MTV Buzz Bin: Volume 1 - The Zen of Buzz Clips: From a Guy Named Buzz

Also the late drummer of Hanoi Rocks.

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I fucking hate vince neil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SfE592gzSI

interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0idrwhYJZk

i totally get some dude's point - saying "buzz bins were bought by record labels and given to already popular bands" doesn't contradict that the Cranberries already received and could expect plenty of MTV airtime by "Zombie" and most of the groups given buzz bin nods didn't.

that said, i've been accused of selective memory and long-held, judgment-clouding ilx beef by aero before, too, so i can't be trusted.

tbh I prefer waygu beeg

uhhhhh beeF

my typing is horribad today

some dude and aero are both otm in a way

i mean, clearly, that Buzz Bin was 80% "new artists" made to give the thing cred and 20% "alt-leaning already-popular things" so people had some reference point for why they were seeing the Eels on TV.

yeah, that 94 ad you posted has only two real mtv 'breakthrough' vids (weezer and dino jr), a follow-up to a hit (offspring) and a 'wtf they're already huge' way more absurd than the cranberries (beasties). so yeah, by "zombie" the brand had been diluted.

i totally get some dude's point - saying "buzz bins were bought by record labels and given to already popular bands" doesn't contradict that the Cranberries already received and could expect plenty of MTV airtime by "Zombie" and most of the groups given buzz bin nods didn't.

― da croupier, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:03 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that said, i've been accused of selective memory and long-held, judgment-clouding ilx beef by aero before, too, so i can't be trusted.

― da croupier, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:04 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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i'm not even sure that "feel the pain" was dino's first appearance in the buzz bin. for all i know that video where j snowboards briefly lived in the bin as well

clearly, that Buzz Bin was 80% "new artists"

I'm not even sure this is true of the options being polled

"Zombie" and to a lesser, Beavis-fueled extent "More Human Than Human" are the only songs on the comp I wouldn't pick as the band's buzz bin breakthrough, with respect to "Sex Type Thing".

actually I think I saw Cracker's "Happy Birthday To Me" a couple times after school, though "Low" definitely crossed over harder than that or "Teen Angst"

Cracker, Gin Blossoms, Danzig, the Cranberries - these were not "new" acts in any way

look at you, flaunting your hip by saying you knew the gin blossoms from way back

i was surprised later on to see that "Start Choppin'" had peaked higher on Billboard a year earlier than "Feel The Pain," since the latter seemed like a semi-big hit because of the video while i never really heard the former outside the parent album

Shakey, we're talking about songs bands broke through on MTV with, that you and your hipster buds were jamming to Dusted years before is kind of irrelevant

just fyi I have never listened to the Gin Blossoms

but had you heard of them before "Hey Jealousy"?

The grunge pedal is now made by digitech the parent company of dod and can be yours for 49.95 please do not all rush into the store at once

Uh oh does that count as deploying inside knowledge in a condescending way

will it give me the DGC sound? Because I want the DGC sound.

def heard "Stop Choppin'" more often on college radio than "Feel the Pain"

lol jj

there must be some difference between mtv and college radio, let me think real hard

The grunge pedal is only trumped by the death metal pedal which was specifically designed not to have a knob to turn the amount of distortion down from the "all of it all the time" setting

Whiney hedged his bets by putting "new artists" in quotes, not sure what criteria is being used to designate "new" tbh

I have no memory of when I first became aware of the Gin Blossoms. It's possible it was earlier (Request Video - respeck knuckles) but I don't really remember.

xp

there must be some difference between mtv and college radio, let me think real hard

― ffun. (Whiney G. Weingarten),

how's that going for you

lol oh god i very much remember seeing 'hey jealousy' on mtv late at night and being like 'whoa awesome who was that!!"

Whiney hedged his bets by putting "new artists" in quotes, not sure what criteria is being used to designate "new" tbh

I have no memory of when I first became aware of the Gin Blossoms. It's possible it was earlier (Request Video - respeck knuckles) but I don't really remember.

xp

― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:56 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Of course I mean, "new to MTV" stop being an Algerian Goalkeeper about this

stop being so defensive, whiney! You know these threads are often an excuse to discuss other related maters.

"new to MTV" = 120 Minutes and Headbanger's Ball don't count...?

you hipster, of course your hipster ghettos don't count

Headbanger's Ball was a hipster ghetto?

how heavy are those goalposts btw

you're out of your element, shakey. that element being mtv has known to kids who didn't get to stay up late on school nights.

as known

lol oh god i very much remember seeing 'hey jealousy' on mtv late at night and being like 'whoa awesome who was that!!"

This reminds me of when I heard and enjoyed "Hey Hey What Can I Say" on that Led Zep tribute album, Encomium and then rushed out to buy the Hootie and the Blowfish album. Um.

Shakey gtfo of this thread

hahahaha deric

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

xp IIRC Weezer was a buzz clip at least 3 times (Sweater, Buddy Holly and El Scorcho)

also in 1994 lots of kids (like me) were dumb and didnt know any dinosaur jr songs until "feel the pain"

whether it was a corporate scheme or not, it exposed people to decent music they wouldnt have heard otherwise.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

There's an odd double bill. If I never hear the Gin Blossoms again it will still be too soon.

Apparently Hey Man Nice Shot is way worse than either Zombie or WWYS

i figured g.bloss would landslide so i switched my vote to danzig at the last second.

thank you.