Bungle is definitely a priority right now.
Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.
It's too hard for me to comment on the sorry state of our culture.
It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.
I remember when metal was something you really had to search out, and now I hear it on car commercials.
Mullets are still going strong in the south and places like St Louis or the Carolinas.