Pop
England
The Buggles
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Chi è The Buggles
Città natale
Wimbledon, London, England
Formato
1977
Genere
Pop
The short-lived New Wave duo The Buggles made history on August 1, 1981, when their technophobic 1979 hit “Video Killed the Radio Star” became the first-ever video played on MTV.
• Singer and bassist Trevor Horn met keyboardist Geoff Downes in the late ’70s when both were working as session musicians. They formed The Buggles soon after.
• “Video Killed the Radio Star” was their debut single. It went No. 1 in the UK in September 1979, about two years before its historic moment on MTV.
• The group’s 1980 debut LP, The Plastic Age, is a concept album about the perils of technology.
• While working on their second album, both Buggles members joined the legendary prog-rock band Yes, replacing Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman for their 1980 album Drama.
• Downes then left the Buggles to form the supergroup Asia, leaving Horn to finish recording the second (and final) Buggles album, Adventures in Modern Recording, released in 1981.
• Horn went on to become a superstar producer whose credits include ABC, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and Pet Shop Boys. In 1996, Horn won a Record of the Year Grammy for his work on Seal’s “Kiss From a Rose.”
Influenzato da The BugglesThe Buggles ha influenzato la musica di Don Bjorn, P1C0L3, Cosmic Wizard Chimp e altro ancora.
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