If you grew up in the ’80s and ’90, MTV’s 120 Minutes was one of the best ways to discover new alternative / indie music. For most of its original run (1986 – 2000), the show aired Sunday nights from midnight – 2 AM, and had a few different hosts throughout the years, including Kevin Seal, Brit Dave Kendal, Lewis Largent, Matt Pinfield, and Jim Shearer.
As noted by the blog Slicing Up Eyeballs (whose name is a reference to 120 Minutes‘ iconic opening credits), YouTube user Chris Reynolds has put together a playlist he says features every video that ever aired on the show. The playlist features 2,512 videos, ranging from mid-’80s standards The Smiths, Depeche Mode, R.E.M., The Replacements, The Cure, New Order, Cocteau Twins, The The, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Love & Rockets, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Pixies to Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, The Breeders, Bjork, Dead Milkmen, Social Distortion, Oasis, Blur, Pulp,…and thousands more.
