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VH1's 100 Greatest Rock Songs Gives An Inside Look At The Most Legendary Songs And The Bands That Created Them

VH1 Celebrates the Best of Hard Rock with a Five-Night Countdown Event Beginning Monday, December 29 at 10 PM*

Hosted by POISON frontman BRET MICHAELS

This month VH1 is paying tribute to the ultimate rock gods by counting down the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. The five-part compilation will feature the most awesome guitar-driven, head-banging jams in rock history — from AC/DC to LED ZEPPELIN and everything in between. VH1 will take viewers behind-the-scenes of the greatest hard rock hits with special rarely-seen footage and brand new exclusive interviews with rock’s most famous faces. METALLICA, MOTLEY CRUE, NIRVANA, THE WHO and VAN HALEN are just some of the legendary artists to be profiled.

Each new hour-long episode of VH1’s 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs will premiere on Monday, December 29 – Friday, January 2 at 10 PM*. The series will give viewers the chance to rock out to the 100 best and most influential hard rock songs of all time. Along with the revelation of each anthem’s back-story, the five-night event will also feature updates on where various rock idols are today. The countdown will allow viewers to reminisce about the glory days of guitar smashing and party crashing, roadies and groupies, and everything else hard rock stands for. Tune in to see which songs made the list and what band holds the rights to the greatest hard rock song of all time.

*All times ET/PT