Reply #3: What happened to metal in the 80s? [View All]

[HughBeaumont]

It still very much exists in the underground, and about as strong as the '83-'91 scene.

If you're referring to bands like Poison, Warrant, Bon Jovi and Slaughter, those were rock bands, not metal. eMpTyV just called it "metal" because they equated anything that had long hair and distorted guitars as "metal".

Frankly, I wish hip-hop/rap would go back in the underground and all mainstream rap would die a fast death, but that's never going to happen as long as MTV still exists.