In the 90s in the USA, the grunge movement ruled rock music. We were told, by the music critics of the day, that this was for the greatest good, that rock music was finally returning to authenticity after the excesses of 1980s hair metal.
But closer examination of 1980s metal reveals that it doesn't want for genuine, heartfelt angst, boiling below the surface. I realized this upon relistening to a song from the dusk of hair metal's golden era: "Heaven" by Warrant, and realizing that it was the blue-collar lament of an aging factory worker who had been put out of a job, and hadn't much to look forward to except the grave -- and the continued love of his wife, for whom he would make every effort no matter how meager.
It seems this author came to a similar conclusion, and that's heartening.
But closer examination of 1980s metal reveals that it doesn't want for genuine, heartfelt angst, boiling below the surface. I realized this upon relistening to a song from the dusk of hair metal's golden era: "Heaven" by Warrant, and realizing that it was the blue-collar lament of an aging factory worker who had been put out of a job, and hadn't much to look forward to except the grave -- and the continued love of his wife, for whom he would make every effort no matter how meager.
It seems this author came to a similar conclusion, and that's heartening.