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Heavy metal fans began using the term sell out in the 1980s to refer to bands who turned their heavy metal sound into radio-friendly rock music (e.g., glam metal). In metal, a sell out is "someone dishonest who adopted the most rigorous pose, or identity-affirming lifestyle and opinions."
Oct 30, 2020 · Heavy metal had a heyday in the ‘80s with bands like Mötley Crüe, Guns n’ Roses, Quiet Riot, and Def Leppard dominating the Billboard Top Ten charts. Metallica , Anthrax , Megadeth , and Slayer were racking up the Grammy Award nominations.
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Oct 20, 2019 · The Cultural Significance of Heavy Metal. Heavy metal goes beyond being just a genre; it serves as a powerful expressive outlet, giving voice to emotions often silenced in popular discourse. Despite all the criticism, heavy metal provides a platform for expressing overlooked or suppressed emotions, resonating with listeners on a personal level.
Mar 3, 2017 · Early in the 80s, heavy metal had an “identity crisis” with a rift between what were known as “hair metal” bands and the wave of thrash metal, which left heavy metal by the end of the decade “schizophrenic, developing in two converging directions with each pushing conventions to extremes.”
Jul 8, 2015 · Three Decades Later: The Life Experiences and Mid-Life Functioning of 1980s Heavy Metal Groupies, Musicians and Fans – published in the journal Self and Identity ( via Pacific Standard) –...
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Feb 6, 2020 · Here’s how it works. The 80s heavy metal compilations that changed our world. For a generation of rock fans, the cheap, TV-advertised metal compilations of the early 1980s were their way into rock music. We celebrate their shoddy magnificence...
Mar 9, 2024 · Heavy metal’s popularity slumped during the disco years at the end of the 1970s, but it became more successful than ever in the 1980s as Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, and Saxon headed the “new wave of British heavy metal” that, along with the impact of Eddie Van Halen ’s astonishing guitar virtuosity, revived the genre.
