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Jethro Tull is #61 On VH1 Special -
NEW YORK, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Led Zeppelin, the British
quartet who virtually defined high-volume heavy metal thunder and
epitomized the rise of album rock, stadium concerts and guitar
pyrotechnics, have been chosen as the greatest hard rockers of all time
for VH1's ``100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'' airing Monday, November 13
through Friday, November 17 from 10:00 - 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Second on the
list is the original goth-rock band Black Sabbath, followed by legendary
guitar wizard Jimi Hendrix. AC/DC and Metallica round out the top five.
VH1's ``100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'' were selected
by a panel of rock artists that included Pat Benatar, Def Leppard's Joe
Elliott, Ozzy Osbourne, Scott Ian and John Bush of Anthrax, Korn's Dave
Silveria, Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, Ritchie Blackmore
of Deep Purple, Dave Grohl of Nirvana/Foo Fighters, Mike Bordin of Faith
No More, Skid Row's Sebastian Bach, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Yngvie
Malmsteen, Lita Ford, and Geddy Lee of Rush.
``100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'' airs as a
five-night, five-part series beginning with #100 on Monday, November 13 at
10:00 p.m. On Tuesday-Friday, each new installment will be preceded by a
repeat airing of the previous episodes. ``100 Greatest Artists of Hard
Rock'' will be repeated on Saturday, November 18 from 1:00-6:00 p.m.
(ET/PT), and Sunday, November 19 at 4:00-9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The complete
schedule for VH1's ``100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'':
Monday, 11/13 10:00 p.m. # 100-81 (premiere)
Tuesday, 11/14 9:00 p.m. # 100-81
10:00 p.m. # 80-61 (premiere)
Wednesday, 11/15 8:00 p.m. # 100-81
9:00 p.m. # 80-61
10:00 p.m. # 60-41 (premiere)
Thursday, 11/16 7:00 p.m. # 100-81
8:00 p.m. # 80-61
9:00 p.m. # 60-41
10:00 p.m. # 40-21 (premiere)
Friday, 11/17 6:00 p.m. # 100-81
7:00 p.m. # 80-61
8:00 p.m. # 60-41
9:00 p.m. # 40-21
10:00 p.m. # 20-1 (premiere)
``100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'' is a production of
VH1. Lauren Zalaznick is executive producer, Todd Schwartz is executive in
charge of production, Bernie Kaminski is supervising producer, and Paul
LaBlanc is the producer. A complete list of the ``100 Greatest Dance
Songs'' follows. VH1 produces and programs a wide variety of music-based
series, specials, live events and acquisition-based programming that keep
viewers in touch with the music they love. VH1 is a registered trademark
of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. MTV Networks owns and operates the
cable television programming services MTV: Music Television, MTV 2: Music
Television, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TV Land and VH1 as well as The Suite
from MTV Networks, a package of ten digital services, all of which are
trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks also has joint ventures,
licensing agreements and syndication deals whereby its programming can be
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