Editing Glam metal (section)

==Characteristics, fashion, and terminology==
Musically, glam metal combines a [[Heavy metal music|traditional heavy metal]] sound with elements of [[hard rock]] and [[punk rock]],{{r|Moore2009}} adding [[pop music|pop]]-influenced catchy [[hook (music)|hooks]] and guitar [[riff]]s.<ref name=AllmusicPopMetal>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d7728 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205030622/http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d7728 |archive-date=5 February 2012 |work=AllMusic |title=Pop Metal}}</ref><ref name=Smith2009>C. Smith, ''101 Albums that Changed Popular Music'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), {{ISBN|0-19-537371-5}}, pp.&nbsp;160–2.</ref> Like other heavy metal songs of the 1980s (most notably [[thrash metal]] songs), they often feature [[shred guitar]] solos.<ref>D. Bukszpan, ''The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal'' (London: Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2003), {{ISBN|0-7607-4218-9}}, p. 63.</ref> They also include extensive use of harmonies, particularly in the characteristic [[power ballads]]{{snd}}slow, emotional songs that gradually build to a strong finale.<ref name=Pillsbury2006p45>G. T. Pillsbury, ''Damage Incorporated: Metallica and the Production of Musical Identity'' (New York, NY: CRC Press, 2006), {{ISBN|0-415-97374-0}}, p. 45.</ref> These were among the most commercially successful singles in the genre and opened it up to a wider audience that would otherwise not have been attracted to traditional heavy metal. Lyrical themes often deal with love and lust, with songs often directed at a particular woman.{{r|Weinstein2000pp45-7}}

Aesthetically glam metal draws heavily on the [[glam rock]] or glitter rock of the 1970s,<ref>P. Auslander, ''Performing Glam Rock: Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music'' (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2006), {{ISBN|0-7546-4057-4}}, p. 232.</ref> often with very long backcombed hair, use of [[hair spray]], use of [[make-up]], gaudy clothing and accessories (chiefly consisting of tight denim or leather jeans, [[spandex]], and headbands).<ref>D. Bukszpan, ''The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal'' (London: Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2003), {{ISBN|0-7607-4218-9}}, p. 60.</ref> The visual aspects of glam metal appealed to music television producers, particularly [[MTV]], whose establishment coincided with the rise of the genre.{{r|Walser1993}} Glam metal performers became infamous for their debauched lifestyles of drugs, strippers and late-night parties, which were widely covered in the tabloid press.<ref>R. Batchelor and S. Stoddart, ''The 1980s'' (London: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007), {{ISBN|0-313-33000-X}}, p. 121.</ref>

Sociologist [[Deena Weinstein]] points to the large number of terms used to describe more commercial forms of heavy metal, which she groups together as ''lite metal''. These include, beside glam metal: melodic metal, false metal, poodle bands, nerf metal, pop metal or metal pop, the last of which was coined by critic Philip Bashe in 1983 to describe bands such as [[Van Halen]] and [[Def Leppard]].<ref name=Weinstein2000pp45-7>D. Weinstein, ''Heavy Metal: The Music and Its Culture'' (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2000), {{ISBN|0-306-80970-2}}, pp.&nbsp;45–47.</ref> [[AllMusic]] employs the umbrella term "[[pop metal]]", which refers  a late-1980s variation of pop metal characterized by flashy clothing and heavy makeup influenced by [[glam rock]] (as embodied by Poison and Mötley Crüe).<ref name=AllmusicHairMetal>[https://www.allmusic.com/style/hair-metal-ma0000011902/artists "Hair metal"], ''AllMusic''. Retrieved November 2014.</ref> Use of the derogatory term "hair metal" started in the early 1990s, as grunge gained popularity at the expense of 1980s metal.{{r|AllmusicHairMetal}} In the "definitive metal family tree" of his documentary ''[[Metal: A Headbanger's Journey]]'', anthropologist [[Sam Dunn]] differentiates pop metal, which includes bands like Def Leppard, Europe, and [[Whitesnake]], from glam metal bands such as Mötley Crüe and Poison.<ref>''Metal&nbsp;– A Headbanger's Journey'', DVD, ASIN B000FS9OZY (2005).</ref>