MTV Unplugged

MTV Unplugged adalah seri musik yang ditayangkan MTV, menampilkan musisi terkenal memainkan alat musik akustik. Musisi rock pertama yang muncul secara unplugged di MTV adalah Jethro Tull pada 17 November 1987, tetapi waktu itu acaranya belum diberi nama. XTC melakukan hal serupa pada Mei 1989. Jon Bon Jovi dan Richie Sambora memainkan "Livin' On A Prayer" dan "Wanted Dead or Alive" secara akustik pada 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. Reaksi positif terhadap penampilan ini membuat MTV mengembangkan seri MTV Unplugged.

Daftar artis yang telah muncul dalam MTV Unplugged

Season 1 (1989-1990)

• Squeeze, Syd Straw, dan Elliot Easton - National Video Center, NYC, 31 Oktober 1989
• The Smithereens dan Graham Parker - National Video Center, NYC, Desember 13th, 1989
• 10,000 Maniacs dan Michael Penn - National Video Center, NYC, Desember 13th, 1989
• The Alarm dan Nuclear Valdez - National Video Center, NYC, Desember 14th, 1989
• Joe Walsh dan Dr. John - National Video Center, NYC, Desember 14th, 1989 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged (Joe Walsh))
• Stevie Ray Vaughan dan Joe Satriani - National Video Center, NYC, Januari 30th, 1990
• Michelle Shocked dan Indigo Girls - National Video Center, NYC, Januari 30th, 1990
• Sinéad O'Connor dan The Church - National Video Center, NYC, Januari 30th, 1990
• Don Henley - Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, Maret 30th 1990
• Great White dan Damn Yankees - Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, Maret 30th 1990
• Crowded House dan Tim Finn - Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, Maret 30th 1990
• Hall & Oates - Chelsea Studios, NYC, Mei 17th, 1990
• Elton John - Chelsea Studios, NYC, Mei 17th, 1990
• Aerosmith - Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, Agustus 11th, 1990
• Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) - Ed Sullivan Theatre, NYC, Agustus 11th, 1990
• Ratt dan Vixen - Ed Sullivan Theatre, NYC, Agustus 11th, 1990
• The Black Crowes dan Tesla - National Video Center, NYC, November 19th, 1990
• The Allman Brothers Band - National Video Center, NYC, November 19th, 1990
• Poison - National Video, NYC, November 19th, 1990

Season 2 (1991)

• The Cure - London Limehouse TV Studios, London, Januari 24, 1991
• Winger dan Slaughter - National Video Center, NYC, Maret 5th, 1991
• Paul McCartney - London Limehouse TV Studios, London, Januari 25, 1991 (lihat juga Unplugged (The Official Bootleg))
• Sting - National Video Center, NYC, Maret 5th, 1991
• R.E.M. - Chelsea Studios, NYC, April 10th, 1991 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged: R.E.M. (1991))
• Yo! Unplugged Rap: LL Cool J, MC Lyte, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest dan Pop's Cool Love - Chelsea Studios, NYC, April 10th 1991
• Elvis Costello - Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, Juni 3rd, 1991

Season 3 (1992)

• Eric Clapton - Bray Film Studios, Windsor, England, Januari 16th, 1992 (lihat juga Unplugged (Eric Clapton album))
• R&B Unplugged: Boyz II Men, Shanice dan Joe Public - Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, Maret 16th, 1992
• Mariah Carey with Trey Lorenz - Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, Maret 16th, 1992 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged (EP))
• Pearl Jam - Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, Maret 16th, 1992
• Paul Simon - Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, Maret 4th, 1992
• Queensrÿche - Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, April 27th, 1992
• John Mellencamp - Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, April 27th, 1992
• Annie Lennox - Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 3rd, 1992
• Eurythmics - Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 5th, 1992
• Bruce Springsteen - Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, September 22nd, 1992 (lihat juga In Concert/MTV Plugged)

Season 4 (1993)

• Roxette - Stockholm Circus, Sweden, February 13th, 1993
• Arrested Development - Ed Sullivan Theatre, NYC, Desember 17th, 1992
• Neil Young - Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 7th, 1993 (lihat juga Unplugged (Neil Young album))
• Denis Leary - Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 6th, 1993
• k.d. lang - Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, Desember 16th, 1992
• Rod Stewart with Ron Wood - Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 5th, 1993
• Uptown Unplugged: Jodeci, Father MC, Mary J. Blige, Christopher Williams dan Heavy D - Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 6th, 1993
• 10,000 Maniacs - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 21st, 1993 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged (10,000 Maniacs album))
• Soul Asylum - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 21st, 1993
• Midnight Oil - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 20st, 1993
• Spoken Word I: 99, Maggie Estep, Barry Yourgrau, Reg E. Gaines, Bob Holman, Edwin Torres dan Henry Rollins - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 20st, 1993
• Duran Duran - Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17th, 1993
• Nirvana - Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 18th, 1993 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged in New York)

Season 5 (1994)

• Stone Temple Pilots - Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17th, 1993
• Tony Bennett - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 12th, 1994
• Spoken Word II: MC Lyte, Toby Huss, Bahiyyih Maroon, Eric Bogosian, Matthew Courtney, Hal Sirowitz, Gil Scott-Heron, Larry McDonald dan Wanda Phipps - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 13th, 1994
• Spoken Word III: Max Blagg, Danny Hoch, Maggie Estep, Jim Carroll, John S. Hall dan Paul Beatty - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 13th, 1994
• Björk - New York City, November 7th 1994
• Lenny Kravitz - Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 14th, 1994
• Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Miami, September 29th, 1994
• Page and Plant - London Studios, London, England, Agustus 25th-26th, 1994 (lihat juga No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded)
• Bob Dylan - Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17th-18th, 1994 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged (Bob Dylan album))

Season 6 (1995)

• Melissa Etheridge dengan Bruce Springsteen - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, 15 Februari 1995
• Hole - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, 14 Februari 1995
• The Cranberries - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, 14 Februari 1995
• Live - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, 15 Februari 1995
• Sheryl Crow - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, 15 Februari 1995
• Charly García - Miami, 28 April 1995
• Herbert Grönemeyer - Studio Babelsberg, Berlin, Jerman, 14 Mei 1995
• Café Tacuba - Miami, 15 Mei 1995
• Los Caifanes - Miami, 28 Juni 1995
• Los Tres - Miami, 14 September 1995
• KISS - Sony Music Studios, NYC, 8 Agustus 1995
• Chris Isaak - Sony Music Studios, NYC, 9 Juni 1995

Season 7 (1996)

• Hootie & the Blowfish - The Horshoe, Columbia, South Carolina, 19 April 1996
• Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas - Miami, 26 April 1996
• Alice in Chains - Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 10 April 1996
• Seal - Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 9 April 1996
• Soda Stereo dengan Andrea Echeverri - Miami, 12 Maret 1996
• Tori Amos - Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 11 April 1996
• Oasis - Royal Festival Hall, 23 Agustus 1996
• Maldita Vecindad - MTV Studios, Miami, 12 Oktober 1996

Season 8 (1997)

• Maxwell - New York, 15 Juni 1997
• The Wallflowers - Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, Mei 1997
• Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine Tour
• BLACKstreet - Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, 3 September 1997
• Aterciopelados - Miami, 7 September 1997
• Erykah Badu - (ditayangkan 18 November 1997)
• Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds dengan Eric Clapton dan Stevie Wonder - New York City, 18 Oktober 1997
• Bryan Adams - Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, 26 September 1997
• Jewel - Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, 24 Juni 1997
• Santa Sabina - Miami Broadcast Center, Miami, Florida, 2 April 1997

Season 9 (1998)

• Björk (Live 'n' Loud) - MTV Studios, New York, February 22nd, 1998

Season 10 (1999)

• Maná - Miami, Maret 10th, 1999
• The Corrs - Ardmore Studios Co. Wicklow, Ireland, Agustus 10th, 1999 (lihat juga The Corrs Unplugged)
• Alanis Morissette (lihat juga Alanis Unplugged)
• Shakira - Manhattan Center Studios, New York, Agustus 12th, 1999 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged (Shakira album))

Season 11 (2000)

• Jay-Z dengan The Roots (lihat juga Jay-Z: Unplugged)

Season 12 (2001)

• La Ley - Miami Broadcast Center, 28 Juni 2001
• Los Ratones Paranoicos - MTV studios, Miami, 11 Maret 1998
• Staind - Mohegan Sun's Cabaret Theatre, Uncasville, Connnecticut, 16 Juli 2001 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged (Staind DVD))
• R.E.M. - MTV studios, NYC, Mei 21st, 2001 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged: R.E.M. (2001))
• Alejandro Sanz - Gusman Center, Miami, Oktober 9th, 2001
• Utada Hikaru - Tennouzu Studio, Tokio, Japan, Juni 21st, 2001

Season 13 (2002)

• Die Ärzte - Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, Hamburg, Jerman
• Dashboard Confessional - MTV Studios, April 24th, 2002 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged 2.0)
• Lauryn Hill - MTV Studios, NYC, July 21st 2002 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged No. 2.0)

Season 14 (2003)

• Die Fantastischen Vier - Stalactite cave in the Sauerland, Jerman, September, 20th, 2000

Season 15 (2004)

• Luis Alberto Spinetta - Miami, April 19th, 1997
• Diego Torres - Miami, 2004

Season 16 (2005)

• Hitomi Yaida - Tokyo FM, Tokyo, Japan, April 24th, 2005
• Queens of the Stone Age - SilverWings, Berlin, Jerman, Juni 10th, 2005
• Alicia Keys - Brooklyn Academy Of Music, NY, July 14th, 2005 (lihat juga Unplugged (Alicia Keys album))
• Die Toten Hosen - Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria, September 1st-2nd, 2005

Season 17 (2006)

• Ricky Martin - Miami, Agustus 17th, 2006 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged (Ricky Martin album))
• Korn (bintang tamu Amy Lee dari Evanescence dan Robert Smith dan Simon Gallup dari The Cure) - MTV Studios, NYC, Desember 9th, 2006 (lihat juga MTV Unplugged: Korn)

Season 18 (2007)

• Bon Jovi
• The Police
• Mary J. Blige
• Kenny Chesney
• John Mayer

Rujukan

1. . Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2007-09-27. Diakses tanggal 2007-09-20. 
2. Island Records (2007-05-31). “Unplugged” Specials with The Police, Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney, Mary J. Blige and John Mayer to Break Out Across MTV, VH1 and CMT. Siaran pers. Diakses pada 2007-06-28.^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]}
3. http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN3121196620070601

Pranala luar

• Situs resmi
• TV.com 2008-07-09 di Wayback Machine. Daftar episode MTV Unplugged