Behind The Music
Genre	Documentary
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	200
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	VH1
Original run	August 17, 1997 – March 2, 2006
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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Premise

Each show focuses on a musician or musical group, documenting both the successes of the musicians and the problems they faced during their careers. Except for the first two episodes (which focused on Milli Vanilli and M.C. Hammer), all programs are narrated by Jim Forbes. Forbes was later used to narrate the Milli Vanilli episode when it was modified to include the death of Rob Pilatus. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Milli Vanilli (milli is a word meaning national in Turkish, picked up by the artists while visiting Turkey on one of its national days) was a duo, Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus, formed in Germany in the mid-1980s. ... MC Hammer (later Hammer), real name Stanley Kirk Burrell, (born March 30, 1962) was an early mainstream rapper, known for his baggy genie pants and catchy hooks on songs like U Cant Touch This. Early Life MC Hammer was born in Oakland, California. ... Rob & Fab: Milli Vanilli Robert Rob Pilatus (June 8, 1965 – April 2, 1998) was an Afro-German, and member of the pop music duo Milli Vanilli with Fabrice Morvan. ...

VH1's criterion for choosing the musicians who appear on the show is, in many cases, to profile those who are no longer in the music industry, or were moderately significant enough in rock history to appear on the series. This is as opposed to VH1's other biography show, VH1's Legends, which profiles musicians that have been very significant to the industry. However, there are some artists that were profiled on both Behind the Music and Legends, including Tina Turner, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Elton John, John Lennon (although Behind The Music exclusively focused on the months and days leading to his murder in 1980) and Pink Floyd (although their Behind the Music was the US airing of the BBC produced documentary Behind The Wall in June of 2000). The Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall documentary focused on the making of the band's 1979 album The Wall, the concert shows that went with it and the making of Pink Floyd The Wall movie and features no narrator. Legends (aka VH1s Legends) is a music biography television series on VH1. ... Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is an eight-time Grammy Award-winning American pop/rock singer and actress. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1981,[1] which became one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a multiple Grammy Award-winning[1] American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983 by Anthony Kiedis (vocals) Hillel Slovak (guitar), Michael Flea Balzary (bass), and Jack Irons (drummer). ... Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE[1][2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a multiple Grammy- and Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ... For other uses, see The Wall (disambiguation). ... The Wall is a rock opera and concept album by Pink Floyd. ...

Another episode of Behind the Music on KISS was re-christened KISS: Behind the Makeup in July of 2001 (which was 2-hours in length). This featured Matt Pinfield, formerly of MTV's Headbanger's Ball, as narrator instead of Jim Forbes. Kiss (sometimes typeset KISS, to fit the official logo) is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ...

Behind the Music came to be after Paul Gallagher and George Moll produced a one-hour special entitled Dying in Vein which first aired on VH1 in December 1996. While Dying in Vein was a magazine style show, its approach to storytelling served as the prototype for Behind the Music. :There is another Scottish footballer called Paul Gallacher, with a c. Paul Gallagher (born August 9, 1984 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish football player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers as a forward. ...

A short-lived half-hour spinoff series titled BTM2 (short for "Behind the Music 2") chronicled the careers of newer upcoming artists. A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ...

There are some blogs that claim Stone Temple Pilots, Blink 182, and Toby Keith have episodes in production, but VH1 has not made any announcements.

Musicians

The following is a list of artists who have appeared in episodes of the series:

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Other features

Other than musicians, some episodes were documentaries on musical events, films, and non-musicians who were influential on the music world. The following appeared in episodes of the series:

• 1968 in music
• 1970 in music
• 1972 in music
• 1975 in music
• 1977 in music
• 1981 in music
• 1984 in music
• 1987 in music
• 1992 in music
• 1994 in music
• 1999 in music
• 2000 in music
• Flashdance
• Alan Freed
• The Day The Music Died
• Grease
• Hair
• Lilith Fair
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Saturday Night Fever
• Russell Simmons
• Studio 54
• Woodstock '69

See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ... See also: other events of 1970 list of years in music 1970s in music // Charles Wuorinen, aged 32, becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. ... See also: other events of 1972 list of years in music 1970s in music // January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed Elvis Presley Blvd January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties... See also: 1974 in music, other events of 1975, 1976 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of... See also: 1976 in music, other events of 1977, 1978 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Queens Bohemian Rhapsody is named The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years by BPI. In this year, the St. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 other events of 1981 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 10 - Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadways Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith February... See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // [edit] Events January 21 - Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart: it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the... See also: 1986 in music, other events of 1987, 1988 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... See also: 1992 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1992 Record labels established in 1992 other events of 1992 list of years in music 1990s in music // 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ... See also: 1994 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1994 Record labels established in 1994 other events of 1994 list of years in music 1990s in music // January 29 - The Supremes Mary Wilson is injured when her jeep hits a freeway median and flips over just outside of Los... See also: 1999 in music (UK) other events of 1999 Musical groups established in 1999 Record labels established in 1999 list of years in music 1990s in music // January 7 After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. ... See also: 2000 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels established in 2000 other events of 2000 list of years in music 2000s in music // John Tavener is knighted in the New Years Honours List. ... Flashdance is a musical and romance film released in April 1983. ... Alan Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965), also known as Moondog, was an American disc-jockey (DJ) who became internationally known for promoting African-American Rhythm and Blues (R&B) music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of Rock and Roll. ... Monument at Crash Site, September 16, 2003. ... Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. ... The original poster for the show. ... Lilith Fair was a concert tour and traveling music festival, founded by musician Sarah McLachlan, that featured female musicians; it ran from 1997 to 1999. ... The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) (first released in the United Kingdom on 14 August 1975) is a cult-science fiction-comedy-horror musical film directed by Jim Sharman from a screenplay by Sharman and Richard OBrien. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a Brooklyn discotheque. ... Russell Simmons (born October 4, 1957 in Queens, NY), is an American entrepreneur, the co-founder, with Rick Rubin, of the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam, founder of another label, Russell Simmons Music Group, and creater of the clothing fashion line Phat Farm. ... The original Studio 54 logo. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Technical data

• alternate title: VH1's Behind the Music
• runtime: 60-90 minutes per episode
• series premiere: August 1997

Trivia

"Behind the Laughter" was an episode of The Simpsons that aired on the Fox network in 2000 and spoofed the style of the program. Jim Forbes also narrated this episode and many of the interstitial graphics used a style similar to Behind the Music. Behind the Laughter is an Emmy winning episode from the eleventh season of The Simpsons. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... For the animal, see Fox. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The show was parodied on the South Park episode "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow". South Park is an American, Emmy Award-winning[1] animated television comedy series about four fourth-grade school boys who live in the small town of South Park, Colorado. ...

The show is also the base for the running parody Behind the Music that Sucks, which has been produced by Internet humor site Heavy.com since 1998. Behind the Music that Sucks is an ongoing series of comic pieces produced by, and appearing on, Heavy. ... Heavy. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...

See also

• List of television programs

This is a listing of topics pertaining to television programs. ...

External links

• All Movie Guide entry for Behind the Music
• Unofficial episode commentary