What you're describing is mostly an aversion to synthesizer pop crap. No decade that gave us REM, Jane's Addiction, Violent Femmes, The Cure, The Smiths, Drivin N Cryin, Guns N Roses, the good version of Van Halen, etc can be bad.
Had a way too long drunken conversation last weekend about the best ever Clash song. I strongly argued for Bankrobber or Wrong Em Boyo.