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Behind the Music is a television series on VH1 that ran from 1997 to 2003, and continues to air sporadically with new episodes. Each show focuses on a musician or musical group, documenting both the successes of the musicians and the problems they faced during their careers. Each episode is narrated by Jim Forbes .

VH1's criteria for choosing the musicians who appear on the show is, in many cases, to profile those who are no longer in the music industry, or were moderately significant enough in rock history to appear on the series. This is as opposed to VH1's other biography show, VH1's Legends, which profiles musicians that have been very significant to the industry. However, there are some artists that were profiled on both Behind the Music and Legends, including Tina Turner, Elton John, and John Lennon (although Behind The Music exclusively focused on the days leading to his murder in 1980).

1 Musicians

This is a list of artists who have appeared in episodes of the series:

Aaliyah
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Anthrax
Bad Company
Badfinger
The BanglesThe Bangles were a popular American pop band of the mid 1980s, one of the new generation of independent all-women bands that followed The Go-Gos. The band was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 as The Supersonic Bangs later shortened to The Bangs . They were f
Barenaked LadiesBarenaked Ladies BNL for short), is a Canadian alternative rock band composed of Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, Steven Page, Tyler Stewart and Jim Creeggan. They formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. BNL has a reputation as an excellent
Bay City RollersBay City Rollers was a popular British pop band of the 1970s and came from Scotland. The group had five members drummer Derek Longmuir, bass player Alan Longmuir, singer Les McKeown and guitarists Stuart Wood and Eric Faulkner. Their Scottish identity was
Pat Benatar1997 album Innamorata Pat Benatar (born January 10, 1953) is a popular Polish- American rock singer who had numerous hits during the 1980s such as "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" and "Love is a Battlefield". She was born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski in Brooklyn
Mary J. BligeMary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American R&B and soul singer and record producer. She was born in Savannah, Georgia but grew up in the housing projects of Yonkers, New York, eventually dropping out of school before graduating. Blige's musica
The Black CrowesThe Black Crowes are a taper-friendly rock and roll jam group, formed in 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia. They are heavily influenced by The Faces and Southern rock, and their 5 members includes the brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, Johnny Colt, Steve Gorman and
Blind MelonBlind Melon was an American rock and roll band from the 1990s, composed of Shannon Hoon, Brad Smith, Glen Graham, Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn. The name Blind Melon describes some hippies from Mississippi, as used (or coined) by Brad Smith's fathe
BlondieBlondie is a very popular band that first gained fame in the 1970s and early 1980s. The group was founded in August 1974 in New York, New York by Deborah Harry of Wind in the Willows and Chris Stein of The Stilettos. Sometimes disco, sometimes punk, somet
Blues Traveler
Bon Jovi
Sonny Bono
Boy George
Boyz II Men
Lindsey Buckingham
Eric Burdon and The Animals
Glen Campbell
The Carpenters
David Cassidy
Harry Chapin
Cher
Chicago
Joe Cocker
Natalie Cole
Alice Cooper
Creed
Jim Croce
David Crosby
Sheryl Crow
The Cult
Def Leppard
John Denver
Depeche Mode
Neil Diamond
Céline Dion
Doobie Brothers
Dr. Dre
Duran Duran
Gloria Estefan
Melissa Etheridge
Everclear
Marianne Faithfull
Fleetwood Mac
Foreigner
Peter Frampton
Garbage

2 Other features

Other than musicians, some episodes were documentaries on musical events, films, and non-musicians who were influential on the music world. The following appeared in episodes of the series:

3 Technical data

alternate title: VH1's Behind the Music
runtime: 60-90 minutes per episode
series premiere: August 1997

4 See also

List of television programs

5 External links

Television series

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