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Counterculture and Sub-culture

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Iconic Hair Metal band Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi depicted the exact image of what major Hair Metal bands were trying to express.

A combination between Punk and Pop, Hair Metal, or Glam Metal, bands rose to popularity mostly due to their "outrageous" looks and personality rather than their music. Hair Metal stars were known mostly for their feminine qualities: large, long hair, makeup, tight, ambiguious clothes, and feminine facial structures created a shock feature in audiences that paved a gateway towards a new music genre and a new tolerance for homosexual, bisexual, transexual, etc. people.