Comments on: I Miss MTV’s Amp

By: Ninja Anonymous

Ninja Anonymous — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:45:47 +0000

Amp torrent now available. Get it here…

21 Episodes, 55 tracks, 7.72 gigs.

By: norm

norm — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:57:31 +0000

Yes, I long for the days of Amp as well. There were many favorites but Massive Attack’s Sly was a particularly memorable one…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsv21Qq3hOc

By: cicileem4

cicileem4 — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:00:45 +0000

I was 14 years old in ‘97 when this show was on (if I remember the year correctly) and my God! I remember staying up late every weekend to see this show. Gowing up in a rural town in KY, you can imagine, none of my friends would watch with me. They all said the music was creepy, but I LOVED it. I remember when the compliation came out I begged my dad like a jonesing addict for the cash to buy it, and I drove him nuts playing over and over again in his truck on the way to school. Atom Bomb was my favourite on the disc, though I couldn’t honestly pick a fav. video, there were so many creative ones on. I, too, miss the days when MTV made a little effort. I can’t say I really give a fuck who Paris’ BFF is or who has the most Awsome Sweet Sixteen party, but I’m just glad I’m not a kid today… who knows where I would’ve ended up. I just hope the future generations will get something as creative for them to be inspired by.

By: Marker

Marker — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:47:49 +0000

Thanks for the post. I was in highschool when Amp was on, and now 10+ years later i still get that craving. I remember Roni Size, Chem bros, Prodigy, and sooo much more. Thanks for taking the time to get such great videos back!

By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:16:00 +0000

I love that people are still coming across this old post and commenting. Thanks guys!

By: mattie2times

mattie2times — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:18:19 +0000

Man, listening to what some of you remembered growing up to mtv amp opened up the gates to my early teen music memories. Being 15,stoned, and bored and finding that show was amazing. Everyone around me at that time were yo boys[as was i],and all listening to mostly the shittier rap music that was out, and then i saw Goldie’s video “temper temper” and was freaked out,but hooked. I actually found a dvd of mtv amp with 20 videos on it at a record store awhile ago and have regretted not buying it ever since. It’s crazy how a few jungle,drum’n'bass,trance,trip-hop videos viewed at a young age can mold a person to not conform to the “norm”of everybody else. Mtv currently blows balls,but i’m grateful for having my musical horizons expanded by such a freaking incredible show.Why does 99% of music on tv and the radio nowadays have to suck so bad? Bring back amp or something like it.

By: craKboi

craKboi — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:30:08 +0000

Well while reading this blog i thought about my own experience with AMPtv, and as you can tell by my name i am a total fuckin crack head. I used to wait all fuckin night till my parents were asleep get stoned as FUCK and record this fuckin mind altering show. I LOVE TECHNO, ive loved it my whole life. Iused to bump fuckin 2 unlimited when i was 8, when i found this show i immediately EJACULATED all over my 15 year old pants. The videos were swEEEEET and the artist still some what matter to this day, and have created the electronic scene as we know it today, FUCK MTV they are the devil, but for a short while of there existence they defined my life. PEACE mutha fuckas??????

By: rdg

rdg — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:07:23 +0000

Love this site….. AMP was 1 of MTV’s better ideas. All the videos really take me back. AMP got me into the rave scene, which eventually lead me into throwing parties an dj’ing. Thanks for compiling all this info!!!! they played alot of indie rock too. Just really opened my eyes to different music. I got a video I’m curious to see if anyone can remember. It was a boombox on stage, rockin’ a crowd, then went in to the backstage and started doing drugs, then someone runs in and stops him. If anyone can remember this 1, it’ll settle a bet.

By: Vapre

Vapre — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:15:36 +0000

Thanks for this post. I loved watching AMP as well. I miss the MTV of the mid ’90s. I also found out about DJ Shadow through AMP.

By: Dondruff

Dondruff — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:15:26 +0000

What about Green Nuns of the Revolution “Rock Bitch”. I can’t believe most of this stuff is on Youtube.