VH1 Rock Honors (2007)

VH1 honors the music of ZZ Top, Heart, Genesis, and Ozzy Osbourne.

Director:

David Mallet

Stars:

Phil Collins, Liberty Cordova, Cameron Diaz

Cast

Credited cast:
Phil Collins
Liberty Cordova	...	ZZ Top Girl
Cameron Diaz	...	Herself
Genesis	...	Themselves
Keane	...	Themselves
Bam Margera	...	Himself
Nickelback	...	Themselves
Ozzy Osbourne	...	Himself
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Herself
Suri Serano	...	ZZ Top Dancer
Billy Bob Thornton	...	Himself
Robin Williams	...	Himself
Ann Wilson	...	Herself
Gretchen Wilson	...	Herself
Nancy Wilson	...	Herself

Storyline

Every year, VH1 honors four rock acts. For 2007 it was Genesis, Heart, Ozzy Osbourne and ZZTop. Nickelback honored ZZ Top, Gretchen Wilson and Alice In Chains honored Heart, Keane honored Genesis and Queens of the Stone Age honored Ozzy Osbourne. The presenters were Billy Bob Thornton (ZZ), Cameron Diaz (Heart), Robin Williams (Genesis) and Jada Pinkett Smith & Kriss Angel (Ozzy Osbourne). Host was Bam Magera.

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Plot Keywords:

tv special

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Genres:

Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 May 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino - 3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chloe Productions, VH1 Classic

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some backstage footage was shown at the concert but not on the TV airing. Alternatively, some of the backstage footage in the TV airing was not shown at the concert.

User Reviews

Meh.

Heart, ZZ Top, Genesis, and Ozzy Osbourne. Quite a line-up. Not as good as the first Rock Honors, but I still had a good reason to be anxious to watch this. Turns out that this was not at all what I had hoped to be. The show began with Bam Margera saying something that a douchebag would say, and then comes Nickelback covering ZZ Top. It was alright actually. Better than anything else Nickelback has done in their own career. And then, ZZ Top takes the stage, and it was quite enjoyable. Heart plays next, after a tribute by Alice In Chains(without Layne of course. RIP), being fronted by Gretchen Wilson.

Sounds good? It is- until Genesis takes the stage. Genesis is a progrock band. As you all know, the genre of progrock is known for being boring every once and a while. Genesis, or at least the songs they play, are boring. It was truly a real show-stopper. Nothing impressive at all. The camera shows the crowd. One girl happens to be dancing a little. Everyone else? Frowning in dismay. They came for rock! Not "I get so lonely without her there, blah blah blah". Thankfully, we get Queens Of The Stone Age covering Black Sabbath's Paranoid, and we get Ozzy Osbourne. The Ozzman's performance is, of course, the best of the whole show. And this ends the second annual VH1 Rock Honors.

Overall, a decent show, but my expectations were too high I guess. 6/10.