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1986–1991

Hair Metal Arena

Lighters up, hairspray out.

Twenty thousand screaming fans, a wall of Marshall stacks, and a power ballad that demanded every lighter in the building. Spandex optional, attitude required.

🎲 Surprise me

All 54 tracks

54 tracks
Pour Some Sugar on Me
Def Leppard1987
Livin' on a Prayer
Bon Jovi1986
Sweet Child o' Mine
Guns N' Roses1988
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison1988
Here I Go Again
Whitesnake1987
Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses1987
Wanted Dead or Alive
Bon Jovi1987
Talk Dirty to Me
Poison1987
18 and Life
Skid Row1989
Cherry Pie
Warrant1990
Kickstart My Heart
Mötley Crüe1989
Home Sweet Home
Mötley Crüe1985
You Give Love a Bad Name
Bon Jovi1986
Nothin' but a Good Time
Poison1988
I Remember You
Skid Row1989
Round and Round
Ratt1984
Cum On Feel the Noize
Quiet Riot1983
We're Not Gonna Take It
Twisted Sister1984
In My Dreams
Dokken1985
Is This Love
Whitesnake1987
Don't Know What You Got
Cinderella1988
The Final Countdown
Europe1986
Rock You Like a Hurricane
Scorpions1984
Sister Christian
Night Ranger1983
Up All Night
Slaughter1990

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▸ Did you know

  • MTV's 'Headbangers Ball' was appointment television every Saturday night.
  • A single power ballad could keep a band on the charts for an entire year.

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