Sorry to burst your bubble, but they consider Classic Rock any "Rock" 20+ years old. That said, I was dismayed the first time I heard songs from my youth (1990s) on the Classic Rock station or used as elevator music. Although I didn't entirely hate a Metallica song as elevator music...
I get sad whenever I hear some Thomas Dolby or Thompson Twins in my local grocery store.
The 80s are back, you know! I hear them a lot on our”indie” station and I’m not mad about it.
I knew I was a codger when I did some renovation work at an old folks home in Northern Virginia, and the lounge across the hallway was playing Black Album Metallica...
If I am ever trapped in an rehab or Senior facility, you better believe I will be having my Metal music playing as often as I can get away with.