Headbangers Ball
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Headbangers Ball was MTV’s flagship heavy metal and hard rock music video show, known for spotlighting metal bands and subcultures from the mid-1980s through the 1990s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MTV original programming
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television music program → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Headbangers Ball
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surface form: "MTV Headbangers Ball"
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| associatedWith |
MTV brand
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headbanger subculture → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| culturalImpact |
helped popularize heavy metal to mainstream MTV audiences
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served as a key platform for emerging metal bands → |
| endTime | 1995 → |
| featuredGenre |
alternative metal
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black metal → death metal → glam metal → industrial metal → thrash metal → |
| filmingLocation | MTV studios, New York City → |
| genre |
hard rock
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heavy metal → |
| hasFanbase | international metal community → |
| hasFormat |
band interviews
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behind-the-scenes segments → music video countdown → tour coverage → |
| inception | 1987 → |
| influenced |
MTV2’s metal programming
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metal music video programming on television → |
| language | English → |
| mediaType | television series → |
| notableFor |
showcasing metal subcultures
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spotlighting metal bands → |
| notableHost |
Adam Curry
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Riki Rachtman → |
| originalBroadcastSchedule |
late night
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weekend programming → |
| originalHost | Kevin Seal → |
| originalNetwork | MTV → |
| originalRuntime | approximately 2–3 hours → |
| platform | cable television → |
| primaryFocus |
hard rock music videos
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heavy metal music videos → |
| rebootFormat | updated metal and hard rock video show → |
| rebootNetwork | MTV2 → |
| relaunchDate | 2003 → |
| startTime | 1987 → |
| targetAudience | heavy metal fans → |
| theme | heavy metal lifestyle → |
| timePeriodOfPeakPopularity |
early 1990s
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late 1980s → |
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this entity surface form: "MTV Headbangers Ball"