“Something is happening to ABC TV screens tonight” said ABC in 1987.
In 1987 rage launched on ABC, now billed as the world’s longest running music series.
April 1987 also marked the same month as MTV Australia debuted as a late night program on Nine and two months after Video Hits on Network 10.
The first five music videos shown were “Weirdo Libido” by the Lime Spiders, “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)” by The Beastie Boys, “You Really Got Me” by The Kinks, “C’mon Every Beatbox” by Big Audio Dynamite and “Tonight, Tonight, Tonight” by Genesis.
In 2006 rage abandoned the weekly Top 50 clips, outraging fans who pleaded for it to be restored. But their cries fell on deaf -or defeaned- ears until it was restored in 2015.