I sure do remember them,loved that song. I think I was born at the perfect time (1956) to enjoy the Golden Age of rock and roll,which I consider to be from 1959 to 1993,about the time Cobain died. I lost interest in music after that.
1993 was the end of good music. I think that was the last time I listened to pop radio as well. I was born in 1968 and I liked the late 1970s & early 1980s probably the best. I was mainly into dance music but I also liked all the great progressive rock & heavy metal of that era. I think radio DJs were a very important part of that era (of course going back all the to the 1950s). I was not a fan of Grunge music. I think it was largely a watered down version of the late 1970s & early 1980s British punk scene. Nirvana basically stole rifts from Killing Joke and sang over them. Come As you Are is just a ripoff of Sanity by Killing Joke with new lyrics.
I read a quote somewhere,might have been Rolling Stone magazine,that said "Kurt Cobain single-handedly ended the Hair Band era of music". I suppose that era/genre of music would have ended anyway as part of the evolution of music and the evolution of man. It's a shame though as I loved the hair bands of the 80's, Van Halen,Aerosmith,Poison,Motley Crue,Loverboy,Whitesnake,Def Leppard,Bon Jovi,Cinderella,Guns N Roses,Scorpions and a whole bunch more.
In that sense Cobain also killed the mostly British Synth Pop genre as well. I was a DJ right before the collapse of heavy metal (as mainstream) & synth pop and my recollection is that these were popular in suburban US. Rap being popular in urban US although some rap had made into the suburbs like the rap/rock hybrid of Run DMC (with their famous collaboration with Aerosmith). They were essentially replaced by Grunge & to a lesser extent the alternative rock scene like Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Kid Rock, Korn, etc. Synth Pop was basically replaced by the Rave, Drum 'n Bass and eventually Trance scene. Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode & New Order still played on but their popularity waned considerably. Smells Like Teen Spirit was the spark that lit the fuse for the upcoming cultural change. I think it coincides with the zeitgeist of the economic vibe of the US. It went from ostentatious to the dourness of Generation X. Movies went from Sixteen Candles to Heathers. From happy to dark & sarcastic.