Stop the tresses! This week MTV2 is hosting a 20th anniversary celebration for Headbangers Ball, the show that unspooled heavy metal videos and taught young Americans how to rock evil. The marking of this milestone—which includes a Metallica special, an Avenged Sevenfold concert, and a VJ roundtable discussion—is thoroughly appreciated, though not quite historically accurate, as MTV’s Ball rolled out on April 18, 1987. (And since we’re already nitpicking, the show has aired only for 13 years: It was canceled in early 1995 and didn’t return until mid-2003, when it moved to MTV2.) Of course, far be it from us to turn down festivities, so we’re honoring the occasion by watching Judas Priest’s “Breaking the Law” on a loop in our offices. We’ve also been crafting some Headbanger Haikus. (Instead of 5-7-5, the following are in 6-6-6 format. You know, Number of the Beast and all.)
Adam Curry, that hair
made you less VJ and
more member of Europe
Riki Rachtman—oh wait,
is it Rikki Rockett?
No, he was in Poison
Riki Rachtman, when you
talked to Rikki Rockett
it was confusing, right?
Not to split (long) hairs, but
in the show title, ummm…
where’s the apostrophe?
Dear Ball, thanks for playing
Megadeth and Slayer;
Martha Quinn wasn’t down
Got a better Headbanger Haiku? Or a favorite Headbangers Ball moment? Let ‘em rip.
*Actually, 21 and change.
** 5-7-5 becomes 6-6-6.
More on headbanging (and related topics):
Name that hair-metal band!: A quiz
Back to the Future…of heavy metal?
Metallica: 24 Career Highs and Lows
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Headbanger’s Ball showed us,
aquanet and teasing
wasn’t just for ladies!
O the memories of music on MTV!
Oh Adam Curry
I never dug your hair but
Loved the hott leather
Oh, Headbangers Ball
Iron Maiden ruled the Earth
Under your dark reign
one twenty minutes
was so very much better
than headbangers ball
HB – metal for the masses
Unearth? Yes? The Sword? Yes!
Cradle of Filth? No! No! No!
/seriously – lose the poseur metal, dudes. Keyboards? Really?
Happy Birthday to you
But you’re not quite my style
I’m a Carpenters girl
It’s not really a Hiku but:
Headbangers, headbanger some with high hair, Aqua Net was their God, while others prefered Nair (ACDC’s drummer anyone?).
After ‘94 MTV sold out, it’s an unfortunate fact.
Reality shows have destroyed the fun. NOW can we get our f-king music back?!!
Kip Winger’s wild chest hair
Dee Snider’s angry curls
Mesmerized boys and girls
when it was time to rock
I was 10 years old and
terminally uncool
Dan, this “rock” you speak of–
How can it be cooler
Than a night of Sondheim?
Ok. Slezak, you win. At least we have Friday Night Rocks on Q 104.3.
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