Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I feel like I used the terms hair metal and hair band back in the 80s

It seems like it was a natural extension of the term “big hair”

Look What the Cat Dragged In especially

However I can’t find the origin of the term and it might be a false memory

I’d be interested to know when these terms were first used in print

I’m about googled out though

Are the Creem archives online?

Creem was my favorite music magazine from like 78-84 maybe

I’m not sure if I was reading a lot of back editions or what