If you grew up watching MTV in the '80s and '90s, there was one name you knew you could trust: Kurt Loder. With a signature baritone voice and a dry wit, Loder brought an "elder rock statemen" ...

I was more into the new wave and punk sounds of the ’80s, but over the years, I’ve grown to appreciate the spectacle that is ...

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, ...

The 1980s gave rock music room to get bigger, louder, and stranger. Hair metal took over MTV, heavy metal kept expanding, and newer sounds like new wave and alternative rock pushed the genre in fresh ...