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The genre's best bands had a penchant for reinvention — making this list especially difficult.

Sometimes, the rockers could play nice.

The subgenre packed a harder punch than its detractors were willing to admit.

They've scheduled a warm-up gig ahead of their M3 headlining performance.

Sebastian Bach, Ace Frehley, Slaughter and Winger will also appear.

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

It's only fitting that we share with you the best rock songs of 1985 the way we did it back then .... with a mixtape.

"I don't care if you put us third, fourth, whatever — our motto was, 'Go out there and beat your ass, anyway.'"

They were starting in their various forms in 1984. Some had Rock Hall careers, others were hot for a moment.

Track was originally intended to be on their 1984 debut album, 'Out of the Cellar.'

Revisit the star-making LP with a bonus track from the 1983 sessions.

The Ratt frontman explains why he doesn't have an issue with the 'hair metal' term often associated with hard rockers of the late '80s.