Category: 120 Minutes Rewind

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Watch a Downtown Julie Brown-hosted episode from 1987

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Watch a Downtown Julie Brown-hosted episode from 1987

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present (most of) the episode that aired March 15, 1987 — almost exactly a year after the show debuted, and when it was still hosted by rotating VJs. In this case, Downtown Julie Brown, better known as the host of “Club MTV,” handled those duties.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Checking in with Nine Inch Nails at Lollapalooza 1991

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Checking in with Nine Inch Nails at Lollapalooza 1991

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we flash back to 1991 for this segment from a stop on the first Lollapalooza tour, which finds host Dave Kendall chatting up Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Richard Patrick (who’d go on to front Filter).

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Kurt Loder puts Social Distortion under the '120 X-Ray' in 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kurt Loder puts Social Distortion under the ‘120 X-Ray’ in 1990

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we drop in on a “120 X-Ray” segment from 1990 on SoCal punk mainstays Social Distortion that’s narrated by the MTV News godfather himself: Kurt Loder. Bandleader Mike Ness is interviewed about Social D’s new self-titled album and more.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Dave Kendall eulogizes The Smiths following band's 1987 break-up

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Dave Kendall eulogizes The Smiths following band’s 1987 break-up

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we turn to a September 1987 episode that features the show’s creator and producer Dave Kendall eulogizing the The Smiths upon their breakup following the release of Strangeways, Here We Come. Check out the whole thing right here.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Red Hot Chili Peppers light up the '120 X-Ray' in 1989

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Red Hot Chili Peppers light up the ‘120 X-Ray’ in 1989

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present this “120 X-Ray” segment from 1989 that focuses on the Red Hot Chili Peppers, pre-megastardom. The band had just released its fourth album and the segment leads into the world premiere of the “Knock Me Down” video.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Peter Murphy co-hosts, swears off Bauhaus reunion in 1992

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Peter Murphy co-hosts, swears off Bauhaus reunion in 1992

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we present 20 minutes of footage from the May 3, 1992, episode that was co-hosted by Peter Murphy to mark the release of his then-new solo album Holy Smoke. Murphy chats with Dave Kendall about the recording of the album.

'120 Minutes' Rewind: Pale Saints discuss 'The Comforts of Madness' in 1990

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Pale Saints discuss ‘The Comforts of Madness’ in 1990

For this week’s installment of “120 Minutes” Rewind, we check in with late-’80s/early-’90s dreampop act Pale Saints, who appeared on the show in 1990 to discuss their debut on 4AD, The Comfort of Madness. The group, led by Ian Masters, also discuss covering a song by Opal.