Behind The Music (partially lost VH1 documentary series; 1997-2014)

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Status: Partially Found

Behind The Music was a musical documentary series that ran on VH1 from 1997 to 2014 becoming one of VH1's longest running programs. Created by Jeff Gaspin and Gay Rosenthal and narrated by Jim Forbes, the show profiles mostly famous musicians, locations, DJ's, years and movies that had a cultural impact on the music industry. The show will be returning with new episodes on Paramount +.[1] All of the show's 244 episodes would only be aired once and never again, causing a lot of the show's episodes to be lost to time.

Lost Episodes

The VH1 website still lists the show and all its episodes, but they are not viewable. Whenever you click on an episode, some text appears that says "This Video Is Currently Unavailable Due to current rights and restrictions, this video is unavailable, but feel free to check back later. In the meantime, why not watch something else?". Although the episodes are not viewable on VH1's website, it does help on listing all the episodes and their subjects.[2]

The studio master of the Aerosmith episode was available on YouTube [3] but as of the writing of this article, it is blocked worldwide and the Australian version is the only version avalible.

Found Episodes

On December 9, 2019, the Notorious B.I.G. episode (the one that aired in 2001 before the updated version in 2009) was uploaded to YouTube by user reelblack.[4]

Cancelled Episodes

The show has very few episodes that were cancelled. The most notable one is the one on Scott Weiland (lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver). It was announced back in March 2009 that Weiland was one of the first artists to sign on to the series alongside Lil Wayne.[5] While Lil Wayne's episode aired on September 10th, 2009, Weiland's episode never aired or was possibly never made. In March 2018, three years after Weiland's death, his Wildabouts band mate Doug Grean revealed that VH1 didn't interview him enough for the episode, hence why it was never completed.[6] It didn't say who else VH1 interviewed for the cancelled episode like his bandmates in Stone Temple Pilots or Velvet Revolver. It's unknown how far production on the episode went before it got canned.

List

Aired Episodes

# Title Status
1 Milli Vanilli Partially Found
2 MC Hammer Found
3 Fleetwood Mac Partially Found
4 Boy George Partially Found
5 Nowhere To Hide Lost
6 Imagemakers Found
7 Lynyrd Skynyrd Found
8 Teddy Pendergrass Partially Lost
9 Billy Joel Partially Found
10 Jim Croce Found
11 Lilith Fair Found
12 Andy Gibb Partially Found
13 The Carpenters Lost
14 Mamas & The Papas Partially Found
15 Meat Loaf Found
16 Jerry Lee Lewis Found
17 Sonny Bono Found
18 Gladys Knight & The Pips Found
19 Willie Nelson Lost
20 Rick James Partially Found
21 Selena Found
22 David Crosby Lost
23 Takin' It To The Streets Lost
24 Jefferson Airplane/Starship Lost
25 Ozzy Osbourne Partially Lost
26 Ted Nugent Found
27 Joe Cocker Lost
28 Keith Moon Found
29 David Cassidy Found
30 Bonnie Raitt Partially Lost
31 Robbie Robertson Lost
32 Blondie Partially Lost
33 Gloria Estefan Found
34 Jan & Dean Found
35 Harry Chapin Found
36 Def Leppard Found
37 Studio 54 Found
38 Tony Orlando Lost
39 Frank Sinatra Lost
40 Gloria Gaynor Lost
41 Stevie Nicks Partially Lost
42 Steppenwolf Partially Lost
43 Madonna Lost (1998 version) Partially Found (2001 version)
44 1968 Found
45 Shania Twain Found
46 John Denver Lost
50 John Mellencamp Found
51 Metallica Found
52 Leif Garrett Partially Found
53 Lionel Richie Found
54 Rick Springfield Found
55 Grand Funk Railroad Found
56 KC & The Sunshine Band Lost
57 Motley Crue Found
58 Bette Midler Partially Found
59 Heart Found
60 R.E.M. Found
61 Marianne Faithful Lost
62 Donnie & Marie Found
63 Depeche Mode Found
64 Duran Duran Found
65 Cher Found
66 No Doubt Lost
67 Iggy Pop Found
68 Vanilla Ice Found
69 Donna Summer Lost
70 TLC Found
71 Black Crowes Found
72 Run-DMC Partially Found
73 Julian Lennon Lost
74 Eric Burdon & The Animals Lost
75 Lenny Kravitz Found
76 Badfinger Found
77 Peter Tosh Found
78 Alice Cooper Found
79 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Found
80 Red Hot Chili Peppers Lost (1999 version) Found (2002 version)
81 Weird Al Yankovic Found
82 Poison Found
83 Quiet Riot Found
84 Bad Company Lost
85 Natalie Cole Found
86 Melissa Etheridge Found
87 Woodstock Lost
88 Bay City Rollers Found
89 Goo Goo Dolls Partially Found
90 Glen Campbell Found
91 Sting Found
92 Alan Freed Lost
93 Quincy Jones Found
94 Thin Lizzy Found
95 Lindsay Buckingham Found
96 Russell Simmons Partially Found
97 Rocky Horror Picture Show Partially Found
98 Barry White Found
99 Alanis Morrissette Lost
100 Dr. Dre Found
101 1984 Lost
102 1999 Partially Lost
103 Genesis Found
104 The Partridge Family Found
105 Michael Hutchence Found
106 Celine Dion Found
107 1970 Found
108 1977 Found
109 Ricky Martin Partially Lost (2000 version) Found (2011 version)
110 Elton John Found
111 Tina Turner Found
112 The Police Found
113 Oasis Found
114 1992 Found
115 The Bangles Found
116 The Go-Go’s Partially Found
117 Bon Jovi Found
118 AC-DC Found
119 The Monkees Found
120 Queen Latifah Lost
121 Faith Hall Lost
122 Ice-T Found
123 1972 Found
124 Peter Frampton Found
125 Styx Partially Found
126 1975 Found
127 Public Enemy Lost
128 Sinead O'Connor Found
129 Behind The Music Anniversary Special Partially Found
130 Cat Stevens Lost
131 Snoop Dogg Found
132 Barenaked Ladies Found
133 Chicago Found
134 Brian Setzer Found
135 Tiffany Lost
136 Creed Found
137 Everclear Lost
138 Rod Stewart Lost
139 John Lennon The Last Years Partially Found
140 2000 Partially Found
142 Flashdance Lost
143 Journey Found (Broadcast) Found (Directors Cut)
144 Huey Lewis & The News Found
145 Salt N Peppa Found
146 Doobie Brothers Found
148 Megadeth Partially Lost
149 Blues Traveler Lost
150 1981 Found
151 1987 Partially Found
152 1994 Lost
153 Busta Rhymes Found
154 Rock Nelson Partially Found
155 Green Day Found
156 The Notorious B.I.G. Found (2001 version) Found (2012 version)
157 REO Speedwagon Found
158 Hair Found
159 Billy Idol Found
160 Neil Diamond Found
161 Pat Benatar Found
162 Blind Melon Found
163 Twisted Sister Found
164 Judas Priest Found
165 Puff Daddy Found
166 Aaliyah Lost (2001 version) Found (2012 version)
167 Mary J. Blige Found (2001 version) Found (2011 version)
168 The Cult Partially Found
169 Sublime Found
170 Aerosmith Partially Found
171 Hall & Oates Partially Found
172 Sheryl Crow Found
173 Anthrax Partially Found
174 Garbage Found
175 Bob Marley Found
176 Foreigner Partially Found
177 2 Live Crew Lost
178 Hootie & The Blowfish Lost
179 Boston Lost
180 Boyz II Men Lost
181 5th Anniversary Raunchiest Moments Lost
182 5th Anniversary Riches To Rags Lost
183 5th Anniversary Most Shocking Moments Lost
184 5th Anniversary Heartbreaks & Breakups Lost
185 5th Anniversary Near Death Experiences Lost
186 5th Anniversary Update Show Lost
187 Cyndi Lauper Partially Lost
188 Matchbox Twenty Lost
189 Britney Spears Found
190 Spice Girls Found
191 TLC: The Final Chapter Found
192 Guns N’ Roses Found
193 George Michael Found
194 LL Cool J Lost (both 2004 and 2013 versions)
195 New Edition Lost
196 Backstreet Boys Found
197 Kid Rock Lost
198 Ratt Found
199 Pantera Found
200 Nick Lachey Found
201 New Kids On The Block Found
202 Lil Wayne Partially Lost
203 P!nk Found (2009 version) Lost (2012 version)
204 Bobby Brown Found
205 Bret Michaels Partially Lost
206 T.I. Found (2009 version) Lost (2012 verison)
207 50 Cent Found (2013 version) Partially Found (2009 version)
208 DMX Found
209 Christina Aguilera Found
210 Eve Partially Found
211 Courtney Love Found
212 Jennifer Hudson Partially Found
213 Jennifer Lopez Partially Lost
214 Usher Lost
215 Fantasia Lost
216 Nelly Partially Found
217 Missy Elliot Found
218 Ice Cube Found
219 Miranda Lambert Found
220 Enrique Iglesias Found
221 Adam Lambert Found
222 Pitbull Lost
223 Game Lost
224 T-Pain Lost
225 Akon Partially Found
226 Nas Found
227 Brandy Partially Found
228 Train Partially Found
229 Ne-Yo Lost
230 Carrie Underwood Found
231 Nicole Scherzinger Partially Found
232 Gym Class Heroes Lost
233 Toni Baxton Found
234 Ludacris Partially Found
235 Linda Perry Found

Canceled Episodes

Title Status
Ratt (1999 Version) Partially Found
Scott Weiland Lost


Gallery

Metallica episode.

Genesis episode.

Ratt episode.

Iggy Pop episode.

Alice Cooper episode.

Ted Nugent episode.

George Michael episode.

Creed episode.

Clip from the Andy Gibb episode.

Opening of the Billy Joel episode.

Jim Croce episode.

Guns N' Roses episode.

Clips from the Steppenwolf episode.

Journey episode.

Australian version of the Red Hot Chili Peppers episode.

Australian version of the Aerosmith episode.

A portion of the Rick James episode.

MC Hammer episode.

Oasis episode.

Bon Jovi episode.

Blind Melon episode.

Duran Duran episode.

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References