Oh, God.....hair metal. Music straight from Satan’s backside, if you ask me. Now for me, 80s metal? Iron Maiden. Well written, tight musical composition, and the lyrics were a cut above, dealing with themes such as the Battle of Britain (Aces High), fencing (The Duellist), a song inspired by the life of legendary Japanese swordmaster and author Miyamoto Mushashi (Flash of the Blade), and literature (To Tame A Land, coming from Dune, and Rime of the Ancient Mariner, from the poem by Coleridge, which inspired me to read that particular masterpiece).
And of course, Eddie was just cool as all get out. And Steve Harris on bass, Bruce Dickinson on vocal.....THAT was metal!
And in some fairness to Mr. Armstrong, at least he was flying a commercial airline, like a normal person. Just be sure to pull up your pants next time. Oh, and I liked GD in the 90s. Good tunes.
And let’s not forget Why Don’t You Get a Job by the Offspring and Pretty Fly for a White Guy.....two great pieces of sociocultural commentary IMHO.
Grunge emerged in the ‘90s actually as a backlash against the frivolous ‘80s metal, which was basically fluff lyrics about partying and getting tons of sex.