Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 29, 2016
Last night, the MTV Video Music Awards happened, and you probably shouldn’t know that. It’s not like they even decided to pay any lip service to rock or metal this year. Even Twenty One Pilots, a true breakout band from the past year that is ostensibly a rock band, wasn’t included in last night’s ceremonies. Many […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 31, 2015
Yesterday, after our annual tradition of not watching MTV’s Video Music Awards, we saw an article on Metal Injection that made us laugh. “The Most Metal Moments of the MTV VMAs 2015” was, well, nothing. And as was fitting to a channel that barely plays any music any more, there wasn’t a ton of music to […]
Posted by Matt Albers on February 11, 2015
[youtube]http://youtu.be/_wkGZYjiNIU[/youtube] Rage Against The Machine bassist Tim Commerford’s on-stage stunt at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, while well-documented and often appreciated by rock and metal fans, is only considered #10 on Rolling Stone’s list of 31 Most Outrageous MTV VMA Moments of All Time (just behind Miley Cyrus’ “twerking incident”). For years, many have […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 25, 2014
We didn’t really watch that much of the MTV Video Music Awards last night. First of all, The Simpsons marathon was on, and at the same time it started, the “Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie” episode was on. Secondly, maybe we’re out of touch with what the MTV generation is watching, but all you really need […]
