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About The Buggles
Hometown
Wimbledon, London, England
Formed
1977
Genre
Pop
The short-lived New Wave duo The Buggles made history on August 1, 1981, when their technophobic 1979 hit “Video Killed the Radio Star” became the first-ever video played on MTV.
• Singer and bassist Trevor Horn met keyboardist Geoff Downes in the late ’70s when both were working as session musicians. They formed The Buggles soon after.
• “Video Killed the Radio Star” was their debut single. It went No. 1 in the UK in September 1979, about two years before its historic moment on MTV.
• The group’s 1980 debut LP, The Plastic Age, is a concept album about the perils of technology.
• While working on their second album, both Buggles members joined the legendary prog-rock band Yes, replacing Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman for their 1980 album Drama.
• Downes then left the Buggles to form the supergroup Asia, leaving Horn to finish recording the second (and final) Buggles album, Adventures in Modern Recording, released in 1981.
• Horn went on to become a superstar producer whose credits include ABC, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and Pet Shop Boys. In 1996, Horn won a Record of the Year Grammy for his work on Seal’s “Kiss From a Rose.”
Members of The Buggles include, or have included, Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, Bruce Woolley, John Sinclair, and Simon Darlow.
Influenced by The BugglesThe Buggles has influenced the music of Don Bjorn, P1C0L3, Cosmic Wizard Chimp and more.
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