There are just some music videos that live in our heads rent free, and a lot of them are from the MTV era of the 80s.

MTV came into existence in the 80s and thoroughly changed the music landscape for decades by popularizing music videos in a hip, cool, new way. Some music videos from that early era of the network are ...

There is arguably no era that embodied the one-hit wonder phenomenon more than the ’80s. There are many factors that led to ...

From Genesis' innovative "Land of Confusion" to Alice Cooper's seedy "Poison," these five videos offer a snapshot of rock 'n' roll in the 1980s.

In the 1980s, rock and roll evolved with a new form thanks to MTV and music videos. Suddenly, music was no longer restrained to our radios. Fans could now see their favorite acts as they really looked ...

On August 1, 1981, MTV announced its arrival with a rocket blastoff, an iconic electric guitar riff, and a promise of a television channel devoted entirely to music videos. The newly launched network ...

In 1981, asking someone if they wanted to watch a music video would likely get a confused reaction. The concept hadn’t entered everyday language. Music lived on the radio, on vinyl, and in live ...