The arrival of MTV and the growing popularity of music videos in the early 1980s coincided with a second “British Invasion”. These artists grew out of the punk-rock movement and were generally […]
I was a child of the 1980s and the era when MTV actually played music videos. I know that seems alien to my kids now, and they groan every time I switch […]
Back in 2003, Rhino Flashback released a series of short DVDs ostensibly to create a library of top videos in various music categories. They called the series Essential Music Videos. Most of […]
Van Halen was one of those bands in the eighties that seemed to cross all lines. They were definitely hard rock but made an appearance on the pop charts as well. With […]
Annie Lennox spent years as the lead singer for the Eurythmics before striking out on her own. Diva was her first solo album in 1992 and a video companion was crafted for […]
The golden age of music videos appears to have long passed. I see that more and more when I look at releases. The 1980s may have had its fair share of videos […]
I grew up in the MTV era when music videos were the latest, greatest things. I was swept in with the music of the era having grown up on Long Island listening […]
Deciding how to classify the music that came out of the 1980s can be a tricky thing. What’s the difference between Heavy Metal, Pop Metal, Hard Rock, and Head Banging Music? Even […]
Bruce Springsteen has recorded with the E Street Band on and off through the years. He was in one of those “off” periods when in 1995 he decided to bring the band […]
In the days before YouTube and after MTV stopped playing videos, it was hard to find copies of videos for watching. There were a few collections out from the glory days of […]
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