Geoff Downes (far left) and Trevor Horn (far right) with Spanish host Xarli Diego on the show Caspe Street in 1980
Background information
Origin
Wimbledon, London, England
Genres
New wave[1]
synth-pop[2]
art pop[3]
progressive pop[4]
Years active
1977–1982
1998
2004
2010
2011
2023–present
Labels
Island
Carrere
ZTT[5]
Sony Music Entertainment
Members
Trevor Horn
Past members
Geoff Downes
Bruce Woolley
The Buggles are an English new wave band formed in London in 1977 by singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes. They are best known for their 1979 debut single "Video Killed the Radio Star", which topped the UK Singles Chart and reached number one in 15 other countries and was chosen as the song to launch MTV in 1981.
The duo released their first album, The Age of Plastic, in January 1980. On 7 September 1979 "Video Killed the Radio Star" was released, being the lead single of the album. Soon after the album's release, Horn and Downes joined the progressive rock band Yes, recording and releasing Drama in the process. Following a tour to promote the album, Yes disbanded in 1981. That same year, on 1 August, the music video for "Video Killed the Radio Star" became the first ever shown on MTV in the United States. The following year, the Buggles released a second album, Adventures in Modern Recording. Its lack of commercial success led to the breakup of the group.
Since 1998, Horn and Downes have occasionally performed the Buggles' songs. The band had its debut tour in 2023 in a lineup with Horn, but without Downes.
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^Long, Pat (2012). The History of the NME: High times and low lives at the world's most famous music magazine. Pavilion Books. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-907554-77-3.
^Plagenhoef, Scott (5 October 2003). "Belle and Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^"The Outer Limits: How prog were Buggles?" Archived 29 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine. TeamRock. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
^The Buggles Archived 25 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. ZTT.com. Accessed on 23 July 2013.
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