non-American/British hair metal bands

[cjl8336 cjl8336]

Most know of motley crue/whitesnake/etc
I think these guys have the better sound, and the vocals are very distinct

 

[SliperyHippo]

I don't know if you'd exactly call this "hair metal" but I'll be damned if Yngwie Malmsteen doesn't deserve a seat at the non-american guitar legends of the 80's!

Alright, now that I've got you on board with Yngwie, here's the actual song of his I want y'all to check out!

 

[Clippy]

Japan is the only nation that truly embraced the silliness of hair metal and I do believe that we have a visual kei thread out there somewhere but there are a few outliers I can provide.