hairspray

Now, bourbon and rock and roll had gone hand in hand long before leather pants and hairspray hit the scene.

He was able to get a few male roles around the time Hairspray (1988) found mainstream success.

Alas, at his peak fame and success he died of an enlarged heart, just three weeks after Hairspray was released.

What remains a constant: a visible beer belly and lots of hairspray.

But on campus, one was mostly shielded from music made of a mixture of terrible hairspray and worse guitar solos.