Weezer, The Strokes, No Doubt and Nine Inch Nails in this set, album anniversaries for Pearl Jam, Cake, The Offspring, Dinosaur Jr. and Incubus, plus tunes from R&R HOF 2023 nominees The White Stripes, Rage Against The Machine And Joy Division.
Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, Alanis and Alice In Chains in this set along with Green Day, Morrissey, Spoon and The Ting Tings’ “That’s Not My Name”, plus U2, Beck, Face To Face, Hot Hot Heat, The Cranberries and Orgy’s cover of “Blue Monday”.
Depeche Mode, The Ramones, Beck and Jimmy Eat World in this set, album anniversaries for U2, Bush and Audioslave, cool covers from Pearl Jam and Mike Ness, plus Nine Inch Nails, The B-52’s, Morrissey and Luscious Jackson.
Depeche Mode, Garbage, Rancid and Radiohead on the show along with The Cure, The Smithereens and 311, album anniversaries for Green Day, Incubus, Dinosaur Jr., Cake, Pearl Jam and Pavement, plus RNR Hall Of Fame nominees Beck, Devo and Rage Against The Machine.
Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode, Rancid and The Ramones, cool covers from Cowboy Junkies and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, plus album anniversaries for Audioslave, Beck, Bush, Better Than Ezra and U2.
Beck, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure and Weezer on the show along with Jimmy Eat World, Elastica, The Ramones and Morrissey, album anniversaries for Rancid, Jane’s Addiction, The Strokes and Sneaker Pimps, plus OK Go, INXS and Pearl Jam’s jam from the Singles soundtrack.
Beck, Blondie, Beastie Boys and Bad Religion in this set along The Ramones, STP, Social D and Against Me!, plus Oasis, The Clash and “There is A Light That Never Goes Out” from The Smiths.
Sublime, Social D and STP lead this set along with Oasis, The Cure, Morrissey and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, plus The Replacements, a cool cover from Urge Overkill and the introductory story of the Beastie Boys.
Oasis, Weezer and Green Day lead this set of along with The Smiths, Luscious Jackson, Incubus and Face To Face, plus cool covers from Nirvana, Urge Overkill and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Oasis, Beck and Green Day along with Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Radiohead and The Cure lead this set of retro goods along with Faith No More, Social D, Cake and a nod to the late Ranking Roger of General Public and The English Beat.
Oasis, Pearl Jam and The Smiths lead this set along with The Cure, Garbage, Public Image LTD and Folk Implosion from the KIDS soundtrack. Plus, a Ween tune for a favorite who lives in a pineapple under the sea.
“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.