I can confirm your statement “metal bands simultaneously figured out that they were out of a job” is so true. My band at the time had a 3-year record deal with Capitol in 1990. We recorded 1 album, did some touring, made some really good money and then by mid 1991 the plan was to record the second album, Capitol dropped us and a slew of other metal bands because of the Seattle grunge scene. I remember seeing pictures of the band Warrant coming off the walls in the Capitol record building front office. It was a sad day hehe.

Funny part is 20 years later I still play guitar, wear jeans and t-shirts but the long hair is gone… and for the record, no I didn’t play guitar for Warrant and no I won’t put the band name in my comment either… hehe… send me a private message if you want to mock me and I’ll tell you LOL…

The last thing to add is 6+ years ago I moved from SoCal to the Pacific Northwest, home of Seattle grunge… I do miss the metal scene of LA though… lots of good times, music and rocking out m/