ON THIS DATE IN 1981, THE WORLD OF MUSIC WAS FOREVER CHANGED…IT WENT FROM BEING A PURELY AUDIO PLATFORM TO A VISUAL ONE AS WELL WITH THE LAUNCH OF MUSIC TELEVISION…MTV! THERE HAD BEEN MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO LAUNCH MUSIC VIDOE TV CHANNELS THROUGH THE 1970’S WITHOUT SUCCESS…AND WITH IT BEING A NEW CONCEPT, THE MUSIC VIDEOS ON THE EARLY ITERATION OF MTV WERE A MIXED BAG! NOT MANY ARTISTS HAD VIDEOS AND MANY COULDN’T BE BOTHERED WITH WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A PASSING FANCY, BUT MTV CHANGED THE GAME MAKING MUSIC VIDEOS KEY TO THE MARKETING SUCCESS FOR MUSICIANS WORLD WIDE! ON DAY ONE, THE CHANNEL WAS KICKED OFF WITH THE LITTLE KNOWN BAND THE BUGGLES WITH THEIR TONGUE IN CHEEK SINGLE, VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR. BUT WHAT WAS THE FIRST HEAVY METAL VIDEO TO MAKE THE MTV PLAYLIST? THAT NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT GOES TO AN EMERGING BAND ON DAY ONE…IRON MAIDEN…THEY TOOK THE 16TH SPOT THAT FIRST DAY, ODDLY SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN ROD STEWART AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS’ OWN, REO SPEEDWAGON…IRON MAIDEN TOOK THE 35TH SPOT AS WELL THAT FIRST DAY HELPING TO LAUNCH THEM INTO THE MAINSTREAM AND THAT IS WHY TODAY’S REWIND IS IRON MAIDEN’S 1982 SINGLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IF IT WEREN’T FOR MTV…RUN FOR THE HILLS, IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 1057THE X IN THE 5 OCLOCK FREAKOUT SPONSORED BY SIREN TATTOO STUDIOS!
