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Hair Metal Heroes #10: RATT. A little too made-for-MTV for our tastes. That notwithstanding, truly excellent hair metal hair. Skanky, stupid, luscious - the works.RELATED RETROSPECTIVE: 20 YEARS OF BON JOVI HAIR.![Guns 'n Roses]()
Hair Metal Heroes #9: Guns 'n Roses. They came to hair metal late in the game, and were thus the beneficiaries of the hair metal heroes who had gone before them. That said, they made the best music of them all. But this isn't a music contest - it is a hair fight.![Quiet Riot]()
Hair Metal Heroes #8: Quiet Riot. Lead singer Kevin DuBrow's receding hairline was all that kept them from a higher ranking. It's not his fault, but we don't care. This isn't hair metal nursery school - this is the big time, folks.![Van Halen]()
Hair Metal Heroes #7: Van Halen. They predated hair metal by a decade, and yet were right at home during the 1980s hair metal heyday. To the fathers of hair metal, all must now bow down.![Skid Row]()
Hair Metal Heroes #6: Skid Row. Lead singer Sebastian Bach went left when everyone else was going right with his long natural locks. Hair kudos.![Motley Crue]()
Hair Metal Heroes #5: Motley Crue. The only reason they aren't higher is because they have lasted so long, so we have pictures of the Crue in our heads with more normal-ish hair, which takes a few inches off their 1980's 'dos in our minds. It's complicated.![Dokken]()
Hair Metal Heroes #4: Dokken. Frontman Don Dokken (far left) went the black-and-white cookie route with his skanky 'do. That takes guts.![Cinderella]()
Hair Metal Heroes #3: Cinderella. They named themselves after a long-haired girl, and then copied her hair, too. Nice.![Poison]()
Hair Metal Heroes #2: Poison. Guitarist C.C. Devill (lower left) had the best hair metal hair ever. Only Bret Michaels' later use of an omipresent bandana kept them out of the top spot.![Winger]()
Hair Metal Heroes #1: Winger. He was a bass player. His name was Kip Winger. He named his band after himself. He had perfect heavy metal hair. Lots of it, expertly teased, self-consciously presented - Kip Winger is our #1 hair metal hero. He even rocks it sitting on a stool. You try doing that. You can't. Nobody can. Except the Kipster.
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