''Superock'' was a

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show that focused on

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, heavy metal music,

alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...

and alternative rap.

History

''Superock'' first aired on MTV in the US on February 18, 1995 and it replaced the long running ''

Headbangers Ball ''Headbangers Ball'' is a music television program that consisted of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV and its global affiliates. The show began on MTV on April 18, 1987, playing heavy metal music videos from both well-known and more o ...

'' show. '' Cashbox'' magazine reported on January 25, 1995 that ''Superock'' would "combine rock, hard-edged alternative and alternative rap music and look at the new lifestyle trends of today's music fans and the bands they follow". The presenter of the US version of the show was Jackie Farry, who had previously been the nanny to

Frances Bean Cobain Frances Bean Cobain (born August 18, 1992) is an American visual artist and model. She is the only child of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love. She controls the publicity rights to her father's name and image. ...

, daughter of

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frontman Kurt Cobain and

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. It aired on Saturday nights from midnight to 2 a.m. ''Superock'' first aired on

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on June 2, 1997 where it also replaced ''Headbangers Ball'' which had been discontinued there a year before. The presenter on the MTV Europe version of ''Superock'' was the German Julia Valet. Among the

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that were aired on the first ''Superock'' show on MTV Europe were " A.D.I.D.A.S." by

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, " Vow" by

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, " Love You to Death" by

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, "

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" by

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, "

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" by The Prodigy and " The Beautiful People" by

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. In the UK, it aired on Mondays at 11 p.m on MTV Europe.

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