“What made the Go-Go’s remarkable is that they changed everything that came after them.”
Nonsense.
Their contemporaries Nirvana and Metallica changed everything after them. The pablum pop of the Go Gos would be forgotten if there wasn’t a Broadway musical coming.
What did Metallica change? Nothing. And people are still using MP3s.
What did Nirvana change? Now guitar music is dead?
Nirvana and Metallica were also significant bands. That does not lessen the contribution of the Go-Go’s.
I like Nirvana, but let's not kid ourselves, the band you're thinking of is The Pixies.