Why did hair metal die?
Most people lay the blame squarely at the door of Kurt Cobain, and certainly few dead men command less respect in classic metal circles. But Kurt broke big because he was making a sound people wanted to hear. This was in part caused by a change in mood, but of course, music has a big effect on people’s mood, so it’s a bit of a circle. Really, MTV had the biggest impact, along with the record companies. Those two together control what we hear and so what gets bought; in all honesty MTV are as much to blame as anyone because they started rejecting videos from artists who had been successful in the 80s, and although Beavis and Butthead was just fun and even I as a glam metal fan can enjoy it, the fact that the loser was in a Winger shirt and they constantly dissed such bands had a big impact. But anyway, who told you hair metal is dead? They’re wrong. As long as someone somewhere is enjoying music, that music is alive, and that person has every right to enjoy it. Now, if your friends make
