What is Glam metal?
{{distinguish|Glam rock}} {{Infobox music genre | name = Glam metal | other_names = * Hair metal * sleaze metal | stylistic_origins = * [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]] *[[glam rock]] * [[hard rock]] * [[Pop music|pop]] * [[glam punk]]<ref>D. Bukszpan, ''The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal'' (New York City, NY: Barnes and Noble, 2003), {{ISBN|0-7607-4218-9}}, p. 85.</ref><ref>N. Strauss, ''The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band''</ref> | cultural_origins = Late 1970s and early 1980s, [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York City]] | subgenres = | subgenrelist = | fusiongenres = | regional_scenes = * [[Visual kei|Japan]] * [[Rock kapak|Malaysia]] | local_scenes = [[Sunset Strip#1980s|West Hollywood]] | other_topics = * [[Make up]] * [[power metal]] * [[power pop]] * [[arena rock]] * [[visual kei]] * [[rock kapak]] | footnotes = | current_year = }} '''Glam metal''' (also known as '''hair metal''' or '''sleaze metal'''<ref>Steven Blush, ''American hair metal'' (Los Angeles: Feral House, 2006), p. 8</ref>) is a subgenre of [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] that features [[pop music|pop]]-influenced [[Hook (music)|hooks]] and guitar [[riff]]s. It also commonly has upbeat [[arena rock|rock anthem]]s, and slow [[Sentimental ballad#Power ballads|power ballads]]. It mixes the fashion of [[glam rock]] with the sound of [[pop metal]]. Glam metal dates back to the late 1970s. It evolved from the glam rock movement of the time. The visual elements of acts such as [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]], the [[New York Dolls]], and [[David Bowie]] were fused with [[heavy metal music]] such as [[Alice Cooper]] and [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]. The first examples of this fusion took place in the the United States, most notably in the Los Angeles [[Sunset Strip]] music scene. Early glam metal bands include [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Hanoi Rocks]], [[Night Ranger]], [[Ratt]], [[Quiet Riot]], [[Twisted Sister]], [[Bon Jovi]], and [[Dokken]]. Glam metal was commercially successful f