Headbangers Ball

PRE-HEADBANGERS BALL:

1984-12-25 Dee Snider hosts Twisted Christmas (51 minutes, A)
1984-12-25 Dee Snider hosts Twisted Christmas (1 hour w/o/c)
1985-??-?? Heavy Metal Mania #1: Dee Snider hosts w/ Scorpions (91 minutes, A-)
1985-??-?? Heavy Metal Mania #2: Dee Snider hosts w/ Ozzy Osbourne phone interview (53 minutes, A, DVD also includes HMM #3)
1985-??-?? Heavy Metal Mania #3: Dee Snider hosts w/ Don Dokken (48 minutes, A-, DVD also includes HMM #2)
1985-09-19 Heavy Metal Mania #4: Scorpions host Day On The Green Festival (58:55, A-)
1985-10-17 Heavy Metal Mania #5: Paul Stanley hosts (A-, DVD also includes HMM #6)
1985-11-21 Heavy Metal Mania #6: Bruce Dickinson hosts w/ Raven (A-, DVD also includes HMM #6)
1985-12-26 Heavy Metal Mania #7: Dee Snider hosts Measure Of Metal w/ Lemmy (B-)
1986-01-17 Heavy Metal Mania #8: Dee Snider hosts w/ Ozzy Osbourne (47:35, B, complete version)
1986-01-17 Heavy Metal Mania #8: Dee Snider hosts w/ Ozzy Osbourne (33:18, A, partial version, DVD also includes HMM #10)
1986-02-20 Heavy Metal Mania #9: Dee Snider hosts w/ Jon Bon Jovi (54:17, B+)
1986-03-22 Heavy Metal Mania #10: Dee Snider hosts (48:10, A, DVD also includes partial version of HMM #8)
1986-04-17 Heavy Metal Mania #11: Dee Snider hosts w/ Ron Keel and Hear N Aid Sessions (A-, DVD also includes HMM #12)
1986-05-22 Heavy Metal Mania #12: Dee Snider hosts w/ Metallica and Bob Goldthwait (A-, DVD also includes HMM #11)
1986-12-?? Vinnie Vincent Invasion host Metal Music 1/2 Hour (B+, 4 episodes on 1 DVD)
1987-??-?? Carolyne Heldman hosts Metal Music 1/2 Hour (10 minutes, Stryper interview and Free video only, DVD also includes 1985-12 Guest VJ Paul Stanley, 1987-04-18 HBB, and 1987-06-13 HBB)

HEADBANGERS BALL:

1987-04-18 Lemmy and Philthy (Motorhead) host (119:48)
1987-04-18 Lemmy and Philthy (Motorhead) host (11 minutes, host segments only, DVD also includes 1985-12 Guest VJ Paul Stanley, 1987 Carolyne Heldman hosts Metal Music 1/2 Hour, and 1987-06-13 HBB)
1987-04-25 Leslie West hosts w/ Howard Stern
1987-05-02 Ozzy Osbourne hosts w/ Autograph (INCOMPLETE, 89 minutes)
1987-05-02 Ozzy Osbourne hosts w/ Autograph (103:59)
1987-05-16 Craig and Kirk (Metal Church) host Headbangers Ball (10 minutes, host segments only, DVD also includes 1986 Guest VJ Neil)
1987-05-23 Wendy O Williams hosts (115 minutes, A-)
1987-05-30 Megadeth host (INCOMPLETE, 90 minutes)
1987-06-13 Anthrax host Headbangers Ball (15 minutes, host segments and Indians video only, DVD also includes 1985-12 Guest VJ Paul Stanley, 1987 Carolyne Heldman hosts Metal Music 1/2 Hour, and 1987-04-18 HBB)
1987-06-27 Ace Frehley hosts w/ Helloween (B)
1987-07-04 Downtown Julie Brown hosts (DVD also includes complete version of 1987-08-08 Ronnie James Dio hosts)
1987-07-25 Dee Snider hosts (B)
1987-08-08 Ronnie James Dio hosts w/ Ron Keel (complete, DVD also includes 1987-07-04 Downtown Julie Brown hosts)
1987-08-08 Ronnie James Dio hosts (INCOMPLETE, 67:16, B+)
1987-08-15 King Diamond hosts (113:16, B+)
1987-08-22 Kevin Seal hosts w/ Great White (86 minutes)
1987-08-29 Blackie Lawless hosts (B+)
1987-09-12 Grim Reaper host (112 minutes)
1987-09-26 Lizzy Borden and Lips (Anvil) host (INCOMPLETE, 81:24, B+)
1987-09-26 Lizzy Borden and Lips (Anvil) host (INCOMPLETE, 93 minutes, B)
1987-09-26 Lizzy Borden and Lips (Anvil) host (alternate version, 2 DVDs, also includes HBB 1987-10-31 and VH1 1985-02-14)
1987-10-10 Kane Roberts hosts (91:48, B, most ads cut out)
1987-10-17 Doro Pesch hosts (111 minutes, B+)
1987-10-24 Smash hosts w/ Guns N' Roses (125 minutes)
1987-10-31 Helloween, Armored Saint and Grim Reaper concert only (98 minutes, A)
1987-10-31 Smash hosts Hell On Wheels Tour with live show from Helloween, Armored Saint and Grim Reaper (B+)
1987-11-?? Motley Cruise To Nowhere
1987-11-21 Savatage host (INCOMPLETE, 1 hour, B-)
1987-12-05 Robin McCauley and Michael Schenker (MSG) host (120:28, B)
1987-12-12 Kevin Seal hosts w/ White Lion (89:09, B)
1988-??-?? Adam Curry hosts Headbangers Ball (97:46, parts cut out)
1988-??-?? Britny Fox host (just the host segments and Britny Fox videos, DVD also includes 1988 Mouth To Mouth with Britny Fox)
1988-??-?? Cinderella (host segments only, 10:26, DVD also includes 1987-07-02 Vancouver, Canada and 1988-03-24 autograph session)
1988-??-?? Scorpions host (112:38, B, missing some commercials and videos)
1988-??-?? Testament and Jetboy
1988-01-09 Ron Keel hosts (120:52, same recording plus bonus videos)
1988-01-09 Ron Keel hosts (95 minutes)
1988-01-30 Kevin Seal hosts (B+)
1988-02-06 Anthrax host (INCOMPLETE, 90 minutes)
1988-02-13 Lita Ford hosts
1988-02-20 Kevin Seal hosts (INCOMPLETE, 122 minutes)
1988-0?-?? Kevin Seal hosts Headbangers Ball (March or April, 120:28)
1988-0?-?? Adam Curry hosts Headbangers Ball (March or April, 112:33, w/ commercials)
1988-03-26 Kevin Seal hosts w/ L.A. Guns (129:35, B-)
1988-05-07 Bruce Dickinson hosts (118 minutes)
1988-06-11 Sam Kinison hosts (160 minutes, DVD includes some of Halloween show)
1988-06-25 Frehley's Comet host (B)
1988-07-09 Adam Curry hosts w/ Joe Satriani (162:29, B, quality worsens to C in third hour)
1988-07-23 Vinnie Vincent hosts (140:37, B+, missing some commercials and videos)
1988-07-30 Adam Curry hosts (178:44)
1988-08-13 Rob Halford hosts (239:26, includes an hour of regular broadcasting after HBB)
1988-08-20 Adam Curry hosts (180:07, B-, some ads cut but otherwise complete version preceded by part of Freddy Krueger Guest VJ Hour)
1988-08-20 Adam Curry hosts (200:55, A-, same as above but better quality and instead of Freddy Krueger it has bonus MTV clips at the end)
1988-08-27 Adam Curry hosts Megaforce 5th Anniversary Special (179 minutes)
1988-09-03 Axl Rose and Slash host
1988-09-17 Adam Curry hosts w/ L.A. Guns, Lizzy Borden and Nuclear Assault (B)
1988-10-08 Adam Curry hosts Foundations Forum / Rip Party (3 hours, A)
1988-10-15 Yngwie Malmsteen hosts (first 2 hours only, A-)
1988-10-31 Sam Kinison hosts Halloween Special (INCOMPLETE, 80 minutes, A-)
1988-12-?? Cinderella hosts
1988-12-24 Ozzy Osbourne & Zakk Wylde host Headbangers Christmas (157:03, B-)
1988-12-24 Ozzy Osbourne & Zakk Wylde host Headbangers Christmas, plus Adam Curry hosting the next hour (4 hours, w/ ads)
1989-??-?? Britny Fox host Headbangers Ball
1989-01-07 Best Of 88 (177 minutes)
1989-01-14 Kix host (179 minutes)
1989-01-28 Bullet Boys host
1989-02-04 Anthrax: In the Studio (179 minutes)
1989-02-11 Adam Curry hosts w/ Danzig (3 hours)
1989-02-18 Queensryche host (148 minutes, no commercials)
1989-02-25 Adam Curry hosts Rock Blocks Edition (3 hours)
1989-03-11 Adam Curry hosts w/ Lita Ford concert (179 minutes)
1989-03-18 Adam Curry host w/ Ace Frehley and Skid Row (3 hours)
1989-03-25 Adam Curry hosts w/ Exodus and Celtic Frost (3 hours)
1989-04-01 Adam Curry host w/ Kingdom Come, Warrant and Extreme (~2 1/2 hours)
1989-04-08 Adam Curry hosts Great White Party
1989-04-15 Ratt host w/ Kix (3 hours)
1989-04-22 Adam Curry and Downtown Julie Brown host w/ W.A.S.P. and M.O.D. (3 hours)
1989-04-29 Adam Curry hosts w/ Riki Rachtman's LA scene report (3 hours, A)
1989-05-06 Tony Iommi and Cozy Powell (Black Sabbath) host
1989-06-10 Adam Curry hosts
1989-07-08 Adam Curry hosts (200:59, DVD also includes Hit Parader's Metal Meltdown and clips from Hard 60 and other HBB episodes)
1989-07-15 Adam Curry hosts w/ Nitro (3 hours, lower quality)
1989-07-29 Alice Cooper hosts (2 hours, C, promoting Trash album)
1989-08-05 Adam Curry hosts (175:11, complete)
1989-08-12 Adam Curry hosts Moscow Music Peace Festival (178 minutes)
1989-08-19 Adam Curry hosts w/ Steve Stevens (Atomic Playboys) (178:08, A)
1989-08-26 w/ Bonham
1989-09-09 Adam Curry hosts w/ Dirty Looks and Kreator (3 hours)
1989-09-30 Adam Curry hosts w/ Faster Pussycat + Concrete Foundations Forum 89 Highlights
1989-10-07 Adam Curry hosts w/ Bang Tango
1989-10-14 Adam Curry hosts w/ Michael Monroe/Dangerous Toys
1989-10-21 Queensryche host
1989-10-28 Adam Curry hosts w/ Wolfsbane, EZO and Vain
1989-10-31 Alice Cooper hosts Halloween Special (2 hour show)
1989-11-04 Adam Curry hosts w/ Riki Rachtman at the Cathouse (181 minutes)
1989-11-11 Michael Monroe & Jon Sierra host (3 hours)
1989-11-18 Adam Curry hosts w/ Testament, Britny Fox, Overkill and Shotgun Messiah (3 hours)
1989-12-02 Adam Curry hosts w/ Pretty Boy Floyd
1989-12-09 Adam Curry hosts 80's Request Weekend w/ Fates Warning (2 hours)
1989-12-30 Adam Curry hosts his final show (INCOMPLETE, 85 minutes)
1990-??-?? interview w/ Doro
1990-01-06 Riki Rachtman hosts his first show, w/ Anthrax
1990-01-13 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ MSG (INCOMPLETE, 128 minutes)
1990-01-20 Riki Rachtman hosts Crue Road Report (3 hours)
1990-01-27 Riki Rachtman hosts On The Road w/ Faith No More (45 minutes)
1990-03-03 Nuclear Assault
1990-03-24 Savatage
1990-03-31 Brian Wheat and Tommy Skeoch (Tesla) host (204:00)
1990-04-07 Kiss host (3 hours, A, CAN'T COPY)
1990-04-14 Riki Rachtman hosts Not Fakin' It In Japan w/ Michael Monroe (3 hours)
1990-04-21 Michael Monroe in Japan (166:55)
1990-05-12 Riki Rachtman hosts On The Road with Kiss, Slaughter and Faster Pussycat (3 hours)
1990-05-19 Decade of Metal (A-)
1990-06-09 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Prong and Bruce Dickinson
1990-06-16 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Ozzy Osbourne, Scatterbrain and Babylon A.D. (3 hours)
1990-07-28 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ LA Guns, London Quireboys and Flotsam & Jetsam
1990-08-30 Riki Rachtman hosts Poison Festival Of Flesh Contest (2 hours)
1990-09-?? Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Scorpions
1990-09-22 Riki Rachtman hosts Concrete Foundations Forum
1990-10-13 Riki Rachtman hosts (also see MTV list)
1990-10-27 Riki Rachtman and Cinderella host Shocktober Edition (360:47, includes bonus videos)
1990-11-03 Riki Rachtman and Cinderella host Heartbreak Station in New Orleans (200:56)
1990-11-10 AC/DC host Rock Blocks Edition
1990-12-01 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Slayer/Extreme (3 hours)
1990-12-15 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Testament (3 hours)
1990-12-29 Riki Rachtman hosts New Years w/ Slaughter (156:13)
1991-01-19 Iron Maiden host On the Road
1991-02-02 Riki Rachtman hosts Grammies Edition
1991-02-09 Riki Rachtman hosts Headbanger's Rio (part 1) (181:50, A-)
1991-02-16 Riki Rachtman hosts Headbanger's Rio (part 2) (INCOMPLETE, 90 minutes, DVD also includes Arsenio Hall Show w/ Kiss)
1991-04-06 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Contraband (201:02, B)
1991-04-06 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Contraband (INCOMPLETE, 1 hour)
1991-05-11 Headbangers Ball w/ Primus and Katmandu (130 minutes, missing first 50 minutes, DVD also includes WBA Evening Magazine clips and French Canadian commercials)
1991-05-18 Riki Rachtman hosts Mission Megadeth part 1 (2 hours)
1991-06-01 Riki Rachtman hosts Headbangers Ball w/ Tyketto and Wrathchild America (partial, 110 minutes, some commercials cut, DVD also includes Haunted House Party)
1991-06-29 Scorpions host
1991-07-20 Riki Rachtman hosts On the Road: Operation Rock n Roll (165 minutes)
1991-08-31 Megadeth host
1991-10-12 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Lita Ford
1991-10-19 Riki Rachtman hosts Foundations Forum '91 (153 minutes)
1991-10-26 Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil (Motley Crue) host (2 1/2 hours, 2 DVDs)
1991-11-02 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Nirvana & Sepultura (3 hours)
1991-11-22 Riki Rachtman hosts Rock Blocks w/ Ozzy & Jack Osbourne (3 hours)
1991-12-07 Cathouse 5th Anniversary (3 hours)
1991-12-21 Riki Rachtman hosts Best Of '91 from his apartment (231:20, A-)
1992-01-04 Riki Rachtman hosts Bang in the New Year with Slayer (INCOMPLETE, 2 hours)
1992-02-22 Grammy Edition w/ Queensryche and Anthrax on the set of Married With Children (3 hours, A)
1992-03-21 Riki Rachtman hosts Spring Break '92 @ Daytona, FL (202:50, D, terrible sound)
1992-05-02 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Megadeth at Capital Records Studios (3 hours)
1992-05-09 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Kiss Live at the Troubador (185:25, A-)
1992-06-20 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Lynch Mob and L7 (179:35)
1992-09-05 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Motorhead and Trouble (2 hours)
1992-10-03 Riki Rachtman hosts
1992-10-10 Riki Rachtman hosts End Your Dirty Black Summer With Danzig (Munich, Germany, 177:34, A-, complete with ads)
1992-10-31 Riki Rachtman hosts No More Tours For Ozzy (180:05, B+)
1992-11-07 Riki Rachtman hosts On the Road: Megadeth/Suicidal Tendencies (INCOMPLETE, 2 hours)
1992-12-27 Holiday Blox edition (last hour 53 minutes, DVD also includes Video Rock Wave)
1993-01-23 Riki Rachtman hosts Inaugural Ball w/ Dee Snider (174:17, C, DVD also includes 1993-01-30 HBB)
1993-01-30 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Pro-Pain (71:02, DVD also includes 1993-01-23 HBB)
1993-02-?? Riki Rachtman hosts Music Award Nominations (2 hours, DVD also includes 1993-03-?? HBB)
1993-02-?? Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Ministry (INCOMPLETE, DVD also includes 1993-05-09 HBB)
1993-03-?? Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Flotsam & Jetsam (2 hours, DVD also includes 1993-02-?? HBB Music Award Nominations)
1993-03-20 Riki Rachtman hosts Spring Break '93 @ Daytona, FL (121:48)
1993-04-10 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Animal Bag, Ugly Kid Joe, Collision and Anthrax (120:32)
1993-05-09 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Nuclear Assault and Quicksand (2 hours, DVD also includes 1993-02-?? HBB w/ Ministry)
1993-05-15 w/ Suicidal Tedencies (A-)
1993-07-31 Alice in Chains at Action Park
1993-08-07 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ King Diamond/Mercyful Fate (188:48)
1993-09-11 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Morbid Angel (120:32)
1993-09-18 Riki Rachtman hosts Foundations Forum (199:17)
1993-10-16 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Cathedral (120:32, B-, tracking on bottom throughout show)
1993-10-30 Riki Rachtman hosts Halloween Edition w/ Motorhead and Glenn Danzig (no commercials, DVD also includes 1993-11-13 HBB)
1993-11-13 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Skid Row (INCOMPLETE, DVD also includes 1993-10-30 HBB)
1993-11-27 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Fight and Fudge Tunnel
1994-03-19 Spring Break at San Diego Zoo
1994-05-?? Riki Rachtman hosts HBB Japan w/ '93 BBQ Re-Broadcast (77 minutes)
1994-06-25 Riki Rachtman hosts w/ Gene Simmons (INCOMPLETE, 51 minutes)
1994-10-29 Night of the Living Megadeth / Halloween Edition w/ Slayer (2 hours)
1994-10-29 Riki Rachtman hosts Halloween Edition w/ Slayer (1 hour show, complete)
1995-??-?? MTV Rocks (Japanese version of HBB) - Faith No More interviews and videos
1995-01-15 Best Of Headbangers Ball (last episode, 92:51, 2 DVDs)
Alice In Chains compilation
Kari Complilations #1-#13 (collection of Hard 30, Hard 60 and Headbangers Ball episodes and clips)

HEADBANGERS BALL EUROPE:

1990-??-?? Vanessa Warwick hosts Monsters Of Rock 1990 (PAL)
1991-??-?? Vanessa Warwick hosts Monsters Of Rock 1991 (PAL, DVD also includes 1984 Whistle Test)
1991-??-?? Headbangers Ball UK plus Tele5 Germany and more (182 minutes)
1992-??-?? Vanessa Warwick hosts Headbangers Ball with Europe (interviews and live clips of Europe plus clips from other shows)
1992-??-?? Vanessa Warwick hosts Sleeze Beez MTV Europe Headbangers Ball Special - Videos & Intervews (25 minutes)
1992-08-22 Vanessa Warwick hosts Monsters Of Rock 1992 - W.A.S.P. live and interviews (23:18)
1993-??-?? Paradise Lost special
1993-??-?? Vanessa Warwick hosts Headbangers Ball with D.A.D. (92:28)
1993-05-?? Vanessa Warwick hosts On The Road special with Savatage and Overkill in Berlin
1993-09-13 Vanessa Warwick hosts Headbangers Ball Goes Deutsch With The Scorpions
1994-??-?? Vanessa Warwick hosts A Real Live One With Iron Maiden (2 hours)
1994-06-04 Vanessa Warwick hosts Monsters Of Rock 94 (2 DVDs, 140 minutes, also includes Noisy Mothers special)
1995-03-28 Vanessa Warwick hosts Subhuman Special with Skid Row (PAL, 71:46, A-, host segments and Skid Row videos only)
1995-12-?? Vanessa Warwick hosts Into The Vaults… With Def Leppard (53:08, host segments and Def Leppard videos only)
1996-08-17 Vanessa Warwick hosts Monsters Of Rock 1996 (PAL, 85 minutes)
Compilation Disc #1: Testament, Vixen, Bulletboys, Slaughter, etc.
Compilation Disc #2: Alice Cooper, Steve Vai, Poison
Compilation Disc #5: Warrant, White Lion, Pantera, Rob Halford
Compilation Disc #6: Skid Row, L.A. Guns, Death, Venom, Helloween
Compilation Disc #7: Ozzy Osbourne, Pestilence, Skid Row, Slayer, Anthrax, Wolfsbane
Compilation Disc #8: Shotgun Messiah, Carcass, Lita Ford, Morbid Angel, Europe, Pink Cream 69
Compilation Disc #9: Entombed, Candlemass, Electric Boys, Europe, Exodus, Doro
Compilation Disc #10: Gun, Sepultura, Body Count, Iron Maiden, Blackie Lawless, Prong, Obituary
Compilation Disc #13: Iron Maiden, Henry Rollins, Gwar, Manowar, Metallica
History of Heavy Metal

MTV2:

2001-??-?? HBB Uncensored
2003-05-10 Metallica host first episode
2003-05-24 Rob Zombie hosts New England Metal and Hardcore Festival special
2003-05-31 Rob Zombie hosts w/ Stone Sour (87:22, A+)
2003-??-?? Jamey Jasta hosts w/ Riki Rachtman (INCOMPLETE, missing first 15 minutes)
2009-08-22 Rob Zombie hosts Halloween II Special (41:12)
2010-07-20 Overkill hosts (mostly Overkill videos)

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