Coincidentilly GG Allin died in 1993. Maybe he took punk with him
In my opinion, what is going on here is that back then, when you were in a punk band you did'nt think you had a chance of getting on the radio, and sure as hell were'nt going to be on MTV. Chances were that you'd be scraping by just one step away from living in the gutter. Because money was'nt involved people were making the music they wanted to hear and did'nt care much if anyone else liked it. This made everything much more "real". Today it's all about making money, and carefully market managing your sound to appeal to as many people as possible.