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Pop metal (sometimes conflated with or used interchangeably with glam metal) is an umbrella term for commercial heavy metal and hard rock styles which feature prominent pop music elements such as catchy hooks and anthemic choruses.
- Rob O'connor
- "Livin' On A Prayer" -- Bon Jovi: Let's hear it for Desmond Child, who sharpened Bon Jovi's pencil and helped them get the lead out. (Jeez, you can see why I hate writing puns.
- "Sweet Child O' Mine" -- Guns N' Roses: The greatest folk-rock band of the 1980s ("Patience," "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," Lies), even better than R.E.M., really nailed it with "Sweet Child O' Mine," which features an opening guitar riff that even grandmothers can identify on first listen.
- "Cum On Feel The Noize" -- Quiet Riot: The members of Quiet Riot did not want to cover this Slade tune. They did it begrudgingly and then it became, according to guitarist Carlos Cavazo, possibly the best thing they ever did.
- "Gypsy Road" -- Cinderella: With a name like Cinderella, these guys were really pushing what metal could withstand. How they made it out of Philly without a name change is beyond me.
Find Pop-Metal Albums, Artists and Songs, and Hand-Picked Top Pop-Metal Music on AllMusic.
- Children of Bodom — “Oops I Did It Again!” (Britney Spears)
- Guns ‘n’ Roses — “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” (Bob Dylan)
- Alien Ant Farm — “Smooth Criminal” (Michael Jackson)
- A Perfect Circle — “Imagine” (John Lennon)
Pop metal (sometimes confused with or used interchangeably with glam metal) is an umbrella term for commercial heavy metal and hard rock styles which feature prominent pop music elements such as catchy hooks and anthemic choruses.
Apr 5, 2017 · The “pop metal” presented here focuses exclusively on how bands in the ’80s were able to juxtapose the core characteristics of heavy metal with elements of pop music.
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The least metallic variation of heavy metal, pop-metal became the most popular form of hard rock during the '80s. Some pop-metal bands emphasized metal's most important building block -- the guitar riff -- more than others, but pop-metal's main attraction were the huge, catchy hooks that owed a great deal to the fist-pumping choruses of arena ...
