What It Was Really Like To Be The First Music Video On MTV

These days, The Buggles are a trivia question. Any MTV fan knows that the first video that aired when the network debuted in 1981 was The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star," but most people don't know much about them beyond that. It's a shame, because the history of the band leading up to and following the song's success is a fascinating one, and there were even two versions of "Radio Star" competing against each other on the radio at the time. Let's take a look at the details of what it was really like for The Buggles to have the very first music video on MTV.