Given the question: Facts:   - past members: geoff downes trevor horn    - caption: geoff right -rrb- downes -lrb- left -rrb- and trevor horn -lrb-    - origin: wimbledon , south west london , united kingdom      - name: the buggles    - image size: 250px    - background: group_or_band    - image: thebuggles.jpg    - associated acts: yes , the trevor horn band   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of the buggles .
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the buggles were a british new wave performing and record production duo consisting of trevor horn and geoff downes .they are best known for their 1979 debut single `` video killed the radio star '' that was no. 1 on the singles charts of sixteen countries .the music video for that song was the first to be shown on mtv ; it aired in the u.s. at 12:01 am on 1 august 1981 .it was the lead single of the buggles ' first album , `` the age of plastic '' , which also had three other uk-hit singles .in addition to their fame from `` video killed the radio star '' , the buggles also handled production for other popular tracks such as `` back of my hand '' by the jags and `` monkey chop '' by dan-i , as well the song `` film star '' by tom marshall .in 1980 , both horn and downes joined progressive rock band yes .however , following the release of the album `` drama '' , yes disbanded in 1981 ; yes then reformed with horn as producer , and downes went on to create asia with fellow former yes member steve howe .after downes ' move to asia and the commercial failure of the buggles ' second album `` adventures in modern recording '' , the buggles came to an end in 1981 .however , downes and horn have been occasionally performing buggles ' songs together since 1998 .additionally , they collaborated again on the album `` fly from here '' by yes -lrb- which downes re-joined in 2011 -rrb- .the album , produced by horn and with downes on keyboards , used songs originally recorded as demos for the buggles as a basis for most of the material .