Headbangers Ball

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Started 4 years ago by TwistedBrother
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TwistedBrother
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Did anyone ever watch this? I really loved it, great musical talents on a great show.

Posted 4 years ago #
Roody
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Oh yeah. Great show back in the day. I know it's on now, but I don't watch it as much.

Posted 4 years ago #
Stanley
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Yeah for sure - back in the day it was a great show, But didn't know it was still on?!?!
Probably full of all that 'Nu Metal' crap anyway now....
I have a few of the old episodes and segments on VHS!

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Posted 4 years ago #
sandi
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Loved the show, I remember somehow I used to fall asleep to it. I cant think of the guy that was on it though. Anyone?

Posted 4 years ago #
glamster
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Sandi said :I cant think of the guy that was on it though. Anyone?

Hon, was it this guy? Riki Rachtman

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Posted 4 years ago #
JerseyBoy
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I watched it, but I also pretty much left the TV on MTV during that time since it was music television back then. I think the the networks concept died when the glam scene started fading away from mainstream. Once hip hop and rap took over the channel the video's were a thing of the past.

Posted 4 years ago #
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Loved that show back in the day!!!Every saturday night baby!Woo hoo!I miss those days,all the music,concerts,the mall[hee2],the people,but I still live in the 80's[hee2]so it's all good.A killer show to check out now is Metal Mania on VH1 Classic.Like being back there,man.It rules!!!Glam rock forever!!!

Posted 4 years ago #
fallenangel33
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its all nu metal now. well not even metal.. calling some of those bands metal is like calling kiss a hip hop group. but anyway.. yeah its all nu "metal" and hardcore/screamo emo bullshit. BUT vh1 classic's metal mania is always a goodie. no host though. just 3 hours of a straight metal.

Posted 4 years ago #
Thing
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The only things I've seen from it are a couple of interviews with Shotgun Messiah on YouTube. Oh, and I've got a GN'R interview on my hard-drive.

I didn't know it was so regular, I thought it was like once a month or something.

Posted 4 years ago #
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My son is into hardcore. It's on his Ipod now, and he doesn't blast it as much anymore. I don't remember seeing Headbanger's Ball. I never did watch music channels often.

"I even had a little mini skirt and waistcoat made for Wig Wam Bam. The skirt was so short, my undercart hung beneath the hem. I thought it best to keep my underwear on"-Steve Priest

Posted 4 years ago #
niki
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Are there are good shows like this anymore? I need to find some stuff to record on the DVR to record and listen to when I cant sleep.

Posted 4 years ago #
TrashiiGuns
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I've seen clips of people on the show, but never any glam bands (just people like Maynard James Keenan).I really don't think there are any good shows like that anymore on TV. Not that I've heard of anyway.

Rock is dead. Long live paper and scissors.

Posted 4 years ago #
IWP
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Metal Mania > Headbanger's Ball

srsly

Unless of course you're into cookiecutter metalcore bands.

Posted 4 years ago #
LEATHUR
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I remember Riki Rachtman from the Cathouse.He and Taime Down (Faster Pussycat) were roommates up on Bronson Ave. I think.We're talkin circa 1987.

I never did understand why Riki cut off his hair.And why he acted, in later interviews, as if he was ashamed of those days.

He hung out by the velvet rope at the Cathouse.Interesting fella.

The Cathouse was a great club back in the day.Disappeared for awhile...then reopened in some different locations.
*sigh*

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Posted 4 years ago #
fallenangel33
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"Are there are good shows like this anymore? I need to find some stuff to record on the DVR to record and listen to when I cant sleep."
- niki

YEAP. metal mania. thats pretty muchhhh it from what i know. and some other show on vh1 classic that i cant remember the name of. but they play all kinds of rock, some pop and metal from the 70s 80s and 90s whereas metal mania is just metal.

Posted 4 years ago #
StillRocking
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I loved Headbangers Ball back in the 80's, but they are absolutely horrible now!

They don't even play real metal or Hard-rock anymore, they just play Mall-Core and fake metal for trendy teenage posers who know absolutely nothing about taste or talent!

Posted 4 years ago #
IWP
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I concur.

Posted 4 years ago #
rattlinurcage3
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I loved the one headbangers ball when Guns and Roses destroyed the set..LOL..Good stuff back then.Now MTV is all about reality which sux..VH1 classic is still good tho..

Posted 4 years ago #
RockLibertyWarrior
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When I was a kid me and my dad watched that religiously when my mom wasn't around. I still have some VHS tapes laying around when we recorded some shows and I think I still have the one where Gn'R wrecked that set. lol. Such memories. yeah that show was pretty cool the key word is "was".

Posted 3 years ago #
MickMars
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vh1 classic still hosts headbangers ball, rock fest, 80s hits, the works! thats all i watch

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Posted 3 years ago #