Metal bands had their heyday in the 80s and, believe it or not, controversy also helped. These were the days of the “satanic ...

Some were in pretty successful hair metal bands, but don't get mentioned often enough in discussions about metal's best ...

bands like Def Leppard, Kiss, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Extreme, and Tesla are not on this list. While, yes, some of these groups made massively successful pop-tinged metal albums during the '80s ...

Critics coined the term "hair metal" as a shorthand dismissal of the countless copycat hard rock bands that cluttered the Sunset Strip and ruled the airwaves throughout much of the '80s.

By the ’80s, bands like Anthem, Loudness and X Japan formed ... opening for Pantera on their 1992 Japanese tour and playing Japan’s biggest metal festival, Loudpark, several times. Listen to their ...

KNAC was credited with exposing or launching bands that would go on to great success: Metallica, Megadeth, Soundgarden, and ...

The roots of Saxon date back to the mid-70s, and a band named S.O.B., founded by guitarist Graham Oliver and bassist Steve Dawson. Over the next few years, their line-up shifted until it settled ...

Heavy Metal. Pure Rock KNAC launched on January 8, 1986. The station was designed to attract a younger audience, and it did. I recall numerous kids wearing Pure Rock T-shirts or those of bands ...