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MTV's Buzz Bin was a select group of music videos by up and coming artists and bands that the network deemed buzz worthy, cutting edge, or the next big thing. As such, the selected videos received heavy rotation on the channel, and were also featured in special promotional commercials that highlighted the latest Buzz Bin selections. This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...
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Cutting edge is a term used to describe the creations of the small number of persons or groups who are at the frontier of progress in a field, especially science. ...
The next big thing is a concept in marketing that refers to a product or idea that will allow for a high amount of sales for that product and related products. ...
The Buzz Bin began in 1987, and despite a popular misconception, it featured artists and bands from all genres of music (not just Alternative Rock or Modern Rock acts, although those were the majority). Many music industry trade publications have noted the direct effect Buzz Bin selection has had on album sales, with some sources stating that upwards of 70% of the selected acts have gone on to achieve RIAA Gold Certification or better. Buzz Bin ended in 2004 and was split in half into MTV's "Discover and Download" and VH1's "You Oughta Know" Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...
Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ...
Modern rock or Nu-breed is term commonly used to describe a rock music format found on American commercial radio. ...
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Discover & Download is MTVs special artist listing/concert series. ...
MTV released two compilation CDs of Buzz Bin tracks, on Mammoth Records. Founded in 1989 in Carrboro, North Carolina, Mammoth Records was one of the premiere independent record labels of the 1990s. ...
Artists featured in the Buzz Bin
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At the Drive-In was an American band from El Paso, Texas that existed from 1993 to 2001. ...
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B Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) was a British musical group formed in 1984 by the ex-guitarist and singer of The Clash, Mick Jones. ...
The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip-hop group from Los Angeles, California, who have enjoyed worldwide pop success. ...
Blind Melon is an alternative rock band, whose most notable work dates from 1992 to 1995, and ceased with the death of lead vocalist Shannon Hoon. ...
Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. ...
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The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing, a suburb of London, England. ...
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Joseph Joe Budden (born August 31, 1980) is an African American rapper, Born in Spanish Harlem, New York City but lived in Jersey City, New Jersey for most of his life. ...
C Cake (properly written as CAKE) is a band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1991. ...
The Cardigans are a Swedish band formed in the town of Jönköping in 1992. ...
Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and pianist best known for the single A Thousand Miles from her debut album, Be Not Nobody (2002), which was certified platinum in the U.S. The commercial failure of Carltons second album, Harmonium (2004), led...
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Coheed and Cambria is a progressive rock band[1][2] from Nyack, New York and Kingston, New York. ...
Coldplay are an English rock band. ...
Cornershop is a British indie band formed in Leicester in 1992 by Wolverhampton-born Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and dholaki player), his brother Avtar Singh (bass guitar, vocals), David Chambers (drums) and Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), the first three having previously been members of Preston-based band General...
Counting Crows is an Academy Award nominated American alternative rock band originating from Berkeley, California. ...
Cracker is an American alternative rock band fronted by former Camper Van Beethoven singer David Lowery, with guitarist Johnny Hickman. ...
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D DAngelo (born Michaela Eugene Archer on February 11, 1974 in Richmond, Virginia) is a Grammy Award winning American soul singer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. ...
Daft Punk is the collective name of Paris house musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974)[1] and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). ...
The Dandy Warhols is a psychedelic power pop band formed in Portland, Oregon by Courtney Taylor-Taylor (born Taylor) (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboard), Peter Leow (born Holmstrom) (guitar), and Eric Hedford (drums). ...
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Dashboard Confessional is an American band, led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Carrabba, from Boca Raton, Florida, USA. // Dashboard Confessional was started in 1999, as a side project from Chris Carrabbas venture with Florida rock band Further Seems Forever. ...
Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initialism DMB) is a United States rock band, originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991 by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dave Matthews. ...
Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. ...
Depeche Mode are an influential electronic band, who formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex, England. ...
Digable Planets is a New York City based alternative hip hop group composed of Ishmael Butterfly Butler (from New York), Craig Doodlebug Irving (from Philadelphia), and Mary Ann Ladybug Mecca Vieira (from Washington, D.C.). They were backed by Silkworm, who later embarked on a solo career under the name...
Disturbed is a rock band from Chicago, Illinois. ...
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Felicia Lynn (Fefe) Dobson (born February 28, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. ...
Dogs Eye View is an American rock band formed in 1994, best known for their 1995 Top 40 single Everything Falls Apart. The band constists of vocalist/gutairist Peter Stuart, bassist Mike Visceglia, drummer Neil Nunziato, cellist Dawn Buckhola and violinist Regina Ballantese. ...
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E Evanescence is a Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1998 by singer Amy Lee and former guitarist Ben Moody. ...
F Faith No More was an experimental alternative rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ...
Fastball is an American rock band that formed in Austin, Texas in the 1990s. ...
Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 by Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. ...
Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. ...
The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are an American alternative rock band. ...
The Folk Implosion was an American indie rock / lo-fi band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. ...
Fountains of Wayne is an American power pop/rock band, formed in 1995. ...
Forest for the Trees is the brainchild of Carl Stephenson, an electic producer known for his work with Beck. ...
For other uses, see Franz Ferdinand (disambiguation). ...
G This article is about the band Gin Blossoms; for the medical condition known by the term, see Rosacea. ...
For the Alice in Chains song, see God Smack (song). ...
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For the Gorillazs self-titled debut album, see Gorillaz (album). ...
This article is about the band Green Day. ...
H Not to be confused with Hanson Brothers or The Hanson Brothers. ...
Helmet is an American Post-Hardcore band formed in New York City by Page Hamilton (vocals/guitar) with Henry Bogdan (bass), Peter Mengede (guitar) and John Stanier (drums) in 1989. ...
This article is about the Swedish band. ...
I Incubus (IPA: /ɪÅkjubÉs/) is a five-piece American alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California. ...
J Janes Addiction was an American rock band featuring Perry Farrell (vocalist), Dave Navarro (guitarist), Eric Avery (bassist), and Stephen Perkins (percussionist). ...
Jimmies Chicken Shack is an American alternative rock band from Annapolis, Maryland. ...
Jimmy Eat World is an American emocore band from Mesa, Arizona, formed in 1993. ...
Junior Senior is a pop musical duo from Denmark. ...
K Kings X is an American rock band noted for its spiritual lyrics and sophisticated music (including vocal arrangements inspired by The Beatles). ...
Kittie is a Canadian alternative metal, all-women band from London, Ontario. ...
L Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley[1] (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian rock singer and musician. ...
The Lemonheads are an alternative rock band from the United States. ...
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Limp Bizkit (alternately written as limpbizkit) is a nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. ...
Linkin Park is a rock band from Agoura Hills, California. ...
Live (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with five)[2] (also typeset as LIVE) is an American alternative rock band from York, Pennsylvania, comprised of Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals and guitar), Chad Taylor (lead guitar), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass guitar) and Chad Gracey (drums). ...
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M For other uses, see John Mayer (disambiguation). ...
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were a ska-core band from Boston, Massachusetts (Bosstones being a play on Boston). They are credited, along with bands such as Operation Ivy and The Suicide Machines, with creating the ska-core genre, a form of ska punk that mixes to various degrees elements of...
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Mudvayne is an American metal band. ...
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Neds Atomic Dustbin is a British Grebo rock band that formed in Stourbridge in West Midlands, England in November 1987. ...
New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 from the remaining members of Joy DivisionâBernard Sumner (vocals, guitars, synthesizers), Peter Hook (bass, electronic drums), and Stephen Morris (drums, synthesizers). ...
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This article is about the American grunge band. ...
For other uses, see No Doubt (disambiguation). ...
O Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991. ...
For other uses, see Offspring (disambiguation). ...
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OutKast is a Grammy award winning American hip hop duo based out of East Point, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. ...
P Liz Phair (born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. ...
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Powerman 5000 are a Boston-based rock band formed in 1991. ...
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R R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Michael Stipe (vocals). ...
Radiohead is an English rock band that formed in Oxfordshire in 1986. ...
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Rancid is a punk band, formed in 1991 in Albany, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. ...
Lewis Reed[1] (born March 2, 1942) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ...
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ...
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Rocket From the Crypt was an American rock & roll/punk rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1990 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005. ...
S Screaming Trees was a musical group considered part of the grunge music movement of the early 1990s. ...
The Smiths were an English rock band active from 1982 to 1987. ...
The Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey. ...
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Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ...
Social Distortion (sometimes referred to as simply Social D) are an influential punk rock band formed in 1978 by frontman Mike Ness. ...
Soundgarden was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984. ...
Spacehog was a glam rock band from the 1990s and 2000s, heavily influenced by David Bowie, Queen, and T. Rex. ...
Static-X is an industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California, USA. Formed in 1994, they are signed to Warner Bros. ...
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Sublime was an American band that originated in Long Beach, California. ...
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They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh that formed in 1982. ...
The Toadies were a grunge rock band from Fort Worth, Texas. ...
Tool is an American rock band, formed during 1990 in Los Angeles, California, that consists of drummer Danny Carey, bassist Justin Chancellor, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. ...
Travis is a British band from Glasgow, comprising Fran Healy (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Dougie Payne (bass, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, keyboards, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion). ...
Trik Turner is a rapcore-alternative band founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 1999. ...
Best of Triumph DVD (2004) Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog is a puppet created and performed by Robert Smigel premiering in 1993 on NBCs Late Night with Conan OBrien. ...
Trust Company (also known as TRUSTcompany or TRUST*CO) is an American grunge band that started in the early 2000s. ...
U Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch band, celebrated as being one the most innovative and important music groups to come from The Netherlands. ...
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US3 is a jazz-rap group founded in London in 1991. ...
V The Vines are an Australian garage rock band notable for producing a raw musical hybrid of 60s rock and 90s alternative music. ...
W For the albums, see Weezer (1994 album) and Weezer (2001 album). ...
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White Zombie was an American band named after the 1932 film White Zombie, which starred Bela Lugosi. ...
For footballers with the same name, see Robbie Williams (footballer). ...
X XTC are an influential new wave band from Swindon, England. ...
Y The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a New York-based rock & roll band headed by lead singer Karen O. Other members are Brian Chase (drums) and Nick Zinner (guitars). ...
External links - MTV Official Buzzworthy Archive
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