First of all, not all hair metal is shit. Second, Bon Jovi is a particularly bad example of AOR, not hair metal. If you are going to bother bashing an artist, get thine fucking genres straight.
Third, it's not so much that the album experience has gone away due to digital media, ITunes, etc., but rather that its a format which has become continually marginalized in the Top 40 world over the last twenty years or so. People can pick and choose particular songs they want more conveniently than ever before, and that's just how things go.
People who love listening to music as album-oriented artists intended will always exist, passing on that love to future generations. People like that may never be a majority in society, but they'll never completely disappear as long as there are those who are willing to pass on the torch.
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