If you mean Bullet Boys and the tail end of the hair metal thing (when they were hiring ANYTHING with long hair and a guitar, I agree. It killed itself and Cobain is innocent.
But The stuff like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, AC DC and a few others were great bands and many still are today.
With the exception of a couple AC/DC songs, those are exactly the bands I mean.
Radio stations when I started listening in the 70’s had more variety of styles. I was traveling in Minnesota several years ago and started driving north of Minneapolis for 200 miles and one thing I noticed as I went that the there was still a variety of music that I liked from oldies rock n roll and older country whereas in the city it was bland bland bland. I am near Los Angeles and I can pickup just 1 country station that is ah not much and the oldies station they have now plays 80’s tunes...
iHeartland and Tunein apps for your cellphone are great for getting the music you like. Youtube is great for getting music of all types and people post mix tapes as well to enjoy.
I know of several guys who played in Hair Metal bands, switched to playing Country when Nirvana came out.