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Headbangers Ball

1987

2 seasons

21 episodes

Headbangers Ball (also referred to as simply The Ball) was a music television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV, MTV2 (its sister channel), MTV Australia, MTV Rocks (formerly known as MTV2 Europe), MTV Adria (the MTV subsidiary covering the former Yugoslavia), MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Greece, MTV Türkiye, MTV Israel, MTV Hungary and MTV Japan. The show began on MTV on April 18, 1987,[1] playing heavy metal and hard rock music videos late at night, from both well-known and more obscure artists. The show offered (and became famous because of) a stark contrast to Top 40 music videos shown during the day. However, with the mainstream rise of alternative rock, grunge, pop punk and rap music in the 1990s, the relevance of Headbangers Ball came into question, and the show was ultimately canceled in 1995. Over eight years later, as new genres of heavy metal were gaining a commercial foothold and fan interest became unavoidable, the program was reintroduced on MTV2. It has remained in varying degrees on the network's website, but is no longer shown on television. Many of the videos that aired on the first incarnation of the series would find a home on the similarly themed Metal Mayhem on sister channel MTV Classic.

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Trailer

Headbangers Ball * MTV Stereo * Best of * 1987 - 1994 * VHS

Cast

Adam Curry

Riki Rachtman

Angela Gossow

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Iron Maiden & Van Halen
18-04-198790m
Ep 89
89.Episode 89
24-12-198890m
December 24, 1988 - Christmas Special, Hosted by Ozzy Osbourne & Zakk Wylde Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Babies Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time Judas Priest - Another Thing Comin' Wi...
Ep 110
110.Episode 110
27-05-198990m
May 27, 1989 - Hosted by Adam Curry, Lonn Friend & Scott Ian Rock Block Edition Bruce Dickenson Intro Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild Skid Row - 18 And Life Def Leppard - Rock Of Ag...
Ep 186
186.Episode 186
10-11-199090m
November 10, 1990 - Hosted by Angus Young & Brain Johnson of AC/DC AC/DC - Thunderstruck AC/DC - Back In Black Cinderella - Shelter Me Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got (Til...
Ep 211
211.Episode 211
20-04-199190m
April 20, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With White Lion & Mind Funk Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild Thunder - Dirty Love White Lion - Love Don't Come Easy King's X - We Are Finding...
Ep 213
213.Episode 213
04-05-199190m
May 04, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead Great White - Desert Moon Queensryche - Best I Can (Live In Rio) Motorhead - Ace Of Spades Loudness - I...
Ep 214
214.Episode 214
11-05-199190m
May 11, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Primus & Katmandu Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter Alice In Chains - Man In The Box Scorpions - Wind Of Change Wra...
Ep 216
216.Episode 216
25-05-199190m
May 25, 1991 - Riki Rachtman Host Mission Megadeth At the Cat House Part 2
Ep 217
217.Episode 217
01-06-199190m
June 01, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Tyketto & Wrathchild America
Ep 229
229.Episode 229
24-08-199190m
August 24, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Warrior Soul, & White Trash Skid Row - Slave To The Grind Motorhead - Angel City The Screaming Jets - C'mon Warrior Soul - The Wa...
Ep 233
233.Episode 233
21-09-199190m
September 21, 1991- Hosted by Riki Rachtman With The Four Horsemen Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly Tesla - Edison's Medicine Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears Scorpions - Send Me An Ang...
Ep 242
242.Episode 242
23-11-199190m
November 23, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Ozzy & Jack Osbourne Rock Blocks Edition Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin Guns N' Roses - Welcome...
Ep 243
243.Episode 243
30-11-199190m
November 30, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Prong, Soundgarden, Corrosion Of Conformity
Ep 245
245.Episode 245
14-12-199190m
December 14, 1991 - Riki Rachtman Host Aerosmith Tribute Show Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady Def Leppard - Let It Go Aerosmith - Jamie's Got A Gun Aerosmith - Chip Away The...
Ep 247
247.Banging In the New Year With Slayer
04-01-19923m
Bang in the New Year with Slayer 1991/92 on Headbanger's Ball in Denver, Colorado. Motley Crue - Wild Side Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss Ozzy Osbourne - Mama I'm Coming Home So...
Ep 254
254.Episode 254
15-02-199290m
February 15, 1992 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Asphalt Ballet & War Babies At the Bordello Warrant - We Will Rock You Nirvana - Territorial Pissings (Live MTV Studios) Skid Ro...
Ep 299
299.Episode 299
19-12-199290m
December 19, 1992 - Riki Rachtman Host Best of 1992 Metallica - Sad But True Pantera - Walk Helmet - Unsung Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing Ozzy Osbourne - Road To Nowher...
Ep 300
300.Episode 300
26-12-199290m
December 26, 1992 - Riki Rachtman Host Holiday Special At the Scrap Bar In NY. With Sepultura & Helmet
Ep 307
307.Episode 307
06-02-199390m
February 06, 1993 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman Taped Interview With Al Jourgensen of Ministry Guns N' Roses - Garden Of Eden Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears Danzig - How The Gods Kil...
Ep 408
408.Episode 408
15-01-199590m
January 15, 1995 - Best of The Headbangers Ball (Last Show) Intro Segment Guns N' Roses Interview Guns N' Roses - Paradise City Various Segments With Riki Over The Years Faith...

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