By the end of the '70s, Van Halen and Hanoi Rocks were two rising bands that added their own twists to glam rock, ... Now that we know that hair or glam metal came from glam rock, ...

KISS frontman Paul Stanley was spotted in a rare sighting in Los Angeles after a quick coffee run, and the “Detroit Rock City ...

The hair, or glam, metal bands of the 1980s remain one of the true guilty pleasures in the history of music. The hair spray, makeup and catchy pop tunes touched up with distortion were made for MTV.

Hair metal — that dreaded colloquialism for the commercial, party-hearty hard rock that dominated the airwaves in the '80s — is known for its hotshot guitar players and over-the-top showmanship.

The seeds for the genre were planted by '70s hard rock acts such as Van Halen, Aerosmith and Kiss. But hair metal's true opening volley was Motley Crue 's scrappy 1981 debut album, Too Fast for Love .

Featuring classics from T. Rex, The Lemon Twigs, Suzi Quatro and Queen, here are the 30 greatest glam rock and glam metal albums ever made.