These days MTV and CMT might be going down in flames, but nobody can kill the dream of music videos. Why? They’re the best starmaking machinery the pop world has ever invented, the ultimate expression ...

MTV launched in 1981 with the promise of bringing music to television screens across America, but not every video made the ...

Now 79, Freston presents me with a manila envelope, inside of which is a copy of his new memoir, Unplugged, a frisky account ...

Billy Idol's entire career was changed by the power of one music video, right at the start of the MTV era, when good looks ...

Exploring the origins of rock and roll music video, from the Soundies of the 1940s to the weird and wonderful film work of Devo and MTV four decades later.

Tony Wellington’s journey through the 1980s is fast, funny, terrible and gloriously fallible - just like the decade itself.

MTV will stop broadcasting on five music channels in the United Kingdom, according to reports. MTV will be shutting down MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live channels on Dec. 31, BBC and ...

If you grew up in the 80s, you were part of a generation that saw history unfold in bold, unforgettable ways (just like any ...

In the last six decades, many one-hit wonders have blessed our ears, and we've rounded up the top 57 in the US. While some of ...

AI-generated 'artists' such as Breaking Rust and Xania Monet suggest one doesn't even need to be human to succeed in R&B or ...

Maniacs made music much more benign than their name suggests. Their hit "Like The Weather" perpetuated those contrasts as well.

Human’s Lib topped the UK album charts in 1984. It spawned four singles, three of which entered the top 10, including the ...