YMMV / Headbanger's Ball

• Growing the Beard: Many fans believe that the show was at its best when Riki Ratchman hosted it from 1980-1995.
• Spiritual Successor: Metal Mayhem on MTV Classic, previously airing as Metal Mania when the network was still VH1 Classic. This is just a block of music videos with no host or interviews, but it has a rotation similar to what aired on the original series, going with the network's theme around the "classic" era of MTV.
  • Some consider its true successor to be That Metal Show (also on VH1 Classic), though it was a classic metal talk show with guest interviews and special segments, and no music videos.

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