Did Grunge really kill hair metal?

[jfkbengals]

(01-22-2018, 10:11 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: I'm not sure about Imagine Dragons.

That folk rock crap fizzled out pretty quick though.

Mumford & Sons and all of the other bands of the kind of flashed big for a second and then seemed to slide back into obscurity.

Actually people got pissed at Mumford & Sons and abandoned them because their next album had a completely different style to it, as they were not going to be limited or defined by one thing.  Kudos to them for doing so.

Music regularly evolves, and artists that do the same tend to have longevity.

Listen to Led Zeppelin I, then III, then Physical Graffiti, then In Through The Outdoor.  Very different style after 10 years.

Listen to Metallica's latest, then Ride the Lightning.  You'll wonder aloud if it is truly the same band.

Hair Metal did one thing, with the music almost taking a back seat to the look of the musicians.  It wasn't really good music to start with, and it never evolved or had any way to do so.

At least Kiss had the actual Hard Rock sounds of the 70's to fall back on, which helped keep them relevant.

Just my two cents, of course.