Poison

Their catalog varies in sound — and quality — but there's at least one winner on each album.

"Bret is doing what is right for this situation," the Poison drummer wrote on social media last Friday (May 29).

Some were relegated to B-sides; others became career-defining hits.

The '80s were a period of radical change in hard rock and metal, and 1986 was no exception

Not every band falls prey to the sophomore slump.

The rider from a 1990 show in Nashville reveals Poison and Warrant allegedly wanted dressing rooms filled with canned fish, candy, alcohol and cigarettes.

It's been 40 years. How did things pan out for the band's that were just making an imprint on the music scene in 1986?

From the Sunset Strip to the global stage, these bands helped define the year.

There's way more substance here than haters would lead you to believe.

The hair metal era exploded in a big way while some classic rock and thrash favorites were still going strong in 1986.