5 Hair Metal Bands Who Only Released One Album

Here are five hair metal bands who only got to release one album.

We can all envision the rock and roll culture of the 1980s: Los Angeles was packed, MTV was blasting power ballads on repeat, and every band with a can of Aqua Net was gunning for glory. But, as we all know, not every band that stepped up to bat made it past one swing. For every chart-topping giant, there were groups who only managed to release a single album before fading away into obscurity.

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Sometimes it was timing, sometimes it was bad luck, and sometimes it was just the overcrowded market swallowing them whole. Whatever the reason, these one-album wonders came and went quickly, leaving behind a single record as proof that they were ever there.

These records might not have dominated the airwaves, but they stand as snapshots of a scene at full throttle, just before the crash.