The good stuff didn’t come along until 92, when the Bush era was coming to a close. 89-92 were the WORST years for music, TV, and movies in my life.
You mean those hair bands?? The true cause of global warming???
Alternative rock was, and is, crap.
Give me crunching guitars over whining and flannel shirts any day.
It was horrible!
Of course, even the most mediocre stuff from that period all looks a lot better 20 years hence. So much is crap today, I think we are at the biggest cultural nadir in the last century... maybe two.