Decade That RockedBy: Mark Weiss The 1980s were an era of musical excess, filled with spandex, makeup, big hair, groupies, and loud, guitar driven rock n roll. Photographer Mark Weiss lived at the heart of it all, documenting the biggest and most dangerous bands of the timelegends ranging from Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, and Mtley Cre to Metallica, Guns N Roses, Bon Jovi, and KISS, as well as countless others whose sound and image defined the era. The Decade