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Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball

Headbangers Ball

1987 2 Seasons 21 Episodes ⭐ 8.5

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Iron Maiden & Van Halen

EP 89

Episode 89

December 24, 1988 - Christmas Special, Hosted by Ozzy Osbourne & Zakk Wylde Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Babies Poison - Noth

EP 110

Episode 110

May 27, 1989 - Hosted by Adam Curry, Lonn Friend & Scott Ian Rock Block Edition Bruce Dickenson Intro Skid Row - Youth

EP 186

Episode 186

November 10, 1990 - Hosted by Angus Young & Brain Johnson of AC/DC AC/DC - Thunderstruck AC/DC - Back In Black Cinder

EP 211

Episode 211

April 20, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With White Lion & Mind Funk Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild Thunder - Dirty Love

EP 213

Episode 213

May 04, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead Great White - Desert Moon Queensryche - Best

EP 214

Episode 214

May 11, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Primus & Katmandu Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter Alice

EP 216

Episode 216

May 25, 1991 - Riki Rachtman Host Mission Megadeth At the Cat House Part 2

EP 217

Episode 217

June 01, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Tyketto & Wrathchild America

EP 229

Episode 229

August 24, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Warrior Soul, & White Trash Skid Row - Slave To The Grind Motorhead - A

EP 233

Episode 233

September 21, 1991- Hosted by Riki Rachtman With The Four Horsemen Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly Tesla - Edison's Medicin

EP 242

Episode 242

November 23, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Ozzy & Jack Osbourne Rock Blocks Edition Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

EP 243

Episode 243

November 30, 1991 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Prong, Soundgarden, Corrosion Of Conformity

EP 245

Episode 245

December 14, 1991 - Riki Rachtman Host Aerosmith Tribute Show Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady Def Leppard - Let It

EP 247

Banging In the New Year With Slayer

Bang in the New Year with Slayer 1991/92 on Headbanger's Ball in Denver, Colorado. Motley Crue - Wild Side Slayer - Se

EP 254

Episode 254

February 15, 1992 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman With Asphalt Ballet & War Babies At the Bordello Warrant - We Will Rock You

EP 299

Episode 299

December 19, 1992 - Riki Rachtman Host Best of 1992 Metallica - Sad But True Pantera - Walk Helmet - Unsung Stone Te

EP 300

Episode 300

December 26, 1992 - Riki Rachtman Host Holiday Special At the Scrap Bar In NY. With Sepultura & Helmet

EP 307

Episode 307

February 06, 1993 - Hosted by Riki Rachtman Taped Interview With Al Jourgensen of Ministry Guns N' Roses - Garden Of Ed

EP 408

Episode 408

January 15, 1995 - Best of The Headbangers Ball (Last Show) Intro Segment Guns N' Roses Interview Guns N' Roses - Par

EP 2

Arch Enemy Episode

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