When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...

"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits, "One" by Metallica, and "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake are among the best rock music ...

Here are five '80s music videos that were the ultimate party, chosen by the members of veteran hard rockers H.E.A.T. For almost two decades, the band has been churning out fist-pumping, anthemic rock ...

When Music Television still aired music videos, you ran into the same issue one has with the radio: overplayed songs. MTV broadcast certain videos endlessly, but you couldn’t just flip to another ...

In our previous ’50s, ’60s and ’70s examinations of Feel-Bad Hits of the Summer, a song had only to depress, distress and oppress listeners on its own merits, be it regrettable lyrics, ill-chosen ...

What were the best rock music videos for each year of the 1980s? It was a decade that set the standard for what the music video can be and we saw the growth explode over the course of the 1980s.

Is there a decade in human history that has more of an aesthetic than the 1980s? If you close your eyes, in a flash, you can picture the Mohawks, the leg warmers, the synthesizer music coming through ...

MTV launched in 1981 and within two years the economics of the music industry had rearranged themselves around a medium nobody had planned for. Some artists understood immediately. They didn’t make ...

MTV flipped a switch on August 1, 1981, and gave music a face. Labels started treating videos like serious investments, and artists began competing for airtime. As viewers kept the channel on, ...