The 120 Minutes Archive

1992 | MTV | 120 Minutes

Overview

Contents

December 27, 1992Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
December 20, 1992Top 20 alternative videos of 1992
December 13, 1992Peter Gabriel
December 6, 1992Henry Rollins
November 29, 1992Suzanne Vega
November 24, 19921992: The Alternative Year in Rock
November 22, 1992(no guest listed)
November 15, 1992(no guest listed)
November 8, 1992(no guest listed)
November 1, 1992(no guest listed)
October 25, 1992Screaming Trees, Luna
October 18, 1992Suzanne Vega
October 11, 1992Soul Asylum
October 4, 1992host Dave Kendall
September 27, 1992Bob Mould
September 20, 1992Joey Ramone, Lemmy Kilmister
September 13, 1992(no guest listed)
September 6, 1992(no guest listed)
August 30, 1992(no guest listed)
August 23, 1992(no guest listed)
August 9, 1992Juliana Hatfield
August 2, 1992host Dave Kendall
July 26, 1992Sean Dickson of The Soup Dragons
July ?, 1992Johnny Rotten
June 21, 1992Nick Cave
June 14, 1992Andy Partridge of XTC
June 7, 1992Steve Wynn of Dream Syndicate
May 3, 1992Peter Murphy
April 19, 1992The Edge and Adam Clayton of U2
April 5, 1992Henry Rollins
March 29, 1992Ian McCulloch
January 5, 1992Top 20 alternative videos of 1991
November 24, 1992
120 Minutes Presents: The Alternative Year In Rock: 1992

Source for this playlist: Go-Ben

It is a great wrap-up of the year. Included are live performances and clips from the shows of the year. Here's a list of the performances:

Pearl Jam - Jeremy (from the MTV Music Awards)
Nirvana - Drain You (from Hangin with MTV)
Morrissey - You're Going To Need Someone On Your Side (from Hangin with MTV)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away (from MTV Music Awards)
Sonic Youth - 100% (from Hangin with MTV)
U2...and my tape cuts off.
August 9, 1992
Sources for this playlist: Erin W., VegasDiego
Host: Dave Kendall

Dyslexic Heart - Paul Westerberg
A Girl Like You - Wolfgang Press
Morrissey Special :) (this is an mtv newsclip on the release of "your arsenal")
You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side - Morrissey (live @ MTV)
The Concept - Teenage Fanclub
It's All Right - 25th of May
Shake The Disease - Depeche Mode
Black Metallic - Catherine Wheel
Lazy Day - The Boo-Radleys
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC
Male Monster from the ID - The Chills
David Byrne Interview #1
Girls on My Mind - David Byrne
David Byrne Interview #2
Tomorrow - Morrissey (World Premiere)
In The Meantime - Helmet
David Byrne Interview #3
She's Mad - David Byrne
Pain Lies on the Riverside - Live
Karmadrome - Pop Will Eat Itself
Lay All Your Love On Me - Erasure
Blue Flower - Pale Saints
(Time Warp - August 10th) [time warps are great for figuring out the episode's date as the time warp is always, as far as i know, a past event from the same date for either the current episode's sunday or monday date, so i looked up 1992 and the 9th falls on a sunday]
I Wasn't Meant To Feel This/Asleep At The Wheel - Suicidal Tendencies
100% - Sonic Youth (live at MTV: Hangin' With MTV)
Lollapalooza 2 update 1992
Smiling - Kitchens of Distinction
August 2, 1992
Source for this playlist: Go-Ben
Host: Dave Kendall (no guest or co-host)

Jesus & Mary Chain - Almost Gold (World Premiere Video)
PJ Harvey - Sheela Na Gig
Sonic Youth - 100%
Cure - Hot Hot Hot
Mission UK - Like A Child Again
Echo & the Bunnymen - Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
Rollins Band - Tearing
Shellyann Orphan - Burst
Ocean Blue - Between Something and Nothing
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Face To Face (from Batman Returns)
footage of Morrissey at Hangin with MTV
Morrissey - Certain People I Know (live from Hangin with MTV)
Ministry - New World Order (World Premiere Video)
Heart Throbs - Outside

My tape cuts off at that point, but Dave Kendall said there would be videos coming up from Helmet, Drop 19s, Lemonheads, Chris Marrs, Utah Saints, Carter USM and more live Morrissey.
May 3, 1992
Source for this playlist: Christina S.
Host: Dave Kendall
Guest: Peter Murphy

I also have a partial recording of 120 Minutes with Dave Kendall and co-host Peter Murphy taped at Communion at The Limelight Theatre in New York. I think it is from May 3, 1992. Peter Murphy was doing a 6 song "warm-up" concert there for his Holy Smoke tour which was to start in June of 1992.

Partial listing:
Sometimes - Midnight Oil
The Sweetest Drop - Peter Murphy
? - Iggy Pop
? - Soupdragons
Getting Through - EMF
Popular Creeps - Chris Mars
Keep Me From Harm - Peter Murphy (live from Communion)
Lover Lover Lover - Ian McCulloch (World Premiere)
? - Afghan Whigs
Is Anything - The Judybats
Stop - The Megacity Four
Mindphaser - Frontline Assembly
Leave Them All Behind - Ride

At the end of the show, Dave Kendall announces that next week his special guests will be Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and that they will play videos from The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Sugarcubes.

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