Jane’s Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Green Day and Morrissey in this set along with STP, Local H, R.E.M. and MXPX, cool covers from Joan Jett and Mike Ness and the best song ever from Tears For Fears.
Beck, Blink 182, Bad Religion and Blondie in this set along with Radiohead, 311, Social D and Garbage, plus Siouxsie And The Banshees, Devo, Matthew Sweet and some quality cha-cha-chaing with Caviar’s “Tangerine Speedo”.
Depeche Mode, Jane’s Addiction, Alice In Chains and Rage Against the Machine in this set along with Blur, Blondie, Sponge and The Smiths, plus New Order, The Waterboys and a swanky jam from Edwyn Collins off the Empire Records soundtrack.
Nine Inch Nails, The Clash and Depeche Mode lead this set along with 311, Third Eye Blind, XTC and Urge Overkill, plus Faith No More, The Afghan Whigs, Bjork and “Scooby Snacks” from Fun Lovin’ Criminals. Zoinks!
Green Day, Weezer, The Smiths and Nine Inch Nails in this set along with Soundgarden, Sneaker Pimps and Matthew Sweet, plus The Replacements, Rage, They Might Be Giants and “Super Bon Bon” from Soul Coughing.
Oasis, Depeche Mode and STP lead this set along with The Smiths, Radiohead, Buffalo Tom and XTC plus New Order, Screaming Trees from the SINGLES soundtrack and songs of summer from Fountains Of Wayne and Sublime.
Weezer, Alice In Chains, Jane’s Addiction and Local H lead this set along with Beck, Blur and “Super Bon Bon” from Soul Coughing plus The Smiths, Siouxsie And The Banshees and 311.
The Cure, Oasis and Jane’s Addiction lead this set along with Depeche Mode, Cracker, U2 and The Smithereens plus Dinosaur Jr,, “Friends Of P” from The Rentals, The Posies and a proper serving of Cake!
Green Day, Alice In Chains and Depeche Mode lead this set along with Morrissey, Rancid, No Doubt and Blur plus Pavement, The Pixies, Rage Against The Machine and “Circles” from Soul Coughing.
Oasis, Green Day and Alice In Chains lead this set along with Social D, O.M.D., R.E.M. and The Smiths plus tunes from the first day of MTV 38 years ago (The Buggles, Split Enz and The Pretenders)
More, more, more classics from Billy Idol, Social D, New Order and the Beastie Boys, Noel Gallagher of Oasis with The Chemical Brothers, plus a refresher course in popularity from Nada Surf round out this set of 80s and 90s tunes.
“You’ll never look at music the same way again” said VJ Mark Goodman when MTV launched 37 years ago this week (8.1.81) with videos from The Buggles, Split Enz, The Pretenders, Talking Heads and The Vapors.
