whose trademark was excessive use of make-up, new urban punk fashion (spandex, tight leather pants, torn clothing, shoulder pads, etc.), and really, really Big Hair. Big Hair Bands were mostly male caucasians in their 20's and early 30's. Many were also part of the annual Monsters of Rock tour, and several were also one-hit wonders. Their music was also referred to as headbanger music, and most of them were known for producing at least one heart-wrenching monster ballad, a song with lyrics usually aimed at impressing one or more of the band members' many female admirers (usually adolescent and college-aged women).
Some Big Hair Bands include:
- Cinderella [1]
- Faster Pussycat
- Great White
- Mötley Crüe
- Poison
- Queensrÿche
- Shyboy
- Skid Row
- Warrant
- White Lion