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A weekly guide to rock and rap on the small screen

Posted Feb 01, 1999 12:00 AM

MONDAY, FEB. 1


MuchUSA SnowJob '98 In Concert: Big Wreck, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and LL Cool J heat up this annual winter extravaganza at Sun Peaks, B.C.


SUND Scratch the Surface: Pop diva Whitney Houston hosts this 1997 documentary about former Seventeen cover girls and their feelings on beauty, health and modeling.


NBC Jay Leno: Former House of Pain leader Everlast tells Jay what it's like.


TUESDAY, FEB. 2


BRV Profiles: The Bee Gees have decimated chart records worldwide since the late Fifties, yet never received much industry respect. Now, this exclusive profile will explain what made the disco inferno burn so bright for so long.


VH1 Acts Like a Singer: This showcase will delve into the lives of musical actors and theatrical singers like John Travolta, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Madonna, Will Smith, Adam Sandler, Courtney Love and Barbra Steisand.


MTV BIOrhythm: This investigative program will recount the short, starry-eyed life of rapper Notorious B.I.G.


WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3


ABC The View: Natalie Merchant will perform a single from her 1998 album, Ophelia.


BET Rap City: No Limit Soldier Silkk the Shocker comes at ya straight from Baton Rouge, La., with words on his wildly successful new album, Made Man.


NBC Jay Leno: The controversial Detroit-bred New Radicals will perform a tune from their debut disc.


VHI Behind the Music: The Day the Music Died: VH1 will commemorate one of rock & roll's darkest days with a special tribute to Buddy Holly, JP Richardson and Richie Valens exactly forty years after their tragic deaths in a plane crash.


THURSDAY, FEB. 4


BET Rap City: Live from The Tunnel in New York City, DJ Funkmaster Flex will demonstrate his techniques and discuss his third consecutive gold album.


SYN Rosie O'Donnell: America's favorite mommy welcomes rock sensation Eagle-Eye Cherry to her afternoon talk show.


MUCH USA Break This: Faithless and Cake demonstrate their television prowess.


FRIDAY, FEB. 5


ABC Politically Incorrect: Host Bill Maher is in for a big surprise with guest panelist Snoop Dogg.


SYN The Roseanne Show: Globe Sessions darling Sheryl Crow will lighten up Roseanne's daily show.


ABC Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Talk about a teenybopper dream come true...this week Melissa Joan Hart will welcome pop heartthrobs 'N Sync to her bewitched sitcom.


SATURDAY, FEB. 6


MTV Ultra Sound: "Nine Days that Rocked the '90s" glances back at the influence of Beck, Alanis Morissette, Tupac Shakur, Nirvana and other Generation X pioneers. (rerun)


SYN Sessions at West 54th: David Byrne hosts this showcase with piano virtuoso/pop chanteuse Tori Amos.


PBS Austin City Limits: This weekly show broadcasts its first performance of 1999 with contemporary country singer Deana Carter.


NBC Saturday Night Live: Canada's comedic-popsters Barenaked Ladies add to the Saturday night chuckles.


VH1 Kiss: X-Treme Close-Up: Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach will host this documentary of the consummate rock band with interviews and insight from Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and others.


SUNDAY, FEB. 7


A&E American Justice: Abundant film footage and photographs document the lives of late Beatle John Lennon and his troubled assassin, Mark Chapman.


E! Mysteries & Scandals: This investigative program devotes an entire show to the untimely death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.


VH1 Legends: This profile of Irish megaband U2 charts the quartet's humble Dublin beginnings and sudden, enduring rise to international fame.


Courtesy of RockOnTv


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