But it can if it fires up for the first time in a decade. The head could have been stuck to the platter, the platter spins up and pulls one of the heads slightly out of alignment, without physical defects. That is also, a head crash. Head crash/damage comes in various degrees of severity. All having the same result: Bad drive. 

Oh, plus your going on a decades old phrase: "Well it worked when i put it in storage 30 years ago". Well duh.... haha. Any 68K mac probably worked years ago when put in storage. Well they dont now, with all the leaking caps, blown up batteries, etc...