in real-life, not really. 'nevermind' became a #1 album at the end of 1991, but 1992 was actually a good year for hair metal bands. one of the year's biggest albums was def leppard's 'adrenalize,' which topped the charts in the us and canada for five straight weeks during april and may of '92. prior to that, the wayne's world soundtrack had been #1 for two weeks in april. bon jovi's 'keep the faith' got to #5 on the album charts in november '92 despite being one of his weaker albums. hair metal didn't really 'die' until guns n' roses's album spaghetti incident under-performed in november of 1993 ('only' making it to #4 before falling off). it wasn't really until early 1994 that hair metal truly came to be seen as outdated. and even then, bands like motley crue were still able to put albums in the top 10.  a song like mr. big's 'to be with you' was one of the biggest hits of 1992. and mr. big was a hair-rock band straight from the 80's.
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