"100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" (2000) TV mini-series

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Paul La Blanc

Writers:

Paul La Blanc (writer)
Darry Logan (writer)

Release Date:

December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

A 5-hour history of the greatest bands in Hard Rock history.

Plot Keywords:

Band | Rock Music | Rocker | Rock Singer | Singer

Cast

Carmen Electra	...	Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Billie Joe Armstrong	...	Himself - Member, Green Day
Sebastian Bach	...	Himself - Member, Skid Row
Ritchie Blackmore	...	Himself - Member, Deep Purple
Bun E. Carlos	...	Himself - Member, Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick	...	Themselves
Tre Cool	...	Himself - Member, Green Day
Alice Cooper	...	Himself
Billy Corgan	...	Himself - Member, Smashing Pumpkins
Chris Cornell	...	Himself - Member, Soundgarden
Glenn Danzig	...	Himself - Member, Danzig
Dimebag Darrell	...	Himself - Member, Pantera (as Diamond Darrell)
C.C. Deville	...	Himself - Member, Poison
Bruce Dickinson	...	Himself - Member, Iron Maiden
Mike Dirnt	...	Himself - Member, Green Day
Kevin DuBrow	...	Himself - Member, Quiet Riot
Flea	...	Himself - Member, Red Hot Chili Peppers (as The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Lita Ford	...	Herself
Ian Gillan	...	Himself - Member, Deep Purple
Roger Glover	...	Himself
David Grohl	...	Himself (as Dave Grohl)
Sammy Hagar	...	HImself - Member, Van Halen
Rob Halford	...	Himself (as Judas Priest)
Kirk Hammett	...	Himself - Member, Metallica
James Hetfield	...	Himself - Member, Metallica
Scott Ian	...	Himself - Member, Anthrax
Kid Rock	...	Himself
Blackie Lawless	...	Himself - Member WASP
Tommy Lee	...	Himself - Member, Motley Crue
Lemmy	...	Himself - Member, Motorhead
John Lydon	...	HImself - Member, Sex Pistols
Marilyn Manson	...	Himself
Mick Mars	...	Himself - Member, Motley Crue
Brian May	...	Himself - Member, Queen
Michael McKean	...	David St. Hubbins (archive footage)
Steve Morse	...	Himself - Member, Deep Purple
Dave Mustaine	...	Himself - Member, Megadeth
Vince Neil	...	Himself - Member, Motley Crue
Jason Newsted	...	Himself - Member, Metallica
Rick Nielsen	...	Himself - Member, Cheap Trick
Ted Nugent	...	Himself
Ozzy Osbourne	...	Himself
Vinnie Paul	...	Himself - Member, Pantera
Stephen Pearcy	...	Himself - Member, Ratt
Joe Perry	...	Himself - Member, Aerosmith
Tom Petersson	...	Himself - Member, Cheap Trick
Artimus Pyle	...	Himself - Member, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Joey Ramone	...	Himself
Vernon Reid	...	Himself - Member, Living Color
Nile Rodgers	...	Himself - Member, Chic
Henry Rollins	...	Himself - Member, Black Flag (as Black Flag)
Richie Sambora	...	Himself - Member, Bon Jovi
Gene Simmons	...	Himself - Member, KISS
Nikki Sixx	...	Himself - Member, Motley Crue
Slash	...	Himself - Member, Guns N' Roses
Dee Snider	...	Himself - Member, Twisted Sister
Penelope Spheeris	...	Herself
Paul Stanley	...	Himself - Member, KISS
Gwen Stefani	...	Herself
Ty Tabor	...	Himself - Member, King's X
Steven Tyler	...	Himself - Member, Aerosmith
Lars Ulrich	...	Himself - Member, Metallica
Nancy Wilson	...	Herself - Member, Heart
Zakk Wylde	...	Himself - Member, Ozzy Osbourne Band
Robin Zander	...	Himself - Member, Cheap Trick
Rob Zombie	...	Himself - Member, White Zombie

Runtime:

225 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

VH1 Television

Watch & learn

This is the best. They must have played this 500 times, but every time it is on I have to watch it. It's not often you get to see all these great heavy metal bands on tv, and it is nice to see them treated with some respect. Like a lot of other people, I grew up with these guys. They were a major part of my high school and college years. And as a guitar player, I can tell you that their talent is surely no joke, even if the hair and clothes are a little ridiculous now. I think every guitar player from the 70s on learned `Smoke on the Water' as their first riff. It's good to see legendary rock gods like Richie Blackmore and Alice Cooper get their due. And it is nice to remind the kids who are watching MTV today that Ozzy was the man (both with Black Sabbath and on his own), long before he was Jack and Kelly's bumbling dad.