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120 Minutes is a television show in the United States dedicated to the alternative music genre, originally airing on MTV from 1986 to 2000, and then on MTV's sister channel MTV2 from 2001 to 2003. [1]

95 relations: Adam Curry, Alan Hunter (VJ), Alternative hip hop, Alternative Nation, Alternative rock, American Jesus, Atlantic Records, Bad Religion, Björk, Blur (band), Bronski Beat, Butthole Surfers, C'mon Billy, Chris Booker, Dave Holmes (actor), Dave Kendall, Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Downtown Julie Brown, Dubstep, Echo & the Bunnymen, Electronica, Evan Dando, Fake Plastic Trees, Flipp, Hüsker Dü, Indie rock, J.J. Jackson (media personality), James (band), Jancee Dunn, Jim Shearer, Julian Cope, Kate Bush, Kevin Seal, Kiss Them for Me (song), Kitchens of Distinction, KMFDM, Lou Reed, Loveline, Martha Quinn, Matt Pinfield, Ministry (band), Morphine (band), Morrissey, MTV, MTV Classic (U.S. TV network), MTV2, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Nevermind, New Order (band), ..., Nirvana (band), Oasis (band), Obojeni Program, Particle Man, Pitchfork (website), PJ Harvey, Porno for Pyros, Pretty Vacant, R.E.M., Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Ramones, Real World (TV series), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robyn Hitchcock, Sarah McLachlan, Sex Pistols, Sinéad O'Connor, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Slowdive, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Sonic Youth, Staind, Subterranean (TV series), Sum 41, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Offspring, The Original Sins, The Replacements (band), The Smashing Pumpkins, The Stone Roses, The Verve, The Verve Pipe, They Might Be Giants, Turntablism, Underground hip hop, Undressed, Victoria Williams, Violent Femmes, VJ (media personality), Weezer, XTC, Yes (Morphine album), 10,000 Maniacs, 120 Minutes (MTV Classic). Expand index (45 more) »

Adam Curry

Adam Clark Curry (born September 3, 1964) is a podcaster, announcer, internet entrepreneur and media personality, known for his stint as VJ on MTV and being one of the first celebrities personally to create and administer Web sites.

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Alan Hunter (VJ)

Alan Caldwell Hunter (born February 14, 1957) is one of the original five video jockeys (VJs) on MTV from 1981 to 1987 (along with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, and J.J. Jackson).

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Alternative hip hop

Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses the wide range of styles of hip hop that are not typically identified as mainstream.

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Alternative Nation

Alternative Nation was a television show in the U.S. dedicated to alternative music.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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American Jesus

"American Jesus" is the first single by Bad Religion from their 1993 album Recipe for Hate.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Bad Religion

Bad Religion is an American punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980.

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Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and DJ.

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Blur (band)

Blur are an English rock band, formed in London in 1988.

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Bronski Beat

Bronski Beat is a British synthpop trio which achieved success in the mid-1980s, particularly with the 1984 chart hit "Smalltown Boy", from their debut album The Age of Consent, which was their only US Billboard Hot 100 single.

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Butthole Surfers

Butthole Surfers are an American rock band formed by singer Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981.

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C'mon Billy

C'mon Billy was the second single released on PJ Harvey's 1995 solo album To Bring You My Love.

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Chris Booker

Chris Booker (born May 20, 1971) is an American radio and TV personality.

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Dave Holmes (actor)

David Robert "Dave" Holmes (born March 14, 1971) is a writer, producer, and television personality who gained national attention as the runner-up on MTV's first Wanna Be a VJ contest in 1998.

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Dave Kendall

Dave Kendall is a British-born journalist, editor, producer and VJ.

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Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980.

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Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984, originally simply called Dinosaur until legal issues forced a change in name.

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Downtown Julie Brown

Julie Dorne Brown (born 27 August 1963), better known as Downtown Julie Brown, is a London–born actress, television personality, SiriusXM DJ and former MTV VJ.

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Dubstep

Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the late 1990s.

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Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978.

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Electronica

Electronica encompasses a broad group of electronic-based styles such as techno, house, ambient, jungle and other electronic music styles intended not just for dancing.

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Evan Dando

Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4, 1967) is an American musician and frontman of the Lemonheads.

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Fake Plastic Trees

"Fake Plastic Trees" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead from their second studio album The Bends (1995).

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Flipp

Flipp is an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1994, founded by singer/guitarist/producer Brynn Arens.

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Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü were an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1979.

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.

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J.J. Jackson (media personality)

John J. "J.J." Jackson Jr. (April 8, 1941 – March 17, 2004) was an American radio and television personality.

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James (band)

James are an English rock band from Manchester, which was formed in 1982 and enjoyed popularity throughout the 1990s.

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Jancee Dunn

Jancee Dunn (born May 1966) is a journalist, author and former VJ.

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Jim Shearer

Jim Shearer (born January 3, 1974) is a VJ and was host of the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown and was the "music expert" on VH1's morning show Big Morning Buzz Live.

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Julian Cope

Julian David Cope (born 21 October 1957) is an English musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator. Originally coming to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band the Teardrop Explodes, he has followed a solo career since 1983 and worked on musical side projects such as Queen Elizabeth, Brain Donor and Black Sheep. Cope is also an author on Neolithic culture, publishing The Modern Antiquarian in 1998, and an outspoken political and cultural activist with a noted and public interest in occultism and paganism. He has written two volumes of autobiography; Head-On (1994) and Repossessed (1999); two volumes of archaeology; The Modern Antiquarian (1998) and The Megalithic European (2004); and three volumes of musicology; Krautrocksampler (1995), Japrocksampler (2007); and Copendium: A Guide to the Musical Underground (2012).

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Kate Bush

Catherine "Kate" Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer.

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Kevin Seal

Kevin Seal is an actor and television presenter.

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Kiss Them for Me (song)

"Kiss Them for Me" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees.

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Kitchens of Distinction

Kitchens of Distinction (sometimes shortened colloquially to KOD) are an English three-person alternative rock band formed in Tooting, South London in 1986.

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KMFDM

KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is a German industrial band from Hamburg led by multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project.

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Lou Reed

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter.

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Loveline

Loveline is a podcast, formerly a syndicated radio call-in program in North America, offering medical and relationship advice to listeners, often with the assistance of guests, typically actors and musicians.

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Martha Quinn

Martha Conrad Quinn (born May 11, 1959) is an actress and television personality, best known as one of the original video jockeys on MTV (along with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and J.J. Jackson).

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Matt Pinfield

Matt Pinfield (born May 28, 1961) is a music personality and TV host best known as a video deejay on MTV and VH1.

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Ministry (band)

Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded in 1981 by Al Jourgensen in Chicago, Illinois.

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Morphine (band)

Morphine was an American alternative rock group formed by Mark Sandman, Dana Colley, and Jerome Deupree in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1989.

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Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

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MTV Classic (U.S. TV network)

MTV Classic (formerly VH1 Smooth, VH1 Classic Rock, and VH1 Classic) is an American television network owned by Viacom Media Networks.

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MTV2

MTV2 (formerly M2) is an American digital cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols is the only studio album by English punk rock band the Sex Pistols, released on 28 October 1977 by Virgin Records.

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Nevermind

Nevermind is the second studio album by American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991.

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New Order (band)

New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.

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Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American rock band formed by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.

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Oasis (band)

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991.

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Obojeni Program

Obojeni Program (Обојени Програм, trans. Colored Program) is a Serbian alternative rock band from Novi Sad.

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Particle Man

"Particle Man" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released and published in 1990.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Condé Nast.

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PJ Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey, MBE (born 9 October 1969) known as PJ Harvey, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer.

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Porno for Pyros

Porno for Pyros were an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992, following the break-up of Jane's Addiction.

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Pretty Vacant

"Pretty Vacant" is a song by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols.

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R.E.M.

R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, that was formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe.

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Radiohead

Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985.

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Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California.

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Ramones

The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974.

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Real World (TV series)

Real World (formerly known as The Real World from 1992 to 2013) is a reality television series on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American funk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983.

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Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Sarah McLachlan

Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer and songwriter known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range.

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Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975.

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Sinéad O'Connor

Magda Davitt (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, 8 December 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra.

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Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees were an English rock band, formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin.

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Slowdive

Slowdive are an English rock band that formed in Reading, Berkshire in 1989.

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Smells Like Teen Spirit

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by American rock band Nirvana.

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Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981.

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Staind

Staind is an American rock band formed in 1995.

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Subterranean (TV series)

Subterranean was a weekly music show on MTV2 dedicated to alternative, indie, and underground music and artists.

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Sum 41

Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario.

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The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride in 1983.

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The Offspring

The Offspring is an American rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984.

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The Original Sins

The Original Sins were a garage rock band that formed in 1987 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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The Replacements (band)

The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979.

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The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins (or Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

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The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1983.

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The Verve

The Verve were an English rock band formed in Wigan in 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury.

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The Verve Pipe

The Verve Pipe is an American rock band now based out of West Michigan.

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They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants (often abbreviated as TMBG) is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.

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Turntablism

Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipped DJ mixer.

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Underground hip hop

Underground hip hop is an umbrella term for hip hop music outside the general commercial canon.

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Undressed

Undressed is an American anthology series that aired on MTV from July 26, 1999 to September 5, 2002.

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Victoria Williams

Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career.

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Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes is an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially active from 1980 to 2009.

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VJ (media personality)

A video jockey (abbreviated VJ or sometimes veejay) is an announcer who introduces music videos and live performances on commercial music television stations such as VH1, MTV and Channel V.

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Weezer

Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1992, consisting of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums), Brian Bell (rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), and Scott Shriner (bass, backing vocals).

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XTC

XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972 and active until 2006.

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Yes (Morphine album)

Yes is an album by alternative rock band Morphine, released in March 1995.

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10,000 Maniacs

10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band that was founded in 1981.

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120 Minutes (MTV Classic)

120 Minutes (formerly The Alternative and VH1 Classic 120 Minutes) is an alternative rock music video program that debuted in August 2004 on VH1 Classic and currently airs on MTV Classic.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/120_Minutes

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