Photos from the 1993 VMAs (39 pics)
Do you remember that event? Even if not, these pictures are worth to be seen.
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Cindy Crawford hosted the prhow
That’s right, a supermodel hosted the prhow — that’s just how awesome the VMAs used to be
Coolest couple of the night: Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, who brought along daughter Frances Bean
Winona Ryder tried to sneak in undetected with then-boyfriend Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum
Kurt played double duty that night: rock star and dad. Aw!
Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell came dressed as Beetlejuice
Lenny Kravitz came appropriately dressed like a glam-rock spaceman. He also brought along his mother, the late Roxie Roker
Sharon Stone (alongside the legendary Tony Bennett) brought some serious “Ginger Rothstein” glamour to the red carpet
But RuPaul brought the real glamour!
Kurt couldn’t get enough to eat
George Clinton came down from the mothership to hug it out with Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones
U2’s The Edge did a rare solo performance of the band’s hit song “Numb.”
Peter Gabriel (dressed like the leader of a cult) with then-girlfriend Sinéad O’Connor
The “Bee Girl,” Heather De Loach, was there — sans Blind Melon
Courtney touching up MTV VJ Kennedy’s makeup
The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson (with then-wife Lala Sloatman) showed up looking like a Tiny Tim impersonator
STING!!! Sadly, he only was there to perform “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” and not to announce a Police reunion
John Norris caught up with Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan (who just randomly showed up)
Oh, that’s just Neil Young hanging out with R.E.M
Lenny and Whoopi Goldberg shared a moment…
…until Shaq came and broke it up.
Martin Lawrence was there!
Stephen Baldwin tried to make leather pants with a tweed vest and blazer work
Courtney left immediately before the photo was taken — obviously she was feeling inferior next to RuPaul’s glamour
And then this iconic moment happened:
The show began with Erotica-era Madonna performing “Bye Bye Baby.”
Christian Slater hosted
RuPaul and Milton Berle had a cringeworthy fight on stage
Aerosmith took home The Viewer’s Choice Moonman for “Livin’ on the Edge,” which also happened to be the only video from their Get a Grip album to not feature Alicia Silverstone
K.d. lang won Best Female Video for “Constant Craving” — beating out Janet Jackson’s “That’s The Way Love Goes.” (I am still bitter about that.)
MTV darlings Beavis and Butt-head presented Best Metal/Hard Rock Video
Naughty by Nature got the crowd moving while performing “Hip Hop Hooray.”
Nirvana won Best Alternative Video for “In Bloom.”
Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl celebrated their win backstage
George Clinton, along with Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, presented the first-ever Best R&B Video Moonman. Snoop actually had to sneak into the awards show, as the Los Angeles Police Department had a warrant out for his arrest
The LAPD came to the show looking for Snoop. He was able to evade them and turned himself in after the show
Tony Bennett presented Video of the Year, along with Flea and Anthony Kiedis — who was busy showing off his skills with a banana
Pearl Jam was the big winner of the night. They took home Video of the Year for “Jeremy,” and they even brought along the star of the video to the podium for their acceptance speech
Eddie Vedder ended the night being, well… very Eddie Vedder
