Will the 'bad music era' ever become hip?

Recently I've been wondering if the mid 80s will ever get its moment in the retro sun. The post-punk boom has definitely peaked, if not faded away (and thank God for that, I've got a post-punk book to flog haven't I: Totally Wired, the perfect birthday present, oh go on …), but instead of moving in orderly chronological fashion from early to mid 80s, it seems like rock's recycling industry has just skipped right ahead to the early 90s: shoegaze seems to be popping up a lot as a reference p...

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