For me, it’s nothing to do with age, my music has never been pop music. SB halftime shows have always been shit show pop music since they started using bands and making it a thing.
Because I was bored, looking back historically, here’s the SB performers. Looks like they used marching bands and local artists until 1990.
There are a couple on this list that I would listen to, but 90% would never reach a speaker in my house anyway. So nothing has really changed, Dokken, Amorphis, Steve Vai, Opeth, etc… was never going to be featured in 1991 or any year. It’s nothing to do with the death of guitar itself, which is as popular as it’s ever been.
1991 - New Kids On The Block
1992 - Gloria Estefan
1993- Michael Jackson
1994 - Clint Black, The Judds, 2 more country singers
1995- Miami Sound machine and host of singers
1996- Diana Ross
1997- Blues Brothers, James Brown, ZZ Top
1998- Boys 2Men, Host of soul singers and rappers
1999- Gloria Estefan, Stevie Wonder
2000- Phil Coins, Christina Agulara, Toni Braxton
2001- NSYNC, Aerosmith
2002- U2
2003- Shania Twain, No Doubt
2004- Janet Jackson, Pdiddy, Kid Rock, Justin Timberlake
2005- Paul McCartney
2006- Rolling Stones
2007- Prince
2008- Tom Petty
2009- Bruce Springsteen
2010- The Who
2011- Black Eyed Peas
2012- Madonna
2013- Beyonce
2014- Bruno Mars
2015- Katy Perry
2016- Coldplay
2017- Lady Gaga
2018- Justin Timberlake
2019- Maroon 5
2020- Shakira, Jennifer Lopez
2021- The Weekend
2022- Dre, Snoop Dog, etc…