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“I don’t belong on TV, I should be in a circus!”: How ZZ Top’s Afterburner continued one of the most unlikely success stories of the 80s

ZZ Top hit big with Eliminator. So they repeated the formula with Afterburner

Louder

Dave Kendall, creator and host of MTV’s ‘120 Minutes,’ dies at 63

Dave Kendall, who as the taste-making creator and former host of the long-running MTV music video show 120 Minutes introduced alternative rock and underground music to a generation of fans in the 1980s and ’90s, has died. He was 63.

Bangkok Post

Dave Kendall death: MTV’s 120 Minutes host dies at 63

British-born music journalist started on the iconic show in 1986

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Former Post staffer Dave Kendall dies at 63

Dave Kendall, a former Bangkok Post sub-editor and Deeper Dive host, has died at the age of 63. He served on the Post’s editorial staff from 2017 to 2025.

Bangkok Post

Hollywood Star Who Joined Scientology Looks Unrecognizable As He Reveals Intense Purification Ritual

Teen Wolf star shocks fans with a dramatic transformation and a surprising revelation about his personal life.

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“Dave had a beat-up, noisy cassette of Steve Vai. We listened together in some garage with the tape player on the fender of a car. I said to Dave, ‘That’s the guy’”: How David Lee Roth put Van Halen behind him with one of rock's greatest supergroups

In late 1985, Diamond Dave's Hollywood dreams were dashed – but with some help from Vai, Billy Sheehan, and Gregg Bissonette, he firmly established himself as a superstar in his own right

Guitar World

‘I was a self-centred, entitled little horror ... arguably I still am’: cult psych rocker Robyn Hitchcock talks to Stewart Lee

Armed with a new album inspired by ‘dead English blokes’, the revered musician discusses writing nasty songs about his neighbours and how he’s finally made it in Nashville aged 73

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“There were just ideas pouring out of him… then he got on that helicopter and took off”: The legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and what could have been

How SRV followed Texas Flood, wrestled blues guitar from the club to MTV and became the guitar hero everyone wanted to copy – all before passing too soon

Guitar World

“In the ’80s,MTVbuttered our bread. But after Kurt Cobain wore his grandfather’s sweater in the video forSmells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place on MTV for bands like us and Mötley Crüe”: The life and death of the thinking person’s hair metal band

Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them

MusicRadar

"All I wanted is a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me." Howcrossover metal heroes Suicidal Tendencies set a dizzying panic attack to music and called it Institutionalized

Fun fact: a can of Pepsi would have cost frontman Mike Muir around 30 cents in 1983

Metal Hammer

Inside Sara Cox's homelife as she starts Radio 2 Breakfast Show after Scott Mills' sacking

The 51-year-old broadcaster had presented Radio 2's popular teatime programme since 2019

Evening Standard

“I’d argue that it was the single most important thing that happened in the history of MTV, because it saved young people’s lives”: The story of Soul Asylum’s classic ’90s hit Runaway Train and its amazingly powerful video

“If the vocal on it sounds world-weary, it’s because he made me sing it 100 times”

MusicRadar

Why Johnny Knoxville Turned Down SNL’s Offer To Be A Cast Member

What could have been.

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25 Years Later, MTV's Most Controversial Icons Have Transformed In Shocking Ways

The release of 'Jackass: Best and Last" highlights the values of loyalty, friendship, and openness that have come to define the 'Jackass' brand.

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26 Years Later, One Of Our Most Absurd Cultural Phenomenons Comes To A Wistful End

The boys are back in town for one last hurrah in 'Jackass: Best and Last,' the fifth and final film in the prank franchise.

BANG Premier

Johnny Knoxville recalls helping ‘kidnap’ Brad Pitt

The Jackass star has recalled how Brad Pitt agreed without hesitation to film one of the MTV show's most memorable celebrity appearances, with the actor making the decision on the spot.

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“How Strong Is Your ’80s & ’90s Memory?”: Find Out In This 17-Question Pop Culture Quiz

The ’80s and ’90s are often considered the golden age of pop culture. From the rise of MTV and iconic music hits to bold fashion statements, unforgettable blockbuster movies, and classic childhood toys, these decades are impossible to beat. If you are a true ’90s kid or an ’80s pop…

The Guardian - US

Jackass: Best and Last review – kings of gross-out comedy’s final, funny farewell

So-called final outing for Johnny Knoxville and his daring, stunt-hungry pals might be close to a greatest hits reel, but there are enough laughs to warrant the nostalgia

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"It’s saying, ‘If I could smell you, if I could interact with you, I’d eat you alive.'" How a bizarre and controversial stalker video featuring two Hollywood heavyweights brought an end to Limp Bizkit's golden era

Limp Bizkit were the biggest band on Planet Earth by the end of 2000. Less than three years later, things had gone terribly wrong

BANG Premier

Kelly Osbourne tells fans she ‘aches’ for her dad in heartbreaking Father’ Day tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

The television personality marked Father’s Day with an emotional tribute to the late Black Sabbath icon, revealing one of his last texts and reflecting on the lasting impact of his death on their family.

Tom’s Guide

Beavis and Butt-Head's reboot just arrived on Netflix. I was skeptical about it —but I was wrong

The animated idiots who got their start on MTV have been starring in a reboot that's every bit as good as the original series.

The Independent UK

With role models like Ashley Cain, what hope is there for the next generation of young men?

COMMENT: As news breaks that the reality star turned BBC presenter has previously called women ‘slags’ and ‘sluts’ online, Helen Coffey wonders where boys are supposed to learn anything other than misogyny

The Guardian - UK

BBC presenter Ashley Cain called women ‘slags’, ‘sluts’ and ‘bitches’

Exclusive: Cain has been lauded by corporation for his appeal to young men despite history of abusive and misogynistic remarks

Louder

"We were increasingly attracted to the beats, yet the Allman Brothers remain some of our biggest heroes." How ZZ Top mixed Depeche Mode and southern rock to deliver one of the biggest songs of 1983

The story of Sharp Dressed Man, the second of the Eliminator video trilogy that catapulted ZZ Top into pop culture superstardom

Metal Hammer

"I told our producer, If Slash calls back, tell him I'm not there." Why Detroit rappers Insane Clown Posse blew off superfan Slash after getting him to play on their break-through album

"Our record label said, He's yesterday's news, you guys are something new"

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