cobbling every piece of information available about short-lived the MTV show SUPERROCK

this show was seriously my jam and so little about it is known or remembered. post anything you know or remember.

According to this very long-winded blog post there are 12 episodes:

http://19thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/01/50-superrock.html

What I remember.

It replaced Headbanger's Ball in 1995. They had guest hosts Faith No More supporting King For A Day and Primus supporting Tales From The Punchbowl. I remember Les took the host to Rancho Relaxo and showed her his yellow car with crazy hydraulics.

I know they played metal, alterna-metal and hip-hop but i the only video I actually remember seeing is Faith No More's "Evidence" :/

the only video i remember seeing played on this show was thunder kiss '65 which somehow seems totally off given the timeframe yet i know this to be true.

though i guess given the mishmash of stuff described in that blog post it's not out of the realm of whatever.

generally i remember this being mtv's dump for shit that's too heavy for the increasingly pop-punkified alt-daytime-playlist and the increasingly trip-hop and britpopified 120 mins but not quite heavy enough for the dudes who woulda tuned into hbangers ball

like pantera woulda flown, maybe, but not so much entombed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ju2QXeFq8Q

I honestly don't think I ever tuned into the show once, but I remember the commercials rather well (I think so, at least). Hot rods and bold colors and huge 1973-style type, right?

I wouldn't have said I ever saw this, but watching that clip, the spinning crown thing came back to me immediately. The funny thing is when I first watched Diabolik I felt like it was somehow familiar. Now I know why!

Don't think I watched this, sounds good though. There was a rock show a few years later presented by a very coquettish blonde Scandanavian type that I used to catch quite a lot. MTV Europe was actually really good in the 90s.