MTV

MTV's golden era delivered some of the most memorable music videos ever created.

Twenty-year-old Kurt Jefferis was on head trauma medication when he won MTV ‘Lost Weekend’ contest and spent two nights with the band.

Producer Dick Clark had to be tackled to stop him from running onstage during Clay's notorious set at the 1989 VMAs.

They took place in 1984.

Disastrous performance led to guitarist C.C. DeVille's firing.

Plenty of controversial, memorable and influential things happened before they stopped focusing on music.

Determined to get his band heavy exposure, Mark Knopfler borrowed ideas from one of the network's biggest acts.

Rapper joins band for renditions of “Dream On” and “Toys in the Attic” at awards ceremony.

Celebrating the 36th anniversary of a television network seems odd, but this is not just any network.

On April 18, 1987, Headbangers Ball premiered on MTV.