In the 1980s, they wanted their MTV. But in the 2020s, you probably want your 80s trivia. From iconic behind-the-scenes moments in film and television to crimes that rocked the decade, these are some ...

We can’t talk about ’80s MTV without mentioning Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller.” It’s perhaps an obvious choice, but it wouldn’t feel right to leave it out. “Thriller” epitomized the music video ...

An important part for the 80s was a television channel called MTV. This played a crucial role in the evolution of pop music as it helped emerging artists propel them to stardom. With its influence and ...

With straw-blond spikes and a curled top lip, Billy Idol was one of the best-known faces of the MTV era and delivered global hits such as "White Wedding", "Rebel Yell" and "Sweet Sixteen"."I was alive ...

The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were afterthoughts, low-budget promotional clips that occasionally appeared on ...

MTV co-founder Tom Freston recounted the evolution of the groundbreaking television station yesterday. He focused on the 1980s media environment into which music videos were thrust and analyzed the ...

MTV helped bring music videos to the masses. Artists rose to the occasion, creating timeless videos for the network to play on repeat. While we’d shy away from crowning one band as the greatest music ...

The MTV show Yo! MTV Raps helped bring hip-hop into mainstream American culture in the 1980s and was made by a scrappy team in the face of a skeptical corporate ...

Mojo Nixon, the roots-rocking wild man and former San Diegan who was an MTV mainstay in the 1980s and later became a longtime Sirius XM radio host, died Wednesday. He was 66. The cause of death was a ...