Metal Health Drives Them Mad
Tuesday May 11, 4:02 pm ET
VH1 Counts Down the '100 Most Metal Moments' in a Five-Night Special Premiering Monday May 31 10:00 PM*

NEW YORK, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The heyday of heavy metal music is full of entertaining (and sometimes shocking) moments. From wild hair to even wilder groupies, heavy metal's most notorious incidents defined the excess of an era.
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"100 Most Metal Moments," premieres on Monday, May 31 at 10:00 pm* with the ultimate countdown of these outrageous hard rock moments in a five-night special. Narrated by the always outrageous Dee Snider, this special reveals who shredded a live chicken onstage, who won a gross out contest with Nikki Sixx and more in each one-hour episode.

The special features all new interviews with legendary metal icons like Motorhead, Blackie Lawless, Bret Michaels, Sebastian Bach, Anthrax, L.A. Guns, KISS, Vince Neil, Ronnie James Dio, Faster Pussycat, and many more.

"100 Most Metal Moments" continues the tradition of VH1's "100 Greatest" series of specials which debuted with "100 Greatest Artists of Rock and Roll" in March of 1998.

Viewers can log on to VH1.com for the complete list and more outrageous metal moments.

"100 Most Metal Moments" is Executive produced by Michelle Mahoney and Meredith Ross for VH1.

*All times ET/PT

Contact: Michelle Clark/VH1 Lisa Chader/MTVN
(212) 846-5576 (310) 752-8799

100 Most Metal Moments: The Big Ten

10 DEF LEPPARD/ RICK ALLEN'S ARM
RICK ALLEN A TRIUMPH OF THE METAL SPIRIT AS DEF LEPPARD'S
RICK ALLEN, RECOVERING FROM A TRAGIC ACCIDENT,
BECOMES METAL'S FIRST ONE-ARMED DRUMMER.

9 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN MUD SHARK
THE INFAMOUS INCIDENT ALLEGEDLY INVOLVING LED
ZEPPELIN, A GROUPIE AND A SMALL MARINE CREATURE
SETS THE STANDARD BY WHICH ALL METAL DEBAUCHERY
WOULD BE MEASURED.

8 GROUPIES UNITE@ METAL SLUDGE CHART
METAL-SLUDGE THE DEDICATED FEMALE FOLLOWERS OF METAL RATE THE
MANHOOD OF METAL GODS ON A WEB SITE. THEY GIVE
ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO SPREAD
THE WORD ON WHICH STARS ARE WORTH THE TROUBLE OF
GETTING BACKSTAGE TO CONSORT WITH.

7 OZZY VS. NIKKI SIXX OZZY VS. NIKKI GROSS-OUT SHOWDOWN
OZZY OSBOURNE AND MOTLEY CRUE'S NIKKI SIXX
ENGAGE IN A REVOLTING CLASH OF THE TITANS WHILE
TOURING TOGETHER IN THE EARLY '80s. THE BATTLE
BEGINS WITH OZZY SNORTING A LINE OF LIVE ANTS
AND ENDS WITH HIM DRINKING NIKKI'S URINE.

6 JUDAS PRIEST/ ROB HALFORD COMES OUT
ROB HALFORD MUCH TO THE SURPRISE OF MULLETED JUDAS PRIEST
FANS EVERYWHERE, FRONTMAN ROB HALFORD COMES OUT
OF THE CLOSET.

5 SPINAL TAP SPINAL TAP
METAL PARODY "SPINAL TAP" IS RELEASED, ADDING
SUCH THINGS AS AMPS THAT GO TO 11 AND UNDERSIZED
MODELS OF STONEHENGE TO METAL LORE.

4 MOTLEY CRUE THE DIRT
MOTLEY CRUE RELEASE 'THE DIRT,' METAL'S FIRST
TRUE TELL-ALL BIOGRAPHY, DEPICTING IN GRAPHIC
DETAIL THE BAND'S RELENTLESS QUEST FOR PLEASURES
OF THE FLESH.

3 DIO DIO'S DEVIL HORNS
ONE-TIME BLACK SABBATH FRONTMAN AND SOLO ARTIST
RONNIE JAMES DIO GIVES BIRTH TO HEAVY METAL SIGN
LANGUAGE WHEN HE POPULARIZES THE NOW-UBIQUITOUS
METAL DEVIL HORNS SIGN.

2 BLACK SABBATH THE FINGERLESS MAN OF BLACK SABBATH
GUITARIST TONY IOMMI GETS TWO FINGERTIPS CUT OFF
IN AN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT, BUT STILL GOES ON TO
INVENT THE SOUND OF HEAVY METAL GUITAR WITH
BLACK SABBATH, THANKS TO A FEW PROSTHETIC
DIGITS.

1 HEAR N' AID HEAR N' AID
THE BIGGEST NAMES IN METAL, FROM JUDAS PRIEST TO
MOTLEY CRUE, COME TOGETHER IN A CHARITY
RECORDING AND VIDEO FOR STARVING PEOPLE IN
AFRICA. IT'S RUMORED THAT POP CHARITY TYPES
DON'T APPROVE, BUT THE SONG AND VIDEO FOR "WE'RE
STARS" STANDS AS A STIRRING TRIBUTE TO ALL
THINGS METAL.

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Source: VH1

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