There's a popular theory that the hair band movement was ushered in by Van Halen. Although I don't think Van Halen is an actual hair band (though David Lee Roth fits as a frontman), they did set the blueprint by re-introducing hard rock to the mainstream. I also think that they set the blueprint for hair band lettering. The cover of their 1978 debut album had stylized chrome lettering (with wings!), and they took it a step further with their follow-up album in 1979. Van Halen II introduced th...
