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Season 1

  • S01E01 Dookie

    • March 10, 2002
    • VH1

    Green Day

  • S01E02 Pyromania

    • March 17, 2002
    • VH1

    When they went into the studio to make Pyromania, Def Leppard were just another meat and potatoes rock band with two flop albums and a silly name. But producer Mutt Lange had a dream of stadium-filling choruses, whomping drum tracking, and turning these Sheffield wannabes into pop-rock gods. VH1 tells the tale of how one guitar player and thousands of overdubs later, a masterpiece was born.

  • S01E03 Legend

    • March 31, 2002
    • VH1

    Bob Marley & the Wailers

  • S01E04 Slippery When Wet

    • April 28, 2002
    • VH1

    Bon Jovi

  • S01E05 Bat Out of Hell

    • May 26, 2002
    • VH1

    Meat Loaf From Iceland to Italy, rock fans around the world almost immediately understood the power of Bat Out of Hell. But it took a while for America to get to the heart of Meat Loaf's rock musical, which ultimately put some much-needed body fluids back into rock ‘n' roll. Here were seven turbo-charged songs - nay, arias - about things that made sense to anyone who'd ever lived through prom night.

  • S01E06 Blood Sugar Sex Magick

    • June 2, 2002
    • VH1

    Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers were the world's greatest party band - except the world didn't know it yet. All that changed with Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Inspired by sobriety, a new guitarist, and maybe a ghost or two, the veteran group's 1991 crossover success redefined the California sound. Ultimate Albums celebrates the sexy insanity of the disc's popfunknroll.

  • S01E07 The Marshall Mathers LP

    • June 16, 2002
    • VH1

    Eminem

  • S01E08 Raising Hell

    • June 23, 2002
    • VH1

    Run-DMC

  • S01E09 Tragic Kingdom

    • VH1

  • S01E10 CrazySexyCool

    • VH1

  • S01E11 Led Zeppelin IV

    • VH1

  • S01E12 Dr. Feelgood

    • VH1

  • S01E13 KISS Alive

    • April 26, 2003
    • VH1

  • S01E14 Back In Black

    • June 4, 2003
    • VH1

    In April 1980, AC/DC's vocalist, Bon Scott, died from heavy drinking one night and choked. After that, Brian Johnson replaced Scott. Later that year, Back in Black was recorded and was considered AC/DC's greatest album of all time and still is considered that today.

  • S01E15 The Black Album

    • July 5, 2003
    • VH1

    This episode explores why twelve years after its release ""Metallica"" stands as one of the best selling rock albums of all-time.

  • S01E16 Songs in a Minor

    • July 17, 2003
    • VH1

  • S01E17 Butterfly

    • July 28, 2003
    • VH1

  • S01E18 Country Grammar

    • VH1

  • S01E19 Supernatural

    • August 3, 2003
    • VH1