Hair metal is... sometimes good.
I'm often a bit disappointed in the music itself, and the vocals just aren't my thing at all. Some of it has much better music (Iron Maiden, Anthrax, others), so I still listen to it from time to time (Judas Priest, everything before Hellbent for Leather)
Alright, most of what you listed is FAR from hair metal. Hair metal is FAR from metal. I get it, fuck, I grew up in the 80's, I rocked the long hair. For ripping on poison earlier, One of the best bands in concert back in the day. Tesla, hell I'll throw Bon Jovi in the mix. He rocked it back then.
Now, as for all the bitching and stuff due to my original post. IT WAS A JOKE!
Now I will add, as I have before and Fish pointed out again with his post, if you can't find good music in each year, you are a little closed IMHO. I love the 80's probably more than clown, but I love the 90's and the 2000's and right up till now. I'll be as close to the stage moshing with the teens and 20 somethings at warped tour before moving over to the Big Chocolate set to listen to some great mixing. I love music, ALL MUSIC, from ALL time frames.
Take this rant however you want. I have no hard feelings towards anyone for the type of music they listen to, I only like to point out that once you start feeling that there is nothing better and that other things suck, you have closed yourself to anything new...