His route to the drum kit was anything but traditional, and it landed him in the middle of one of rock's most distinctive ...

Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality” made a big impression when it arrived at rock radio and MTV midway through the summer of 1988. To this day, the Brooklyn-bred band still performs the song with an ...

On August 3rd, 1999, MTV unveiled Downtown, a more mundane animated series that followed young “twenty-somethings” as they attempted to find their way in New York City. With 13 episodes, the series ...

Albert Bouchard is best known as a founding member of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, whose original lineup sold millions of albums for Columbia Records and produced such classics as "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and ...

On August 1, 1981 -- or 8/1/81 for numerologists -- a channel debuted on cable that wound up defining generations. MTV -- Music Television -- stuck to its guns for many years, playing video after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The MTV Music Television logo circa 1982. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) MTV launched on August 1, 1981, with a ...

MTV launched 45 years ago, revolutionizing music consumption by providing a 24-hour channel. The network quickly grew from 2.5 million to over 112 million viewers worldwide. MTV’s innovative format ...

On August 1, 1981, just after midnight, a new cable network called MTV, Music Television, went on the air for the very first time with these words by one of MTV’s creators, John Lack, “Ladies and ...

MTV's first show took place nearly half a century ago, with many having forgotten about the moment the channel 'changed the face of pop culture forever'. On August 1, 1981, at exactly 12:01am, MTV ...