Word: airplay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...circuit, appeared at local clubs and concocted a local video rap show. When they cut their first single, Public Enemy No. 1, in early 1987, their sound was already incendiary. Their first album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show, sold 400,000 copies later that same year without benefit of airplay. Each succeeding record displayed new fire and fresh momentum, culminating in Fight the Power, which soared up the singles charts in the summer of 1989 and became the signature song in Do the Right Thing...
Most metal bands still must rely on concerts and word of mouth to sell records. "It's a cultlike audience," says Geoff Mayfield, director of retail research for Billboard. "A record like Metallica can sell without airplay and without MTV. So there is a voracious appetite...
WHRB will kick off the celebration of its 50 years of radio airplay tonight, remembering some of its highlights--the appearance of unconventional rock bands such as the Screaming Custard, interviews with celebrities such as Winston Churchill, and the origins of its famous music orgies...
...Dave Herlihy and his band, O-Positive, are far from the fringe. After years of playing the local club scene, the band recently released their first album with Epic Records, and this week opened for Sinead O'Connor concerts at Great Woods. Now, with their first video getting airplay on MTV, O-Positive seems on the verge of making the big breakthrough to the elusive Mainstream...
...than the rule. They are the band that struggled for years as a local favorite, with little or no recognition on the national scene. With the release of their second album on an independent label, they earned a loyal following. They were able to channel this support into radio airplay--first on college stations and then on commercial stations. Soon O-Positive broke into the mainstream in a way few of today's mass-produced, pre-fabricated pop stars...