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Jim Bakker at his desk
Jim Bakker, televangelist who inspired songs by Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden and Genesis, dead at 86

By Fraser Lewry Published

Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker and his ilk also inspired songs by Black Sabbath, Poison, The Hooters and Frank Zappa

Culture
Bret Michaels onstage
Bret Michaels cancels all upcoming shows on doctor's orders

By Fraser Lewry Published

Michaels played a comeback show on Friday after recent surgery but cannot go on

Bands & Artists
Faith No More in the 1980s and Roddy Bottum (inset)
Faith No More's Roddy Bottum on hair metal

By Stef Lach Published

Queer icon Roddy Bottom of Faith No More recalls the "ugly" side of hair metal

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Bands & Artists
Bret Michaels studio portrait
"We played it for our label and management and they told us it would end our career": The story of the glam metal classic inspired by an unfaithful exotic dancer

By Richard Bienstock Published

Poison topped the US charts in late 1988 with a power ballad that singer Bret Michaels poured his broken heart into

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Interviews
Richie Kotzen publicity photo
Richie Kotzen says he almost joined Nine Inch Nails but his glam metal past got in the way

By Fraser Lewry Published

Trent Reznor reportedly told Richie Kotzen he was the man for the Nine Inch Nails job before backtracking

Biographies
Richie Kotzen - Nomad cover art
Richie Kotzen showcases metal, funk and fusion on solo album Nomad

By John Aizlewood Published

American guitar hero Richie Kotzen makes heroic guitar album

Albums
Look What the Cat Dragged in cover art
Album Of The Week Club review: Poison: Look What the Cat Dragged In

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

Poison were a cheap date, but by the end of the night you knew you'd had a lot of fun

Albums
Bret Michaels and CC DeVille at the 1991 MTV Music Awards in Los Angeles
How Poison's career imploded

By Fraser Lewry Published

In 1991 Poison were ready to consolidate a year of enormous success at the MTV Music Video Awards... but it all went wrong in the most disastrous way

Award Shows
Poison in Japan in 1986
How Poison took glam metal to the extreme with Look What The Cat Dragged In

By Jon Hotten Published

Poison’s 1986 debut album Look What The Cat Dragged In is a killer glam metal album. But not everybody loved it

Albums
WASP in 1985
A hair metal docuseries from the director of Jackass and The Dirt is coming to a TV near you

By Fraser Lewry Published

Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of '80s Hair Metal will be broadcast later this year

Films & TV Shows
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