Buggles

As the response to the trivia issue “That which was the very first act ever played on MTV?” Buggles guaranteed their put in place pop music background. Vocalist and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes shaped the electro-pop duo in Britain in 1979 after conference two years preceding as session music artists. Their first one, “Video Killed the air Star,” strike number one within the U.K. in past due 1979. When MTV continued the environment on August 1, 1981, the prophetically entitled song’s video was the first-ever broadcast for the fledgling wire network. Although Buggles liked three more United kingdom strikes — “The Plastic material Age group,” “Clean Clean,” and “Elstree” — both Horn and Downes had been interested in creation than carrying out. In 1980, they helmed Yes’ Episode, becoming a member of the group as substitutes for Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson. After Yes’ following, momentary separation, Downes authorized on with Asia, while Horn co-founded the ZTT label, along with the group Artwork of Sound, and produced strikes for famous brands ABC, Frankie Would go to Hollywood, and Seal, amongst others. Horn and Downes, who experienced by no means toured as Buggles, sometimes performed under that name through the past due ’90s, 2000s, and 2010s.