Last week, news broke that after nearly 40 years of broadcasting, MTV will be shutting down all of its music channels across Europe on New Year’s Eve. While this isn’t particularly surprising to hear, for those of a certain age, it’s a sad moment.
For those of us that can remember its heyday, MTV played a pivotal role in helping many of us discover the music that we went on to love. I didn’t grow up with satellite television, so it was always during trips to my friends' houses that I would get the chance to experience MTV live. I still vividly recall a half-term break watching MTV for hours, where in between videos by the likes of Take That and Michael Jackson, they casually chucked in Alice in Chains’ Again promo.
