Buzz Bin

MTV's Buzz Bin was a select group of music videos by up and coming artists and bands that the network deemed buzz worthy, cutting edge, or the next big thing. As such, the selected videos received heavy rotation on the channel, and were also featured in special promotional commercials that highlighted the latest Buzz Bin selections.

The Buzz Bin began in 1987, and despite a popular misconception, it featured artists and bands from all genres of music (not just Alternative rock or Modern Rock acts, although those were the majority). Many music industry trade publications have noted the direct effect Buzz Bin selection has had on album sales, with some sources stating that upwards of 70% of the selected acts have gone on to achieve RIAA Gold Certification or better. Buzz Bin ended in 2004 and was split in half into MTV's "Discover and Download" and VH1's "You Oughta Know"

MTV released two compilation CDs of Buzz Bin tracks, on Mammoth Records.

Artists featured in the Buzz Bin

#

* 311

A

* AFI
* Alice in Chains
* Arrested Development
* At the Drive-In
* Audioslave

B

* The Beastie Boys
* Better Than Ezra
* Big Audio Dynamite
* Bjork
* Black Eyed Peas
* Blind Melon
* Blur
* Brand New
* Brand New Heavies
* The Breeders
* Tracy Bonham
* Bush
* Joe Budden

C

* Cake
* The Cardigans
* Vanessa Carlton
* The Chemical Brothers
* Coheed and Cambria
* Coldplay
* Cornershop
* Counting Crows
* Cracker
* The Cranberries
* Crash Test Dummies
* The Cure

D

* D'Angelo
* Daft Punk
* Dandy Warhols
* Danzig
* The Darkness
* Dashboard Confessional
* Dave Matthews Band
* Deftones
* Depeche Mode
* Digable Planets
* Disturbed
* The Divinyls
* Drowning Pool
* Fefe Dobson
* Dog's Eye View
* Bob Dylan

E

* Evanescence
* Everclear

F

* Faith No More
* Fastball
* Filter
* Fiona Apple
* The Flaming Lips
* Folk Implosion
* Fountains of Wayne
* Forest for the Trees
* Franz Ferdinand
* Frente

G

* Garbage
* Gin Blossoms
* Godsmack
* Goo Goo Dolls
* Gorillaz
* Green Day

H

* Hanson
* Happy Mondays
* Helmet
* The Hives
* Hole

I

* Incubus

J

* Jane's Addiction
* Jimmie's Chicken Shack
* Jimmy Eat World
* Junior Senior

K

* King's X
* Kittie

L

* Avril Lavigne
* Letters To Cleo
* The Lemonheads
* Len
* Limp Bizkit
* Linkin Park
* Live
* Lit
* Love and Rockets

M

* John Mayer
* Mazzy Star
* Midnight Oil
* Mighty Mighty Bosstones
* Alanis Morissette
* Mudvayne

N

* Nada Surf
* Ned's Atomic Dustbin
* New Order
* The New Radicals
* Nine Inch Nails
* Nirvana
* No Doubt

O

* Oasis
* The Offspring
* Orgy
* Outkast

P

* Liz Phair
* The Pixies
* Portishead
* Powerman 5000
* The Presidents of the United States of America
* Primitive Radio Gods
* Public Image Ltd.

R

* R.E.M.
* Radiohead
* Rage Against The Machine
* Rammstein
* Rancid
* Lou Reed
* Red Hot Chili Peppers
* The Refreshments
* The Rentals
* The Replacements
* Rocket From the Crypt

* Screaming Trees
* Semisonic
* The Smiths
* The Smithereens
* Squirrel Nut Zippers
* Sonic Youth
* Social Distortion
* Soundgarden
* The Soup Dragons
* Spacehog
* Static-X
* Stone Temple Pilots
* Story of the Year
* The Strokes
* Sublime
* Superdrag
* System of a Down

T

* Taproot
* Temple of the Dog
* They Might Be Giants
* The Toadies
* Toad the Wet Sprocket
* Tool
* Travis
* Trik Turner
* Tripping Daisy
* Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
* TRUSTcompany

U

* Urban Dance Squad
* Urge Overkill
* Us3

V

* Veruca Salt
* The Vines

W

* The Wallflowers
* Weezer
* Kanye West
* The White Stripes
* White Trash
* White Zombie
* Robbie Williams

X

* XTC

Y

* Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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