Come In And Burn is straight edge, ex Black flag vocalist, raconteur, philosopher, spoken-word poet and general all-round legend Henry Rollins’ last album with the ‘classic’ lineup of Rollins Band.

Released in the year following their debut The Runaways album, Queens of Noise displays a development in the sound of the band with Lita Ford and Joan Jett’s songwriting and differing styles being more in evidence.

Ark featured the Gabriel-esque vocal styling of frontman Anthony Short and a musical style mixing the likes of Marillion with a touch of folk and hearty dose of powerful rock on their powerful debut The Dreams of Mr Jones.

Femme Fatale’s self-titled debut album also proved to be their swansong with way too much emphasis being put on the appearance of frontwoman Lorraine Lewis and too little on penning some decent material.

On their 1984 debut album Cloven Hoof served-up a menu of powerful old school heavy metal with a lyrical content based in sword and sorcery that proved simultaneously dated and influential!

Pornograffitti was the second album from Extreme and delivered powerful, commercial rock tracks with strong musicianship from Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt in particular and featured the worldwide hit More Than Words.

Californian electro-pop/new wave band Berlin hit the scene in the early 1980s but by Count Three and Pray, their fourth studio album in 1986, they had developed into a strong commercial-rock band all impeccably sung by the very underrated Teri Nunn.

The 1980s was a golden era for metal but who started it, what finished it and what was with all the eye liner and hairspray? Read-on to discover the wonders of the Hair Metal era . . .