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Remembering the Glory Days of MTV News

August 1, 2021August 2, 2021 Tim Sommer 14 Comments Alan Hunter, Doug Herzog, Hugo Largo, JJ Jackson, John Norris, Kurt Loder, Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, MTV, MTV News, Tabitha Soren, Tim Sommer

In honor of today being the 40th anniversary of MTV’s debut on cable television, the Rock & Roll Globe is proud to bring you this “remastered” edition of Tim Sommer’s inside account of working for MTV News in the 80s and early 90s

Indie Rock New Wave

The Cucumbers Are Back!

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Deena Shoshkes, Hoboken, John Fried, Maxwell's, MTV, My Boyfriend, New Jersey, The Cucumbers, The Desk Drawer Tapes

The recently reunited Hoboken New Wave greats dig into their vault (and desk drawer) for a killer new rarities set

Experimental New Wave Pop

Goodbye Sadness: Season Of Glass at 40

July 13, 2021August 4, 2021 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1981, Geffen, John Lennon, MTV, Season of Glass, The Beatles, Walking on Thin Ice, Yoko Ono

The most accessible Yoko Ono album was made in the immediacy of her heartbreak over John Lennon’s murder

Folk Rock

I’m Gonna Break Somebody’s Heart Tonight: Rumor and Sigh at 30

June 29, 2021August 4, 2021 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, 1991, 30th Anniversary, Alternative Rock, Capitol, Fairport Convention, Mitchell Froom, MTV, Richard Thompson, Rumor and Sigh

Richard Thompson’s opening salvo for the 1990s remains one of the best works in the English guitar maverick’s extensive catalog

Hard Rock Rock

The Last Rock Star: When Billy Squier Blew Up

May 21, 2021May 23, 2021 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Billy Squier, Capitol, Capitol Records, Don't Say No, MTV, Piper

40 years ago, America said yes to Don’t Say No

adblock Alternative Rock Indie Rock Power Pop Punk

Crush Story: Cereal Killers at 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Blink-182, Cereal Killers, CHEAP TRICK, Giant Records, Martha Quinn, MTV, Sandy Smallens, The Who, Tim Quirk, Too Much Joy

Three decades on, Too Much Joy look back on the album that almost murdered their cult status

Alternative Rock Hard Rock

Recognize My Disease: Alice in Chains’ Facelift Turns 30

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1990, Alice in Chains, Columbia Records, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Man in the Box, Mike Inez, MTV, Nirvana, Sean Kinney, Warrant, Whitesnake

Was the debut LP from this Seattle institution grunge genesis or a hair metal hangover?

Music Journalism

It’s Almost Time For The Rock Revival

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 0 Comments 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Billie Eilish, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, Daft Punk, David Bowie, DJ Shadow, Elton John, Kraftwerk, Massive Attack, MTV, Robyn, Rolling Stone, technology, The Beatles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, The Who

Rolling Stone’s 500 Best Albums List notes how technology fails Rock & Roll

Alternative Rock Electronic

“The Guy With The Best Nads Gets His Armpit Licked” – Whale’s We Care celebrates 25 Years

August 13, 2020August 18, 2020 Nathan Carson 3 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Beck, Curve, Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe, MTV, Suede, Tricky, We Care, Whale

Diving deeper than “Slobo Babe” with Sweden’s infectious, obnoxious concoction

New Wave Progressive Rock

We Can’t Rewind, We’ve Gone Too Far: The Buggles’ The Age of Plastic at 40

January 17, 2020January 18, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1980, Geoff Downes, Island Records, MTV, The Age of Plastic, The Buggles, Trevor Horn, Video Killed The Radio Star

The album that featured the song that launched MTV as we once knew it was actually prog in disguise

Heavy Metal Pop

Alice Cooper Kept His Foot In The Gutter And Kept Reaching For The Stars With Trash

August 2, 2019August 5, 2019 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Alice Cooper, Alice Cooper's Trash, Desmond Child, He's the man behind the mask, MTV, Only My Heart Talking, Poison

A look back at the Coop’s polarizing collaboration with pop spin doctor Desmond Child for its 30th anniversary

Hip Hop Punk Rock Soul

Happy Birthday Madonna!

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Birthdays, Madonna, MTV, New Wave, Pop

The Material Girl turns 60 today

Hip Hop

“A Funky Beat with a Go-Go Swing”

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1988, DC Go-Go, E.U., Funky Four + 1, Hip-hop, MTV, Salt-N-Pepa

Paying homage to 30 years of Salt-N-Pepa’s “Deadly” second album

Rock

Elevating the ‘80s at the Risk of Ridicule

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments A Flock of Seagulls, Mike Score, MTV, New Wave, Synthpop

On A Flock of Seagulls with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Rock Soul

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark at 30

August 6, 2018August 6, 2018 Andrew Hamlin 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Blues, MTV, Robert Cray

On the sleepless shift with the Midnight Man and his Robert Cray Band

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