"For several years during the late '80s and early '90s, the style of hard rock that MTV and the media championed most in the US was undoubtedly hair metal" During a chat on the Booked on Rock Podcast, the author of the book "American Hair Metal: Can’t Get Enough!", Steven Blush, chatted about the aforementioned era. And in the process, he explained why one certain hair metal band may be the best example of them all (transcribed by Ultimate Guitar).