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Nothing in the history of popular culture had greater success merging music and fashion than MTV. You not only had to look good but you had to go further and provide compelling visuals. MTV made its mark from inception.
Cable TV had started in the late ’60s to bring broadcast television to people who lived beyond the signal. Seeing cable’s potential Home Box Office launched a-pay-per-view offering for movies and sporting events. From this beginning some bright minds in corporate America got the idea of creating a music television channel.
Rock had always been a visual medium whether it was Elvis’ gyrating pelvis, the Beatles’ energetic performances, Alice Cooper’s stage antics or KISS with their total audio/visual assault. So this seemed like a natural progression.
The Genesis story covers three distinctly different periods: Genesis with Peter Gabriel, then the post-Gabriel Genesis and finally the ‘80s Phil Collins led incarnation with remaining members Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. Genesis (Original Version) Under Peter Gabriel’s leadership, Genesis was Prog Rock to the extreme. Given Gabriel’s use of masks and props the band…
Heart’s “Royal Flush“ tour with Cheap Trick will launch later this month with a newly added concerts in the fall. See below for dates. Led by Ann and Nancy Wilson, Heart has sold over 35 million albums worldwide, garnering 20 Top 40 singles including “Barracuda,” “Crazy On You” “Who Will You Run To?” and “These Dreams.” In addition to Ann…
Former Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars has released his debut solo album, “The Other Side Of Mars.” “I know that a lot of people were expecting probably more of a blues-oriented thing or kind of an extension of Mötley or something like that,” shared Mars. “And I wanted to go a whole different route and leaning more…
The 1980s were a decade full of great rock music. There were quite a few established bands and artists that experimented with different styles and found new fans. The 1980s were also significant with the emergence of new sub-genres and the continued popularity of established styles. Hair metal became popular in the early part of…
New Wave was frequently referred to as the “thinking person’s rock music.” Despite that pathetic and doubtful definition, New Wave increased the audience for rock music without the pretentiousness of the 1970s. New Wave and the music videos had a huge impact, thanks in large part to MTV. A stagnated music scene, the establishment, and…
Rock music underwent rapid growth throughout the 1980s, which saw several outstanding landmark albums.. Guns N’ Roses’ “Appetite for Destruction” captured the Hard Rock’s unbridled intensity of the genre and highlighting Axl Rose’s distinctive vocals. U2’s “The Joshua Tree” cemented the band’s reputation as world-renowned artists by fusing moving lyrics with a massive aural setting….