Guns N' Roses
Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan and Steven Adler achieved No. 1 Billboard status a year after their debut album's release. Led by original frontman Rose, the band continues to rock, albeit with a slightly altered roster.
Great White
These Los Angeles natives gained popularity during the late 1980s and early 1990s with hits such as "Once Bitten, Twice Shy." In recent years, however, the band has been involved in lawsuits stemming from a fire that broke out at a 2003 concert, tragically taking the lives of nearly 100 fans.
Faster Pussycat
Taime Downe, Greg Steele, Brent Muscat, Kelly Nickels and Mark Michals made up the most famous lineup of this late '80s band.
Cinderella
Tom Keifer and Eric Brittingham founded this Philly-based glam metal turned hard-rock band that achieved a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles in the mid '80s.
Europe
Swedish by birth, rockers by blood, this band was formed in 1979 under the name Force by Joey Tempest, John Norum, Peter Olsson and Tony Reno.
Mötley Crüe
Described through the years as "the world's most notorious rock band," rockers Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Nick Mars and Vince Neil have much to rock about.
Hanoi Rocks
As the one of the most internationally popular Finnish band in history, these rockers, who split in the wake of drummer Razzle Dingley's death in a car crash, still maintain cult popularity in the United States.
Ratt
This Los Angeles-based quintet was one of the most popular rock acts in the '80s.
Whitesnake
Everyone sing along now: "Here I Go Again on My Own..." The band achieved immediate success with this song, one of its biggest singles (and videos!).
Winger
Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Paul Taylor and Rod Morgenstein gained popularity in the '80s for their singles "Seventeen," "Headed for a Heartbreak" and "Miles Away."
Warrant
The band found worldwide fame when its 1989 hit "Heaven" reached No. 1. Sadly, singer Jani Lane died in 2011of acute alcohol poisoning.
Lita Ford
After her stint at the lead guitarist for The Runaways, this rocker went on to achieve popularity in her solo career.
Stryper
This band, led by Michael Sweet, Oz Fox, Tim Gaines and Robert Sweet, combined religion and rock to make divine sound.
Poison
Long after the heyday of big-hair rock 'n' roll, lead singer Bret Michaels continues to rock on.
Twisted Sister
Jay Jay French, Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda and Dee Snider, members of this Long Island heavy metal band, make us wanna rock! Snider recently faced off with famously-coiffed Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice.
Def Leppard
Who says Brits can't rock? The band, led by longtime members Joe Elliott, Rick Savage and Rick Allen, made it big in America during the 1980s even while suffering a series of catastrophes including the death of guitarist Steve Clark and Allen's loss of an arm in a car accident.
Van Halen
David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony started this hard rock stalwart in Pasadena, Calif. in the 1970s—and the group saw success with replacement Sammy Hagar as well. Now the original quartet (minus Anthony) is getting back together for a world tour.
Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Tico Torres and Alec John Such didn't need to be "Livin' on a Prayer"—the '80s group was wildly successful.