Top Ten Reasons Why Hair Metal Should Stop Getting So Much Hate

I wouldn't consider hair metal bands influential. To whom? Steel Panther? Bands like Van Halen and Motley Crue started out as hard rock and metal bands.

Also another thing that I wanted to point out is that how some strict metalheads claim how metal focuses more on music than image, yet they trash on bands for wearing makeup and hairspray or baggy sweatpants and baseball caps instead of the usual long hair and leather jackets.

Yes, they can look weird at times, but that should not be a priority in music.

Black Veil Brides is rather mediocre (they have a couple of great songs I would say), but they actually got me into real metal in the first place.

Even bands like BVB and Steel Panther aren't as mainstream as they say. (BVB is kind of popular with emo/scene fangirls, but there's already My Chemical Romance, PATD, and Fall Out Boy to fufill that role)

Lots of people think Justin Bieber, Cardi B, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj, and Taylor Swift are more talented than hair metal bands. I bet they can't sing out loud like Sebastian Bach or Lita Ford.

They may not be as complicated as actual metal, but they have really good voices and sometimes legendary guitar solos

Don't think of Bon Jovi when thinking of glam metal. That's more pop-rock or hard rock. Try Skid Row as an example for glam metal.

As if the Norwegian black metal movement did not take their stuff seriously. (sarcasm)

Power metal is more cheesy, a lot of nu metal is also, although that tends to be more along the lines of absurdly edgy. That said, I personally believe that there is no denying that glam is also extremely cheesy, although I find it part of the charm of the genre, despite not being a big fan of it

I actually do think it is very cheesy but I don't hate it because I don't mind cheesy songs in fact some songs I would even say are good because they are cheesy.

Power metal is far more cheesy, yet I still love it

This is one of the most common reasons for hate against hair metal. While it is true that hair metal emphasizes a lot on these traits, this is not always the case. For example, Twisted Sister makes songs against the education system. Bon Jovi is also another band that does not emphasizes a lot on these characteristics.

Besides, what's so bad about singing about sex? Yes, it's kind of overused in pop music, but it's still not meant to be taken seriously. Judas Priest literally made a song about "breaking the law." Basically these songs are just for fun.

Saying that glam metal is just sex is like saying that power metal is all dragons or black metal is all Satan

If hair bands really did ruin metal, then why is metal standing stronger and more popular than it ever was?

Besides, metal would have never consistently reached mainstream in the first place. Society was very conservative during the 80s.