I originally grew up in a place near Edgewater,Maryland and could hear on a local rock station, bands like Helloween,Saxon,Judas Priest,Iron Maiden,Metallica,Megadeth,Rage Against the Machine.
Where i live now, the rock station seemed afraid to play anything like Helloween or such. And even put on a song by a disco act right after a song by the offspring. I wonder if they ever got people calling into the station's telephones calling them ******* poseurs for doing that.