#354 Headbangers Ball: The Greatest Metal TV Show Ever Made
About this episode
The episode celebrates seven years of the podcast by discussing the impact of MTV's HEADBANGERS BALL on the metal community.
“Today is all about 7’s…” We can’t believe it…it’s officially been SEVEN years since we began our podcasting journey, and as of this episode, we are celebrating SEVEN years of heavy metal podcasting excellence! And in the spirit of heavy metal greatness, what better way to celebrate and commemorate the completion of our SEVENTH year than a tribute to the best thing MTV ever did for metal heads that started way back in the late 80’s: HEADBANGERS BALL!!! “It was the novelty, because that was the only place where you could get it…” Premiering on Saturday April 18, 1987, MTV began what would become a weekly Saturday night tradition and/or ritual for metal heads with HEADBANGERS BALL, the one section of MTV that belonged to the metal community…it was OUR show, OUR music, and OUR videos, made by metal heads for metal heads (ironically, not unlike this podcast). “SEVEN!” Granted, there were often a lot of glam and hair metal videos mixed in, but there were always a plethora of obscure thrash, power metal, and other assorted heavy metal videos on there that you absolutely could not see anywhere else on MTV except for when you tuned in to “The Ball” (NOTE: this is where the crochety “back…
People in this episode
Host: Metal Nerdery Podcast
Topics covered
- heavy metal
- MTV
- music history
- celebration
- podcasting
Keywords
- heavy metal
- MTV
- HEADBANGERS BALL
- music videos
- podcast anniversary
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MTV
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