hair metal Archives

Tim Sheard • August 12, 2025

Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil definitely has a troubled history with driving. He came under fire in late 1984 for…

Doug Kolic • October 9, 2024

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Bret Michael’s longtime bandana and cowboy hat launched a heated custody battle of his head this week,…

Scott Waldman • October 3, 2023

You know you’re in a huge band when an iPhone autocorrects the spelling of your band name if it is…

Colleen Nerney • June 28, 2023

RENO, Nev. – Local music fan Roger Dalton remains steadfast in his opinion that Poison’s seminal hit “Talk Dirty to…

The Hard Times Staff • September 25, 2022

Every Sunday The Hard Times likes to take a trip into its extensive music vault, pick out a classic album,…

Robert John Scucci • June 24, 2022

I was looking at tour dates for one of those younger up-and-coming bands and I couldn’t help but notice that…

Nathan Kamal • July 13, 2021

Hi. You don’t know me, but you probably know the child I once was. Jumping around in a bedroom. Windmilling…

Rob Steinberg • November 22, 2020

LOS ANGELES — Seminal hair metal band Mötley Crüe finally revealed yesterday the deeper meaning to the enigmatic song “Girls,…

Dan Kozuh • October 28, 2020

IRVINE, Calif. — Fastidious and strict Irvine Public High School Principal Gene Jensen was assaulted at work yesterday by the…

Jason VanSlycke • October 14, 2020

MILWAUKEE — A feral hair-metal band identifying itself as Twisted Sister broke into the home of and terrorized a local…