In general, no. Of course (as in any field) one or two individuals took themselves too seriously, and some of the front mens' theatrics were a bit daft and potentially distracting. But mainly bands just go on with the business of writing and playing music they liked. Some of the media commentary *was* pretentious, and that got a lot worse when Punk and New Wave came along. Can't blame the bands for that.
Hells ya it was pretentious - and we loved it!
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