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...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...
...1960s he was pictured on a top-selling poster sitting on a toilet. In the '70s he penned the foul-mouthed rock classic Don't Eat the Yellow Snow. Small wonder, then, that the iconoclastic musician Frank Zappa has had a hard time getting mainstream airplay. But the times they are a-changin', and Financial News Network is betting the cult hero is ready for prime time. This week Zappa debuts as guest host on FNN: Focus, an interview show. As his opening topic, Zappa will explore opportunities for U.S. businesses in the Soviet Union. The 49-year-old renegade...
While previous Martin rehirings received national news airplay, the stock market crash and attacks on Iran prevented the networks from engaging in what would have been a rather inappropriate sidelight into the vagaries of the national pastime...
Exposure on MTV can still have substantial impact. The success of such currently hot groups as Bon Jovi and Poison is largely traceable to the saturation airplay given their videos on MTV. One popular band, Journey, last year opted not to produce a video to go with its new album. But when sales lagged, the group released one belatedly, and business promptly picked up. "There's no doubt that its impact has leveled off," says Gil Friesen, president of A&M Records. "But if MTV weren't to survive, someone else would come along and reinvent...
...think the video is brilliant," said David Salidor, publicist for Critique Records. He said he was "absolutely sure" that MTV would accept the video for airplay...