Btw, I wasn't throwing out the rest of the 70's by only mentioning Punk (lots of great music from that decade; much of my favorite, actually), I was just discussing the trajectory of punk (specifically) there.
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GNR was hair metal in the 80's, but had a harder edge, kinda like Motley Crue, but both different. Appetite was, and still is, one of the greatest rock records of all time. GNR was the only hair band I can think of that emerged in the late 80s and survived the end of the big hair era and continued with wide popularity into the 90s with Illusions 1&2.
Speaking of the 70s, the Eagles concert that ESPN has been showing from 2018 at the Forum has been (to borrow a word from Ben Howland) PHENOMENAL.
With Vince Gill and the son of the late Glen Frey, Deacon Frey, singing his dad's vocals and acoustic guitar.
And they let Don Henley and Joe Walsh perform their solo stuff too.
For the most part you are correct on the cars as overall they were ugly but I throw out a few positives. You had the Delorian, Fiero, Nissan 280 and 300ZX, the Monte Carlo SS and a few others, . You had the street rods and lots of old trucks decked out. You had the jacked up 4 wheel drives and truck pulls were big. You also had the explosion of the high fi car stereo.