It raised controversy when it was said to be an attack on the Bush administration, and was banned from daytime view on MTV ( despite the band saying that it was not an attack on a particular person, rather a comment on some people's negative attitudes ).

In 1997, while accepting MTV Video Music Award for " Best New Artist " for her song Sleep to Dream, Apple said: " This world is bullshit, and you shouldn't model your life on what we think is cool, and what we're wearing and what we're saying.

In July 2004, co-creator Glenn Eichler said of possible DVD releases, " There's no distributor and no release date, but what there is is very strong interest from MTV in putting Daria out, and steady activity toward making that a reality ".

Claypool said he put his " heart and soul " into the video, but it received next to no airtime on MTV.

Philadelphia Daily News described Culture Club as a hot new rock act, while William K Knoedelseder Jr from Los Angeles Times said about the group, " Boy George of Culture Club, a rock group MTV helped make popular ", adding that, " There's some debate in the record industry about MTV's ability to directly increase record sales across the board but there's no doubt that the channel has been responsible for exposing such rock artists as Def Leppard, Duran Duran and Men at Work to a national audience ...".

The band became an early MTV staple with the " Voices Carry " video, which depicts an oppressive boyfriend trying to convert Mann to his upper-class lifestyle ; she finally lashes out at him during a concert at Carnegie Hall, though filmed at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester Massachusetts, standing up from her seat in the audience and belting the lyrics, " He said, shut up!

Despite this, journalist Chris Harris of MTV said that it " lives up to its name "; # 1's debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with sales of 113, 000 in the first week and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ).

According to a 2004 interview, Everly, who was then an MTV talent executive, initially said no to dating Hoppus: " Tom always used to embarrass me.

Video Music Box served as a launching pad for many rap music artists, and was said to have been the basis behind MTV creating Yo!

Carol Decker, the lead singer of the short-lived group T ' Pau, in an interview after a performance on MTV, said that the two were using a Synclavier and not singing at all.

In a video posted to bloody-disgusting. com on 9 / 13 / 12, Headbangers Ball host Jose Mangin said in an interview that MTV will be cancelling Headbangers Ball yet again.

In a 2009 MTV Interview, Eastwood said, " So I said, ' I'll do it ,' but since they had initially talked to me, there had been all these rewrites.

" Van Toffler, then the general manager of MTV, said in 1998 that Daria " has an attitude about parents, school, and siblings that is common to the experiences of our audience.

In an interview with MTV, Mike Shinoda stated: " All I know about the concept is that Joe Hahn sent me an e-mail that said something about ' In the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king ', or something like that.

" It's what I said I wanted earlier ," she told MTV.

In a phone call to the MTV show Total Request Live, Timbaland said:

Other networks were said to be interested, including MTV as a strong possibility.

Hey, maybe some of the people who only liked " Mother " dropped out, and I've always said those fans are okay, when you get this big MTV exposure, but they're not permanent fans.

Doug later said in an interview with MTV News online that he has nothing against Scott Weiland or any other member of Velvet Revolver.

That being said, Garry, Pogo, and Holland all have patented the use of MTV sequences for diagnostic uses in detection of human breast cancer ( Pat #’ s 6, 670, 466 ; 6, 040, 146 ; 5, 686, 247 respectively ).

Bill Leeb said the video for the song was the only one by the band to receive regular airplay on MTV.

Regarding the camera crews taping her, she has said: " The MTV crew became my close friends so we had a lot of fun.

" Lisa A. Lewis, author of Gender, Politics and MTV said that with the video, Madonna achieved the rare distinction of being accepted as a literature medium by the music authors.

On MTV News, in 2002, Levine said, " That's when I started waking up to the whole hip hop, R & B thing.

Several songs from the album received regular airplay on major North American rock stations, with Hatfield's song " My Sister " becoming the biggest hit of her career, with a # 1 placing on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and the video becoming an MTV staple.

The resulting album, MTV Unplugged in New York, served as a swan song for Nirvana, as Cobain died 138 days after the concert.

Abdul promoted the album through the " Under My Spell Tour ", which was named by an MTV contest for fans.

To promote the album, the band made their only video for MTV, " Down With Disease ", airing in June of that year.

This album, Oranges and Lemons, produced by Paul Fox, was their biggest seller yet, with the videos for " The Mayor of Simpleton " and " King for a Day " getting heavy airplay on MTV and other international music TV programs.

In 1986, a screening of the entire Monkees television series by MTV led to renewed interest in the group, followed by a single (" That Was Then, This Is Now " reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U. S .), a 20th Anniversary Tour, a greatest hits album and a brand new LP, Pool It!

Rickman was one of the many artists who recited Shakespearian sonnets on the 2002 album When Love Speaks, and is also featured prominently in a music video by the band Texas entitled " In Demand ", which premiered on Europe MTV in August 2000.

Their eponymous album released in 1989 featured " Brother of Mine " which became a MTV hit and went gold in the United States.

The album Emerson Lake & Powell charted reasonably well, with a major single, " Touch and Go " generating some radio and MTV exposure for the trio.

The first song that kicked off the album, " Privilege ", was featured on MTV Sports: Pure Ride for the PlayStation.

" Stellar ," the next single from the album was soon released, and its video received afternoon airplay on MTV and TRL, becoming a huge success on Modern Rock Chart.

The album featured another hit " Behind the Mirror ", and the band's popularity continued to grow and a video for " Toxic Trace " was created for MTV play.

Byrne appeared as a guest vocalist / guitarist for 10, 000 Maniacs during their MTV Unplugged concert, though the songs in which he is featured were cut from their following album.

Their greatest success was in the 1980s with the number-one album, Sports, coupled with a series of highly successful MTV videos.

Around the mid-1990s, with the success of the big beat-sound exemplified by The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy in the UK, and spurred by the attention from mainstream artists, including Madonna in her collaboration with William Orbit on her album Ray of Light and Australian singer Dannii Minogue with her 1997 album Girl, music of this period began to be produced with a higher budget, increased technical quality, and with more layers than most other forms of dance music, since it was backed by major record labels and MTV as the " next big thing ".

Due to lack of airplay on MTV and modern rock radio, the album only sold 200, 000 to 250, 000 copies in its first year of release.

The album also featured a demo version of " Miss World ", as well as recordings from a 1995 MTV Unplugged performance.

" His fourth solo album, a concert set called Live it Up, contained a medley of The Animals songs ; " We Gotta Get Out of This Place ", " Don't Bring Me Down ", and " It's My Life " with the video of the ' Animals Medley ' performance becoming a hit on MTV.

Crosby joined his partners for the tracks “ Delta ” and " Might as Well Have a Good Time ", and the album contained two hits, Nash ’ s “ Wasted on the Way ” and Stills ’ “ Southern Cross ,” the latter accompanied by a popular video on the nascent MTV network.

The album was supported by the singles " Jerry Was a Race Car Driver " and " Tommy the Cat ", both of which appeared on MTV.

In 1986 they enjoyed renewed success with their album The Other Side of Life and in particular with the track " Your Wildest Dreams " – a US Top 10 hit ( and No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary singles chart for two weeks ) which garnered a Billboard Video of the Year award after being frequently featured on MTV.

The concept album and subsequent tour were popular with the fan base but did not receive widespread airplay beyond the " Stand Beside Me " video on MTV.

" The MTV Unplugged album was released in October 1993.

It was while that album was being made that Kantner sealed his love affair with Grace Slick ; their daughter China Kantner ( who made a name for herself as an MTV veejay in the 1980s ) was born shortly thereafter.