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Beastie Boys' Mike D Laments Death of Hair Metal

08/04/2014
. (TeamRock Radio) Mike D has lamented the death of hair metal, saying grunge made it uncool to wear spandex. The Beastie Boys hero - aka Michael Diamond - has been reflecting on the 1990s and his memories of the decade that spawned grunge and Britpop, and saw hip-hop reach new heights.

He tells Vanity Fair: "Grunge was a death sentence to the rock that preceded it, which was hair metal. All of a sudden, grunge came in. It wasn't cool any more, if you were a guy at the gas station, to be into Warrant.

"You couldn't have big, fluffy long hair - you had to have f***ed-up shorter hair and a plaid shirt. You couldn't be walking around the gas station in spandex any more." More on this story.

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