01/31/2026
Trends aren’t supposed to last forty years.
Fads fade.
Sounds expire.
“Moments” disappear.
But legends stick.
That’s how you know the difference.
Kids today aren’t digging through thrift stores looking for bands from 2010.
They’re pulling shirts from our era.
Our albums.
Our bands.
Our culture.
Because the 80s wasn’t just popular.
It was permanent.
Those songs still get played.
Still get covered.
Still get screamed in the car.
Still get passed down.
Not because we tell them to like it.
But because great music doesn’t need marketing.
It survives on its own.
Every generation gets hype.
Only a few get legacy.
The 80s had melody.
Hooks.
Guitars.
Voices you can recognize in two seconds.
Songs with identity.
Songs with soul.
That’s why a kid in 2025 is rocking a Def Leppard shirt.
Not ironically.
Not as a joke.
But because it’s still cool.
Always has been.
Always will be.
If you grew up in the last great era of cool…
You already know.
