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It's easy for critics to get nostalgic or romanticize the past. Older generations will look down at and tell younger generations how much they suck. Art is cyclic and goes through periods of banality. Then something new and exciting happens and forces people to take a note of on a grand scale and dies just as quickly as it began. Trends are short lived and despite this many still have cultural impact for better or worse. The appeal of grunge wasn't just the music, it also revolted against the glitz, glam, excess and materialism of the 1980's. The popularity of grunge symbolized the culture of time rather than the other way around.
Now are we stuck in banality? It could be true or untrue. There will be visionaries and this is what makes them special since they rarely occur while the rest with enough balls stick to their vision and remain true to themselves despite popularity of aesthetics even if it is completely different from their own.
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