rock and metal were NEVER about fashion.
As prevalent now as always and just as many new bands around, some really good.
'pop' music changes and attracts people who like to hang with crowds of like minded people (a bit like politics really).
But rock and metal rumble ever onwards, not giving a poopy if it's fashionable or not.
And yes I've been a head banger since I was about 10 and first heard tommy vance presenting the friday rock show on the radio.
One of the fastest growing radio stations in the uk is Planet Rock.
If anything it's a little too backwards looking.
My current favourite band is a finnish metal group called Battle Beast.
To my knowlege they've never been played on planet rock. Despite headlining one of the days at bloodstock in 2017.
I saw them in birmingham in november last year.
The energy Noora brings to the stage is just phenomenal.
But the english music scene has ever been seriously biased.
I saw Manowar live 4 times. Only 2 in england, as in the late 80's the english rock journalists decided they did not 'fit in'. And manowar stopped coming.
Joey demaio was always a bit petulant and took himself way too seriously.
So 2 concerts in england and 1 in canada and one in denmark.
What I'm basically saying is that despite the media and popular culture - rock is as prevalent in soceity as always and concentrates on the live music scene a lot more than the pop chart acts do.