MTV

MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Though its influence has waned considerably since the first decade of the 2000's, its music video programming has played a significant role in marketing music since the band's early days on Geffen Records.
==Relation to Weezer==
The channel is often credited with giving Weezer its first national exposure, particularly via their heavy promotion of the music videos for "Undone - The Sweater Song," "Buddy Holly," and "Say It Ain't So." "Buddy Holly," for example, won four awards at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, including prizes for Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Video. Conversely, the network showed comparatively tepid support to the "El Scorcho" video, with Karl Koch saying the video received "small play time" aside from 120 Minutes.Historic event: 08/??/1996
==MTV appearances by Weezer==
*1994 120 Minutes appearance
*August 6, 1995 120 Minutes appearance
*Weezer TV appearance: 06/02/2001 - MTV Movie Awards
*Weezer concert: 05/28/2001 (broadcast live on MTV2)
*Weezer TV appearance: 05/02/2011 - The Hard Times of RJ Berger
==Articles==
Date 	Title 	Author 	Archived link
August 18, 1997 	MTV interview with Weezer - August 18, 1997 	 	
April 10, 2001 	"Weezer Smoke 'Hash Pipe' Video With Siega" 	David Basham 	Archive via Wayback Machine
May 18, 2001 	"Weezer Drought Turns Into A Flood" 	Brian Hiatt 	Archive via Wayback Machine
May 29, 2001 	"Weezer Breeze Through 12 Demos For Next LP" 	Brian Hiatt 	Archive via Wayback Machine
June 6, 2001 	"Weezer Play Two New Songs In Times Square" 	Joe DAngelo 	Archive via Wayback Machine
June 7, 2001 	"Weezer: Gang Green" 	James Montgomery	The MTV archive of this is a broken link. --~~~~
July 19, 2001 	"'Island In The Sun' Video: Siega Proposes, Weezer Accept" 	Brian Hiatt 	Archive via Wayback Machine
March 7, 2002 	"Weezer Deliver New Songs, Then Head Back Into Studio For More" 	Jon Wiederhorn 	Archive via Wayback Machine
May 24, 2002 	"Weezer Hitting Sheds With Dashboard Confessional, Strokes" 	Corey Moss 	Archive via Wayback Machine
May 31, 2002 	"Foosball Wizards" 	Corey Moss 	Can't find any external links for this article --~~~~
February 11, 2003 	"Weezer Hitting Studio To Rework Old Songs, Record Covers" 	Jon Wiederhorn 	Archive via Wayback Machine
June 27, 2003 	"Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Helps AM Radio Dress For Success" 	Jon Wiederhorn 	Archive via Wayback Machine
March 5, 2004 	"Bad Behavior, Kitchen Sessions On New Weezer DVD, Reissue" 	Gideon Yago 	Archive via Wayback Machine
March 23, 2004 	"Weezer's Rivers Cuomo A Wellspring Of Songs, Rick Rubin Says" 	Corey Moss 	Archive via Wayback Machine
October 25, 2004 	"The Argument: Weezer are the Most Important Band of the Last 10 Years" 	James Montgomery	Can't find any external links for this article --~~~~
March 1, 2005 	"Weezer Party At Playboy Mansion For "Beverly Hills" Video" 	James Montgomery	Archive via Wayback Machine
March 24, 2005 	"Weezer Not Exactly in Their Element At Playboy Mansion" 	James Montgomery	Archive via Wayback Machine
April 6, 2005 	"Weezer Album Preview: Wailing Guitars And New-Wave Ballads" 	James Montgomery	Archive via Wayback Machine
September 9, 2005 	"Weezer, Foos Bring Arena-Rock Spectacle To Foozer (WeeFighters?) Tour Kickoff"	James Montgomery	Archive via Wayback Machine
September 13, 2005	"Are Weezer Calling It Quits?" 	James Montgomery	Archive via Wayback Machine
July 11, 2006 	"Rivers Cuomo Says Weezer Are 'Done' For Now — Again" 	James Montgomery	Archive via Wayback Machine
==Releases==
*MTV 120 Minutes Live - 1998
==See also==
*Rolling Stone
*Pitchfork
*KROQ
==External links==
*Official website
==References==
Category:MTV
Category:Music criticism