Hair metal flexed its muscle in the late 70s. These four power ballads showed the softer side of these heavy acts.

The glam metal band Warrant released one of the late '80s hit power ballads, but received some backlash from the rock community.

In the early years of hair metal, the Sunset Strip bands were more akin to The New York Dolls’ glam punk than what emerged on MTV in the mid-80s. Some bands, like Faster Pussycat and L.A. Guns, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of the greatest power ballads ever released came from the rock genre, even from glam metal bands like Warrant. The '80s band ...