Capitalized black text above a black and white photograph of Rachel Sweet wearing a suit jacket, collared shirt, and tie, all on a white background.  

Rachel Sweet is an American singer and actress whose career began at age six. By age twelve, she was opening for Bill Cosby in Las Vegas. Throughout the 70's and 80's she released four records before stepping away from show business to earn a degree from Columbia University in French and English literature. Shortly after, she recorded songs for John Waters' ​Cry-Baby and Hairspray as well as the theme song for Clarissa Explains it All. 

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Punk rock is a type/genre of music that started in the mid-1970's involving high-tempo, aggressive forms of music.

Image of the classic PiL logo: the red capital letters, P & L, are on a white background, while the white lower case letter, i, is on a red background.  Half of the image is vertically bordered by red.

After the breakup of the British punk rock band, Sex Pistols, singer John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) formed the avant-garde rock band Public Image Ltd in 1978.  Known for fusing multiple musical styles and influencing a generation of musicians; its original lineup was John Lydon, Keith Levene, Jah Wobble and Jim Walker.  John Lydon named the band after Muriel Spark’s novel, The Public Image.  Famed photographer Dennis Morris designed the PiL (aspirin) logo.  In 2013, Lydon received the BMI Icon Award for Songwriting.

Pete Townshend with his face between two guitar necks like jail bars on a white background with blue text above and Video EP in blue near the stop with its logo going from left to right.

Pete Townshend is a British musician, singer and songwriter best known for playing guitar in the band The Who. Townshend has also had a sucessful solo career, releasing 7 albums between 1972 and 1993.

This button promotes the 1982 video release of a 30 minute film that originally aired on MTV.  The film featured videos for songs from Townshend's 4th solo album 'All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes,' released in the same year.

Photograph of Ozzy Osbourne with his mouth agape, yelling.  Image is c. 1981, from the Diary of a Madman album.  

Ozzy Osbourne is an English rock star, song writer and television star known for fronting the band Black Sabbath. Known to some as the Godfather of Heavy Metal, Osbourne has had a successful career both in Black Sabbath and as a solo performer. From 2002-2005, he and his wife Sharon starred in the MTV reality show The Osbournes with their children, Jack and Kelly.

The image on this button the same as image printed on the Diary of a Madman limited edition live picture disc

Photograph of Ozzy Ozbourne wearing a red cloak and holding a cross while surrounded by bats. Red text on a blue background with black border. 

Ozzy Osbourne is an English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. The photograph this button is based on is from the album Blizzard of Ozz, the debut solo album by Ozzy Osbourne. The album was recorded in Surrey, UK and released on September 20, 1980 in the United Kingdom and March 27, 1981 in the United States.

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Lead vocalist of the heavy metal rock group Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne debuted his first solo project, Blizzard of Ozz, in the Fall of 1980. Dedicated to the work of Aleister Crowley, a well-known English magician, Mr. Crowley was one of the first singles released from that album.

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Over the years the members of the band have changed but the music has stayed alive. The original 1940s group was a band named the Oak Ridge Quartet which focused mostly on gospel. In the 1960s the band changed its name to the Oak Ridge Boys. Another change occurred in the 1970s when the band worked to change its image and shift more towards producing country music. The group lineup has remained almost the same since 1973. Numerous awards have been granted to the band and it was inducted into both the Gospel and Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Nova Records is a label owned by French media company Nova Press, created in 1981 by Jean-François Bizot. Nova Records and its associated radio station, Radio Nova, are characterized by an interest in non-mainstream artists of various genres, including jazz, hip-hop, reggae, electro, new wave, and world music. 

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Missing Persons is an American new wave band formed in 1980. The band's members are frontwoman and vocalist Dale Bozzio, guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, drummer Terry Bozzio, bassist Patrick O'Hearn, and keyboard player Chuck Wild. The band has connections with Frank Zappa, and recorded their first EP in his studio. The band had their best success after signing with Capitol records in 1982 and releasing their semi-hit single Destination Unknown.  Their image, including Dale Bozzio's revealing clothing, made them popular in the early days of MTV.