MTV RIP, Part Two: Fall of the House of Nouveaux

As I mentioned before, a lot of bands that appeared on MTV were a complete mystery to a kid in Niles, Ohio, and though I've expanded my musical tastes and depth of knowledge since those days, some of the bands remain a complete mystery.
Take, for instance, Classix Nouveaux. Aside from the video below and the fact that they've got an incredibly pretentious name, I know nothing about them. Sure, a simple trip to Wikipedia could probably explain everything, but be honest -- isn't the mystery of a barely remembered video much better than the reality of an actual band?
So here's the video. It played constantly back in those early MTV days and became so well known among the student body of Niles McKinley High School that one afternoon, when we were for some reason herded into the auditorium and shown Roger Corman's "Fall of the House of Usher," a classmate of mine started singing "Guilty, guilty you found me ...." at the top of his lungs when a scene in the movie slightly resembled a scene in the video.

Coming up next: The video that made my mom turn off the TV.
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Published on August 07, 2011 12:23
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