Early 90s UK hard rock - s/d, c/d etc.

Thunder, Little Angels, Skin, Gun, Quireboys, others(?) - were any of these bands any good?

It just feels like a forgotten moment in that the early 90s allowed straightforward new bluesy UK hard rock bands such as these to score big albums, while also likely proving quite avoidable to anyone who wasn't a fan, but that the rise of (at least theoretically more interesting) Britrock (Therapy?/Wildhearts/Skunk Anansie/Terrorvision etc, anyone whose lives were likely changed much more by Nevermind than Rocks) helped wipe them out, or at least appealed to Kerrang!'s newly altrock-happy readership more. None of these bands seem to have been revived, 'classic rock' radio suggests they never happened (or rather that was the case about 10-15 years ago when I was regularly exposed to it).

I remember listening to the Little Angels album that went to No. 1 and finding it dull (despite a later reappraisal from Marcello); otherwise the Gun version of "Word Up" is the only track by any of these bands I've heard more than say two or three times.

(The Manics were there all along too ofc but adjacent, too indie and bookish and removed from their heroes or whatever).

were any of these bands any good?

My memory is of a slightly updated take on Whitesnake/Faces/Aerosmith, music that wears stodginess as a badge of pride. So, no. Although I Will admit that I haven't heard any of it since the time and can't be bothered to listen again.

Thunder, Little Angels, Skin, Gun, Quireboys, others(?) - were any of these bands any good?

None of these bands were any good.